WUSF, in collaboration with the Florida Climate Reporting Network, is bringing you stories on how climate change is affecting you.
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Climate Adaptation Center/NOAAWarm temperatures, low winds, less Saharan dust and mid-level moisture will all help to form more storms, scientists at the Climate Adaptation Center said. -
Patrick FarrellThe U.S. Army Corps of Engineers said it has started cutting back on discharges from Lake Okeechobee.
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On "Florida Matters," we hear from two WUSF journalists about their reporting — from local residents experiencing flooding months after Hurricane Milton to the restoration of a local spoil island in the Hillsborough River. -
The Center for Biological Diversity has filed a broad freedom of information request to the federal government demanding more details about layoffs and cuts at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. -
Residents have noticed an occasional smell near the Howard F. Curren Advanced Wastewater Treatment Plant. Tampa officials say a disruption at the plant should be fixed by the end of March. -
The proposed legislation comes as Gov. Ron DeSantis initiates a DOGE-like cost-cutting effort and suggests Florida should take over Everglades restoration from the federal government. -
Unearthing Florida segment on Madira Bickel Mound State Archaeological Park -
The Florida Department of Health in Lee County lifted nearly a dozen health alerts due to red tide -
Growing research suggests that “black snow,” a byproduct of the sugarcane harvest, is harming residents’ health. The politically powerful sugar growers say the air quality meets standards. -
After announcing in January that it will get out of the citrus business, Alico, Inc., said Thursday it has filed a development application for the first of two villages in what will ultimately be a 3,000-acre community in Collier County. -
A pair of environmental groups concerned about 11 Florida species have sued the Trump administration -
The South Florida Water Management District reported overall nesting down although snowy egrets, South Florida's dominant wading bird, had back-to-back good years. While rainfall played a part, the it suggests more work needs to be done to fix the region's wild landscape and keep water where birds need it to successfully raise chicks. -
A USF study found that vertical currents are likely behind the algae blooms that dump sargassum onto Florida beaches each year. -
Crews disproportionately made of young, Mexican men bale pine straw by hand. They're not always fairly compensated.
