Blessed Lent, Ramadan Mubarak, and Shabbat Shalom to those who celebrate.

Data centers carry a massive environmental burden, responsible for roughly 1% of global energy-related greenhouse gas emissions. These facilities consume immense amounts of water, with estimates suggesting AI demand could withdraw up to 6.6 billion cubic meters by 2027. #TechnologyTuesday

“When a long train of abuses and usurpations, pursuing invariably the same object, evinces a design to reduce them under absolute despotism, it is their right, it is their duty, to throw off such government, and to provide new guards for their future security.” —Declaration of Independence

Creativity is the one skill AI can't replicate, making inventive thinkers essential in the job market. Quick, consistent innovation gives humans an edge, so fostering creativity and problem-solving will be key to staying competitive. The future will favor those who innovate and adapt.

This week, I received a notification in my news feed that a Michigan man whose three young sons vanished without a trace has been charged with their murders. A story I have been following for nearly 15 years. www.linkedin.com/pulse/did-yo...

In the Ojibwe and Cree cultures, “Leadership” didn’t mean “Power”, it meant “Caring”. ― Tanya Talaga. True leadership is not about titles or positions; it's about how you treat people. Respect is earned through actions, empathy, and integrity. Caring leaders elevate us all. #WednesdayWisdom

Coral restoration is made more difficult if not impossible given rising temperatures and acidity. There is no guarantee that corals restored from past populations will be able to survive the harsher conditions of the future. #FridayFieldUpdate

“Plankton, a shimmering phosphorescence on the sea, and the spinning planets and an expanding universe, all bound together by the elastic string of time. It is advisable to look from the tide pool to the stars and then back to the tide pool again.” ― John Steinbeck, ‘The Log from the Sea of Cortez’

Today in History: On St. Crispin’s Day, October 25, 1415, King Henry V led his English Army to victory over the French at the Battle of Agincourt. youtu.be/A-yZNMWFqvM

At 25, I chased status. At 35, I chased freedom. At 45, I started over. At 55, I’m starting over again. Many people never evolve because they fear change. Change isn’t risky; staying the same is. It is going to be amazing to watch. Stay tuned.

I apologize for my long unexplained absence on other social media accounts and thank everyone for their concern. To quote Mark Twain, "The report of my death was an exaggeration". Long story, short. I’m on BlueSky now, and I’m back.

Tragically, the ocean has reached the climate tipping point I've been warning about. Scientists from around the world agree that unless global heating is cut to 1.2°C as fast as possible, warm-water coral reefs will vanish. #TippingPoint #Climate #Coral

Alongside the Big Cypress Bend boardwalk is a ‘Strangler Fig’ wrapped around a tree stump within the expansive Fakahatchee Strand Preserve. To quote John Muir, "I go to nature to be soothed and healed and to have my senses put in order. In every walk with nature one receives far more than he seeks."

So, we repeat an excerpt from last week’s #ShakespeareSunday quote, “I have seen the hungry ocean gain advantage on the kingdom of the shore; I have seen such interchange confounded to decay.” -William Shakespeare #WetTribe #TidetotheOcean #SeaRise

"No, that is the great fallacy: the wisdom of old men. They do not grow wise. They grow careful." -Ernest Hemingway

My ancestral claim to piracy, or more accurately, privateering, is that Thomas Hickman-Windsor, 1st Earl of Plymouth, Governor of Jamaica, issued a privateering license to Capt. Henry Morgan in 1665. #TalkLikeAPirateDay

The Chicago Innovation Awards last night.

Headed to Chicago to support my friends and colleagues in their protests. "Gondor calls for aid, and Rohan will answer."

“Finds comfort in himself and in his cause; and, while the mortal mist is gathering, draws breath in confidence of Heaven's applause: this is the Happy Warrior; this is he that every man in arms should wish to be.” -William Wordsworth #WetTribe #TidetotheOcean #CoastalCleanup #LaborDay #Quotes

Even though I am digital, I use field journals, especially in remote locations, to record what I observe. Journals include my sketches, diagrams, observations, and questions that help me remember details and identify patterns over time. #FridayFieldJournal

As if AI and data centers didn't have a big enough carbon footprint, now they are proposing to power them with coal in some Jules Verne-inspired steampunk nightmare. #CarbonFootprint #CoalPower #DataCenters #AI

Microplastic contamination levels have been found to range from 13 to 83 particles per liter of coastal water, and from 1200 to 3400 particles/kg of dry sand in beach sediments. #FridayFieldUpdate

#ThrowbackThursday #Football #CollegeFootball #SEC #Florida #Gators

The climate and plastic waste crises are increasingly intertwined. It is past time to start connecting them, so the environmental community can focus our actions to solve the issues together. An article I wrote on ‘A Holistic Approach to Ocean Health.’

When most people think of Florida, they most often think of the beaches or the theme parks, but the Florida I remember is the “Old Florida” - dirt roads through palmettos, the Everglades “river of grass,” boardwalks over wetlands, and natural springs.

Tall tales of Jose Gaspar lent an air of mystery and adventure to my childhood summers on Little Gasparilla Island. There I searched for treasure and a pirate kingdom watchtower, atop a Calusa mound. Jimmy Buffett sang about ‘One Particular Harbour’ – and for me, that was Charlotte Harbor.