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Tell Me About: The Calusa Tribe

Mar 21, 2025

Did you know that people lived and fished on Florida’s Gulf Coast long before the first pyramids in Egypt were … Continue

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Florida’s Environment: 10 Stories to Watch in February

Feb 27, 2025

To pair with the rest of our educational content in each Earth to Florida newsletter, we bring you monthly updates … Continue

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Tell Me About: Communicating About Our Climate

Feb 14, 2025

Takeaways from the University of Florida’s 10th annual Climate Communications Summit The way we tell the climate story has the … Continue

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Florida’s Environment: 10 Stories to Watch for January

Jan 30, 2025

To pair with the rest of our educational content in each Earth to Florida newsletter, we bring you monthly updates … Continue

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Florida’s Environment: 10 Stories to Watch for December

Dec 16, 2024

To pair with the rest of our educational content in each Earth to Florida newsletter, we bring you monthly updates … Continue

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Earth to Florida: 2024 Year in Review

Dec 16, 2024

In case you missed them, we’ve compiled our feature stories from 2024.

Megan Ennes, Assistant Curator of Museum Education; Director, Thompson Earth Systems Institute

NAS names Megan Ennes early career fellow in education research

Dec 10, 2024

Megan Ennes has been named a 2024-2026 research fellow by the National Academy of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine.

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The 31st Annual West Antarctic Ice Sheet (WAIS) Workshop: Teaming up to Slow the Melt

Dec 4, 2024

“Science is a team sport,” said Roger Creel, a postdoctoral scholar at Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, speaking to the importance … Continue

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Summer in China: IRES Reflection

Nov 21, 2024

This past summer I had the opportunity to spend 9 weeks in Sichuan, a beautiful and culturally rich province in … Continue

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Tell Me About: Beach Nourishment in Florida

Aug 23, 2024

Beach nourishment is a hot topic in Florida… but what exactly does it mean for our sandy beaches?

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