Category: Coasts & Marine

New Episode from Naturally Florida, The Truth About Iconic Florida

by Shannon Carnevale and Lara Milligan

March 21, 2023

When people think of Florida or visiting the sights, what do they think of? For most people, it’s some combination of alligators, flamingos, manatees, and sea turtles with a sprinkling of Disney World, Kennedy Space Center, and the ... READ MORE

Category: Coasts & Marine, Invasive Species, Natural Resources, UF/IFAS Extension, Water, Wildlife
Tags: Alligators, Coconut Palm, Flamingos, Invasive Species, Lara Milligan, Living With Wildlife, Manatees, Naturally Florida Podcast, Sea Turtles, Shannon Carnevale, Wildlife

Sargassum composting

by Susan Gildersleeve
March 20, 2023

You may have seen the reports. A huge patch of Sargassum (which is seaweed) is bobbing around out in the ocean getting closer and closer to Florida. Reporting has been nothing short of apocalyptic, and people, especially people who live ... READ MORE

Category: Coasts & Marine, Natural Resources
Tags: Afeefa A. Abdool-Ghany, Beach, Compost, Food And Resource Economics Department, Helena M. Solo-Gabriele, Sargassum, Trent Blare

Drinking Like a Fish: Valorizing Brewing Waste as Fish Food

by Jessie Erwin
March 20, 2023

Please join me as we welcome Jon Lee to FSHN Research Journeys, which follows the research of graduate students in the Food Science and Human Nutrition program at The University of Florida. Jon is a first-year graduate student working toward ... READ MORE

Category: Coasts & Marine, Natural Resources
Tags: American Society Of Baking, Aquaculture, Aquafeed, Baking Rock Stars, Beer, Brewer's Yeast, Dr. Andrew MacIntosh, Dr. Razieh Farzad, Fish Food, Food-science-research, FSHN Research Journeys, Jon Lee, Jonathan Lee, Research Graduate Research, Research Journeys, Research-journeys-food-science-ms, Spent Brewer's Yeast

Red Tide Mitigation Study: Results are coming

by Armando Ubeda
March 13, 2023

As a Florida Sea Grant Extension Agent, I get many questions about red tide and requests to present on this topic. The number of inquiries regarding red tide intensifies during periods when harmful algal blooms are occurring, just like now. Regardless ... READ MORE

Category: Coasts & Marine, Natural Resources
Tags: Algae, Florida Sea Grant, Karenia Brevis, Pgm_Marine, Red Tide, Toxin

Exploring the Gulf of Mexico; Part 9 – Returning to Port

by Rick O'Connor
March 9, 2023

For boaters, the two happiest days of their lives is the day they buy their boat… and the day they sell it. Going to sea can be that way. You are very excited about the adventure and leaving, and also happy to be back on dry ground. For ... READ MORE

Category: Coasts & Marine, Natural Resources
Tags: Florida Sea Grant, Oceanography

Exploring the Gulf of Mexico; Part 8 – The Storm

by Rick O'Connor
March 7, 2023

You cannot really have a sea adventure without a storm story – and we have one. Many oceanographers spend many days at sea and never experience one. But just as weather fronts move across the landmass generating rain, storms, and sometimes ... READ MORE

Category: Coasts & Marine, Natural Resources
Tags: Florida Sea Grant, Oceanography

Exploring the Gulf of Mexico; Part 7 – Reaching the Bottom

by Rick O'Connor
March 6, 2023

Let me begin this article by saying I have never been to the bottom of the sea in a submersible. I have seen one on the deck of a research vessel, but never taken the ride. The story I will share comes from a friend of mine from Dauphin ... READ MORE

Category: Coasts & Marine, Natural Resources
Tags: Deep Sea, Diving, Florida Sea Grant, Oceanography

Exploring the Gulf of Mexico; Part 6 – Life in the Deep Blue

by Rick O'Connor
March 6, 2023

Each morning after my 4-8am shift I would have breakfast and then sit on the bow to look at the Deep Blue. I would scan the horizon for what was out there – may be another boat or ship – and then lean over the bow to peer into the Deep ... READ MORE

Category: Coasts & Marine, Natural Resources
Tags: Florida Sea Grant, Marine Biology, Ocean Life, Oceanography

Exploring the Gulf of Mexico; Part 5 – The Motion of the Ocean

by Rick O'Connor
March 3, 2023

When one thinks of the motion of the ocean one immediately thinks of waves. We will discuss waves in another part of this series, but here we are going to focus on the water movement beneath the waves. Unconsciously – subconsciously ... READ MORE

Category: Coasts & Marine, Natural Resources
Tags: Florida Sea Grant, Oceanography, Youth Lessons

Reducing Health Advisories in Our Coastal Waters; Part 3 How Sewage Treatment Works

by Rick O'Connor
March 2, 2023

Part of the 2019 UF IFAS social media survey across Florida found that many Floridians understood how septic systems worked, but fewer understood how sewer systems functioned. This article is going to try and tell you the basics of how sewage ... READ MORE

Category: Coasts & Marine, Natural Resources, Water
Tags: Florida Sea Grant, Sewage Treatment

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