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With the South still recovering from Hurricanes Helene and Milton, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration could benefit from the modernization of its hurricane hunter aircraft fleet, a request magnified by Representatives Scott Franklin (R-FL) and Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D-FL) in a bipartisan letter. Specifically, the two called for additional funding to the hurricane hunter […]

FLORIDA KEYS—The Sunshine State's endangered smalltooth sawfish are dying at an unprecedented rate, and scientists have absolutely no idea why. In late January, reports from the Florida Keys began rolling in: sawfish are spinning in circles and turning up dead. Scientists logged the erratic behavior in 109 sawfish and discovered 28 dead—all within two months. […]

Senators Rick Scott (R-FL) and Marco Rubio sent a letter to the Assistant Administrator for Fisheries at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric (NOAA) Janet Coit to call for the application of the Fishery Resource Disasters Improvement Act (FREDI). According to Sen. Scott’s press release, the bill has the potential to “improve the fishery disaster assistance […]

With everything going on in Florida politics, it is important to remember that Hurricane Season— Florida's biggest political issue— is right around the corner and  President Biden (D) has just doubled federal hurricane aid for Florida. Starting May 15th the NHC started tropical weather outlooks ahead of their usual June 1st kickoff date.  And with […]

With the hiring of David Legates, a University of Delaware Professor of climatology who has been criticized for being a climate science denier, to a top position at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Florida Democrats are expressing outrage.