As climate change amplifies urban flooding, here’s how communities can become ‘sponge cities’
Sponge cities use innovative designs to reduce and slow runoff, while letting certain places flood safely during extreme weather.
Sponge cities use innovative designs to reduce and slow runoff, while letting certain places flood safely during extreme weather.
Global warming leads to increasing precipitation and more intense downpours, and increased flood potential.
This outage trend will likely continue as climate change intensifies, bringing more frequent extreme weather to an aging grid.
As Floridians grapple with the impacts of climate change, we deserve leadership that is unafraid to take decisive action.
Broward County and West Palm Beach were among the municipalities selected to participate in the Youth Climate Action Fund.
Almost a quarter of Florida's land may be at greater risk of pollution or development, an Environmental Defense Fund analysis ...
Climate change layered on top of existing issues exacerbate community vulnerability to dengue and other mosquito-borne diseases.
Natural gas provides a practical and immediate solution to meet energy needs while allowing for a smoother adoption of additional ...
Growers can use the new tool to track weather conditions and indicators in places where there isn’t a weather station ...
Climate change threatens to reduce tea yields and hammer millions of small farmers who derive their livelihood from the crop.
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