Space Daily August 30, 2026 • 00:44

At the Cape Canaveral power plant, a single winter count found 585 manatees packed into its warm-water discharge, because prolonged exposure below 68°F can kill a tropical mammal and a cooling system built to dump waste heat has become the artificial - Space Daily

At the Cape Canaveral power plant, a single winter count found 585 manatees packed into its warm-water discharge, because prolonged exposure below 68°F can kill a tropical mammal and a cooling system built to dump waste heat has become the artificial - Space Daily

A power plant's waste heat became an accidental refuge for an endangered species—until the infrastructure that saves them in winter threatens to trap them in dependence.

On the coldest mornings of a Florida winter, the water beside the Cape Canaveral Clean Energy Center turns lumpy. Hundreds of grey backs break the surface of the discharge canal at once, packed flank… [+4898 chars]

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