Florida, the seas are rising and time is short
Florida must encourage more sustainable development patterns, avoiding development on sensitive lands in coastal areas and floodplains.
Tag: Florida Wildlife Corridor
Rising rainfall poses greatest threat from hurricanes; climate change disrupting saltwater fisheries
New numbers released this month found that 57% of deaths directly attributable to tropical cyclones from 2013 through 2022 were ...
Largest donation made to Florida Wildlife Corridor; Florida Republicans seek study of offshore wind turbines
Clearwater businessman Stu Sjouwerman, founder of the online security platform KnowBe4, donated $2.5 million to the Florida Wildlife Corridor.
Wildlife corridor lands $850M in final Florida budget; groups to sue feds over manatee protection
Lawmakers agreed to pump $850 million into the Ocala to Osceola Wildlife Corridor, also known as the O2O Corridor.
Climate change pushing mangroves north; bills to fully fund Florida Wildlife Corridor lagging
With the country experiencing fewer freeze events, mangroves that thrive in coastal wetlands are moving into salt marsh habitats at ...
Florida Wildlife Corridor expansion praised; storms cause $8 million in damage to Broward schools
Gov. Ron DeSantis and the Florida Cabinet approved over $46 million for the expansion of five different preserved areas.
Nature is coming for Florida’s barrier islands. Should we give some over?
Rewilding barrier islands can make Florida’s mainland more resilient to sea rise, other threats from climate change.
Hurricane recovery continues for Fort Myers Beach, lawsuit accuses feds of failing to protect coral habitat
Fort Myers Beach struggles to recover from Ian, lawsuit seeks to protect endangered corals, subcommittee greenlights $100M Florida Forever plan
A climatologist explains how climate change ‘affects all aspects of our lives’
By Analeah Karmally, FAU School of Communication and Multimedia Studies The following is a Q&A conducted with Emily Powell, assistant state ...
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