Max Chesnes
@MaxChesnes
Environment reporter @TB_Times. Past: @tcpenvironment💧 2023 @ColumbiaUEnergy Fellow. @UFJSchool alum. Drone pilot. #ReadLocal
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Mangroves, Florida’s natural line of defense against flooding and sea rise, are already threatened by development and habitat loss.
Now, researchers are adding a new threat to that list: disease.
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A heart-breaking but lovely story by Michaela Mulligan about a bobcat that died, seemingly frozen in time, hanging from a tree; and how animal lovers came together to not only get the bobcat down, but to figure out what killed it.
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Sad news to report: An endangered sawfish that was rescued from the Florida Keys fish die-off in early April died at Mote Marine Laboratory & Aquarium in Sarasota yesterday
“Sadly, even with our best efforts, the animal was ultimately too compromised to recover” Mote said.
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In Florida waters, fish swim in circles and die. Experts have no clear explanation: “It’s death by a thousand cuts: We had coral bleaching that caused immense stress on fish last summer. Now this. What else is going to happen?” Max Chesnes Tampa Bay Times tampabay.com/news/environme…
NEW: I read dozens of eyewitness reports sent to Florida biologists documenting the ongoing fish die-off in the Keys
'Certainly not normal behavior, the fish was going berserk,' one emailer wrote about a snook
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St. Petersburg's low-lying Shore Acres neighborhood is flooding on sunny days as Tampa Bay water spills into its streets
Here's how the neighborhood is fending off high tides Tampa Bay Times
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