What a difference a month makes.
For faithful readers of this column, first, thank you, and second, you might remember that last month’s column was about the impact of the drought and the fires that resulted.
Now, we are experiencing …
Read More »What a difference a month makes.
For faithful readers of this column, first, thank you, and second, you might remember that last month’s column was about the impact of the drought and the fires that resulted.
Now, we are experiencing …
Read More »It all started with Myrtle the Turtle.
Watching the 500-pound green sea turtle swim around her tank is Anjali Bhardwaj’s earliest memory …
Read More »He’s one of the great shark researchers and taggers, and now Jacksonville University has tracked him down to teach marine science and combine his student-centric efforts with the University’s new partner, world-renowned shark collaborative OCEARCH.
Dr. Bryan Franks starts …
Read More »Fire and water don’t mix, and fire when coupled with a lack of water can create a dangerous combination. This is readily illustrated in the huge wildfire that has recently burned just north of the Florida-Georgia line, and multiple fires …
Read More »Last month, our local charismatic megafauna, the Florida manatee, achieved a very significant milestone in recovering from near extinction, when the federal government down-listed the marine mammal from endangered to threatened.
While some are upset that the status of the …
Read More »If all goes according to plan, and you are reading this on Friday, I am spending the weekend with my graduate Ecology of the St. Johns River class on a boat studying the St. Johns River. We left Jacksonville bright …
Read More »There’s been a lot of excitement recently around the marine science program at Jacksonville University. On Feb. 9, we announced a cooperative partnership with OCEARCH, which is by far the most widely recognized shark tracking organization in the world.
This …
Read More »You can’t change the future of the ocean on a fisherman’s story.
So says Chris Fischer, the charismatic founder of world-renowned marine research outfit OCEARCH. The bona fides of academic expertise, peer-reviewed published research and acclaimed scientists are needed to …
Read More »To the JU Community,
Today we announce the formation of a special partnership – “OCEARCH at Jacksonville University” – to bring enormous benefit to our students and faculty, our University, our region and the broader scientific community worldwide. (The event …
Read More »One of the more variable factors with which plants and animals must contend in the St. Johns River is salinity, or salt concentration in the water. Yet it is also critically important to many species. Few can handle a wide …
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