Climate change

Daylight, rainfall, and temperatures have a significant impact on plants and their changing colors. These weather factors are shifting.

Florida's summer heat has generally been extended by about a week and a half to two weeks. This is based on a Climate Central analysis of data between 1970 and 2024.

Eddy Bouza is a certified flood plain manager, has studied nature-based resilience, and has directed the state's Resilient Florida Program.

Two-thirds of the dangerously hot days in Florida in recent years are linked to climate change. Symptoms of heat exposure include false labor contractions and pre-term labor.

Underwater currents in the Gulf should be monitored when a hurricane approaches Florida. A new study shows the current slowed just before Hurricane Ian hit Category 5.

With record-breaking heat and stronger hurricanes, Florida is considered ground zero by some for global warming consequences.

The extreme heat comes as the federal government seeks to roll back vehicle pollution standards and rescind a scientific finding on the health threat from greenhouse gases.

A temperature increase of just a couple degrees can lead to higher energy bills, stunted plant growth, and more rainfall.

The deaths caused by Vibrio vulnificus bacterium were in Bay, Broward, Hillsborough, and St. Johns counties, according to the Florida Department of Health.

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.