Blair Witherington will be giving a presentation on the science of Florida beachcombing at Sanibel Island’s Ding Darling Education Center, located in the Ding Darling National Wildlife Refuge. Blair’s presentation is part of a 12 part series of Thursday afternoon lectures sponsored by the Ding Darling Wildlife Society, a nonprofit group that helps support the […]
Dr. Curtis Ebbesmeyer with some flotsam from the beach. What do rubber ducks have to do with ocean science? The same thing flotsam in general has to do with it. Flotsam is that stuff, natural or manmade, that’s floating around in the ocean. Nowadays, there’s an unbelievable amount of manmade stuff, especially plastic, that is […]
Hurricane Ike’s several days of above normal tides and high surf left behind a wonderful tide pool on Treasure Island Beach. It is filled with live pen shells, sea urchins, and thousands of live Muddy Cerith shells. I intended to start the day off with a brisk walk on the beach, but since I had […]
