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Hurricane impacts on mosquito populations
A University of Miami researcher led a study that found mosquitos increased dramatically in Miami-Dade after Hurricane Irma.
Are we too late? A teenage perspective on UN’s high-level meeting on sea level rise
Studies show that of all the cities in the world, Miami has the most to lose from sea level rise.
After Milton, Florida assesses damage from back-to-back climate disasters
At least six people died in the storm, and some 80,000 ended up in shelters.
Studying the surge
UCF Associate Professor Thomas Wahl is using machine learning to analyze flood-prone areas to better protect these regions.
How Hurricane Helene became a deadly disaster across six states
Helene’s devastation is an important reminder that hurricanes can’t be judged by wind speed alone.
Milton grows to Category 5; emergency director ‘begs’ Tampa Bay to evacuate
The hurricane is expected to make landfall Wednesday.
Preserving paradise with nature-based solutions
Nature-based solutions typically provide benefits like reducing wind and wave energy, absorbing excess carbon and filtering water.
Helene’s 500 miles of wreckage and devastation should bring howls of fury at leaders’ folly
Global, national and state leaders must recognize at long last that the world’s climate cares nothing for political fiction.
In storms like Hurricane Helene, flooded industrial sites and toxic chemical releases are a silent and growing threat
Many types of toxic material can affect the long-term health and environmental safety of surrounding communities.