Category: Coasts & Marine

Johnson Beach at the Gulf Islands National Seashore near Pensacola, Florida, photographed for the Naturally Escarosa phone application. UF/IFAS Photo by Tyler Jones.

A New EDIS/Ask IFAS Publication Published by the School of Forest, Fisheries, and Geomatics Sciences (FFGS) Program in Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences and Florida Sea Grant College Program in August

by Susan Gildersleeve
September 12, 2025

Read the latest publications from FFGS Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences/Florida Sea Grant for August 2025. In this post, you can click on the title of interest to go to the Ask IFAS page and download the document in PDF format. Stay informed about ... READ MORE

Category: Coasts & Marine, Conservation, Natural Resources
Tags: Anna E. Braswell, Ask IFAS, Bethany J. Lee, EDIS Journal, Emory H. Wellman, Florida Sea Grant College Program, Program In Fisheries And Aquatic Sciences, School Of Forest Fisheries And Geomatics Sciences
A photo of a grassy section of beach with oysters growing along the water's edge. The end of a board fence is visible on the lower left. Everything is in bright sun; the water is reflecting a blue sky.

Salt Marsh Restoration

by Susan Gildersleeve
September 12, 2025

For many people, a salt marsh is something to endure on the way to the coast: an inexplicably large expanse of mud and grass that one tends to accelerate through in the rush to arrive at the good stuff: dunes, waves, dolphins, sea turtles, ... READ MORE

Category: Coasts & Marine, Conservation
Tags: Anna E. Braswell, Bethany J. Lee, Emory H. Wellman, Florida Sea Grant, Program In Fisheries And Aquatic Sciences, School Of Forest Fisheries And Geomatics Sciences

El cambio climático y los efectos de la salinidad en los estuarios de Florida

by Heidy Ramirez
March 20, 2025

Sin duda el cambio climático es un tema controversial y hasta conflictivo. Muchas veces uno puede hasta evitar mencionarlo, pero ¿qué pasaría si...por ejemplo aumenta el nivel del mar y se altera el flujo de los ríos? ¿Cómo se afectaría ... READ MORE

Category: Coasts & Marine, Natural Resources, Water
Tags: Ask IFAS, Climate Change, Department Of Soil And Water Science, Espanol, Florida, Water
caution sign: Road Subject to Flooding

Basics of the National Flood Insurance Program

by Diana Hagan
August 26, 2015

Established by Congress in 1968 because the private market stopped offering flood insurance, the NFIP provides federally backed flood insurance to property owners in participating communities. This 10-page fact sheet covers topics such as: why ... READ MORE

Category: Coasts & Marine, Home Management, Money Matters, Natural Resources, Water, Work & Life
Tags: Disaster Preparedness, Flood Insurance, Florida Sea Grant, Thomas Ruppert
Figure 3. The oyster bed is photographed at low tide when the animals are exposed to the air. These are called inter-tidal oyster beds. In some places in Florida, where the water is deeper in the estuary, the oysters always are underwater. These are called sub-tidal oyster beds. Credit: UF/IFAS photo

Climate Change: Effects on Salinity in Florida’s Estuaries and Responses of Oysters, Seagrass, and Other Biota

by Diana Hagan
July 24, 2015

Florida's economically important estuaries could be heavily impacted by sea-level rise and altered river flow, both caused by climate change. The resulting higher salinity, or saltiness of the water, could harm plants and animals, alter fish ... READ MORE

Category: Coasts & Marine, Natural Resources
Tags: Climate Change, Coastal Ecosystems, Florida Sea Grant, Karl Havens

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