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"Seagrass die-off has happened before in Florida in various estuaries at various times. Seagrass recovers. But this is the first time it's really been simultaneous in all five major estuaries in Florida," said Bill Kearney of the Sun Sentinel.
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A Q&A with Jeff Berardelli, chief meteorologist and climate specialist at WFLA News Channel 8 in Tampa.
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A month-long string of fish kills are affecting shallow waters that run the length of the island chain, from Key Largo to Key West. Researchers blame soaring sea surface temperatures off the southern coast of Florida that have at at time approached 100 degrees and are running some seven degrees above normal.
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Could climate change cause the collapse of a critical ocean current that influences everything from sea levels in South Florida to monsoons in the Pacific and temperatures in Europe? A group of UM scientists wants to find that answer.
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Coral spawning just brought a wave of much-needed excitement to coral scientists working to curb the bleaching crisis.
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"He would be out of town for a week and be fine where he was staying for work, and come home and literally spend the weekend in the hospital," said Kendra Elliott about her fiancé who suffered from mold poisoning.
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Florida architects designing high-end houses for wealthy, climate-conscious buyers have started working cooling techniques that were once common into their contemporary designs.
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University of Miami Rosenstiel scientists hoping to provide a genetic lifeline to Florida’s ailing reef are removing hundreds of colonies of healthy coral off Miami, hoping to outpace a wave of lethal bleaching spreading from the Florida Keys.
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Coral rescued from nurseries off Key Biscayne this month have now spawned at a University of Miami Rosenstiel School lab. Making babies could be a good sign for coral that have endured weeks of punishing heat.
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Researchers looked at 4,711 cities and saw the fingerprints of climate change in 4,019 of them for July. In the U.S., the climate effect was largest in Florida.
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"Texas was one of the first states to pass a restriction on ESG investing... we saw that municipal governments across the state were paying almost half a billion dollars more to service bonds in their communities— that's money that's being diverted away from schools, from roads," said Kelly Mitchell of Documented.
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Florida's wild places are transforming and sometimes disappearing.