Miami Proud: FIU Students’ Marine Research Projects Catch Scholarship Money

By Dave Warren, CBS Miami

January 28, 2021

MIAMI (CBSMiami) – The Everglades Foundation recently awarded $125,000 to graduate students whose scientific and economic research is working to protect our environment.

CBS4 spoke to two of these “Foreverglades” scholars from Florida International University who are studying the effects of climate change and are already ambassadors for our unique South Florida ecosystem.

FIU masters candidate Natasha Viadero goes deep in the Everglades to gather samples for her research. A Miami native, she was familiar with the river of grass, to a degree.

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