How It All Started Shark tagging can be highly sensationalized, and most people know the gist of what shark tagging is and a basic idea of why it’s done. Shark Week typically shows at least one show every 2 hours that involves someone tagging a shark for research purposes, giving most people that baseline understanding …
In the beautiful coastal city of Sarasota, Florida, there’s an unwelcome visitor that occasionally sweeps across the emerald waters of the Gulf of Mexico: Red Tide. Known scientifically as Karenia brevis, these microorganisms are single-celled, naturally occurring algae. However, when they bloom in unusually high concentrations, they can have devastating impacts on marine life and …
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