Category: Water

Dr. Gerrit Hoogenboom: Empowering Developing Nations with Agricultural Models

by Alejandro Sanchez
January 11, 2024

Welcome to the second entry of our GFSI Faculty Global Impact blog post series. In this edition, we highlight the work of Dr. Gerrit Hoogenboom, leader of the Decision Support System for Agrotechnology Transfer (DSSAT) initiative. In his words, ... READ MORE

Category: Agriculture, Crops, Farm Management, Water
Tags: Agriculture, Agrimodels, DSSAT, GFSI Faculty, Global Food Systems Institute, Hoogenboom

What Can We Do in 2024 to Improve Water Quality in Local Waterways

by Rick O'Connor
January 11, 2024

When I was hired with Florida Sea Grant, I developed an advisory committee who represented a variety of stakeholder interest in the Pensacola Bay area. I asked the committee to list their top three concerns or issues with the local marine ... READ MORE

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

Weekly “What is it?”: Brown pelican

by Carrie Stevenson
January 10, 2024

My husband was born and raised in Pensacola, spending many of his childhood weekends fishing, swimming, or camping along local waterways. So, it was a bit of a surprise when he told me he didn’t see his first pelican until he was 12 or ... READ MORE

Category: Coasts & Marine, Conservation, Natural Resources, Water, Wildlife
Tags: Birds, Coastal Wildlife, Pensacola Bay, Shorebirds, Weekly What Is It, Wildlife

Dr. Arie Havelaar: Exploring Campylobacter, Stunting, and Nutrition in Africa

by Alejandro Sanchez
January 2, 2024

Welcome to the first installment of our new blog series highlighting the global impact of our GFSI faculty members. In this edition, we chat with Dr. Arie Havelaar, a distinguished leader in Global Food Safety and Zoonoses recently appointed ... READ MORE

Category: Pests & Disease, Water, Wildlife
Tags: Arie Havelaar, Campylobacter, Ethiopia, GFSI, Global Food Systems Institute, IFAS

What is that White Wax on the Beaches?

by Carolyn Kovacs
December 28, 2023

We had some big waves in mid-December, and with that washed up a slew of plastic fragments and bottle caps as well as natural debris such as sargassum seaweed and black mangrove propagules. However, there was something different on our beaches ... READ MORE

Category: Coasts & Marine, Conservation, Natural Resources, UF/IFAS Extension, Water
Tags: Beach, Beaches, Florida Sea Grant, Pollution

Color in the Holiday Landscape: Rethinking How We Do This Could Save Lots of Water.

by Barbara McAdam
December 28, 2023

In the weeks before and after the holidays you will find Miami homes adorned with fresh plantings of flowers. Some homeowners opt for inflatable holiday characters alongside an array of bright lights. Plastic Santa’s, dormant during the day, ... READ MORE

Category: , Florida-Friendly Landscaping, Water
Tags: Florida Friendly Landscape, Landscaping For The Holidays, Native Plants, Plants For Birds, Plants For Butterflies, Saving Water

We Did It; In 2023 Less Than 30% of the Fecal Bacteria Samples Collected in the Pensacola Bay Area Required a Health Advisory

by Rick O'Connor
December 22, 2023

Health advisories issued by the Department of Health (DOH) due to high levels of fecal bacteria have been a problem for some parts of the Pensacola Bay system for decades. Though most of the samples collected near our beaches rarely require ... READ MORE

Category: Natural Resources, Water
Tags: Florida Sea Grant, Health Advisories, Water Quality

Under Threat: Wonders of a Watery World

by Zahir Ringgold Cordes
December 21, 2023

Each year on December 4th, we celebrate World Wildlife Conservation Day. This day serves as a reminder of the urgent need to protect and conserve all of the unique and invaluable wildlife that live in our ecosystems. In honor of World Wildlife ... READ MORE

Category: Conservation, Natural Resources, Water, Wildlife
Tags: Climate, Conservation, Environment, Nature, Pgm_EcoNR, Under Threat, Wildlife

Weekly “What is it?”: Southeast Water Level Network

by Carrie Stevenson
December 20, 2023

Somewhere on the road between Okaloosa County and Boca Raton, three guys are driving a van and their equipment all the way back to the Florida Atlantic University (FAU) campus. An engineering professor and two undergraduate students (one ... READ MORE

Category: Coasts & Marine, Natural Resources, Water
Tags: Estuaries, Flooding, Sea Grant Notes, Sea Level, Water Quality, Weekly What Is It

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