Originally published in the News-Press by Chad Gillis on December 19, 2024
Offshore winds have kept the bloom mostly away from local beaches and out in the open Gulf of Mexico.
“There hasn’t been much visibly, mostly because of the wind,” said Calusa Waterkeeper Codty Pierce. “It hasn’t been that big of an area. From the maps, I think this last cold front, especially with the northeast wind, that’s causing it to dissipate.”
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“That cold front probably dropped water temperatures 10 degrees, so that’s pretty substantial,” Pierce said. “If we did not have this abnormally three-month easterly wind, we’d be in a different situation. Part of that is the El Nino to La Nina situation.”
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