FAU study: Drones map loggerhead sea turtle nesting site hotspots
Changing coastal conditions, sea level rise and other impacts threaten these fragile habitats.
Tag: coastal development
Outrage alone won’t fix Florida’s home insurance crisis
Florida cannot keep expanding development into the most storm-prone areas without expecting astronomical losses.
Barefoot mailmen, Theodore Pratt, Carl Hiaasen and the ever-vanishing South Florida coast
Literary warfare can seem futile as the South Florida coast is developed, but literature has its own strength.
Disaster capitalism and the commodification of crisis in Florida
The endless cycle of recovery and destruction has left individuals financially and psychologically depleted.
15% of global population lives within a few miles of a coast − and the number is growing rapidly
Human settlement patterns have profound consequences for people’s exposure to risk, particularly near the coasts.
New study finds subsidence hotspots impacting buildings in South Florida
The analysis found subsidence, a process where the ground sinks or settles, ranging from two to eight centimeters.
Florida’s dangerous dance with hurricanes and coastal development
To protect Florida from climate change's impacts, the state must overhaul policies that keep us in a growing state of ...
Vast taxpayer subsidies enable development on Florida’s fragile coasts
A more rational public policy would demand that people who build on a shoreline assume more responsibility for the risks.
Coastal wetlands can’t keep pace with sea-level rise, and infrastructure is leaving them nowhere to go
Sea-level rise means portions of today’s coastal wetlands will be lost to the ocean in the years and decades to ...
New FIU study to determine how rising waters affect foundations of South Florida’s coastal buildings
The study will create a network of monitoring wells to determine the impact of saltwater on the foundations of these ...