NOAA

The orbiters that might link to the Sanibel-Captiva Conservation Foundation's marine reporting system, can categorize environmental hazards and help scientists see patterns caused by climate change.

The National Hurricane Center reports there are now two tropical waves under observation in the Western Caribbean and Eastern Atlantic Ocean.

Lake Okeechobee is nearing the high-water level mark that the Army Corps is comfortable with, but a strengthened Herbert Hoover Dike and better management seem to be alleviating fears to this point

In the Gulf of Mexico, seven and a half miles due west of Bonita Beach and 30 feet below the surface grows an artificial reef complex created by The Water School at Florida Gulf Coast University. This is the latest dispatch from Kimberly’s Reef. Six months after its deployment, the scientific studies have begun.

Sea turtle nesting season ended in October and it was a record season for loggerhead sea turtles on Sanibel and Captiva Islands. Going back in history, early conservation efforts seemingly have paid off.

The Climate Prediction Center’s updated weather outlook indicates a slightly increased confidence of a strong El Niño event by this winter.

Saildrone Explorer SD 1045 made global headlines when it spent 24 hours inside category 4 Hurricane Sam in September 2021, delivering the world’s first video footage from inside a major hurricane as it surged across the Atlantic.

As of 4 p.m. Saturday the second system being watched in the Atlantic, Invest 99, developed into a tropical depresssion. The National Hurricane Center continued watching the four other systems currently in the Atlantic, Caribbean Sea and Gulf of Mexico shows a variety of levels of development.

As of Friday morning there were three systems in various stages of development in the Atantic and one heading west in the Gulf of Mexico.

The National Hurricane Center has issued the last advisory on Post-Tropical Cyclone Don, located over the north-central Atlantic. Two other systems are now being watched.