SWFL Water Crisis

Sea turtle nesting season started early along Florida’s Gulf coast.

Thick, clumpy green algae is stinking up a neighborhood near Palmetto Pine Golf Course in Cape Coral. Blame has previously been cast on the golf course, but its owner says that is a thing of the past.

Mangroves do their job and help protect our shoreline

An urgent warning for families in Cape Coral: If the city doesn’t get enough rain soon, it will go into extreme drought. Not only does that mean watering restrictions, but major fire danger.

People living in Southwest Florida can breathe easier now that red tide has lessened along our coast. Scientists studying the harmful algal bloom explained to WINK News why sampling and studying now is just as important as when we see a severe bloom.

WINK News spent a week traveling through the Gulf of Mexico with a team of marine researchers documenting how Ian changed our oceanic environment and, by extension, Southwest Florida’s waterways.

Researchers from Florida Atlantic University need a new group of volunteers from Cape Coral for an ongoing study of the long-term health effects of blue-green algae in the city’s canals.

Working on a boat can be tough, but life at sea also involves several conveniences for marine scientists researching post-hurricane water quality.

Marine scientists across the state want to know how the Gulf of Mexico has changed and if it has improved nearly six months since Hurricane Ian. One group of researchers is making a weeklong voyage through the eastern Gulf to find out.

FGCU and FAU are coming together on a long-term study on the effect of blue-green algae.