The U.S. death toll from the new coronavirus passed 150,000 Wednesday, in a grim marker of the country’s struggle to control the disease. The U.S. has now reported more than 4.4 million confirmed cases and 150,713 deaths, according to Thursday morning figures from Johns Hopkins University. That number means the U.S. outbreak is by far […]
On July 29, Florida Governor Ron DeSantis signed into law a controversial bill prohibiting local governments from banning certain types of sunscreens. SB 172 responds to and reverses the City of Key West’s 2019 ban on the sale of sunscreens containing oxybenzone and octinoxate to protect its coral reef. The ban was set to take […]
The scientist behind Florida’s widely praised coronavirus dashboard was fired Monday because she refused to “manually change data to drum up support for the plan to reopen,” she told CBS12 News Monday. Dr. Rebekah Jones’ dismissal came the same day as much of Florida reopened for business, The Guardian pointed out, raising concerns about the […]
When beaches in Florida reopened last week, people flocked to them to absorb the sun, sand and water. Unfortunately, many forgot to take their trash with them when they left. While pollution and emissions have precipitously dropped worldwide, Cocoa Beach saw a huge spike in garbage as cleanup crews collected more than 13,000 pounds strewn […]
A Florida hiker recently stumbled across a slithering surprise — a rare snake that hadn’t been spotted in the area for more than 50 years. Tracey Cauthen discovered the rainbow snake (Farancia erytrogramma) while hiking in the Ocala National Forest, north of Orlando, the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission’s Wildlife Research Institute announced in […]
By Risa Palm and Toby W. Bolsen Advertisers understand that providing consumers with the facts will not sell products. To get people to stop and pay attention, successful advertising delivers information simply and with an emotional hook so that consumers notice and, hopefully, make a purchase. Climate communication scientists use these same principles of messaging […]
By John R. Platt and Dipika Kadaba Florida manatees had another deadly year in 2019. An estimated 531 manatees died in Florida waters in the past 12 months. That’s a significant decrease from the number of deaths in 2018, when 824 manatees died, but it still represents a nearly 10 percent loss to their population […]
Burrowing owls, which make their homes in small holes in the ground, are having a rough time in Florida. That’s why Marco Island on the Gulf Coast passed a resolution to pay residents $250 to start an owl burrow in their front yard, as the Marco Eagle reported. The city council’s resolution earmarks ,000 a […]
An unusual weather report made waves this week as meteorologists warned residents of Florida to be aware of “raining iguanas.” Yes, you read that correctly. The Sunshine State experienced an unusual cold snap earlier this week as temperatures dipped into the 30s, virtually freezing the cold-blooded lizards in their tracks, forcing them to drop, fall […]
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