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Laurie MacLaughlin works in the coral nursery in the Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary in the Lower Keys.

With the apparently successful capping of the Deepwater Horizon oil well in the Gulf of Mexico, the Keys’ living coral reefs may be spared any ill effects of the disaster, but marine scientists say there are still plenty of reasons to be concerned over the health of the reef system.

Posted: Friday, August 06, 2010 11:00 AM EDT

This week federal regulators began hearing comments from the public about expanding the Turkey Point generating facility. It’s the beginning of a review process that will likely last more than two years.

Posted: Friday, July 16, 2010 11:00 AM EDT

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Tim Hannah of Grassy Key shows a 4-inch lionfish he unexpectedly encountered in Gulf of Mexico waters about six miles north of Marathon on June 19.

Lionfish continue to turn up in unlikely waters in the Florida Keys, apparently willing to go wherever currents take them.

Tim Hannah of Grassy Key was returning from a June 19 fishing trip near Flamingo when he stopped at a favorite snorkeling spot where the Gulf of Mexico merges into Florida Bay.

Posted: Saturday, June 26, 2010 11:00 AM EDT

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The battle to keep invasive lionfish out of the Keys has slowed as their numbers have grown.

A flood of lionfish sightings in Florida Keys waters has swamped the fish counters.

"It's gotten crazy. We're probably getting a dozen to 20 calls a day just from the Keys," said Alecia Adamson, field-operations coordinator for the Reef Environmental Education Foundation, based in Key Largo.

Posted: Wednesday, June 23, 2010 06:03 AM EDT

The joint command center for the response to the Deepwater Horizon oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico on Thursday released the following information about a command center being activated in Florida:

Posted: Friday, June 11, 2010 11:34 AM EDT

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