Today we talk to Professor Andrew C. Baker, Ph.D. from the Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science at the University of Miami. We talk about his work with coral reefs, especially those around the City of Miami. He is working extensively on coral reel restoration and finding ways to protect them from natural and […]
On February 5, while diving off the coast of Broward County, a scuba diver noticed signs of disease on corals. The diver used the Southeast Florida Action Network (SEAFAN) to report the observation to the Florida Department of Environmental Protection’s (DEP) Coral Reef Conservation Program. SEAFAN is a reporting and response program for citizen scientists […]
Two years ago this month, a student at College of the Florida Keys was the first to report and photograph the spread of stony coral tissue loss disease off Key West, Florida at the Eastern Dry Rocks. He was able to identify the disease because he was trained by Florida Sea Grant agents Shelly Krueger […]
After successfully completing our “DIVE 55” marine debris removal operation to kick off NFL Green Week in Tampa, FORCE BLUE divers traveled back to Miami where — together with our scientific partners from the University of Miami’s Rosenstiel School and Rescue a Reef Program, Phillip and Patricia Frost Museum of Science, The Florida Aquarium and […]
Washington, D.C. — U.S. Senators Marco Rubio (R-FL), Brian Schatz (D-HI), Rick Scott (R-FL), and Mazie Hirono (D-HI) reintroduced the bipartisan Restoring Resilient Reefs Act of 2021 (S. 46). First introduced in August 2019, the bill would reauthorize and modernize the Coral Reef Conservation Act of 2000, strengthen NOAA’s Coral Reef program, and give innovative new tools and resources to […]
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