By Amy Green
NPR
When scientists first started counting the nests of green sea turtles in
one area in the 1980s, they found fewer than 40 nests. In their last
check, they counted almost 12,000. Listen here.
Monday, July 13, 2015
Monday, April 6, 2015
NASA Battles Rising Sea Levels To Protect Kennedy Space Center
By Amy Green
NPR
Sea level rise is beginning to affect the Kennedy Space Center in Florida. A protective dune not too far from the launchpads has collapsed and waves have washed over railroad tracks built in the 1960s. Now NASA is taking steps to protect its launch infrastructure. Listen here.
NPR
Sea level rise is beginning to affect the Kennedy Space Center in Florida. A protective dune not too far from the launchpads has collapsed and waves have washed over railroad tracks built in the 1960s. Now NASA is taking steps to protect its launch infrastructure. Listen here.
Wednesday, December 24, 2014
'Greening' Squeezes Florida's Citrus Industry
By Amy Green
NPR
Florida's citrus industry has been hit hard by "greening." The disease has caused a sharp drop in the number of oranges, grapefruits and tangerines harvested in the Sunshine State. Listen here.
NPR
Florida's citrus industry has been hit hard by "greening." The disease has caused a sharp drop in the number of oranges, grapefruits and tangerines harvested in the Sunshine State. Listen here.
Sunday, October 19, 2014
The Kissimmee: A River Re-Curved
By Amy Green
NPR
It sounds almost superhuman to try straighten a river and then recarve the curves.
That's what federal and state officials did to the Kissimmee River in Central Florida. They straightened the river in the 1960s into a canal to drain swampland and make way for the state's explosive growth. It worked — and it created an ecological disaster. So officials decided to restore the river's slow-flowing, meandering path.
That billion-dollar restoration — the world's largest — is a few years from completion. And so far, it's bringing signs of new life, especially on a man-made canal that was dug through the heart of the river. Listen here.
NPR
It sounds almost superhuman to try straighten a river and then recarve the curves.
That's what federal and state officials did to the Kissimmee River in Central Florida. They straightened the river in the 1960s into a canal to drain swampland and make way for the state's explosive growth. It worked — and it created an ecological disaster. So officials decided to restore the river's slow-flowing, meandering path.
That billion-dollar restoration — the world's largest — is a few years from completion. And so far, it's bringing signs of new life, especially on a man-made canal that was dug through the heart of the river. Listen here.
Sunday, September 9, 2012
In Sugar Price Supports, Sour Tastes For Consumers
By Amy Green
Florida Center for Investigative Reporting
BELLE GLADE, Fla. — Behind every candy bar and can of soda is a complex government program of import tariffs and farmer loans establishing the price of sugar. The program, which has been in place in one form or another since shortly after the founding of the United States, is responsible for the success of Florida’s $1.3 billion sugar industry, the nation’s largest producer of sugar cane. Read more here.
Florida Center for Investigative Reporting
BELLE GLADE, Fla. — Behind every candy bar and can of soda is a complex government program of import tariffs and farmer loans establishing the price of sugar. The program, which has been in place in one form or another since shortly after the founding of the United States, is responsible for the success of Florida’s $1.3 billion sugar industry, the nation’s largest producer of sugar cane. Read more here.
Friday, April 1, 2011
The Stories Under The Sea
By Amy Green
American Archeology
By finding and excavating shipwrecks and other maritime sites, researchers with the Lighthouse Archeological Maritime Program are learning about the history of St. Augustine, America's oldest port city. Read here.
American Archeology
By finding and excavating shipwrecks and other maritime sites, researchers with the Lighthouse Archeological Maritime Program are learning about the history of St. Augustine, America's oldest port city. Read here.
Thursday, September 9, 2010
Cassadaga: America's Oldest Spiritualist Community
By Amy Green
Smithsonian.com
Seated across from the medium, eyes closed, my hands in hers, I listen as she prays for a healing white light to fill me, for the spirits and guardian angels always surrounding me to share their guidance.
I am anxious and skeptical about this encounter. Will my reading consist of sweeping generalities applicable to anyone? Is this for real? The medium releases my hands and sits back in her chair. When she begins to describe the swirl taking place in my brain, I am amazed.
“You go over every word in your mind before you put it down,” says the medium, the Rev. Arlene Sikora, 70. “You just want it just so, and you want your people to feel what you’re feeling, and you want them to see what you’re seeing.” Read more here.
Smithsonian.com
Seated across from the medium, eyes closed, my hands in hers, I listen as she prays for a healing white light to fill me, for the spirits and guardian angels always surrounding me to share their guidance.
I am anxious and skeptical about this encounter. Will my reading consist of sweeping generalities applicable to anyone? Is this for real? The medium releases my hands and sits back in her chair. When she begins to describe the swirl taking place in my brain, I am amazed.
“You go over every word in your mind before you put it down,” says the medium, the Rev. Arlene Sikora, 70. “You just want it just so, and you want your people to feel what you’re feeling, and you want them to see what you’re seeing.” Read more here.
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