Cocoa beans are in short supply: what this means for farmers, businesses and chocolate lovers
The demand for cocoa has resulted in mass deforestation and significant carbon emissions.
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The Florida Legislature needs help understanding the root cause of declining water quality
Despite millions in annual water-quality study, Florida Gulf Coast University was appropriated $25 million for another study.
UF launches ‘climate indicators tool’ to help growers track weather patterns affecting plants
Growers can use the new tool to track weather conditions and indicators in places where there isn’t a weather station ...
Empowering women in climate-vulnerable areas: The founder of Project Alianza discusses the nonprofit’s work in Central America
Project Alianza is working to close the education gap for children in rural Central American communities.
Pollution could intensify global water scarcity, study shows
Scientists found that more than 3,000 river basins globally are at risk of water scarcity by 2050 in one future ...
As climate change threatens tea industry, solutions that build resilience benefit environment
Climate change threatens to reduce tea yields and hammer millions of small farmers who derive their livelihood from the crop.
10 years after anti-deforestation pledge, report finds corporate world still not doing enough
Global Canopy released its annual list of companies and financial institutions connected to deforestation-linked commodities.
Listen to Florida’s young rural conservatives in making shift to clean energy
Many young rural conservatives supported clean energy in a recent survey, but don't believe government leaders are listening.
‘Living shoreline’ credited with protecting Cedar Key from hurricane; bill would allow Florida conservation lands to be sold for agriculture
Nature-based projects built to protect roads, buildings and other structures were relatively undamaged by Hurricane Idalia.
Humans are depleting groundwater worldwide, but there are ways to replenish it
Groundwater levels have declined since the year 2000 in far more places than they rose
The Invading Sea is a nonpartisan source for news, commentary and educational content about climate change and other environmental issues affecting Florida. The site is managed by Florida Atlantic University’s Center for Environmental Studies in the Charles E. Schmidt College of Science.
