Estuaries in South Florida are warming faster than the Gulf of Mexico and global oceans
Over the past two decades, sea surface temperatures in the estuaries rose 500% faster than in the global oceans.
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It’s not just coral. Extreme heat is weakening entire marine ecosystems in Florida.Â
Anemones, sponges and jellyfish are bleaching throughout the Everglades amid record temperatures.
Everglades reservoir is critical to our water supply and needs everyone’s support
The Everglades Agricultural Area Reservoir is the linchpin for every other Everglades restoration effort.
Now is the time develop a Lake Okeechobee plan that will protect our environment, economy and health
By Eve Samples, Friends of the Everglades For too many decades, Florida’s water priorities have been misguided. We’ve kept Lake ...
Gov. DeSantis’ welcome commitment to Lake Okeechobee reservoir and Everglades restoration
South Florida Sun Sentinel Editorial Board Twenty years after creation of the Comprehensive Everglades Restoration Plan, evidence is building that ...
Florida has come too far to allow the Clean Water Act to be dismantled
By Jenna Stevens, Environment Florida  When it comes to our health and well-being, clean water can never be taken for ...
Bureaucratic bungling may delay the start of the vital Everglades Reservoir project
By Eric Eikenberg, Everglades Foundation Florida’s most effective response to the increasing threat of rising sea levels is one that ...
The water level in Lake Okeechobee is low because there’s been little rain and farmers continue to get a lot of water for irrigation
By Maggy Hurchalla, environmental activist The assertion that Republican U.S. Rep. Brian Mast has forced the U.S. Army Corps of ...
Florida drought highlights the need to complete the restoration of the Everglades
By Dr. Stephen Davis, Everglades Foundation South Florida experienced record dry conditions during March, with only a quarter of an ...
We should celebrate Earth Day by drafting a Lake Okeechobee plan that will protect the lake and the waterways that depend on it
By Eve Samples, Friends of the Everglades Two years ago, the St. Lucie River was a cesspool. Toxic blue-green algae ...
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