Dr. Tracy Fanara is at the top of her game, doing what she does best – Environmental Science Research. Greetings to you! In this blog, I’d like to introduce you to my friend and colleague, Dr. Tracy Fanara. Tracy’s current position is with NOAA [National Oleanonic Atmospheric Administration], where she is their Coastal Portfolio Modeling…
Kobee Manatee® Climate Change and The Great Blue Hole Hazard! Announcing the Fourth Installment in the Award-Winning Kobee Manatee® Children’s Educational Picture Book Series! Kobee Manatee Climate Change and The Great Blue Hole Hazard – Will be Released on September 28, 2021 (Lexile Measure: 790L) Greetings to you! In this blog, I’ll be talking about my…
Announcing the Most Awaited Fourth Installment in the Award-Winning Kobee Manatee Children’s Educational Picture Book Series! Kobee Manatee Climate Change and The Great Blue Hole Hazard – Will be Released on September 28, 2021 (Lexile Measure: AD790L) Greetings to you! In this blog, I’ll be talking about my brand new fourth installment in the award-winning Kobee…
Smoke gushes out of a steel plant in Mongolia, China. Over the industrial era the amount of CO2 floating in the atmosphere “has increased by about 40%,” according to the U.S. Global Change Research Program. Kevin Frayer Greetings to you! You’d think that the COVID-19 pandemic would have made a major impact in decreasing the…
Climate Change unleashes Lake Michigan’s Hot Water as it Bleeds down to its Bottom. Credit: CCO Public Domain Greetings to you! Unfortunately, I have more sobering news on the subject of Climate Change. According to a recent report published a few days ago by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration [NOAA], “Water hundreds of feet…
Greetings! Today I have more sobering news on human-caused climate change. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) explained, “Earth reached a record hot September and there’s nearly a two-to-one chance that 2020 will end up as the globe’s hottest year on record.” NOAA continued and said, “Boosted by human-caused climate change, global temperatures averaged 60.75 degrees (15.97 Celsius) last…
Greetings! Did you know that a manatee’s habitat relies on estuaries? It’s true. Estuaries, along with their surrounding wetlands are actually bodies of water. And they are mostly found where rivers meet the sea. Estuaries are home to unique plant and animal communities, which have adapted to brackish water – a blend of fresh water…
This chart shows the rapidly warming temperatures on our earth. Unfortunately, carbon dioxide levels have also reached a new high during May 2019, according to measurements recorded at NOAA’s Mauna Loa Observatory in Hawaii. Photo Courtesy: jpl nasa.gov Greetings! Here’s more breaking news for you on climate change. And in this first week of June 2019,…
A huge wave barrels into a seawall in Winthrop, Massachusetts on March 3, 2018, one day after an intense nor’easter hit the Atlantic coast. Photo AP/Michael Dwyer Greetings! Here’s another sobering blog about climate change and its effect on rising sea levels. There was a recent study done by researchers at the University of Oregon and the…
Harmful algal blooms known as HABs become present when groups of algae known as Karenia brevis grow out of control producing toxic effects on manatees (marine mammals), people, fish, shellfish and birds. These HABs are also known as Red Tide because of their reddish color. Greetings! You’ve probably read some of my previous blogs on manatees and…
