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☆ Dolphins inhale microplastics, according to first-of-its kind evidence
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-17 | by ( Taylor Nicioli | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +5 min

CNN —For the first time, scientists have found evidence that marine mammals could be inhaling microplastics, according to new research that detected the potentially harmful particles in the breath of bottlenose dolphins off the coasts of Louisiana and Florida. Previous research has discovered the tiny particles present in marine mammals’ tissues from exposure through consumption and then movement from the digestive tract into other organs. “We found that dolphins may be breathing in microplastics, even if they live in rural areas away from high levels of human activity. The researchers are unsure how inhalation of microplastics will affect dolphins, but they suspect it could have an impact on the creatures’ lung health, according to the study. The study team held up petri dishes to the mammals’ blowhole, through which dolphins inhale and exhale.

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☆ Helene and Milton put this net-zero, hurricane-proof community to the test. The lights stayed on as everything else went dark
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-12 | by ( Rachel Ramirez | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +7 min

Most of the residents living in Hunters Point heeded the mandatory evacuations ahead of Hurricane Milton’s landfall but Fulford, 76, stayed behind with wife, Sueann, just as they did during Hurricane Helene last month. The storm obliterated vast parts of Florida, including the surrounding areas of Hunters Point like Anna Maria Island and Bradenton. Rebecca Blackwell/APMilton knocked out power for more than 2.5 million customers across the state, including in Manatee County, where Hunters Point homes are located. Julian Quinones/CNNWhen Gobuty started the design process for Hunters Point, it was imperative the homes be able to withstand Category 5 hurricanes. Instead, Milton drove the worst storm surge across a 65-mile stretch of coast between Siesta Key and Fort Myers Beach.

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“There’s a lot of cleanup that needs to be done, but I expected worse,” said 59-year-old Michelle Simmons, who rode out the storm Wednesday in her third-floor Sarasota apartment. And 53-year-old Maurice Williams said he was glad he heeded the advice of local officials and evacuated from Sarasota before the storm swept through town. “We kind of got lucky,” Williams said. “This is Florida,” Roxby said. “We are so lucky and relieved.”Matt Lavietes reported from Sarasota and Corky Siemaszko from New York City.

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☆ $1.8 Million Homes in Florida, New York and Tennessee
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-14 | by ( Angela Serratore | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

It is about a five-minute drive from the John and Mable Ringling Museum of Art, and about 15 minutes from downtown Sarasota. Sarasota Bay is a few blocks away, and this house comes with a deeded boat slip. The tile floors continue through an arched doorway into a living room with an original fireplace and two sets of French doors that open to a patio. Through another arched doorway is a dining room open to an updated kitchen with walnut cabinets, marble counters and stainless steel appliances. Off this space is a family room with a built-in entertainment center and white-painted, beamed ceilings and paneled walls.

Persons: Ralph Twitchell, Paul Rudolph, John Organizations: Sarasota School of Architecture, Ringling Museum of Art Locations: Sarasota, Fla, Sarasota Bay

☆ A Florida Garden Brings Louis Comfort Tiffany’s Work to Life, in Bloom
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-25 | by ( Joseph B. Treaster | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

This article is part of our Museums special section about how art institutions are reaching out to new artists and attracting new audiences. This is not your grandfather’s artist in the garden, not the usual sculptures and paintings simply set among the plants. The garden’s designers call their work horticultural theater, and they go at it as if they were staging a play. The Tiffany exhibition, “Tiffany: The Pursuit of Beauty in Nature,” runs through June 25. Forty-two works by Louis Comfort Tiffany serve as the reference point for the botanical interpretations, which are sprinkled throughout Selby Gardens, a 15-acre oasis on a peninsula jutting into Sarasota Bay.

☆ Hurricane Ian roars ashore in southwest Florida, bringing destructive floods and wind
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-28 | by ( Ashley Capoot | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +3 min

The National Weather Service has also issued the highest-possible wind warning for several regions in Florida in anticipation of extreme wind damage from the storm. Hurricane Ian approaches west coast of Florida on Sept. 28th, 2022. A sail boat is beached at Sarasota Bay as Hurricane Ian approaches on September 28, 2022 in Sarasota, Florida. President Joe Biden told Florida residents Wednesday he would support them through the storm "every step of the way." Utility trucks are staged in a rural lot in The Villages of Sumter County, Fla., Wednesday morning, Sept. 28, 2022, in preparation for Hurricane Ian.

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