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Florida accidentally created giant floating islands across Lake Okeechobee after decades of fertiliser runoff fueled explosive growth of invasive water hyacinths and other aquatic weeds, smothering habitats and clogging waterways

Lake Okeechobee faces nutrient pollution from agricultural runoff and tributaries. Excessive phosphorus and nitrogen fuel invasive aquatic plant growth, forming floating islands. A 2011 USGS study identified western tributaries as major nutrient contributors. These floating islands disrupt the lake's ecosystem and navigation. Sustained nutrient reduction throughout the watershed is crucial…

The Times of India · Jul 10

In Florida, a race is on to save the Everglades and protect a key source of drinking water

For decades, largescale engineering projects for development and agriculture drained and partitioned south Florida's Everglades, a vast wetlands landscape home to endangered and threatened species and a vital source of drinking water for millions of Floridians

The Independent UK · Dec 19, 2024

Good flooding? Scientists use rice cultivation to preserve soil in Florida’s Everglades Agricultural Area

Each summer, nearly 25,000 acres (10,000 hectares) of rice is cultivated in the Florida Everglades Agricultural Area, a roughly 1,100-square-mile (2,800-square-kilometer) area south of Lake Okeechobee.

The Conversation · Aug 8, 2024

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‘Black snow’: sugarcane burning makes our lives hell, Florida locals say

Fire and ash from burning cane fields has worsened health near Lake Okeechobee, US’s largest sugar-growing region

The Guardian - US · Jan 13, 2024

Everglades Restoration Complicated by Florida Agricultural Interests

Tariffs and sugar subsidies have propped up overvalued land needed to fix the environmental damage.

Reason · Dec 9, 2023

Florida toxic algae is so bad it can be seen from space

The toxic algae is now coating more than 60 per cent of Lake Okeechobee

The Independent UK · Jul 18, 2023

In Florida, an invasive snail is helping save an endangered bird

The population of an endangered bird, the Everglade snail kite, has rebounded recently. Scientists it's all thanks to an invasive snail that has provided kites with a new abundant food source.

WEKU · Mar 14, 2023

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Python invasion has exploded out of the Everglades and into nearly all of southern Florida, new map shows

Burmese pythons are too good at what they do — they’re nearly undetectable to both humans and their prey, they barely need to move and when they do they’re deadly. On top of that, they have lots of babies.

Tribune News Service · Mar 8, 2023

Everglades restoration moves closer to reality with a crucial groundbreaking

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — It’s been 23 years since Congress passed the Comprehensive Everglades Restoration Plan, an ambitious program to undo, at least in part, the damage done by humans to one of the most unique ecosystems on the planet.

Tribune News Service · Feb 26, 2023

Miami’s hidden high ground: What sea rise risk means for some prime real estate

Miami isn’t known for its majestic mountains. The tallest peaks in the South Florida landscape, in fact, are a series of landfills. The highest point south of Lake Okeechobee is the dump at Monarch Hill Renewable Energy Park, better known as Mount Trashmore, which towers 225 smelly feet above northern…

Miami Herald · Feb 23, 2023

After 18 years, $1.5B dike repair done at Florida's Lake O

After 18 years, a $1.5 billion project has officially been completed to repair a sprawling dike around Florida’s Lake Okeechobee that protects thousands of people from potentially catastrophic flooding during hurricanes

The Independent UK · Jan 25, 2023

The hunt for Florida’s dinosaurs is on as gator harvest season kicks off

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — The party hadn’t been gliding across Lake Okeechobee long when they encountered an 11-foot gator. Many would be scared, but for the group participating in the first day of alligator hunting season, it was a promising sign.

Tribune News Service · Aug 24, 2022

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