Gulf Oil Spill: Impacts to Florida Everglades
Updated: 2010-08-31 14:26:37
With its vast 1.5 million acres of mangrove swamps, sawgrass prairies and subtropical jungles, could the Florida Everglades--the famous river of grass--be affected by the Gulf oil spill? While current estimates are that little if any oil entered the Loop Current or reached the Everglades, this area is a significant national natural resource, and to study the effects of the spill on seagrasses and mangrove forests in and near the Everglades, the National Science Foundation (NSF) has awarded a rapid response grant to researchers affiliated with NSF's Florida Coastal Everglades Long-Term Ecological Research (LTER) site.".......
Good morning from Curacao! Still no internet at home, trying to get UTS to come out and do a repair is close to impossible, maybe today? Yesterday I worked and tried to finish my last minute shopping list. I leave tomorrow morning at 6:00am and will arrive in Rapid City, SD at around 5:30pm, that’s [...]
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