7-day voyage finds unfamiliar ocean with red bloom threat looming

A team of scientists and researchers set out to discover the impact that Hurricane Ian had on coastal life.

  • By Amanda Postma
  • | 5:00 a.m. November 4, 2022
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Sponges and a soft coral that survived the storm at Arc Tower, an artificial reef site. The team discovered only two of three segments of the tower. (Courtesy photo by James Douglass).
Sponges and a soft coral that survived the storm at Arc Tower, an artificial reef site. The team discovered only two of three segments of the tower. (Courtesy photo by James Douglass).
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The damage Hurricane Ian caused goes beyond what we can see on land. Consider The Water School at Florida Gulf Coast University in Fort Myers. 

 

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