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 ...
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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 ...
Summer 2023 was the hottest on record – yes, it’s climate change, but don’t call it ‘the new normal’
Unprecedented heat, downpours, drought and wildfires aren’t 'caused by climate change' – they are climate change.
Peak hurricane season is near. Floridians should cheer for El Niño.
Hurricane season officially lasts from June to the end of November, but much of the action gets concentrated from about ...
Florida agency fights plan to reduce greenhouse-gas emissions; NOAA increases predictions to ‘above-normal’ hurricane season
The Florida Department of Environmental Protection is urging the EPA to drop proposed power-plant rules.
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