Outdoor Family Camping, Action for the Oceans

Overview

Many families in cities have lost touch with the great outdoors and all it has to offer, but the Texas Outdoor Family program is getting folks with little camping experience outside for some weekend fun. Hear predictions on how the Texas Gulf Coast will be impacted over the next century. In part five of a six part series on the state of the gulf, scientists and biologists discuss how the documented rise in sea level is ongoing and what it will mean in the future for coastal communities in Texas. We will also look at the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department's long documentation of warming water temperature and how some species like flounder have declined, while other species like the gray snapper have increased. We will also look at the spread of black mangroves and the newly detected red mangrove, as another indication of a warming climate.