BLOG FloridaScience December 13, 2024

Fingerprinting the Source of Nitrogen Pollution in Tampa Bay

This blog was written by Kassidy Troxell, Ph.D., a Research Assistant Professor at Florida international University’s Institute of Environment, and collaborator with Ocean Conservancy on our work to promote healthy Flori...

BLOG FloridaScience December 13, 2024

Fingerprinting the Source of Nitrogen Pollution in Tampa Bay

This blog was co-written by Natalia De Prisco. Natalia is an 11th grade student in Doral, Florida, who participated in Plastic Free Cities during the Fall 2023 semester. She aspires to pursue a career in business, speaks...

BLOG FloridaScience June 18, 2024

Eliminating Plastics in South Florida

We are officially within the 2024 Atlantic hurricane season here in the United States, and just a couple weeks ago, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) released its forecast for this year’s season....

BLOG FloridaScience June 6, 2024

Florida’s Daunting 2024 Hurricane Forecast

This blog was written by Kassidy Troxell, a Ph.D. candidate at Florida international University and intern with Ocean Conservancy. Kassidy is a lead scientist executing the nitrogen fingerprinting discussed in this blog....

BLOG FloridaScience November 29, 2023

What is Nitrogen Pollution?

Imagine lounging on a beach chair, an umbrella perched perfectly above as you look out onto the beautiful ocean waves, each crash like music to your ears. You take a deep breath and feel the cool breeze fill your lungs....

BLOG FloridaScience June 8, 2023

Five Things You Didn’t Know About Red Tide

Walking along a breezy Florida beach is a wonderful feeling, the soft sand and gentle ocean waves enjoyed by locals and tourists alike. Unfortunately, trash on our beaches is causing major threats to this idyllic image....

BLOG Florida December 9, 2022

Cigarette Butts are a Plague On Our Beaches

The Florida Keys are iconic, not only in name (thank you Beach Boys), but in the vast array of environmental wonders, beautiful sights and the unique wildlife that dwell there. This region in Florida is made up of a chai...

BLOG Florida November 17, 2022

Five Animals You’ll See in the Florida Keys

It’s been more than two years since Ocean Conservancy’s Florida Conservation Program launched Shores Forward, our flagship initiative to create positive change for our ocean across Florida. We work with local governments...

BLOG FloridaUncategorized September 1, 2022

Highlights From Ocean Conservancy’s Inaugural Shores Forward Summit

“Florida and beaches” are like “peanut butter and jelly”—they just go together, a match made in heaven. Between the soft sand, unique seashells, warm waters and fascinating ocean animals, there are so many things to love...

BLOG Florida July 7, 2022

Sea Birds to See in Florida

In less than two months, the National Oceanic Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) will release its outlook of the number of hurricanes making landfall in the United States in 2022. This gives people a sense of preparedness...