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Coronavirus vaccine eligibility is expanding to older teachers and first responders and becoming more available for younger people considered vulnerable to COVID-19 under an executive order signed late Monday by
⢠Grants available
The Anne McKee Artists Fund has announced that grant monies will be available for specific creative project-based endeavors by individual visual, performance and literary Monroe County artists. Applications and detailed information about the available grants are available at http://www.MckeeFund.org. The deadline is Wednesday, March 31.
⢠Members show
The Key West Art Center & Gallery, 301 Front St., will be displaying works of its associate members through Wednesday, March 3, from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. daily, with all works offered for sale. For information, call 305-294-1241 or visit http://www.keywestartcenter.com.
⢠Sculpture unveiling
Mote and the Florida Keys Council of the Arts will host a Zoom unveiling of a new art sculpture at the site of Mote’s coral laboratory in Summerland Key at 5 p.m. Thursday, March 4. To join, visit https://us02web.zoom.us/j/81322814769?pwd=cDVnWGp5NUdCT0lxckJHenJvWmp2dz09 and use passcode 575848.
CAOS FOR CORALS IN A CHANGING CLIMATE
Coral reefs are threatened by climate change impacts ocean acidification and warming temperatures driven by excess carbon dioxide around the world. Fortunately, scientists from far and wide are able to study and address climate impacts using Mote’s state-of-the-art
Climate and Acidification Ocean Simulator (CAOS) in the Florida Keys, which was abuzz with new studies this year despite the challenges of COVID-19.
Mote’s CAOS system was filled to capacity with research projects in August and September 2020 and was otherwise busy during the past fiscal year, supporting the work of six Mote programs along with University of Virginia, Pennsylvania State University, Oregon State University, San Francisco State University, Utrecht University (Netherlands), University of Glasgow (Scotland), Louisiana State University, and College of the Florida Keys.
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