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Samaritan Health Clinic in Cape Coral destroyed by Hurricane Ian
CAPE CORAL, Fla. — Hurricane Ian has decimated health care clinics and left hospitals crippled in Southwest Florida. Samaritan Health and Wellness along Cape Coral Parkway in Cape Coral sees over 10,000 uninsured and underinsured patients. Dr. Sue Hook founded and runs the facility and discovered it destroyed by Ian. The roof on top of …
Anti-blue-green algae technology coming to Cape Coral canals
National & World Click here for updates on this story CAPE CORAL, Florida (WBBH) — Last week, the Cape Coral City Council approved a $1 million project to help prevent the spread of blue-green algae in their canals. Money for the project will go towards funding the installation of bubble curtains in several Cape canals. …
New coral reef restoration technology aims to reverse climate change damage
Marine scientist Deborah Brosnan remembers “feeling like a visitor at an amazing party” on her diving trips to a bay near the Caribbean island of Saint Barthelemy where she swam above coral reefs with nurse sharks, sea turtles and countless colorful fish. But on a return trip after Hurricane Irma ravaged the island in 2017, …
Indonesia coral reef partially restored in extensive project
Around 40,000 sq m of coral reef has been restored as part of a collaboration between local groups, conservation organisation The Nature Conservancy and pet brand Sheba. It’s part of a plan to restore 185,000 sq m of the world’s coral reefs by 2029. One partially restored reef off the coast of Indonesia has since …
Great Barrier Reef: Can tech help the coral survive?
Australia’s Great Barrier Reef is the largest living structure on Earth measuring over 1,400 miles (2,300km) long. But rising water temperatures and a changing environment is causing the coral to bleach (turn white) and become more stressed. In March 2020 the reef suffered a third mass bleaching event in five years. BBC Click’s Nick Kwek …
Cape Coral uses company’s technology to help mitigate toxic algae blooms
CAPE CORAL A company could have the answer to help clean up blue green algae. It’s being used in canals where the health department warned people living nearby about the toxic water. AquaFlex developed foam technology to manage algal blooms in the waterways. The City of Cape Coral hopes it can benefit the …
Coral bleaching: Scientists ‘find way to make coral more heat-resistant’
Image copyright AFP Image caption Rising sea temperatures make corals expel tiny algae which live inside them Scientists in Australia say they have found a way to help coral reefs fight the devastating effects of bleaching by making them more heat-resistant. Rising sea temperatures make corals expel tiny algae which live inside them. This turns …
Is ‘super coral’ the key to saving the world’s reefs?
Scientists in the Seychelles have started the world’s first large-scale coral reef restoration project to help stop the impact of rising sea temperatures. More than half of the world’s coral has succumbed to the effects of climate change so a team based in the Indian Ocean has been growing coral on land and planting them …
Diving to save Indonesia’s coral reefs from plastic
Indonesia is the world’s second largest contributor to marine waste. Seeing the beautiful coral reefs off the coast of Indonesia’s capital drowning in plastic, 25 year-old Swietenia Puspa Lestari decided to take action. She leads a team of volunteer divers who clear rubbish from the reefs and recycle what they find. Produced by Callistasia Wijaya …
How to save the world’s coral reefs
CORALS ARE comeback creatures. As the world froze and melted and sea levels rose and fell over 30,000 years, Australia’s Great Barrier Reef, which is roughly the size of Italy, died and revived five times. But now, thanks to human activity, corals face the most complex concoction of conditions they have yet had to deal …
