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New task force to examine how Tijuana sewage crisis impacts the health of residents
Channel 8 San Diego· 4 hours agoA new task force is being created to look into illnesses that might be stemming from the Tijuana...
Florida is one of America's highest generators of plastic waste
Palm Beach Post via Yahoo News· 6 days agoThat amount is roughly the equivalent of dumping two garbage trucks full of plastic into the oceans...
Florida has made progress protecting its coral reefs. Now lawmakers must maintain it.
Gannett via AOL· 3 days agoThis opinion piece was distributed by The Invading Sea website (www.theinvadingsea.com), which posts...
‘Crazy’ ocean heat bleaching corals so perilously, scientists hope for hurricanes to cool things off
The Journal Times· 2 days agoOcean temperatures that have gone “crazy haywire” hot, especially in the Atlantic, are close to...
Heading to beach for Memorial Day weekend? Check water quality near Tallahassee
Tallahassee Democrat via Yahoo News· 11 hours agoThese large floating clumps, patches, rafts, or "blobs" can stretch for miles across the ocean. The rafts provide habitats for crab, shrimp, sea turtles and fish. Tiny organisms ...
UF med students: Microplastics are a microscopic menace to Florida and coastal residents
The Florida Times-Union via Yahoo News· 2 days agoOn a larger scale, policy changes aimed at reducing levels of pollution in our environment should be...
Sea levels are starting to rise faster: Here's how much South Florida is expecting
Phys.org· 15 hours agoSea levels are rising, swamping roads and homes in South Florida. In the last 80 years, sea level...
What Health Risks Do Microplastics Pose?
Medscape· 4 days agoPlastic and associated chemicals are responsible for widespread pollution, contaminating aquatic (marine and freshwater), terrestrial, and atmospheric...
Researchers investigate mercury concentrations in fish and wildlife on a global scale
Phys.org· 10 hours ago"An important provision of the Minamata Convention on Mercury is to monitor and evaluate the...
A green energy invention will be tested on Lake Erie this summer. How it works
Erie Times News via Yahoo News· 5 days agoDana Massing can be reached at dmassing@timesnews.com. This article originally appeared on Erie...