Don't Trash Our Treasure

There's an urgent rescue of corals to bring them to safe havens as warm water temperatures are causing devastation

For 45 straight days Miami has been in the grips a heat index of over 100 degrees, and that spells danger for fragile Biscayne Bay.

Biscayne Bay is in crisis, and it's all hands on deck to save it.

Florida has been sizzling in record, crushing heat, and it is already having destructive impacts on our local ecosystems.

You may have heard of “Dry January” or “No Shave November” — but what about “Plastic-Free July”? It’s a challenge each of us can take in order to help protect our planet.

While celebrations will be on and popping throughout South Florida, it can also be one of the most harmful holidays for our environment. But it doesn’t have to be.

Local 10 News' recent story on the trash problem in Little Havana seems to have struck a nerve.

Just blocks away from the salsa beats, the clickety-clacks of domino tiles and the tourist-filled sidewalks of Calle Ocho is the real Little Havana — and it’s in big trouble.

Thursday is World Oceans Day, a day to celebrate our planet ocean and amplify global efforts to preserve and restore it.

Last week, Local 10 News reported on fish in South Florida waters that are swimming around in a cocktail of drugs.

A pair of studies revealed startling information about the prolific presence of pharmaceuticals in water.

This Saturday is World Bee Day, but our global bee population is facing daunting challenges.

With the upcoming start of Hurricane season, there is an effort to clean up the coast by picking up trash, and eliminating invasive plants — to help shore up protective sand dunes.

A group of Fort Lauderdale students in the St. Thomas Aquinas High School Marine Science Club were out on their monthly cleanup when they found something, unlike anything they had seen before.

May is Mental Health Awareness Month and Don't Trash Our Treasure is focusing on how the impacts of climate change are affecting the emotional wellbeing of millions around the world, particularly young people.

Earth Day marked two years since Local 10 News launched Don't Trash Our Treasure, and ever since it debuted, it continues to showcase South Floridians who are out there in the community, trying to make a difference with innovations and advocacy to restore balance to our natural world.

Earth Day is coming up on Saturday and as we look for opportunities of service to show our love for our planet, thousands did just that last weekend, cleaning up the shores of Biscayne Bay.

The recent rain soaking South Florida illustrates once again how all our pollution just dumps into the watershed every time there is a heavy downpour.

April is Earth Month, and we can think of no better way to honor our planet than to sit down with conservation legend and United Nations Messenger of Peace, Dr. Jane Goodall.

World-renowned primatologist Jane Goodall spoke on Friday night at Florida International University in Miami-Dade County.

When Local 10 News first launched Don’t Trash Our Treasure on Earth Day 2021, we did so with the intention of engaging more people to be mindful about how and where they dispose of their waste and hopefully be more conscious of the environmental footprint their everyday choices leave behind.

Wednesday is World Water Day, a day that highlights the importance of fresh water and the sustainable management of fresh water resources.

South Florida has already experienced record heat so far this year, and it’s only going to get hotter.

Abandoned boats are a big problem in South Florida, especially in Hollywood.

Vice President Kamala Harris is coming back to South Florida to talk about climate action.

If you go to Zoo Miami and happen to catch a glimpse of Mahala, the five year old Florida panther who was rescued as a cub, consider yourself a very lucky human.

It's a beautiful day on Miami Beach's Parkview Island, but taking a closer look at the water, it's evident there is something wrong.

Local 10 News was granted an exclusive first-hand look at the manatee protections in place at the Miami International Boat Show.

Slogging through the slough on what was a very chilly Saturday morning, Luca Martinez is in his element.

The Miami International Boat Show is back next week, and with it the controversy over the staging of sea trails over a protected manatee habitat in Biscayne Bay.

For almost two years now, the Local 10 News Don't Trash Our Treasure mission has highlighted all the problems our environment is grappling with and how we can all be part of the change to make things better.

Ever since Local 10 News launched our Don’t Trash our Treasure campaign, we’ve been telling you about all the damage caused by balloons released into our environment.

On a windy January morning, a clean-up took place on the plastic littered shores of historic Virginia Key Beach.

A group of young friends went out fishing just after New Year's Day when an unexpected real-life National Geographic moment happened right in front their faces.

On a brisk South Florida December morning, Local 10 News' Louis Aguirre joined a team of divers in Fort Lauderdale.

The final Don't Trash Our Treasure of 2022 takes a look back at the stories that made the biggest impact over the past year.