Zachary Sampson
Investigative Reporter at Tampa Bay Times
Investigative reporter @TB_Times. [email protected]. On Signal: 813-534-0157. he/him.
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1 week ago |
tampabay.com | Zachary Sampson |Bethany Barnes |Shreya Vuttaluru
After hundreds of manatees starved in the Indian River Lagoon, the Tampa Bay Times decided to trace the crisis to its roots. That meant examining water quality across Florida. Manatees’ main food source — seagrass — was wiped out following decades of pollution in the Lagoon. Miles of once-lush seagrass beds transformed into underwater deserts. Manatees washed up dead and emaciated.
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1 week ago |
yahoo.com | Zachary Sampson |Bethany Barnes |Shreya Vuttaluru
After hundreds of manatees starved in the Indian River Lagoon, the Tampa Bay Times decided to trace the crisis to its roots. That meant examining water quality across Florida. Manatees’ main food source — seagrass — was wiped out following decades of pollution in the Lagoon. Miles of once-lush seagrass beds transformed into underwater deserts. Manatees washed up dead and emaciated.
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2 weeks ago |
tampabay.com | Shreya Vuttaluru |Zachary Sampson |Bethany Barnes
The Tampa Bay Times spent more than a year examining water quality across Florida. Nearly 1 in 4 waterways are contaminated by high levels of nitrogen, phosphorus, or other issues that point to imbalances of the chemicals, the Times found. The pollutants fuel devastating algae blooms that kill seagrass that manatees and many other animals rely on to survive. Related: Rampant pollution caused manatees to starve. Florida waters are getting worse.
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2 weeks ago |
orlandosentinel.com | Zachary Sampson |Shreya Vuttaluru |Bethany Barnes
Perched on a spit of land, two biologists peered into slate blue water. Below them, manatees floated like clouds, raising whiskery snouts to let out long, loud breaths. The Indian River Lagoon looked like an ideal symbol of Florida. But by that afternoon in late January 2021, the scientists knew they stood at the edge of catastrophe. For decades, the beloved animals had survived winter by retreating to this pocket of the Lagoon near Cocoa, where discharges from a power plant kept them warm.
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2 weeks ago |
sun-sentinel.com | Zachary Sampson |Shreya Vuttaluru |Bethany Barnes
Perched on a spit of land, two biologists peered into slate blue water. Below them, manatees floated like clouds, raising whiskery snouts to let out long, loud breaths. The Indian River Lagoon looked like an ideal symbol of Florida. But by that afternoon in late January 2021, the scientists knew they stood at the edge of catastrophe. For decades, the beloved animals had survived winter by retreating to this pocket of the Lagoon near Cocoa, where discharges from a power plant kept them warm.
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