Lawmakers investigating insurers fleeing risky areas; Miami-Dade art installations call attention to climate change
The Senate Budget Committee sent letters to 40 insurance companies, seeking documents on where they're dropping customers.
Tag: Gulf of Mexico
Climate change making king tide flooding more common; federal plan could require millions to buy flood insurance
King tides have been supercharged by sea-level rise in recent decades, which has pushed the tides further inland.
Four Gulf of Mexico tracts designated for wind power development; Duke Energy plans to build green hydrogen system in Volusia County
The Biden administration's announcement follows the first Gulf sale of wind development leases earlier this year.
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service moving to list Miami cave crayfish as threatened; Biden administration to offer handful of Gulf drilling leases
The crayfish faces increasing threats from climate change as rising seas push salty water deeper into the Biscayne Aquifer.
Study tracking impact of hot water on Tampa Bay seagrass beds; poll finds extreme weather affecting views on climate change
More than 4,000 acres of seagrass, or 38%, disappeared in Old Tampa Bay between 2018 and 2020.
Judge blocks plan to scale back Gulf oil leases to protect whales; Agriculture Commissioner announces green infrastructure grants
The Biden administration announced the plan last month as part of an effort to protect the endangered Rice’s whale from ...
Hurricane Idalia cooled Gulf of Mexico; Democrats seek to revive vetoed energy-saving grants
Abnormally hot sea surface temperatures this summer mean the Gulf is still very warm, despite the effects of Idalia’s cooling ...
Sea-level rise worsened storm surge from Hurricane Idalia; storm magnifies concerns about Florida’s insurance market
An overall rise of about nine inches in sea level could have made the difference between flooding and staying dry ...
Federal disaster relief fund nearly depleted as Hurricane Idalia hits; King Tide raises hurricane’s flood threat
The federal Disaster Relief Fund is set to run out of money this fall if Congress can’t come to an ...
‘It’s hard to imagine, but a fish can drown’
University of Miami marine biologists explain the impacts of rising ocean temperatures on fish.
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