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A bizarre environmental mystery is unfolding along Florida’s coast as thick, black tar balls have washed ashore, forcing several beaches to close. The U.S. Coast Guard has launched an ...
Nearby is the Canaveral National Seashore park, a twenty-four mile stretch of undisturbed ocean beach near the Kennedy Space Center. Visitors take self-guided tours assisted by information from park rangers. [55] Travelocity.com named this park among the top ten Florida beaches as well as among the top ten Family Attractions in Florida.
Meanwhile, wide swaths of Fort Lauderdale’s beach closed to swimmers as the oil washed ashore and slicks decorated the water, city officials said. The shoreline remained closed until about 5:30 p.m.
There are a number of environmental issues in Florida.A large portion of Florida is a biologically diverse ecosystem, with large wetlands in the Everglades.Management of environmental issues related to the everglades and the larger coastal waters and wetlands have been important to the history of Florida and the development of multiple parts of the economy of Florida, including the influential ...
A giant blob of seaweed, spanning 5,000 miles and weighing an estimated 6.1 million tons, threatens to blanket Florida beaches and Caribbean islands with smelly piles of decaying brown goop.
This is a list of Superfund sites in Florida designated under the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA) environmental law. The CERCLA federal law of 1980 authorized the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to create a list of polluted locations requiring a long-term response to clean up hazardous material contaminations. [1]
Coinciding with the dedication of Everglades National Park, 1947 in south Florida saw two hurricanes and a wet season responsible for 100 inches (250 cm) of rain, ending the decade-long drought. Although there were no human casualties, cattle and deer were drowned and standing water was left in suburban areas for months.
If you’ve spent time near the coast and beaches around Anna Maria Island and Bradenton lately, you may have noticed thick, dark mats of icky-looking stuff floating in the water.