Plastic is seemingly everywhere these days, including many items we see or use during the holidays. Maia McGuire, UF/IFAS Extension associate director for Florida Sea Grant, is an expert on plastic waste and microplastic pollution. She ... READ MORE
Category: Conservation, UF/IFAS Extension, WORK & LIFEImagine, a pool skimmer for the ocean. The Seabin, a skimmer that rises and falls with the tide and attaches to marina docks, can collect up to three pounds of trash each day. Over the course of a year, a Seabin can collect up to 16,500 plastic ... READ MORE
Category: Coasts & Marine, NATURAL RESOURCES, UF/IFAS Extension, Water
GAINESVILLE, Fla. --- Researchers conducting a planned University of Florida-led study on plankton in two lagoons of the Florida Keys stumbled upon an unexpected presence in the course of their routine sampling: microplastics. A new publication ... READ MORE
Category: UF/IFAS Research, WaterGAINESVILLE, Fla. --- The presentation to the high school students always starts with the same question: How many of you have heard of microplastic pollution? Abbey Tyrna, a University of Florida/IFAS Extension water resources agent in Sarasota ... READ MORE
Category: Conservation, NATURAL RESOURCES, UF/IFAS, UF/IFAS Extension, Water
GAINESVILLE, Fla. --- As students ready themselves for the upcoming lessons of this new school year, one lesson can start before they set foot in the classroom. University of Florida experts share just a few ways students can be environmentally ... READ MORE
Category: Relationships & Family, UF/IFAS, WORK & LIFE
GAINESVILLE, Fla. --- It’s 8 a.m. on a Saturday, and Dennis Mudge is already picking up trash at the beach, helping a community effort to keep Volusia County shorelines pristine. Mudge, director of UF/IFAS Extension Volusia County, works ... READ MORE
Category: UF/IFAS
GAINESVILLE, Fla. --- The Flagler County School District officially switched to lunch trays made of recycled paper, thanks to the efforts of students, teachers and a University of Florida pollution awareness program. According to organizers, ... READ MORE
Category: Coasts & Marine, NATURAL RESOURCES, UF/IFAS Extension, Water