Recent Media Coverage from LLACE

a diver is installing a test tube to study a way to combat red tide

UCF Today. “UCF uses 6-foot ‘Test Tubes’ to study red tide.

EFE Agency, Spanish Language News. “Potential red tide treatment successfully tested in Florida”

WESH 2 News. “UCF Researchers studying ways to combat red tide blooms.”

Amazon Prime-The College Tour-a streaming program. UCF-Florida Based Studies



MySunCoast.com and ABC7-Sarasota. Mote testing new method to kill red tide algae across the Suncoast.

Fox13-Tampa Bay: Breakthrough discovery: Mote researchers may have found method to kill red tide with clay

Mote Marine Lab Press Release. Rapid test of red tide mitigation strategy deployed in Sarasota.


WESH Channel 2, NBC. How to tell the difference? Saharan Dust allergies can mimic COVID-19 symptoms.

UCF Today: UCF Scientists Study Method to Combat Florida Red Tide

“It’s a really exciting research opportunity to help control the spread of red tide and could potentially prevent millions of dollars in lost revenue for Florida communities.” – Kristy Lewis, UCF assistant professor

UCF COS: UCF Scientists Study Method to Combat Florida Red Tide

UCF Today: 17 Academics from Across the Nation Warn that COVID-19 Pandemic Worsens Equity Gap between Men, Women in Academia
News 96.5 WDBO. Current Red Tide Interview and Discussion.
Manatee County Board of Commissioners Meeting. Red Tide RFP presentation

“We thought Manatee County was an incredible place to start a relationship where information is key,” she explained. “There’s all this information, but as a layperson, there’s a lot of information overload.”

Bradenton Herald.  “Red Tide will be a problem again someday. Manatee County wants a “playbook” for next time.” 

WMFE 90.7 NPR. “Red Tide believed to be behind thousands of dead fish in Cocoa Beach.”