REBUILDING MAUI FACES CHALLENGES ALL TO FAMILIAR FOR KEYS ISLANDERS
Maui's runway shudders as the plane lands. A bittersweet mix of emotions washes over me. It's been four years since I’ve been back to...
POLLINATORS IN THE FLORIDA KEYS ARE CRITICAL TO THE ENVIRONMENT & ECONOMY
By Brynn Morey
Pollinator Week is an annual event celebrated globally to raise awareness about the importance of pollinators and their role in maintaining ecosystems...
THESE LANDSCAPING PRACTICES AIM TO PRESERVE FLORIDA’S PRECIOUS WATER RESOURCES
The Green Industries Best Management Practices (GI-BMP) training aims to preserve Florida's water resources by educating on methods to reduce pollutants such as hydrocarbons,...
OCEANOGRAPHER SYLVIA EARLE: KEYS ARE A ‘HOPE SPOT’
The Florida Keys, along with Biscayne Bay and Ten Thousand Islands, have been selected as a Hope Spot by Sylvia Earle’s Mission Blue, becoming...
KEYS REEFS GET HELP FROM HALF A WORLD AWAY
The struggling Florida Keys’ coral reef has been getting help from half a world away, through an unlikely partnership between the local United Way...
ON BLEACH WATCH: VOLUNTEERS NEEDED TO MONITOR CORALS AMID ANOTHER HOT SEASON
Sea surface temperatures are on the rise again in the Florida Keys. Summertime is when local coral reefs may begin to show signs of...
ANNUAL CORALPALOOZA SHIFTS FOCUS AMID CORAL BLEACHING
As the summer heat looms, Coral Restoration Foundation (CRF) is gearing up for its annual World Oceans Day celebration — Coralpalooza. But this year,...
KEYS CORAL RESTORATION GROUP GETS ‘LIFE-CHANGING’ DONATION FROM FORMER NFL TEAM CO-OWNER
At the end of March, Mike Goldberg, co-founder of I.CARE and owner of Key Dives, got a call “out of the blue” from someone...
ANNUAL GREAT GOLIATH GROUPER COUNT BEGINS JUNE 1; RECREATIONAL DIVERS SOUGHT
This is the 15th year of the Great Goliath Grouper Count, scheduled to take place June 1 through June 16.
The Great Goliath Grouper Count...
NOAA PREDICTS MORE STORMS & MAJOR HURRICANES THIS SEASON
NOAA National Weather Service forecasters at the Climate Prediction Center predict above-normal hurricane activity in the Atlantic basin this year. NOAA’s outlook for the...
