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Recent news on sea-level rise and climate science from South Florida, the nation and world
Miami Youth Climate Strikers: ‘We’re Starting A Revolution”
Miami youths frustrated with the pace of efforts to address climate change have a message for adults: We're starting a...
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If the scale didn’t stop at 5, would Hurricane Dorian have been a Category 6 storm?
Dorian hit the Bahamas as one of the strongest storms in Atlantic history, once again whipping up social media banter...
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As climate change hits Florida agriculture, could the future be ‘carbon farming’?
While most residents can simply turn up the AC, there is one powerful group in Florida that can’t afford to...
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Tell Florida’s leaders you want the VW settlement money spent on electric transportation, not buses using fossil fuels
Known for nonsensical sayings, Yogi Berra famously said, “When you come to a fork in the road, take it.” Florida...
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Florida wants to buy Irma-flooded homes. Is it the start of retreat from sea rise?
When Hurricane Irma swept through the Keys, it took Kathy Reitzel’s home and livelihood with it. Nearly six feet of...
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The Miami bridge to Key Biscayne sparks a new worry on Wall Street: rising seas
Each year, the Fitch credit-ratings firm issues a report on debt backed by tolls collected on Miami’s Rickenbacker Causeway, the...
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Media roundup: Failing glacier; Boston prepares for flooding; who will pay?; California faces losses; threat to historic properties
A SUBMARINE GOES UNDER A FAILING GLACIER TO GAUGE RISING SEAS WIRED Anna Wåhlin, an oceanographer at Sweden’s University of...
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The Gulf Stream is slowing down. That could mean rising seas and a hotter Florida
The Gulf Stream, the warm current that brings the east coast of Florida the mixed blessings of abundant swordfish, mild...
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New Study Says Everglades Water Is Harming Keys Corals. Not Everyone Agrees
The Florida Everglades can be a contentious place. Politicians, conservationists and farmers never seem to agree on much. Debate among...
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Florida should prepare for months of 105 heat index temperatures
A pint-size heat wave last month smothered South Florida with temperatures that felt like 108 degrees, triggering rare heat advisories...
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