Puerto Rico declares an emergency as cases of dengue fever spike
Climate change layered on top of existing issues exacerbate community vulnerability to dengue and other mosquito-borne diseases.
Tag: El Niño
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 ...
‘Super’ El Niño further boosting temperatures; bill would cut most climate change mentions from Florida law
The warmth from the strong El Niño, coupled with climate change, also helped to fuel record global temperatures in 2023.
Florida lawmakers seek to change policy that has delayed beach nourishment work; ocean heat could mean another record year
The US Army Corps of Engineers has long pumped sand onto Pinellas County beaches, but a change in policy has ...
2023’s billion-dollar disasters list shattered the US record with 28 big weather and climate disasters amid Earth’s hottest year on record
Last year had six more billion-dollar disasters than any year since counting began in 1980, accounting for inflation.
Hurricane season ends with 20 named storms but just 1 US landfall; Senate committee investigating Citizens Property Insurance
The hurricane season produced the fourth-most named storms on record, but only Idalia made landfall in the US.
Heat-related medical calls increase at Disney; absence of Florida red tide puzzles researchers
Paramedics responded to nearly 40 medical calls for overheated Disney guests and took six people to the hospital in August.
Rescued Florida corals being returned to ocean; South Florida cleans up after heavy rain, high winds
The restoration team commenced its month-long program on Oct. 30, reintroducing about 360 corals on the first day.
‘You can go from a Category 1 to a Category 4 rather quickly’ — A geosciences professor discusses how climate change affects hurricanes and other hazards
A Q&A with Jennifer Collins, a professor in the School of Geosciences at the University of South Florida.
Major land acquisition will help protect Florida panther; climate change may blunt winter cooling of El Niño
More than 17,200 acres in Hendry County was purchased by the state, including a spot that has been a roadkill ...
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