Hard-fought COP28 agreement suggests the days of fossil fuels are numbered – but climate catastrophe is not yet averted
The agreement — met with an ovation — includes a first call for nations to transition away from fossil fuels.
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Florida needs to cool its prisons as part of effort to modernize its penal system
Three-quarters of inmate housing units in Florida don’t have air conditioning, according to the state Department of Corrections secretary.
Florida’s coasts face opposite rainfall extremes; lawmakers discuss diversifying energy used in state
Florida's southeast coast has received sometimes-record rainfall while much of the Gulf of Mexico coast faces a drought.
Florida manatees not being fed lettuce this winter; Northeast Florida counties unite in climate fight
Biologists experimented with feeding lettuce to Indian River Lagoon manatees as their natural food source, seagrass, declined.
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.
Increasing temperatures threaten Plant City strawberries; rising seas causing rent to rise in Miami
Temperatures were between 103 and 104 degrees Plant City for nine days in August, the hottest in the city’s recorded ...
Why some experts say COPs are ‘distracting’ and need fixing
Critics say the annual UN conferences on climate change have outlived their usefulness and are due for an overhaul.
Climate change affecting bird migration; feds touting tougher building codes to reduce carbon emissions
Bird sightings may be like canaries in a coal mine, providing early warning signals of climate change.
Video: What is polar amplification?
This bite-sized video explains how polar amplification can trigger feedback loops that amplify climate change effects.
Mangrove project is example of measures needed to slow effects of climate change
It turns out that the massive root systems of mangroves sequester carbon better than any tree on Earth.