Severe storms are more evidence that the warming climate is a serious threat and we need to respond quickly
By John Van Leer, Citizens’ Climate Lobby Salt water has flooded out of my street drains in Miami-Dade County, a ...
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Carlos Curbelo: time is running out to solve the worsening climate crisis
Here is an edited version of an interview the Alliance for Market Solutions (AMS) conducted with Carlos Curbelo, a former ...
The tide is high, and getting higher, and higher, and higher
By Kimberly Miller, The Palm Beach Post A report calls last year’s high tide flooding “extraordinary.” The yearly rate of ...
Hurricane Season Started Early For The Last Six Years. Is It Time To Extend The Season?
By Jenny Staletovich, WLRN Media The early start to the 2020 Atlantic hurricane season — the sixth in a row ...
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
By Kristina Dahl, Union of Concerned Scientists Last year, Florida House Speaker José Oliva made the scientifically unsupported claim that ...
The warming climate is causing the seas to rise, endangering coastal cities in Florida and around the world
Florida’s coasts have seen an acceleration in sea-level rise for more than 30 years, and that rate keeps increasing. The ...
Sea Urchins To The Rescue: Florida Researchers Launch Breeding Program To Help Revive Ailing Reefs
Florida has an underappreciated secret weapon to help heal its ailing reefs: prickly sea urchins. Recently, the National Oceanic and ...
We’ll be measuring sea-level rise in feet, not inches
Take out a 30-year mortgage on a house in the Tampa Bay area, and by the time it is paid ...