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June 6, 2013
Coral Camp 21013

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June 6, 2013
Coral Camp 2013

Next week is the beginning of the first week of Coral Camp 2013. Two other interns and I came to Key West, Florida for the summer to help Reef Relief educate kids from 6-12 years of age on the marine environment. Our main mission is to conserve and protect our surrounding marine environment and teach […]

Events 
May 31, 2013
Reef Relief Little Hamaca Cleanup

Reef Relief Little Hamaca Cleanup Location: Little Hamaca Park in Key West Reef Relief hosts a shoreline cleanup on Saturday, June 29th. Please RSVP to this page or send an email to [email protected] Meet us at Little Hamaca Park located on Government Rd of Flagler Ave., in Key West, look for the Reef Relief sign. […]

Events 
May 31, 2013
MONROE COUNTY SHERIFF’S OFFICE LOWER KEYS DISTRICT CLEAN UP

Title: MONROE COUNTY SHERIFF’S OFFICE LOWER KEYS DISTRICT CLEAN UP Location: MEET BETWEEN NORTH /SOUTH PINE CHANNEL (JUST SOUTH OF BIG PINE KEY) Description: For questions please contact : Captain Gene Thompson / Cudjoe Substation, (305) 745-3184 Please share with friends, family, co-workers, associates, social and business organizations. This is a part of Sheriff Rick […]

Encroaching sea already a threat in Caribbean

By David McFadden. Associated Press. 05/08/13 TELESCOPE, Grenada — The old coastal road in this fishing village at the eastern edge of Grenada sits under a couple of feet of murky saltwater, which regularly surges past a hastily-erected breakwater of truck tires and bundles of driftwood intended to hold back the Atlantic Ocean. For Desmond […]

Editorial: Time running out to address climate change

Friday, May 17, 2013. Tampa Bay Times The big threat to Florida's future that elected leaders aren't talking about: the average amount of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere. In the past 10 days, two different groups of scientists have reported the heat-trapping gas has reached the neighborhood of 400 parts per million — a level […]

May 21, 2013
Marine Ecology Research Society of the Univ. of W. FL Raises Funds for Reef Relief

The Marine Ecology Research Society of the University of West Florida in Pensacola sponsored an event called the Marine Costume Ball to raise donations for your organization. Thanks for your support!

The measure of global warming

May 11th 2013.The Economist AT NOON on May 4th the carbon-dioxide concentration in the atmosphere around the Mauna Loa Observatory in Hawaii hit 400 parts per million (ppm). The average for the day was 399.73 and researchers at the observatory expect this figure, too, to exceed 400 in the next few days. The last time […]

Naples residents outraged about possible oil drilling

NAPLES, FL – Apr 28, 2013 6:41 PM EDT. http://www.nbc-2.com/ Neighbors in a Naples community are outraged after receiving a letter, which led to the discovery of possible oil drilling near their homes by a Texas company. A letter is how they found out about the possibility of drilling near their homes. It was passed […]

News 
May 20, 2013
Airline exposed as shark fin trafficker

MICHAEL FIELD. 5/05/2013. http://www.stuff.co.nz/ International airline Air Pacific – soon to be rebranded as Fiji Air – has been exposed as one of the world’s major carriers of shark fins into Hong Kong. In an extensive investigation, the South China Morning Post has reported that the airlines’ new Airbus A330 aircraft were, according to a […]