The Invading Sea

Jerald Pinson writes about climate cafes in Gainesville & beyond: "Support groups that place an emphasis on grieving environmental destruction have been meeting at least since the 1980s, but the idea to focus on climate change is a more recent upwelling." theinvadingsea.com/2025/07/22/cli…

Florida state Rep. Toby Overdorf writes that China’s carbon emissions are helping fuel the growth of sargassum seaweed that piles up on beaches: "Foreign pollution affects more than our beaches — it impacts tourism, one of Florida’s top industries.” theinvadingsea.com/2025/07/16/sar…

William Sweet of @republicEn writes about the economic impact of climate change: "Harming nature is harming our bottom line. And the sooner we see nature not as a luxury, but as the backbone of our economic system, the sooner we can correct course." theinvadingsea.com/2025/07/23/glo…

"Florida’s leaders must hasten the transition to a more environmentally and economically responsible system for managing biosolids and Florida’s growing volume of human waste," write Paul Owens of @floridafriends and @SJRiverkeeper Lisa Rinaman. theinvadingsea.com/2025/07/21/bio…

Kimball Love writes that recent events involving the Everglades and Ocklawaha River "bring to mind Florida women who fought tooth and nail to protect our natural resources – and happen to share the same first name." theinvadingsea.com/2025/07/21/mar…

Stephanie Anderson writes about the benefits of regenerative agriculture for the environment and resiliency of farmers: "Regenerative agriculture encompasses a wide range of practices ... that together can help farms and ranches withstand a warming world" theinvadingsea.com/2025/07/15/reg…

The Orlando Sentinel Editorial Board writes about the Kirkpatrick Dam's condition and benefits of restoring the Ocklawaha River by removing it: "On an environmental, economic and political level, it’s becoming increasingly clear that the dam needs to go" theinvadingsea.com/2025/07/14/kir…

Luna Plaza of genCLEO writes about the impact of the "Alligator Alcatraz" detention center on Everglades lands that Florida tribes hold sacred: "Tribal leaders warn that such a plan would impact the environment of their Indigenous homeland." theinvadingsea.com/2025/07/15/flo…

Zack Farr of Biotech Applied Research writes about converting old and dying citrus groves into what he calls a "powerful tool for water and soil restoration," biochar: "Florida is uniquely positioned to benefit from this sustainable technology." theinvadingsea.com/2025/07/16/bio…

A new @ClimateCentral study looked at schools in urban heat islands in the largest U.S. cities. Three Florida cities – Orlando, Tampa and West Palm Beach – ranked among the top 10 with the highest percentage of students in extreme urban heat zones. theinvadingsea.com/2025/07/15/urb…

For a Ph.D. seminar called “Theorizing Infrastructure” at FAU, students reimagined South Florida's infrastructure for a more environmentally sustainable future. Read an essay on the ideas behind the course and the pieces written by students here: bit.ly/theorizinginfr…

Julio Fuentes of @FSHCC writes that Florida lawmakers should focus on mitigation as a strategy to reduce hurricane damage and insurance costs: "It’s time to stop asking how we can make premiums cheaper and start asking how we can make homes stronger." theinvadingsea.com/2025/07/14/hur…

Joe Murphy writes about Florida banning weather modification practices while "many elected officials’ policies or lack of policies at the state and federal level are directly changing climate and weather by ignoring climate change." theinvadingsea.com/2025/07/09/flo…

Retired environmental scientist Pam McVety writes on extreme heat and lack of action to prevent it from getting hotter: "Our situation isn’t going to get better without dramatically and quickly cutting our carbon emissions, and this requires leadership." theinvadingsea.com/2025/07/10/ext…

Victoria Machado writes that the Everglades detention center called Alligator Alcatraz could turn into an "environmental disaster" and is "a potential liability" for Floridians: "Simply put, Alligator Alcatraz is the making of an environmental crisis." theinvadingsea.com/2025/07/08/all…

The Orlando Sentinel Editorial Board writes that a court case on manatees "should be a wake-up call: The leaders of the state’s environmental protection efforts can’t drag their heels any longer, or actively enable new potential sources of degradation." theinvadingsea.com/2025/07/04/man…

Florida state Rep. @TobyOverdorf writes that small modular reactors about 1/3 the size of traditional nuclear plants offer an "opportunity to deliver clean, reliable, and resilient power while reducing carbon emissions and protecting our coastal heritage" theinvadingsea.com/2025/07/04/nuc…

Bella Kubach of @citizensclimate writes that "investing in clean energy isn’t just essential for our climate goals. It’s vital to prevent what can happen when the power goes out." theinvadingsea.com/2025/07/06/cle…

"Transitioning to green energy is a double victory: It addresses the root causes of climate breakdown and removes one of history’s most dangerous triggers of war," writes Thais Lopez Vogel of @VoLoFoundation. theinvadingsea.com/2025/07/07/fos…

In this article for Florida Student News Watch, Noah Bookstein reports on a documentary being made by two Gainesville-based storytellers who "spotlight the scientists trying to save struggling coral reefs while grieving losses of their own." theinvadingsea.com/2025/07/03/cor…