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Research Highlights: Citizen Science

Citizen science is when the public contributes to scientific data collection and analysis. Citizen science opportunities vary from image-based biodiversity surveys to crowdsourced collection of data on … Continue

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March Stories to Watch

Wondering what happened to the bills covered in February’s legislative issue? Stay tuned for our April legislative update issue!  Stories to Watch  … Continue

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Tell Me About: Rhizomatous Plants in Florida

What’s Going On? Rhizomes are specialized plant structures that grow horizontally at or just below ground level. When observing a rhizomatous plant, the shoots that are visible aboveground … Continue

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Water Quality & Quantity

The state of Florida contains immense water resources, with over 50,000 miles of rivers and streams, nearly 8,000 natural lakes, and 4,000 square miles of estuaries. However, these … Continue

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Natural Hazards

Though the 2025 hurricane season didn’t produce any named tropical systems that made landfall in the U.S., the Atlantic basin still generated 13 named … Continue