City to offer boaters free mobile pump-out service
FORT LAUDERDALE — A new option in the fight for clean waterways will launch in spring 2026: a pump-out boat to provide free in-water sewage removal for craft in Fort Lauderdale. The goal is for boat owners to responsibly empty their holding tanks instead of discharging sewage into the city’s 165 miles of waterways.
Rare coral bleaching occurring off the coast
DANIA BEACH — Researchers from Nova Southeastern University (NSU) have discovered a rare and concerning coral bleaching event taking place just off Fort Lauderdale and Dania Beach.
Mislabeling of fish species detected by DNA testing
In a shipment of tuna, the labels said one thing but DNA told a different story. To get answers, federal agents turned to Diego Cardeñosa, a shark conservation biologist with Florida International University.
New AI flood model determines dangerous situations
The 2,175-mile system of interconnected, man-made canals crisscrossing Florida — from Orlando to the Keys — has an important role when a hurricane happens to be pinwheeling toward the peninsula: Flood control.
Court to speed up case in recent manatee ruling
A federal appeals court will speed up consideration of a legal battle about whether the Florida Department of Environmental Protection needs to take additional steps to protect manatees in the Indian River Lagoon.
New AI tool tracks early hurricane formation
An artificial intelligence (AI) system is giving forecasters the first automated way to distinguish between key tropical weather patterns in the Atlantic and Pacific. It’s an advance now in use at the National Hurricane Center for the current Atlantic hurricane season.
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