Miami-Dade installs air conditioning in public housing; Florida songbird among species declared extinct
Miami-Dade County recently spent $2.3 million to purchase and install 1,700 new wall-unit air conditioners in public housing.
Tag: hurricanes
Hurricane season not over yet for Florida; warmer coastal waters fueling spread of flesh-eating bacteria
Already, 2023 is an active year for hurricanes, with seven more named storms than normal through Oct. 11.
âHistoric buildings tend to be built betterâ â A historic preservationist discusses how climate change is affecting historic sites
A Q&A with Leslee F. Keys, retired assistant professor and director of historic preservation at Flagler CollegeÂ
As climate risks mount, the insurance safety net is collapsing
Natural disasters now cost the U.S. insurance industry $100 billion a year. What happens when no one wants to pick ...
Study finds hurricanes happening earlier in season; Florida home insurance costs unlikely to fall, report says
The study found Category 4 and 5 hurricanes are occurring about 15 days earlier across the planet than they were ...
Floridaâs growth may be making our insurance crisis worse
A report by a major global re-insurance company links the stateâs soaring home insurance costs and growth, especially along the ...
Harnessing hurricane season: a call for a new environmental movement in Florida
The American Conservation Coalition is dedicated to finding practical, market-based approaches to protect Florida's natural beauty.
Climate change is a fiscal disaster for local governments â our study shows how itâs testing communities in Florida
Climate disasters and sea-level rise harm local governments by increasing costs and undercutting their property tax bases.
âYou can go from a Category 1 to a Category 4 rather quicklyâ â A geosciences professor discusses how climate change affects hurricanes and other hazardsÂ
A Q&A with Jennifer Collins, a professor in the School of Geosciences at the University of South Florida.
More flamingos are visiting Florida. Everglades improvements can coax them to stay
To bring flamingos back permanently, we must continue to advance Everglades restoration.