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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 ...
As climate change warms rivers, they are running out of breath — and so could the plants and animals they harbor
Warming rivers with low oxygen could suffer fish die-offs and degraded water quality.
Miami-Dade commissioners punt on heat protections; invisible fences aid in Florida ranching, climate research
Commissioners voted 8 to 2 to defer the bill. If it is deferred again in March, it would die and ...
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.
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.