How Will Climate Change Impact Fishing? As our waters warm, seas rise and fish move. Climate change impacts fishing below...

Shallow Water Blackout and Electric Shock Drowning As the weather warms, it’s time for many of us to get back in...

Whirlpools and Maelstroms The myths and realities of whirlpools and maelstroms Violent maelstroms capable of pulling large ships under with...

Every boater needs to know the surface condition of the water they are traversing. This condition is referred to as the “seas”...

What is stony coral tissue loss disease? And more important, how do we stop it? In September 2014, researchers noticed...

Types of Fog Did you know that there are many different types of fog? Fog can certainly spoil an otherwise...

What's the difference between El Niño and La Niña? Long before meteorologists “discovered” the El Niño (EN) phenomenon, fishermen in Chile...

Has the Gulf of Mexico recovered from the Deepwater Horizon disaster? The Deepwater Horizon oil rig, located 42 miles off...

Red Tide is a menace with no simple solution The infamous red tide algae on Florida's southwest coast has died or...

Is it possible to eradicate lionfish from our waters? In the past couple of decades since lionfish really started taking...

Rising seas are more than a threat. They’re a reality. It’s been a little more than a year since I...

Mote Marine tracks Whale Sharks In mid-June, Sarasota’s Mote Marine Laboratory got word that boaters were watching whale sharks on the...

The 2017 hurricane season brought larger and more frequent storms that caused significantly more damage than anyone thought possible. It...

What do you know about waterspouts? A mesmerizing vortex that spins down from a cloud to the surface of the ocean...

Lionfish: Eat 'em to Beat 'em Lionfish don't belong here. Their natural domain is in the South Pacific and Indian...