By slashing NOAA funding, president’s budget putting Florida at risk
NOAA provides a life-or-death defense from major storms through its hurricane science and forecasting.
Tag: hurricanes
Many of the Caribbean’s most important reefs are going unprotected
Half of reefs with the greatest potential to keep protecting coastlines as the oceans warm are unprotected.
Something startling is happening in the Gulf
Its waters are heating up twice as fast as the global oceans, with huge implications for hurricane risk.
Local community planning has a double standard in Florida
The 2026 Legislature’s record on data centers is different than its record on community planning.
Global warming is making the strongest hurricanes stronger
Recent studies link human-caused warming to more powerful, more destructive storms worldwide.
Keep the Florida utility grid ready for hurricane season and deadly ‘silent storms’
Heat waves kill more people in the US than any other form of extreme weather.
The emerging danger of post-hurricane heat waves
Power failures from hurricanes followed by heat waves are creating increasingly hazardous risks to health
Florida’s resilience progress is real but one law risks undermining it
SB 180 risks locking communities into development patterns that made them vulnerable.
Florida farmers face rising climate risks from extreme weather
More extreme heat and more frequent heavy rainfall events have contributed to crop losses in recent years.
Bridging the gap between climate education and maternal care
A Q&A with Doula Climate Health Outreach Team member Shantai Latoya Young.