First Florida aware on Friday March 01 2019 11:27 am . Tags: algae, dolphins, Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission, FWC, Gulf coast, Gulf of Mexico, Karenia brevis, manatees, marine life, red tide, red tide Florida, Sanibel Island, sea turtles
769 It seems that the most recent Red Tide outbreak is finally receding. A report from the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission stated that as of February 22, 2019, “the red tide organism, Karenia brevis, was not observed in the samples collected over the past week.” Beginning in late 2017, this current eruption has […]
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First Florida aware on Thursday February 24 2011 7:34 am . Tags: Alabama, baby dolphin, dead dolphin, dolphin, Gulf of Mexico, Gulf oil spill, Orange Beach
126 Interview with Dr. Mobi Solangi and Megan Broadway: Scientists have found four more dead baby dolphins on Horn Island in the Mississippi Gulf of Mexico and another on Ono Island off Orange Beach, Ala., adding to the unusually high number of dead dolphins found in the past two months. So far year 28 dead […]
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First Florida aware on Tuesday June 08 2010 12:23 pm . Tags: BP Oil Spill, BP Oil Spill of 2010, eddy currents, Gulf loop, Gulf of Mexico, Gulf oil spill, loop
131 Prof. Nick Shay of the University of Miami says the oil in the Gulf of Mexico is stuck in a loop that will keep the oil moving around in a circle. He says the motion of water in the Gulf is not well understood. There are blobs of oil going off in different directions, […]
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