Florida media coalition receives grant for climate change work
By David Fleshler, South Florida Sun Sentinel A Florida media coalition that focuses on climate change has been awarded a...
These photos show what happens when high surf hits during king tides
It was hard to tell where the Briny Breezes Marina ended and the pavement started. Despite significant improvements to drainage...
An EU task force recommends ways companies can measure and respond to climate change risks
By Albert Slap, Coastal Risk Consulting In December of 2015, the EU’s Task Force on Climate-Related Financial Disclosures(TCFD) was established...
Tech company working with FAU shows that electrical power can be captured from the current of the Gulf Stream
By Nasser M.N. Alshemaimry, OceanBased Perpetural Energy The theory that substantial energy can be extracted continuously for 24 hours from...
Cyanobacterial blooms from Lake Okeechobee waters coincided with red tides, placing Florida’s west coast in a toxic vice
By Brain Chemistry Labs In 2018, cyanobacteria from nutrient-rich waters in Lake Okeechobee were released down the Caloosahatchee River at...
The tide is high, and getting higher, and higher, and higher
By Kimberly Miller, The Palm Beach Post A report calls last year’s high tide flooding “extraordinary.” The yearly rate of...
Florida’s Clean Waterways Act undermines democracy and sensible environmental action
By Joseph Bonasia, Florida Rights of Nature Network Increasingly, environmental issues are democracy issues. This is true in Florida where...
Will new Florida public building sea-level rise law point the way for private developers?
By Albert J. Slap, Coastal Risk Consulting Passed on June 30 and effective on July 1, 2021, the Florida Legislature...
Florida’s environment wins with signing of Clean Waterways Act and the state budget
The office of Florida Sen. Debbie Mayfield Gov. Ron DeSantis on Tuesday signed The Clean Waterways Act into law. This...
First Street Foundation releases new data disclosing flood risk of every home in the contiguous U.S.
By First Street Foundation The nonprofit research and technology group First Street Foundation has publicly released flood risk data for...