Ocean-related tourism and recreation supports more than 320,000 jobs and $13.5 billion in goods and services in Florida. But a dip in the ocean became much less attractive in the summer of 2023, when water temperatures off the coast of Miami reached as high as 37.8 degrees Celsius. The future of some jobs and businesses … Read more
Wetlands have thrived along the world’s coastlines for thousands of years and play a valuable role in the lives of people and wildlife. They protect the land from storm surges, ensure that seawater does not contaminate drinking water supplies and create a habitat for birds, fish and endangered species. Much of it could be gone … Read more
The Thwaites Glacier is the widest in the world, but it loses enormous amounts of ice every year.NASA Geoengineers plan to test massive underwater curtains that could slow the catastrophic melting of glaciers. The Thwaites, also known as the ‘doomsday glacier’, has lost more than 1 trillion tons of ice since 2000. If the Thwaites … Read more