Scientists thought this Argentine glacier was stable. Now they say it’s melting fast

Written by Fort Lauderdale Mortgage Syndicated User on August 8, 2025. Posted in Environment, Fort Lauderdale Mortgage, Fort Lauderdale Mortgage Rates, Network, News, World News.

By MELINA WALLING An iconic Argentinian glacier, long thought one of the few on Earth to be relatively stable, is now undergoing its “most substantial retreat in the past century,” according to new research. Related Articles July was Earth’s third-warmest on record, EU scientists say Trump’s push for drilling, mining sharpens debate for Alaska Natives about land they view as sacred Great Barrier Reef records largest annual coral loss in 39 years AI is fast-tracking climate...

Scientists say they have solved the mystery of what killed more than 5 billion sea stars

Written by Fort Lauderdale Mortgage Syndicated User on August 5, 2025. Posted in Environment, Fort Lauderdale Mortgage, Fort Lauderdale Mortgage Rates, Network, News, Science.

By CHRISTINA LARSON WASHINGTON (AP) — Scientists say they have at last solved the mystery of what killed more than 5 billion sea stars off the Pacific coast of North America in a decade-long epidemic. Related Articles New Jersey says 3 chemical makers agree to ‘forever chemical’ settlement worth up to $2 billion Free air conditioner programs help amid life-threatening heat How to protect yourself from the bad air caused by wildfires Composting helps the planet. This is how to do it, no matter...

Environmental groups add to legal complaints about Alligator Alcatraz

Written by Fort Lauderdale Mortgage Syndicated User on July 12, 2025. Posted in Environment, Florida News, Fort Lauderdale Mortgage, Fort Lauderdale Mortgage Rates, Latest Headlines, News.

TALLAHASSEE — Environmental groups Friday gave formal notice that they could sue federal and state agencies over alleged violations of the Endangered Species Act and the Clean Water Act at an immigrant-detention center in the Everglades dubbed Alligator Alcatraz. The notice was in addition to a lawsuit filed June 27 that alleges violations of the National Environmental Policy Act, a federal law that requires evaluating potential environmental impacts before such a project can move forward. The notice warned that if the alleged violations are not resolved within 60 days, Friends of the...

Environmental groups say feds ‘cannot shirk’ law by distancing from Alligator Alcatraz

Written by Fort Lauderdale Mortgage Syndicated User on July 8, 2025. Posted in Environment, Florida News, Fort Lauderdale Mortgage, Fort Lauderdale Mortgage Rates, Latest Headlines, News.

TALLAHASSEE — As they urge a U.S. district judge to halt an immigrant-detention center in the Everglades, environmental groups are pushing back against Trump administration arguments seeking to distance the federal government from responsibility for the project. The state last week began operating what has been dubbed “Alligator Alcatraz” at a remote site surrounded by the Everglades and the Big Cypress National Preserve, as Gov. Ron DeSantis and other officials try to help President Donald Trump’s mass deportation of undocumented immigrants. Friends of the Everglades and the Center for...

FAU study reveals how narwhals, the ‘unicorns of the sea,’ explore and play

Written by Fort Lauderdale Mortgage Syndicated User on March 7, 2025. Posted in Environment, Fort Lauderdale Mortgage, Fort Lauderdale Mortgage Rates, Latest Headlines, News.

Many details have remained unknown about narwhals, the elusive tusked whales that dive in the icy waters of Canada’s High Arctic. But a new study from Florida Atlantic University is shedding light on the narwhals’ many explorations, the way they use their tusks to seek out fish, and how they like to play. Greg O’Corry-Crowe, an FAU Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institute research professor, spent the summer of 2022 in the High Artic, participating in a team effort to observe the narwhals under the midnight sun. The study, done in partnership with Canada’s Department of Fisheries and Oceans,...

‘Save our parks!’: Protesters rally against controversial state parks proposal

Written by Fort Lauderdale Mortgage Syndicated User on August 28, 2024. Posted in Environment, Fort Lauderdale Mortgage, Fort Lauderdale Mortgage Rates, Latest Headlines, News.

Protesters gathered on Tuesday in Miami-Dade and other parts of Florida to voice outrage at the state’s plan to install golf, pickleball, 350-room hotels and other attractions to various state parks. At Oleta River State Park in North Miami Beach, a crowd of 120 or so people gathered to voice their opposition. Similar protests took place Tuesday at other parks and the state DEP headquarters in Tallahassee. The plans for Florida’s Great Outdoors Initiative were released last week, instantly drawing a bipartisan public uproar. Many opponents were left questioning why the Florida Department of...

EPA issues rare emergency ban on pesticide that damages fetuses

Written by Fort Lauderdale Mortgage Syndicated User on August 8, 2024. Posted in Environment, Fort Lauderdale Mortgage, Fort Lauderdale Mortgage Rates, Health, Latest Headlines, National News, News.

By MICHAEL PHILLIS ST. LOUIS (AP) — For the first time in roughly 40 years, the Environmental Protection Agency used its emergency authority to halt the sale of a weed-killing pesticide that harms the development of unborn babies. Officials took the rare step because the pesticide DCPA, or Dacthal, could cause irreversible damage to fetuses, including impaired brain development and low birthweight. The agency struggled to obtain vital health data from the pesticide’s manufacturer on time and decided it was not safe to allow continued sale, EPA said in an announcement Tuesday. “In this...

Shark attack victims are recovering from life-altering injuries in Florida panhandle

Written by Fort Lauderdale Mortgage Syndicated User on June 11, 2024. Posted in Environment, Florida News, Fort Lauderdale Mortgage, Fort Lauderdale Mortgage Rates, Latest Headlines, News.

WEST PALM BEACH (AP) — Days after a shark attack in the Florida panhandle cost teenager Lulu Gribbin her left hand and right leg, her mother said the first words she uttered after surgery were “I made it.” Gribbin was one of three people injured in shark attacks Friday over the course of about 90 minutes in Walton County. In a post on Caringbridge.org, Lulu Gribbin’s mother, Ann Blair Gribbin, said the attack happened during her first mother-daughter beach trip with Lulu. She recounted the scene as “something out of a movie” and said her daughter was on a sand bar in waist-high water...

Climate change could virtually disappear in Florida — at least according to state law

Written by Fort Lauderdale Mortgage Syndicated User on May 1, 2024. Posted in Environment, Fort Lauderdale Mortgage, Fort Lauderdale Mortgage Rates, Latest Headlines, News, Politics.

TALLAHASSEE — Florida, perhaps the most vulnerable state to sea-level rise and extreme weather, is on the verge of repealing what’s left of a 16-year-old law that lists climate change as a priority when making energy policy decisions. Instead, the state would make energy affordability and availability its main focus. A bill waiting to be signed by Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis would strip the term “climate change” from much of state law and reverse a policy then-Gov. Charlie Crist championed as he built a reputation for being a rare Republican fighting to promote green energy over fossil...

World carbon dioxide emissions increase again, driven by China, India and aviation

Written by Fort Lauderdale Mortgage Syndicated User on December 5, 2023. Posted in Environment, Fort Lauderdale Mortgage, Fort Lauderdale Mortgage Rates, Latest Headlines, News, World News.

By SETH BORENSTEIN (AP Science Writer) DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — The world this year pumped 1.1% more heat-trapping carbon dioxide into the air than last year because of increased pollution from China and India, a team of scientists reported. The increase was reported early Tuesday at international climate talks, where global officials are trying to cut emissions by 43% by 2030. Instead, carbon pollution keeps rising, with 36.8 billion metric tons poured into the air in 2023, twice the annual amount of 40 years ago, according to Global Carbon Project, a group of international...

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