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...
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...
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...
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...
Media Roundup: ‘Hothouse Earth,’ sea-level rise ‘locked in,’ property values hurt; internet infrastructure threatened
The world could hit a tipping point that causes warming to spiral out of control — a scenario scientists call...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...