FGCU students experimenting with hydrogen peroxide to kill blue-green algae
Published: May 12, 2021 5:10 PM EDT
Updated: May 12, 2021 5:11 PM EDT
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Students at Florida Gulf Coast University are seeing if hydrogen peroxide can be used to kill or potentially stop toxic algae.
The students are using the algae outbreak on Lake Okeechobee to learn how to potentially control it in water conditions from the Caloosahatchee River. It’s a chance to bring the lab outside in a more real-life scenario.
“Today is the second day of our cyanobacteria experiment that we are running in these tubs over here,” said Taylor Hancock, a research assistant at the Water School at FGCU and a PhD student at the University of South Florida.
DeSantis says emergency order unnecessary over water quality, funds already available
Published: May 12, 2021 1:50 PM EDT
Updated: May 12, 2021 5:34 PM EDT
The Estates sit along the Caloosahatchee River which has seen visible blue-green algae in recent weeks, primarily upriver and in Lake Okeechobee.
During his press conference, DeSantis claimed the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is not managing Lake Okeechobee very well right now.
DeSantis said, “The way this lake is managed is causing problems, it caused a lot of problems in Southwest Florida in 2018 and it’s caused problems on the East Coast as well in the past.” He said the lake needs to be managed better during the dry season to prepare for the rainy season by releasing water in the winter months.
Monday, Calusa Waterkeeper posted images of what appears to be blue-green algae that could be seen in streaks over Lake Okeechobee. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration uses satellite images of Lake Okeechobee to show how blue-green algae conditions change on the lake. Rick Stumpf, a NOAA oceanographer, monitors the time of year we see the […]
Florida lawmakers want to ban offshore drilling to protect our coastline
Published: May 3, 2021 3:59 PM EDT
Updated: May 6, 2021 10:38 AM EDT
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We hope to never see an oil spill like the Deepwater Horizon spill of 2010. It dumped millions of barrels of oil into the Gulf of Mexico and left 11 people dead.
Now, there is a renewed effort to protect Florida’s coastline as lawmakers push a bill to ban offshore drilling.
Florida is surrounded by more than 1,000 miles of coastline. Representative Vern Buchanan represents Florida’s 16th Congressional District. “Well, I can’t imagine anything more important than our water quality,” Buchanan said.
Tool helps prepare for sea level rise, coastal flooding in Collier County
Published: April 28, 2021 5:30 PM EDT
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We may not have a crystal ball to predict the future, but researchers hope a new tool will give us a better idea of how one of our most populated counties will fare in the face of storms and sea level rise.
There’s nothing quite like sitting alongside the beautiful Gulf on a sunny day in Collier County, but we don’t want that water moving further inland.
It’s a real concern for Hyla Crane, executive director of the Marco Island Center for the Arts.