Hurricane season is upon us, but NOAA and FEMA are not ready
The turmoil at key federal agencies threatens everything from forecast quality to storm recovery.
A window into the future of Amazonia
New research forecasts changes that may occur in the Amazon rainforest as temperatures rise due to climate change.
How to take climate change out of the culture wars
What if the resistance to climate science is not really about science at all?
Milton grows to Category 5; emergency director ‘begs’ Tampa Bay to evacuate
The hurricane is expected to make landfall Wednesday.
America’s green manufacturing boom, from EV batteries to solar panel production, isn’t powered by renewable energy − yet
As investments in a clean energy future accelerate, America will need to reengineer much of its power grid.
As summers grow ever hotter, OSHA appears ready to protect workers
Many in the construction and agriculture industries are opposed, but new research shows it would help them, too.
FEMA announces improvements to disaster relief; largest coral reef mapped off Atlantic coast
The Federal Emergency Management Agency announced that is is cutting red tape and expediting the post-disaster aid process.
Not all underwater reefs are made of coral − the US has created artificial reefs from sunken ships, radio towers, boxcars and even voting machines
Artificial reefs cover a total of about 7 square miles of U.S. seafloor – an area equivalent to 3,600 football...
Lakeland approves plans for massive solar farm; DeSantis announces $100 million for Indian River Lagoon projects
The nearly 1,400-acre solar power generation facility is planned to be built near Florida Polytechnic University.
UF scientists find good places to grow long-spined sea urchins, a starting point to restore ‘the lawn mowers of the reefs’
Disease nearly wiped out the long-spined sea urchin in the early 1980s, leading to algae overgrowing reefs.
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