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FEMA Disaster Survivors Assistance team members and Martin County emergency management canvas register and assist disaster survivors after Hurricane Milton and the tornadoes that it caused. (Patrick Moore/FEMA via Defense Visual Information Distribution Service)
Other

Hurricane season is upon us, but NOAA and FEMA are not ready

by Jeff MastersJune 1, 2025
Manatees in Crystal River (iStock image)
News

Trump administration faces legal action over federal cuts’ impact on manatees

by Amy GreenJune 4, 2025
An aerial view of damage caused by Hurricane Ian (iStock image)
Commentary

Florida’s senators must defend against political storms by backing emergency funding

by Orlando Sentinel Editorial BoardJune 4, 2025
High voltage electricity towers at a substation (iStock image)
Commentary

Florida’s Public Service Commission should push pause on long-term rate hikes

by Dawn ShirreffsJune 4, 2025
Houses affected by flooding from Hurricane Harvey in Orange, Texas, in 2017. (U.S. Army photo by Staff Sgt. Carl Greenwell, via Defense Visual Information Distribution Service)
Commentary

Hurricane season is here, but FEMA’s policy change could leave low-income areas less protected

by Ivis García and Shannon Van ZandtJune 3, 2025
Seagrass (James St. John, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons)
News

Protecting seagrasses could prevent billions of dollars in damages, research finds

by JoAnn AdkinsJune 3, 2025
A Florida black bear triggers a remote camera set by biologists in the Ocala National Forest. (Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons)
Commentary

Florida’s wildlife commission cut me off — here’s what they need to know about black bear hunts

by Elise BennettJune 3, 2025
A worker installs solar panels on a rooftop (IStock image)
Commentary

US solar manufacturers lag skyrocketing market demand

by Mojtaba Akhavan-TaftiJune 2, 2025
Cots laid out in 2017 at the Sterling Pruitt Activity Center in Beaumont, Texas, for residents who lost their homes during Hurricane Harvey. (Photo by Staff Sgt. Nicolas A. Cloward/128th Mobile Public Affairs Detachment, via Defense Visual Information Distribution Service)
News

Hurricane season will be even riskier for undocumented people this year

by Kiley BenseJune 2, 2025
An utility worker fixes a power line. (iStock image)
Commentary

Florida must strengthen its electrical grid before it’s too late

by Dominic M. CalabroJune 2, 2025
FEMA Disaster Survivors Assistance team members and Martin County emergency management canvas register and assist disaster survivors after Hurricane Milton and the tornadoes that it caused. (Patrick Moore/FEMA via Defense Visual Information Distribution Service)
Other

Hurricane season is upon us, but NOAA and FEMA are not ready

by Jeff MastersJune 1, 2025
Manatees in Crystal River (iStock image)
News

Trump administration faces legal action over federal cuts’ impact on manatees

by Amy GreenJune 4, 2025
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Manatees in Crystal River (iStock image)
An aerial view of damage caused by Hurricane Ian (iStock image)
High voltage electricity towers at a substation (iStock image)
Houses affected by flooding from Hurricane Harvey in Orange, Texas, in 2017. (U.S. Army photo by Staff Sgt. Carl Greenwell, via Defense Visual Information Distribution Service)
Seagrass (James St. John, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons)
A Florida black bear triggers a remote camera set by biologists in the Ocala National Forest. (Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons)
A worker installs solar panels on a rooftop (IStock image)
Cots laid out in 2017 at the Sterling Pruitt Activity Center in Beaumont, Texas, for residents who lost their homes during Hurricane Harvey. (Photo by Staff Sgt. Nicolas A. Cloward/128th Mobile Public Affairs Detachment, via Defense Visual Information Distribution Service)
An utility worker fixes a power line. (iStock image)
FEMA Disaster Survivors Assistance team members and Martin County emergency management canvas register and assist disaster survivors after Hurricane Milton and the tornadoes that it caused. (Patrick Moore/FEMA via Defense Visual Information Distribution Service)
Hurricane Milton is pictured in the Gulf of Mexico from the International Space Station as it orbited 257 miles above. (NASA/Michael Barratt, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons)
News

Active hurricane season looms

May 31, 2025

NOAA forecasters predict a 60% chance of an above-normal Atlantic hurricane season, which runs June 1 to Nov. 30.

A hurricane evacuation route sign (iStock image)
Commentary

Hurricane disaster planning with aging parents should start now, before the storm: 5 tips

May 30, 2025

Helping older adults prepare for emergencies should involve the entire family so everyone knows what to expect.

A downed tree (UF/IFAS photo)
News

Prepare your landscape and trees for hurricane season

May 30, 2025

Home and business owners can take steps to make sure trees can withstand extreme winds and rain.

Damage in Cedar Key from Hurricane Helene (Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission, CC BY-NC-ND 2.0, via flickr)
Commentary

Climate risk is real. Companies must be free to consider it, especially in Florida

May 30, 2025

Recent legislative efforts seek to limit the consideration of climate risk in financial decision-making.

A billboard bent over due to a derecho in Johnsville, New York, in 2020. (NWS Storm Survey, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons)
Commentary

What is a downburst? These winds can be as destructive as tornadoes − we recreate them to test building designs

May 29, 2025

The downbursts are created using a hurricane simulator known as the Wall of Wind at Florida International University.

A Key deer buck by the road during screwworm response efforts in the Florida Keys. (Jennifer Koches/USFWS Southeast, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons)
News

Climate change could be helping livestock-killing pest spread north

May 29, 2025

The screwworm fly is spreading as the USDA skirts the role of climate change in escalating the threat.

Florida Power & Light Company's DeSoto Next Generation Solar Energy Center. (ASCOM Prefeitura de Votuporanga, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons)
Commentary

Why Congress can’t pull the plug on Florida’s clean energy progress 

May 29, 2025

Rolling back federal tax credits means Florida ratepayers will pay electricity prices nearly 10% higher in the years ahead.

Kirkpatrick Dam at the Rodman Reservoir (Florida State Parks)
News

Ocklawaha River restoration hangs in balance as Florida budget stalls

May 28, 2025

A Senate-approved proposal would restore the Ocklawaha River by dismantling the dam on the Rodman Reservoir.

A satellite image of Hurricane Helene during the 2024 hurricane season (NOAA GOES)
Commentary

Congrats or condolences? An email to my friend Wendy about making the list of 2025 hurricane names

May 28, 2025

With NOAA forecasting an above-average Atlantic hurricane season, we might just get a storm named 'Wendy.'

High-voltage power lines (iStock image)
Commentary

Enough is enough: Reject further rate hikes from Florida utilities 

May 28, 2025

Florida's Public Service Commission is holding hearings on FPL’s nearly $10 billion rate hike request, the largest in US history.

Smoke streaming from the smokestacks of the TECO Big Bend coal-fired power plant in Apollo Beach. (iStock image)
Commentary

Even as emissions level off, carbon dioxide in the atmosphere is growing faster than ever. Here’s why

May 27, 2025

We’re pumping massive amounts of CO₂ into our atmosphere and natural carbon sinks are struggling to keep up.

AJ faces uncertainty as he navigates unprecedented weather without a place to call home. (Credit: Des Lewis)
News

Climate change is fueling a new kind of housing crisis in Florida

May 27, 2025

Florida is an example of where housing insecurity meets climate instability.

A pile of inexpensive, low-quality clothes (iStock image)
Commentary

Helping solve climate change by how we shop

May 27, 2025

The global fashion industry is responsible for roughly 10% of carbon emissions.

A trawler reeling in a fishing net containing hundreds of thousands of cod fish, an example of overfishing. (Asc1733, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons)
Commentary

Ecological disruptions are a risk to national security

June 2, 2025

Ecological disruptions can cause social and political instability, economic strife and strained international relations.

An AmeriCorps member assists with tornado recovery (Julie Denesha/Getty Images via Grist)
News

After disasters, AmeriCorps was everywhere. What happens when it’s gone?

May 25, 2025

Elon Musk's DOGE has gutted the 30-year-old national service agency.

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