Dark future looming in Florida’s waters

March 10, 2016
This1998  image from space shows a Florida surrounded by blue waters. Pollution may darken that seascape image soon. (Photo credit: NASA, Wikimedia Commons)

This 1998 image from space shows a Florida surrounded by blue waters. Pollution may darken that seascape image soon. (Photo credit: NASA, Wikimedia Commons)

Can you see water pollution on the move? Activist John Heim does.

Heim has documented what he calls “the black line of death” moving from Florida’s Lake Okeechobee to the St. Lucie River, then the Atlantic Ocean.

Who might be the major culprit for destroying these once-blue pure waters? The answer is not so sweet.


Nancy Bo Flood

As a fish-brain surgeon or a rodeo poem wrangler, I have loved stories. I strongly believe that words – in poetry or prose – help heal our hearts and give us new eyes to see the world. I was first a research psychologist studying brain development at the University of Minnesota and London University before following my passion – writing for children. Learn more...