City hosts “open house” for new flood maps
There won’t be any box wine or cheese platters, but residents of Marathon are encouraged to drop by City Hall on Wednesday, Jan. 29 from 4 to...
Right whales safe in deeper water off North Carolina
Good news from the Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary: A mother and calf right whale (Eubalaena australis), which were spotted March 26 in the Gulf of Mexico...
Keys Weekly celebrates students who qualified for canceled statewide STEM Fair
When the March 24 Florida State Science and Engineering Fair (SSEF) was canceled, the kids from Monroe County School District who were supposed to present their projects...
A potential treatment for COVID-19?
Joe Dituri is no stranger to hyperbaric medicine. After 28 years in the U.S. Navy, the veteran received his Ph.D. in biomedical engineering with a focus on...
Explorers Club Underwater Mission Has Scientific Implications for Diving and Space
“To Succeed, You Must Descend.”
This was the motto of the NEPTUNE Project when it successfully completed experiments in extreme work and living last October.
NEPTUNE is an acronym...
I.CARE: Islamorada coral restoration partnerships brings science and citizens together to save the reef
On Monday, World Oceans Day, coral restoration took center stage in Islamorada. With the announcement of two innovative partnerships, the Upper Keys village is poised to become...
Tagged Sea Turtle to Join Global Turtle Race
A rare hybrid hawksbill-green sea turtle, rehabilitated at the Turtle Hospital in Marathon, was fitted with a satellite-tracking transmitter and released from a Florida Keys beach Friday...
School Closures Don’t Slow Down COMPUTE$ Tech Whizzes
Monroe County School District (MCSD) computer science students did not let COVID-19 school closures deter them from earning valuable Internet Technology (IT) industry certifications,” according to Sibba...
Lecture delves into light pollution
“Please follow me outside,” Charles Fulco said to his audience. Each person holds a solar eclipse viewer in front of his or her eyes to safely watch...
