No question… The amount of rainfall Pensacola is getting this year (2021) has been amazing. At the time of this writing, we are at 84.86”. But it has not been just this year. Over the… Read More
Over my years of leading people on interpretive trail hikes, I have learned it is particularly important to know the names of whatever happens to be in bloom. These flowers are eye-catching, and inevitably someone… Read More
In the world of water quality, many experts agree that excessive nutrients are one of our larger problems. Organic and inorganic compounds that “feed” plants help complete the food cycle, but in excess can generate… Read More
Horseshoe crabs (Limulus polyphemus) were once found in the Pensacola Bay System and then disappeared. The first thought to the cause of their decline would be the decline in water quality and/or loss of habitat. … Read More
In Part 3 we are going to look at the most recent Assessment Report No.6 (AR6) published by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. This document is 3,946 pages – so, we will focus only… Read More
These are all fish that many have heard of but know nothing about. They are not even sure what they look like. We have heard of them as a seafood product. Smoked herring, canned sardines,… Read More
In Part 1 we looked at the history, and the science, behind the climate change issue. That post discussed everything said during the early periods up to about 2010. In this post, we will look… Read More
Eels of the Florida Panhandle Eels… when that name comes up most think of either the vicious moray eels or the famous electric eel. Moray eels do exist in the Florida panhandle, and we… Read More
Mark Twain once said – “Everyone talks about the weather, but no one does anything about it”. I guess you could say the same for climate. The topic has been around for a while. … Read More
For those who lived in the Pensacola Bay area 50 or so years ago, this question comes up from time to time. By scallop I am speaking of the bay scallop (Argopecten irradians), the one… Read More
