News tagged with lake okeechobee
Invading, jumbo snails helping endangered Everglades bird
The endangered Everglades snail kite is making a surprising rebound, and an invading bird delicacy that's the size of a baseball may get the credit.
Feb 20, 2012 |
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Everglades show improvement in water quality
Researchers at the University of Florida Research and Education Centers and scientists at the South Florida Water Management District have published a report regarding the trends in water quality feeding into Everglades National ...
Oct 21, 2010 |
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Land Deal Likely to Improve Everglades, Ecologists Say
Tom Brokaw, Miss Florida, and the all stars of Florida Everglades advocacy came to Washington on May 19 to discuss the progress of restoration efforts. Packed into a small room down the street from the Capitol ...
May 20, 2010 |
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USF Scientist: Oil Spill Now Three Times Size of Lake Okeechobee
(PhysOrg.com) -- The oil-slickened water in the Gulf of Mexico, dead sea turtles on the beach and a sea bird’s feathers soaked in black goo are the searing images from the oil spill - but USF researcher Chuanmin ...
May 06, 2010 |
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UF team's work pays off with unmanned-flight system that captures valuable data
On an airboat on Lake Okeechobee, four University of Florida researchers prepare to launch an airplane -- by hand.
Oct 20, 2010 |
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GOES-13 sees new Tropical Storm Bonnie raining on south Florida
Tropical Depression 3 strengthened into tropical storm Bonnie at 6:15pm EDT on July 22, when it was centered about 200 miles southeast of Nassau, Bahamas. At 5 a.m. EDT today, July 23, Bonnie was 155 miles ...
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Jul 23, 2010 |
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GOES-13 sees Tropical Depression 3 form in the Atlantic: Bahamas, Florida under warnings
The GOES-13 satellite has kept an eye on System 97L all week, and it has now developed into a tropical depression. NASA's GOES Project has created a movie showing its development over the last three days, ...
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Jul 22, 2010 |
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Fla. governor approves plan to capture, kill Burmese pythons
By next week, the first of a select squad of python hunters will be ready to roll.
Jul 16, 2009 |
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Ecologists report quantifiable measures of nature's services to humans
The idea of ecosystem services is a promising conservation concept but has been rarely put into practice. In a special issue of the journal Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment, researchers use novel tools to report some o ...
Feb 02, 2009 |
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Fay Comes Ashore in Florida
(PhysOrg.com) -- NASA's CloudSat and Aqua satellites are just two of NASA's fleet keeping eyes on Tropical Storm Fay. NASA is using these data to see cloud height and cloud temperatures which give hints at ...
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Aug 19, 2008 |
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Harmful algae taking advantage of global warming
You know that green scum creeping across the surface of your local public water reservoir" Or maybe it’s choking out a favorite fishing spot or livestock watering hole. It’s probably cyanobacteria – blue-green algae – and, ...
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Apr 03, 2008 |
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Drought leaves Tenn. town dry
Rain brought some relief this week to the Tennessee Valley but a serious drought persisted throughout most of the Southeast United States.
Nov 09, 2007 |
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U.S. drought spreading in South and West
Drought now covers more than a third of the continental United States and is spreading, it was reported Friday.
Jun 08, 2007 |
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Lake Okeechobee at risk in hurricanes
Scientists say New Orleans is most vulnerable to hurricane storm surge-caused loss of life and property damage of all U.S. East Coast and Gulf Coast areas.
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Oct 10, 2006 |
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