Florida needs to pay special attention to IPCC report on climate change
Florida is vulnerable to extreme heat, wildfires and flooding from intense storms and sea level rise
Month: March 2023
Appreciating the manatee
Since December 2020, the Florida manatee population has experienced an unprecedented loss of more than 2,000 manatees, or nearly one-quarter ...
Plan to penalize environmental-related investing could cost taxpayers, Florida sees fewer manatee deaths as feeding ends
A Florida bill bans state and local governments from investing in funds or purchasing bonds based on social, political or ...
US renewable power surged ahead of coal for the first time last year
A new report marks a major milestone in the transition to clean energy.
Report: Federal funding provides opportunity for Southeast to improve energy efficiency, lower electric bills
The Southeast lags behind the rest of the U.S. in energy efficiency, but new federal funding presents an opportunity to ...
Climate change is destabilizing the insurance industry, Everglades faces invasive species with potential to be ‘worst’ yet
The president of a major insurance broker warned that climate change is driving up prices, pushing insurers out of high-risk ...
‘Too late to turn back’ – a professor at the University of Miami details the severity of sea-level rise
"We’re most certainly in for 20, 30 feet of sea level rise no matter what we do," said Harold Wanless, ...
The Florida invasion: Pythons, spiders and skeeters, oh my
Anyone who follows creepy-crawly news may have seen that we’re in the midst of an invasion on three new fronts.
Hurricane recovery continues for Fort Myers Beach, lawsuit accuses feds of failing to protect coral habitat
Fort Myers Beach struggles to recover from Ian, lawsuit seeks to protect endangered corals, subcommittee greenlights $100M Florida Forever plan
Why bioplastics won’t solve our plastic problems
Bioplastics aren’t ready for prime time. Nearly always, they end up in a landfill.
The Invading Sea is a nonpartisan source for news, commentary and educational content about climate change and other environmental issues affecting Florida. The site is managed by Florida Atlantic University’s Center for Environmental Studies in the Charles E. Schmidt College of Science.
