Extreme Heat

A senior research associate at the University of Miami said sea surface temperatures have been breaking records every day since March 2023.

The Miami-Dade County Commission withdrew the bill because they couldn’t legally pass it after Florida’s legislature passed a bill banning any local government from setting their own heat enforcement rules.

A bill that could invalidate local minimum wage and heat ordinances impacting contractors has passed the Florida House.

As Miami-Dade County considers new standards for outdoor workers on the back of a record-breaking summer, Florida lawmakers look set to pass legislation which would make local heat protections "void and prohibited" — while also delaying for four years the state’s own ability to enact standards.

This week on The Florida Roundup, we discuss a bill preventing local governments from enacting heat ordinances, the 2024 hurricane season, the validity of claims made this legislative session, an update on a Broward school's measles outbreak, a push to ban kids under 16 from social media and Muhammad Ali’s big win in Miami 60 years out.

The first survey of Florida’s reefs after an ‘apocalyptic’ marine heat wave offers a bleak picture of the future of the state’s renowned corals — and the restoration efforts to save them.

The latest in a string of preemption edicts from the Republican-controlled Florida Legislature would block local governments from setting heat protections for workers.

Local governments could be blocked from establishing minimum wage and heat protection clauses for private businesses they contract with. The public has yet to weigh in.

Global temperatures soared past previous records in 2023, according to new data from the European Union. Nations must slash fossil fuel emissions to avoid even higher temperatures, scientists warn.

While heat seems top of mind, state leaders did not respond to it with the same intensity of a tropical storm or hurricane, said a panel of journalists speaking on the Florida Roundup.

Some corals were left behind during an evacuation of many corals off Florida despite water temperatures that rose far above 87 degrees.

Goodell spoke at the University of Florida about his new book, "The Heat Will Kill You First: Life and Death on a Scorched Planet."