A Job Working On Disaster Risk Made This Man Want To Stay In Miami During Hurricane Irma
A year ago, Hurricane Irma set records as it barrelled toward South Florida. One of 10 consecutive named storms in...
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Media Roundup: Hurricane Florence; Climate leadership; Megafires and Trump; Political waves over sea level
Hurricane Florence raises questions about link between climate change, severe storms NBCNews.com Hurricane Florence is expected to hit the Southeast...
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Editorial: We must do more to address coastline’s distressed beaches
Beach replenishment is kind of dumb. You pump many tons of sand onto a stretch of shoreline, and in a...
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Sea-level rise, gentrification, health impacts, job losses – how low income communities stand to lose the most
The growing magnitude of climate disruptions has quickly become a threat multiplier to all of us and particularly to under-resourced...
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In The Absence Of Federal Support, Florida ‘Future Fund’ Aims To Empower Local Climate Adaptation
President Trump and Florida Gov. Rick Scott have been reluctant to acknowledge the link between climate change and some of...
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Climate gentrification threatens Little Haiti and its residents
Pope Francis once said, "listen to the cry of the Earth and the cry of the poor, who suffer most...
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Trump and DeSantis risk making sea-level rise worse for Florida
Just when Florida needs a lifeline in the struggle with sea-level rise, President Donald Trump tosses us an anchor. Trump...
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Will Flooding From Sea-Level Rise Impact Your House? This App Lets You Find Out
When it comes to sea-level rise, planners in South Florida typically use the benchmark of two feet in the next...
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As king tide season arrives, more South Florida cities brace for sea-level rise
It’s king tide season again in South Florida, when an intrusive sea lifts fancy boats to street levels, forces tourists...
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Jupiter moves to officially plan for climate change
JUPITER -- The town is ready to resubmit to the state its coastal management comprehensive plan text amendments that address...
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Media Roundup: Dying trees; falling property values; surrendering to the sea; melting permafrost
Sea-Level Rise Might Kill Big Cypress Preserve's Namesake Trees, Study Warns Jerry Iannelli South Florida's Big Cypress National Preserve is...
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2018 is the ‘Pearl Harbor year’: Poll shows Americans want action on climate
Those of us who understand the existential threat posed by climate change have been waiting for the “Pearl Harbor moment”...
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Miami Expert On How Climate Change Accelerates Gentrification: “It’s A Double Whammy”
Caroline Lewis has made it her life mission to amplify conversations around climate change. She founded the CLEO Institute in...
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A Q&A with FAU’s Colin Polsky: coping with rising seas is a ‘wicked problem’
Dr. Colin Polsky is Professor of Geosciences and the Director of the Florida Center for Environmental Studies at Florida Atlantic...
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Rafe Pomerance, a climate-change pioneer, is continuing his crusade here in Florida
For climate change, Florida is the ballgame. So says Rafe Pomerance, a man who has worked longer to stave off the...
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From Traffic To Sea-Level Rise, South Florida Has Many ‘Resilience’ Issues. Here’s What That Means
There's a buzzword among people who work on quality-of-life issues in South Florida: "Resilience." It’s a concept we often apply...
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Media roundup: “Losing Earth” from the New York Times Magazine; saving Florida’s coral reefs; the toxic tide; 2017 was hot
Losing Earth: The Decade We almost Stopped Climate Change New York Times Editor’s Note: This narrative by Nathaniel Rich is...
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Outburst At Miami Sea-Level Rise Meeting Prompts Discussion On Urgency, Equity
An ugly moment at a meeting of Miami's sea-level rise committee last week has prompted controversy over one of its...
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FIU’s Dr. Beach has a prescription for what ails South Florida’s beaches
Our beaches are in trouble. As sea levels continue to rise, our old solutions won’t cut it much longer. Here’s...
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Your flood insurance premium is going up again, and that’s only the beginning
The letter might have already come in the mail. “Your building is at high risk for flooding,” it declares in...
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Risk From Rising Seas Could Sink South Florida’s Economy Before The Water Even Arrives
South Florida could see two feet or more of sea-level rise over the next 40 years. It’s alarming. And there’s...
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Historic label on buildings may preclude protection against sea rise, developer says
A property owner in a flood-prone Miami Beach neighborhood is challenging the city’s decision to designate the area as historic,...
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Republicans scoff at carbon tax as Curbelo unveils his own climate-change plan
WASHINGTON -- Carlos Curbelo’s latest effort to shift the climate change debate within the Republican Party has a long way to...
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Free forum Wednesday where you can ask politicians about what they plan to do about sea-level rise
ReThink Energy Florida and First Street Foundation are hosting a series of Tidal Town Halls where politicians will address the threat of...
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With the Sea Rising, Are Underground Power Lines Really The Solution To Power Outages In South Florida?
Hurricane Irma was a game-changer for South Florida. Cities are preparing for hurricane season differently now. And the region’s largest...
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South Florida’s natural ecosystems can provide affordable protection from chronic flooding
Natural infrastructure can help reduce impacts from climate change and sea-level rise throughout South Florida. But what does natural infrastructureeven...
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Broward governments are tackling South Florida’s sea-level rise challenges
When I was asked to spearhead the Greater Fort Lauderdale Chamber of Commerce’s sea-level rise and resiliency initiative two years...
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Coastal residents need to put aside money now to cope with the flooding that’s coming later
Through myopic indifference, society is making adaptation to sea-level rise exponentially riskier than it needs to be. There is a...
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Media roundup: Huge iceberg breaks away from Greenland; small Florida town copes with sea-level rise; companies capitalize on rising seas
Miami faces and underwater future The New Yorker In Miami, the rising sea is already an ineluctable part of daily...
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It’s Human Nature Not To Think About Rising Seas. Here’s Why — And What Can Be Done
If current sea-level rise trends continue, the ocean that makes many South Florida cities desirable places to live may become an...
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