-
Global transportation and trade, compounded by people continuing to alter the local environment, has led to the spread of mosquitoes around the world. But how will these insects deal with a warming world?
-
Environmental researchers at Florida International University are getting a big boost in financial support to study sea-level rise along South Florida coasts — $9 million worth.
-
Earth breached a key temperature recently. A climate scientist explains how this warming and consequent weather patterns could impact the 2024 hurricane season, which begins June 1.
-
A glaring loophole already had allowed at least a half-billion tons of the waste to go unregulated. Now the agency says many of the facilities that are subject to the rules do not comply.
-
Floridians experienced some of the hottest summer months this past year, and early indications show similar conditions in 2024.
-
TECO sent a letter to the chairman of the Florida Public Service Commission, asking to raise profits through a series of rate increase that would increase revenues by a total of more than $1.1 billion over the next three years.
-
As the Sunshine State continues to grow, its population is getting older. Sea level rise is also prompting people, especially young workers, to move inland while aging communities stay on the coast.
-
For many drivers of EVs in Florida — the nation’s second largest market for electrical vehicles — premature tire wear has become an unexpected black mark on vehicles promoted as a green climate-friendly option to gas-gulping cars.
-
A Florida State University study found that by 2100, median age in coastal communities could spike as much as 10 years.
-
Advocates are sounding the alarm on a hydrogen energy plant that is being proposed in Hillsbroough County, saying it's not really a form of clean energy and that claims of "carbon capture" are misleading.
-
Ben Kirtman, a professor of atmospheric science at the University of Miami's Rosenstiel School, was joined by three other scientists for UM's school’s Climate Cafe Series hosted by WLRN.
-
Record heat and more damaging hurricanes leave some Floridians feeling their governor is ignoring the perils of a warming planet.