Federal money is coming to fix aging flood control systems – but plans all too often reflect historical patterns and not future risks
New infrastructure is often designed using historical data, but climate change is moving those baselines.
Tag: sea-level rise
New law prepares Floridians for rising sea levels
Once signed into law, House Bill 111 will require all publicly funded infrastructure projects to consider sea-level rise.
Climate policy can help Florida’s insurance policies
As Americans flock to the coasts, we concentrate insurance risk in areas vulnerable to sea-level rise, flooding and super storms.
We must rethink how we build on barrier islands
Governing bodies of vulnerable coastal areas should carefully consider the unique risks of rising seas on barrier islands.
Florida’s Gulf Coast is one of the most vulnerable coasts in the world to climate change
In a Category 3 hurricane, the Nature Coast could experience flooding in excess of 9 feet as far as 5 ...
Here’s why sea walls alone won’t save Florida from climate change
It is high time to set an upper limit on sea-level rise in order to protect the viability of Florida’s ...
Major hurricanes expected to increase in 2023, researchers forecast
This hurricane season could be similar to 2017, the year of Harvey and Maria.
Resilient Cedar Key releases interactive flood risk tool; Florida lawmakers poised to block fertilizer restrictions
The interactive maps show flood risks for sea level rise as well as storm or tide events.
A record warm streak in the oceans has scientists worried
Experts are still figuring out what exactly is behind the spike, but there is wide consensus that both El Niño ...
‘Salty Urbanism’ shows Fort Lauderdale adapting to sea-level rise
The project uses the North Beach Village neighborhood to show the urban design changes needed to live with rising sea ...