Marine debris — trash and garbage in our waters from land and ocean sources — is a major problem world-wide. It is especially noticeable in the Florida Keys because of our many miles of shoreline that collect debris that the tides and currents carry our way. Added to that is the intensive use of the Florida Keys for tourism and commercial fishing activities which together result in tons of debris trapped in mangroves, on sandy beaches and below the surface of the water on seagrasses and coral reefs. This debris threatens seabirds and marinelife. …read more
Reef Relief Founders Step Down After 23 Years
Reef Relief Founders Step Down after 23Years, 6/10/09 Florida Keys Keynoter
No Direction Home: Michael Blades blog on Reef Relief
Michael Blades with (l to r) Laura Urian, Wendy Weir, Sylvia Earle
Interview with David Helvarg on a National Ocean Policy
Last week, Admiral Allen testified before Congress on the merits of a National Ocean Policy as a representative of the Obama Administration’s Ocean Policy Task Force. …Read more
Thoreau’s Legacy released: Bringing Global Warming down to Earth
Thoreau’s Legacy: American Stories about Global Warming published by the Union of Concerned Scientists and Penquin Classics, features an entry by Craig Quirolo of three images of a single coralhead and how it changed over a ten year period. Launch the interactive book. Buy the hardcover.