Don't Trash Our Treasure

For over 100 years as South Florida’s coastline was developed, acres upon acres of mangroves were destroyed in the process.

Before leaving for Glasgow to address world leaders at the UN climate summit, Sylvia Earle joined Local 10 News to talk about this critical turning point in our history — and how all of us play a part in restoring balance to our planet.

Feared and unfairly maligned as the villains of the sea, it is the shark that is actually in charge of keeping our oceans healthy. They are the doctors of the sea, keeping fish populations healthy by eating the slow, the sick and the weak — preventing diseases from becoming ocean pandemics.

Miami voters on Tuesday rejected a proposal to extend the lease on the Rickenbacker Marina to the Melwani family for another 75 years. The decision means other companies can now bid to make improvements to the space.

Biologists were taken by surprise by a record number of leatherback turtle nests found along some South Florida beaches this year.

A controversial and consequential question is being posed to City of Miami voters on election day Tuesday on whether to extend the current lease of the Rickenbacker Marina as improvements are needed to modernize it.

A South Florida man started an Instagram trend by creating artistic fish out of plastic discarded on the beach. It's become a fun hobby for people who are doing their part to save our oceans.

Seafood lovers may find oysters a delicacy, but did you know they also play a vital role in protecting our coastlines from hurricane storm surge and clean pollution from our waterways?

Manatees are starving to death because algae blooms and contaminants are killing the seagrass the beloved sea mammals eat.

Biscayne Bay is crucial to South Florida’s environment and economy, and the fight to protect it is going strong.

Dr. Angela Witmer and oceanographers from Palm Beach Atlantic University are doing crucial work, tracking how marine debris and litter travel through the ocean once it enters the sea.

Miami is test-driving an innovation involving cameras in dumpsters that has helped several Fortune 500 companies save millions while reducing their carbon footprint.

Waste Management of Florida says that 60% of people want to recycle, but their mistakes make it a costly process for cities and residents.

Volunteers across South Florida joined a worldwide effort to remove tons of trash and debris from our oceans and waterways on International Coastal Cleanup Day.

Thousands of volunteers showed up to help clean South Florida's coastline on Saturday morning.

Researchers from Florida International University are studying how dolphins are surviving through challenging times in MIami's Biscayne Bay.

The Miami-Dade County Commission voted 9-3 to send a proposal for a large South Dade warehouse project to Tallahassee without a recommendation.

The fate of Biscayne Bay is once again before the Miami-Dade County Commission, who must now decide whether to extend the county’s boundary to allow a massive industrial complex on what is now farmland in South Dade.

Reports came in over the Labor Day holiday weekend of people seeing dozens of dead fish floating at the surface or gasping for breath in the Biscayne Bay.

On Sept. 18, you can join tens of thousands of people around the world for International Coastal Cleanup Day. The annual effort, now in its 38th year, is the world’s largest, volunteer event to clean up the marine environment and raise awareness for this issue.

After months of planning, stare-of-the-art screens to stop street litter from getting into South Florida waterways are coming to Miami and the Broward city of Hallandale Beach.

Family and friends of Surfside condo collapse victims Marc, Anaely, Lucia and Emma Guara got together on the beach at Haulover to honor their memory by protecting the one thing they loved more than anything.

Commissioner Beam Furr is leading the charge to overhaul how Broward County manages its waste, an urgent mission as more and more cities have stopped traditional recycling.

Efforts to save Biscayne Bay have never been more urgent, as signs point to further issues in the Little River a year after the unprecedented fish kill.

It was last August when Biscayne Bay experienced its first-ever massive fish kill, where more than 27,000 fish and marine animals from 56 different species died in the northern bay.

Mangroves are under threat in South Florida. Many have been removed by coastal development, and those that are left are often filled with litter.

Bay Store, James Quinaz’s temporary installation in the Miami Design District, sells furniture pieces he creates using waste he pulls out of Biscayne Bay and the Miami River.

Florida has already lost 843 manatees, making 2021 the deadliest year on record for the gentle marine mammals, even though it's only July.

A 36-year-old German ex-pat has recruited dozens of people to regularly clean South Florida's beloved beaches.

Fourth of July weekend is nearing, and Miami's Biscayne Bay will be packed with boaters and water enthusiasts — plus the tons of trash they typically leave behind.

With July 4 nearing, the City of Hollywood is bracing for impact and trying to send the message that single-use plastics and styrofoam are not welcome.

Kiki on the River, a popular Greek restaurant on North River Drive in Miami paid for a barge to come out Tuesday to pick up garbage and improve water quality.

Ecopod is the brainchild of Miami real estate developer Henry Pino, who developed the new sustainable innovation to help us all reduce our plastic intake.

Fort Lauderdale's Jonah Basi founded the nonprofit MangroLife. The St. Thomas Aquinas student is getting his hands dirty and being the change he wants to see in the world.

"We need your help,” says Philippe Cousteau, grandson of the legendary oceanographer Jacques Cousteau. “My grandfather would choose to be hopeful, like we choose to be hopeful.”