Here’s a path to affordable Florida property insurance and coastal resilience
Building in less vulnerable locations and constructing stronger structures can mitigate damage and lessen insurance increases.
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Understand climate change’s impact on Florida and take action
Our own individual actions will make a difference but more is needed from large generators of greenhouse gases.
Video: The most-viewed pieces on The Invading Sea over the past year
Nearly 1,000 pieces were published on the site in the first year under FAU Center for Environmental Studies management.
The greatest crisis ever to face humanity is solvable, if we act now
Aspen Ideas: Climate is convening in Miami Beach this week to bring together changemakers and showcase climate innovations.
How Florida’s home insurance market became so dysfunctional, so fast
As natural disasters become more common, Florida’s litigation-friendly environment and reinsurance costs compound the problem.
Listen to Florida’s young rural conservatives in making shift to clean energy
Many young rural conservatives supported clean energy in a recent survey, but don't believe government leaders are listening.
Barrier islands are first line of protection for Gulf Coast communities
Barrier islands and their intact dunes are our natural fortresses
FIU to study threat of sea-level rise to coastal buildings; UF Student Senate passes ‘Green New Deal’ resolution
The $9 million federal grant will fund wells along the coast that could show how sea rise is changing the ...
UCF expertise tapped to help combat land, ecological losses in Mississippi River delta
Project goals include collecting data in the Mississippi River's Birdsfoot region to analyze extreme storm surges, wave events.
Court revokes Florida’s permission to issue federal wetlands permits; gambling money slated to fund environmental projects
The court ruled the EPA failed to ensure protection of endangered species when it handed over its permitting responsibility.
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