Ram Praneeth | Staff Writer This past month, in Fort Lauderdale, FIU Ph.D. student William Sample was selected as one of the inaugural recipients of the prestigious Guy Harvey Fellowship. An initiative aimed at supporting graduate students engaged in marine science research. Awarded by the Guy Harvey Foundation, in collaboration with the Florida Sea Grant, […]
Paloma Pimentel | Contributing Writer With the recent fish kills and wall of seaweed surrounding Florida, human-led environmental degradation came to the forefront of Florida politics. In combatting these critical events, experts continuously highlight the importance of the required environmental protections established by the 1972 Clean Water Act. However, a Supreme Court ruling passed on […]
Natalie Gutierrez | Staff Writer FIU’s Geology Club shows its passion for education with a down-to-earth approach by trekking into the wilderness and letting members experience the natural world for themselves. Originating in the Modesto Maidique Campus, the club offers a space for those who love the natural world and consists mostly of geology, earth, […]
Liberty Littman/Contributing Writer Imagine one day the Everglades Z-tree, an iconic curved dwarf Cypress tree, just collapsed after a couple hundred or thousand years. Imagine a possibility where floods are so prevalent that you can’t even drive the common car down the road that leads down the Everglades into Flamingo. While researching the Everglades, as […]
Bianca Antunez/Contributing Writer It is often said that to make big changes in the world, you must start with what you have in front of you; that is the same approach that Florida International University junior Alex Crow has towards the environment. Alex Crow is majoring in Environmental Studies with a concentration in Natural Resources. When […]
Rebecca Piccardo/Contributing Writer The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission and its partners hosted the “2013 Python Challenge,” a month-long harvest competition that invited both amateur and professional hunters to capture the Burmese python, an invasive species of constrictor snake that has impacted the Everglades ecosystem. The competition took place from Saturday, Jan. 12 until […]
