Coastal cities’ growing hurricane vulnerability is fed by both climate change and unbridled population growth
Several cities along the Gulf Coast have large socially vulnerable populations at high risk from hurricane damage.
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Estuaries in South Florida are warming faster than the Gulf of Mexico and global oceans
Over the past two decades, sea surface temperatures in the estuaries rose 500% faster than in the global oceans.
The summer of love for Gulf whales
Designating a critical habitat area for Gulf of Mexico Rice’s whales is the least we can do to care for ...
Nature-based solutions help us adapt to climate change impacts
Natural features are an effective defense against erosion, storms and flooding – but only if we protect and restore them.
Sea levels in Florida are rising fast. Tough decisions ahead
An analysis of sea level rise showed that the American South is experiencing one of the most rapid surges on ...
The race to open the Florida coast to industrial fish farms can be stopped
Florida is on the frontline of the battle to keep industrial fish farms from overwhelming our nation’s coasts
Coastal restoration: recycled shells and millions of larvae — a recipe for renewed oyster reefs
Oyster reefs protect shorelines from storm surges and erosion, while providing important habitat for fish and other marine species
Barrier islands are first line of protection for Gulf Coast communities
Barrier islands and their intact dunes are our natural fortresses
UCF expertise tapped to help combat land, ecological losses in Mississippi River delta
Project goals include collecting data in the Mississippi River's Birdsfoot region to analyze extreme storm surges, wave events.
Latest oil spill highlights the need to protect the remaining Rice’s whales
On Nov. 16, a new devastating oil spill hit the Gulf of Mexico, when the Main Pass pipeline spilled 1.1 ...