Louis Aguirre

6 critically endangered smalltooth sawfish reported dead in the Florida Keys with anecdotal reports of fish seen spinning and behaving erratically. But scientists and wildlife officials are confident this is not yet a repeat of last year’s bizarre event. local10.com/news/local/202…

🚨 LANDFILL CRISIS- landfills across the nation, especially in S Florida are running out of space bc Americans produce more trash than any other country. Some cities have turned to ZERO WASTE: diverting trash away from landfills by recycling & composting. Austin is 1/2 way there

🚨BEACH ADVIDORY‼️ Ft Lauderdale beaches closed to swimming due to gobs of tar washing up on the shore and oily sheen seen in the near shore ocean. Beaches closed to swimming from Lifeguard Tower 1 @PortEverglades north to Lifeguard Tower 10 Riomar street. @USCG is investigating.

🚨 THE FLORIDA KEYS NEED OUR VOICE. The Keys are global treasure, but at increasing risk of habitat degradation, & exploration. @NOAA announced a protection plan 4 Fl Keys marine ecosystem: a restoration blueprint expanding boundaries of Keys National Marine Sanctuary by 20%.

Merry Happy Everything! Peace, Love & Joy to the world. ✌🏽❤️🌎✨

It’s the most wonderful time of the year but also the trashiest. A @Stanford study found Americans generate 25% more waste between Thanksgiving & New Years. But there are ways we can all go GREEN this holiday season & not skimp on any of the fun! local10.com/news/local/202…

About half of Miami’s native trees at risk from rising temps. What should we plant now? miamiherald.com/news/local/env…

Right now Florida has lost over 90 percent of its coral cover due to bleaching, disease & habitat destruction. The Miami Reef Star is a public art installation on Miami Beach to show how art, tech & science R converging to bring back lost corals & create habitat for marine life.

🚨 Our 🌍 HAS LOST 73 PERCENT OF ALL WILDLIFE POPULATION IN THE LAST 50 YEARS ‼️ according to latest #livingplanetreport from @WWF due to habitat loss, pollution, disease & climate change. If we continue down this current path 🌍 is on track to loose 1 MILLION SPECIES by 2100.

MORE THAN A MILLION CORALS KILLED when in 2013 dredging @portmiami smothered 278 acres of corals in sediment. Now as Army Corps of Engineers gets ready for a deepening & widening project at @PortEverglades scientists are making sure the Port Everglades Corals are protected. (1-2)

"There's so much at stake here," says Dr. Rachel Silverstein, our Chief Executive Officer. She speaks from experience. In 2013, when the Army Corps deepened PortMiami, 278 acres of coral reef was decimated, smothered by all that sediment that was raised during the dredging.

“We saw what happened in Port Miami when these projects go wrong, millions of corals are killed and still never been fixed, and potentially a massive disease outbreak was sparked by that dredging project,” she said. ⬇️Read @LouisAguirre's full report ⬇️ local10.com/news/local/202…

Explore how the news media is playing a critical role in educating our community about Florida's Coral Reef during our free lecture event with @WPLGLocal10’s @LOUISAGUIRRE on Wednesday, November 13.🪸 Register now at frostscience.org/event/livefros… #ReeFLorida

So far 191 people reported dead more than 500 still missing. #HurricaneHelene now one of the most deadly & costliest storms. The science is clear: Helene a monster rapidly intensified system supercharged by #Climatechange @MichaelEMann @VoLoFoundation local10.com/news/local/202…

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Good morning Journalist @LouisWPLG @WPLGLocal10 Thank you for keeping the beach clean. I love your news reports.

SECRET’S OUT! Once hidden coral reef off #SouthBeach now sparking effort to create a protected marine park. This reef tract used to extend up & down @MiamiBeachNews before sand renourishment smothered all but this nearshore section that up until recently was known to very few.

HAPPY WORLD OCEANS DAY! When the entire 🌎celebrates our ocean, a gift from @SylviaEarle & @MissionBlue designating Biscayne Bay, The Fl Keys & 10K Islands as Hope Spots joining more than 162 other coastal areas that must be protected bc they are critical to health of our ocean

🚨 @noaa says the planet is currently experiencing the 4th global coral bleaching event on record & the 2nd in the last 10 years.  Our Earth is on fire & yet science & mentions of climate change are being challenged. While Fl corals still recover from 2023 devastating bleach.

But just for giggles, I invite you to review the responses to my tweet yesterday on #globalwarming

CLEANEST KID: Boy is putting in the work to keep his community beautiful. local10.com/news/local/202…