Climate change

The researchers are looking for ways to help reefs survive global warming. The work could provide a blueprint for working across the Caribbean to share corals.

A new study shows warmer, lighter fresh water flowing into the Gulf in the path of Idalia may have helped intensify it from a Category 1 to a Category 4 storm in one day.

Finding more heat-resistant coral species could be the key to staving off their extinction as ocean temperatures are expected to continue rising.

After three hurricanes hit the state in 2024, Florida lawmakers have approved changes involving issues such as debris removal and rebuilding storm-damaged homes.

A University of Miami study looked at forty years worth of data from across the Atlantic and found cooler waters in deep currents off the U.S. coast could be warming.

Homes, cars, and streets were flooded with rainwater after Hurricane Milton, which overwhelmed stormwater systems.

Young activists believe the Florida Public Service Commission's continued reliance on fossil fuels is a violation of their constitutional rights.

Regarding the climate and the burning of fossil fuels, Dr. Jeff Chanton says, "Humans are a geological force just like volcanoes. We have released so much carbon dioxide."

The property insurance market in every other state seems to be headed down the road that Florida has paved. Here is Florida's origin story of this crisis.

Many states accepted Inflation Reduction Act funding to address climate change, but Florida turned down the money from the Climate Pollution Reduction Grants.