Miami Beach and sea-level rise: Flawed infrastructure, environmental injustice, and new opportunities
By Diana Rodriguez, Arizona State University Known as “ground zero” for sea-level rise, Miami Beach will be one of the ...
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Elizabeth Fata Carpenter: Citizens are seeing the damage from the warming climate and want leaders to address the threats
An interview with Elizabeth Fata Carpenter, Everglades Law Center As part of its series “The Business of Climate Change,” which ...
Elizabeth Plater-Zyberk: Architects are beginning to design buildings that can withstand higher water and stronger winds
An interview with Elizabeth Plater-Zyberk, University of Miami Distinguished Professor of Architecture As part of its series “The Business of ...
Alec Bogdanoff: Floridians need to realize that grappling with the warming climate ‘is going to take sustained effort for decades’
An interview with Alec Bogdanoff, principal scientist and co-founder of Brizaga. As part of its series “The Business of Climate ...
Greater Miami mayors applaud U.S. leadership on addressing the climate crisis
By Miami-Dade County Mayor Daniella Levine Cava, City of Miami Beach Mayor Dan Gelber, and City of Miami Mayor Francis ...
Conservative Floridians need to tell our U.S. senators that they should support carbon pricing
By Joseph Bonasia, Citizens’ Climate Lobby What are our senators waiting for? The Center for Climate Integrity projects that due ...
You already can see the damage in Florida from rising sea levels
By Jim Carroll, environmental activist Rising seas haven’t flooded us out yet, but they’re already wreaking havoc in a batch ...
The climate picture in South Florida by 2100 is ‘not pretty’
An interview with Albert Slap, Coastal Risk Consulting As part of its series “The Business of Climate Change,” which highlights ...
Florida should create a statewide resilience strategy and restore resilience officer position
An interview with Susy Torriente, Jacobs Engineering Group As part of its series “The Business of Climate Change,” The Invading ...
Yes, the land is slowly sinking in parts of Florida, but the sea is rising much faster and poses a far greater threat of flooding
Kristina Dahl, Union of Concerned Scientists Last year, Florida House Speaker José Oliva made the scientifically unsupported claim that Miami ...