Bright Lit Place photo essay, part 1: The people who fight for — and depend on — Everglades restoration
Bright Lit Place examines what happened to Florida’s promise to restore the Everglades with a massive plan approved in 2000.
Tag: Florida Everglades
‘Everglades Stories’ document experiences of people across Everglades ecosystem
The Everglades Foundation initiative is series of short videos featuring individuals living in different regions across the watershed.
Florida’s wetlands: safeguarding a blue treasure
By partnering and pooling our resources to rebuild resilient freshwater ecosystems, we are investing in combating climate change.
In the Florida Everglades, a greenhouse gas emissions hotspot
Drainage has exposed the fertile soils of the Everglades Agricultural Area, a region responsible for much of the nation’s sugar ...
Everglades reservoir already is inadequate, and construction has barely gotten started
Florida’s leaders should secure land to expand treatment marshes, reduce the Everglades Agricultural Area Reservoir's depth.
Everglades reservoir is critical to our water supply and needs everyone’s support
The Everglades Agricultural Area Reservoir is the linchpin for every other Everglades restoration effort.
Climate change is destabilizing the insurance industry, Everglades faces invasive species with potential to be ‘worst’ yet
The president of a major insurance broker warned that climate change is driving up prices, pushing insurers out of high-risk ...
To protect Florida’s waterways, reform the U.S. sugar program
By Blair Wickstrom There’s no place like Florida. From our coastal estuaries to the Everglades and crystal-clear springs, Florida’s natural ...
In Florida, don’t let lawn love turn toxic
By the Orlando Sentinel Editorial Board If you ask Floridians what we are doing to help keep this state green, many ...
More Floridians must buy flood insurance, manatee deaths reflect ecosystem troubles
A roundup of news items related to climate change and other environmental issues in Florida: Florida's starving manatees reflect troubles ...
The Invading Sea is a nonpartisan source for news, commentary and educational content about climate change and other environmental issues affecting Florida. The site is managed by Florida Atlantic University’s Center for Environmental Studies in the Charles E. Schmidt College of Science.
