Solar storage can be a lifesaver, particularly during hurricane season
By Salome Garcia and Katie Chiles Ottenweller Hurricane season has arrived and already Mother Nature has given us plenty to ...
Tag: Hurricane Irma
Martin County invested in mangrove habitat restoration to protect the area from stronger storms expected as the climate gets hotter
By Kathy Fitzpatrick, Martin County Coastal Engineer Small coastal communities are particularly vulnerable to powerful storms. They often have a ...
Teenager considers her family ‘climate refugees’ because they couldn’t risk staying in Florida during increasingly dangerous storms
By Luxha Aliheligi Phillips I’m a climate refugee and that’s the primary reason I am one of eight young Floridians ...
If we treasure the Everglades, we must protect its health the way we are protecting ourselves during the pandemic
By Eric Eikenberg, Everglades Foundation Seven years ago on April 7, when Florida celebrated its first official Everglades Day, people ...
Signs of fires, hurricanes, other disruptions linger for years in the Everglades, FIU research shows
The chemical signature left behind by hurricanes, fires, cold snaps and droughts can linger in the slow-moving water of the ...
Leaders in the Florida Keys recognize the challenges they face from the warming climate and are working together to tackle them
Here is part of Gillis’ opening remarks at the recent Climate Leadership Summit in Key West. Leaders in the Florida ...
It’s time to consider adding a ‘Category 6’ to the hurricane power scale
If you live in a hurricane-prone area, you probably know about the five-category Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Wind Scale. It defines Atlantic ...
State and federal leaders need to quit debating whether climate change is real, and start lending a hand to address it
When a storm like Hurricane Dorian begins hurdling toward our state, federal and state leaders cannot convene enough press conferences ...
Media roundup: Florida worried; Exodus from the Keys; Investors concerned; Flushing your toilet
Florida Will Be The First State To Swing On Climate Forbes Worry over climate change is making its way up ...
Protecting Our Most Vulnerable from Storm Surge and Flooding
Hurricanes are not rare, unexpected events. They are a common occurrence that climate scientists expect will increase in frequency and ...
See what happens to your neighborhood as the sea level rises with this interactive map from Climate Central.