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Audrey Goeckner gathering sediment samples from a stormwater pond in Florida.
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Stormwater Ponds Are Carbon Sources, Not Sinks

by Robin Donovan 22 June 202222 June 2022

New research from Florida tracks carbon dioxide and methane emissions from human-created waterways.

Four photographs of Big Cypress National Preserve of South Florida.
Posted inEditors' Highlights

A New Model for Self-Organized Pattern Formation

by T. A. J. F. Hoitink 1 July 202111 February 2022

Scale-dependent feedbacks in time, rather than in space, result in a new type of competition, explaining the regularly patterned landscape of Big Cypress National Preserve in South Florida.

A researcher stands above a large sinkhole, pouring green dye into draining water.
Posted inNews

Dyes and Isotopes Track Groundwater from Sink to Spring

by J. Besl 28 June 202116 February 2022

The hydraulic connection between a sinkhole and a natural spring—the longest and largest yet documented—could help reduce the guesswork in mapping karst aquifers.

Six sequential radar reflectivity scans of Hurricane Michael as it developed
Posted inEditors' Highlights

The Evolution of Observed Hurricane Eyewall Shapes

by Suzana Camargo 16 September 202025 February 2022

The observational evidence of the wind field of Hurricane Michael using radar imagery showed an eyewall structure evolution with elliptical, triangular, and square shapes for the first time.

Mangrove trees in Rookery Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve in Naples, Florida.
Posted inResearch Spotlights

Florida Coastlines Respond to Sea Level Rise

by Elizabeth Thompson 1 April 202010 February 2022

For more than a century, carbon burial rates have been increasing on some southern Florida coasts. Scientists now verify this trend and propose an explanation.

Two dozen alligators gather in clusters in a swampy area of Everglades National Park
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Lost in the Everglades

by Mary Caperton Morton 27 March 202029 September 2021

Living in Geologic Time: An unintentional adventure in the River of Grass shows how Florida has changed dramatically over 15,000 years of human habitation.

A mangrove forest next to a river in Puerto Rico
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Hurricanes Hit Puerto Rico’s Mangroves Harder Than Florida’s

by Kimberly M. S. Cartier 12 December 201910 February 2022

The scale and pattern of damage to the Puerto Rican forests suggest a complex interplay between wind, land, and sea.

Two frosted glassy spheres with bumps and cracks on their surfaces
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“Glass Pearls” in Clamshells Point to Ancient Meteor Impact

by R. Crowell 24 September 20197 March 2022

Research suggests that the spherical structures, smaller than grains of sand, may be microtektites, but additional investigations are needed to verify their identity.

Researchers use ground-penetrating radar to spot carbon stores in the Disney Wilderness Preserve
Posted inResearch Spotlights

A Better Way to Probe Peat

by S. Witman 10 January 20181 April 2022

Florida scientists use ground-penetrating radar to image underground carbon stores in the Disney Wilderness Preserve.

Posted inResearch Spotlights

Are U.S. States Prepared to Manage Water in a Changing Climate?

by Terri Cook 18 April 201616 August 2022

An empirical study of water allocation and planning in five states concludes that they lack a statewide strategy to manage the impacts of climate change on water resources.

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