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A home in Anna Maria Island severely damaged by Hurricane Milton. (Ubuntwo, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons)
News

Property insurance: 10 facts about rising premiums and the role of climate change

by Rebecca ClarkMay 14, 2025
Two passersby peer into a sinkhole that swallowed a section of road in Chatsville, California, during torrential rain on Jan. 10, 2023. (Jason Armond/Los Angeles Times, Getty Images via Grist)
News

Sinkholes and the people who love them

by Katie Myers and Laura HackettMay 18, 2025
Forestry workers ignite a controlled burn of the underbrush on approximately 500 acres of the Hal Scott Preserve in Orlando. (iStock image)
Commentary

Controlled burns reduce wildfire risk, but they require trained staff and funding − this could be a rough year

by Laura DeeMay 17, 2025
Radar shows a NOAA Hurricane Hunter flying through Tropical Storm Idalia during a mission in 2023. (Nick Underwood/NOAA)
Commentary

Hurricane forecasts are more accurate than ever – NOAA funding cuts could change that, with a busy storm season coming

by Chris VagaskyMay 16, 2025
A road is washed out in Virginia due to Hurricane Helene (iStock image)
News

Climate disasters inflict outsized harm on pregnant and young families

by Sarah Melotte and Katie WorthMay 16, 2025
A wastewater treatment plant (iStock image)
Commentary

Building a sustainable water supply for Florida

by Bob MalivaMay 16, 2025
A cnidarian is attached to a dead sponge stalk on a manganese nodule in the Clarion-Clipperton Zone. (Diva Amon and Craig Smith, University of Hawaii at Mānoa)
Commentary

Deep-sea mining threatens sea life in a way no one is thinking about

by Alexus Cazares-NuesserMay 15, 2025
A microCT image shows the distribution of the iron mineral in the wood cell wall (in turquoise). (FAU)
News

‘Wood you believe it?’ FAU engineers fortify wood with nano-iron

by Gisele GaloustianMay 15, 2025
A Lee County home destroyed by Hurricane Ian (iStock image)
Commentary

Florida may not be ready for an above-average hurricane season — here’s why

by The Miami Herald Editorial BoardMay 15, 2025
Pollution is released from a smokestack (iStock image)
Commentary

Federal laws don’t ban rollbacks of environmental protection, but they don’t make it easy

by Stan MeiburgMay 14, 2025
A home in Anna Maria Island severely damaged by Hurricane Milton. (Ubuntwo, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons)
News

Property insurance: 10 facts about rising premiums and the role of climate change

by Rebecca ClarkMay 14, 2025
Two passersby peer into a sinkhole that swallowed a section of road in Chatsville, California, during torrential rain on Jan. 10, 2023. (Jason Armond/Los Angeles Times, Getty Images via Grist)
News

Sinkholes and the people who love them

by Katie Myers and Laura HackettMay 18, 2025
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Two passersby peer into a sinkhole that swallowed a section of road in Chatsville, California, during torrential rain on Jan. 10, 2023. (Jason Armond/Los Angeles Times, Getty Images via Grist)
Forestry workers ignite a controlled burn of the underbrush on approximately 500 acres of the Hal Scott Preserve in Orlando. (iStock image)
Radar shows a NOAA Hurricane Hunter flying through Tropical Storm Idalia during a mission in 2023. (Nick Underwood/NOAA)
A road is washed out in Virginia due to Hurricane Helene (iStock image)
A wastewater treatment plant (iStock image)
A cnidarian is attached to a dead sponge stalk on a manganese nodule in the Clarion-Clipperton Zone. (Diva Amon and Craig Smith, University of Hawaii at Mānoa)
A microCT image shows the distribution of the iron mineral in the wood cell wall (in turquoise). (FAU)
A Lee County home destroyed by Hurricane Ian (iStock image)
Pollution is released from a smokestack (iStock image)
A home in Anna Maria Island severely damaged by Hurricane Milton. (Ubuntwo, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons)
The “Florida’s Climate Future City" activity at the Museum of Discovery and Science. (Photo credit: MODS)
Commentary

Taking responsibility for a sustainable future through climate resilience 

May 14, 2025

'Florida’s Climate Future City' is a new hands-on activity at the Museum of Discovery and Science in Fort Lauderdale.

A sign warns of red tide off the coast near Naples. (iStockphoto image)
Commentary

Budget cuts make monitoring red tide in Florida much harder

May 13, 2025

Billions of dollars in proposed NOAA cuts would make it difficult to prevent and mitigate red tide impacts.

The Okaloosa Island Pier at sunset (iStock image)
News

Four ways your community can save lives during this summer’s heat waves

May 13, 2025

Local governments can impact the health and safety of residents as they face increasingly extreme weather.

An electric vehicle charging (iStock image)
Commentary

Federal EV tax credits make our communities healthier and stronger

May 13, 2025

Any action by Congress to cancel these tax credits will reduce freedom of choice and accessibility. 

A bee pollinating a flower (iStock image)
Commentary

Bees, fish and plants show how climate change’s accelerating pace is disrupting nature in 2 key ways

May 12, 2025

Higher temperatures are changing habitat ranges and in some regions throwing off pollination.

Hands holding soil (iStock image)
News

A potential end to ‘forever chemicals’

May 12, 2025

A thermal treatment technique being developed by University of Miami researchers could help destroy PFAS in soil.

A Florida panther at Florida Panther National Wildlife Refuge (George Gentry/U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons)
Commentary

Now is the time to fight for Florida’s endangered wildlife 

May 12, 2025

The Trump administration would gut habitat protections by changing how harm is defined under the Endangered Species Act.

Forest and wetlands in Paynes Prairie Preserve State Park, Gainesville. (Image courtesy of Yunpeng Liu, UF/IFAS Invasion Science Research Institute)
News

UF/IFAS study: Non-native trees quietly invading our U.S. forests, causing decline in native trees

May 11, 2025

While the overall greenery in forests looks healthy, researchers are concerned about what’s going on beneath the canopy.

Rooftop solar panels at sunrise in Broward County (Paul Krashefski/U.S. Department of Energy, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons)
Multimedia

Video: Federal tax credits help Florida school install solar panels

May 10, 2025

Congress is debating whether to keep clean energy tax credits created under the Inflation Reduction Act.

Hurricane Katrina imaged by NOAA-16 AVHRR instrument. (NOAA, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons)
Commentary

NOAA cuts put coastal communities at risk

May 9, 2025

I helped restore wetlands that protect the Gulf Coast while my colleagues tracked hurricanes, but now we’re out of work.

Staff from the National Renewable Energy Laboratory and GRID Alternatives Colorado install rooftop solar panels during a 2023 volunteer event with GRID Alternatives Colorado. The 6.7-kilowatt solar installation project should provide the home with $1,200 annual savings over the next 20 years. (Joe DelNero/National Renewable Energy Laboratory)
News

Even in red America, clean energy is booming. But now, huge renewable projects are dead 

May 9, 2025

With political uncertainty under Trump, nearly $8 billion in clean energy projects have been scrapped or cut back this year.

A boardwalk to the Hobe Mountain Tower at Jonathan Dickinson State Park. Hobe Mountain is an ancient sand dune that stands 86 feet above sea level, the highest natural point south of Lake Okeechobee. (Ebyabe, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons)
Commentary

The futures of Florida’s state parks are now more certain because of you

May 9, 2025

The Florida Legislature passed the 'State Park Preservation Act' and Gov. Ron DeSantis said he will sign it.

A wipe sample is taken to measure contamination levels on the outside of a waste drum. (IAEA Imagebank, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons)
Commentary

How and where is nuclear waste stored in the US?

May 8, 2025

The decades-long struggle to find a permanent place to dispose of nuclear waste will probably continue for many years to...

A hurricane evacuation route sign (iStock image)
News

The National Weather Service is once again translating lifesaving alerts. What happened?

May 8, 2025

Political pressures may have driven the federal agency to backtrack on its decision to suspend automated translations

Water being collected for testing (iStock image)
Commentary

Florida farms need more than compensation: Anti-PFAS legislation and the Relief for Farmers Hit with PFAS Act 

May 8, 2025

The bill would set up a fund for research into decontamination, safer agricultural methods and compensation for affected farmers. 

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