Florida And Climate Change

Over the past two years, the Service has lost more than 170 employees in Florida, accounting for about half of the state's federal wildlife workforce.

By allowing state law to override local ordinances, actions like SB 180 are making Florida “less free,” one advocate says.

A new “equity-first” model claims to show where Tampa Bay should grow food for those who lack it. But what happens to the needs of gardens that already exist?

A strong El Niño is raising the odds of an active winter storm season—and the Floridians most likely to die in a tornado live in aging manufactured homes the state can’t even count.

In late August and early September, the largest of collection of Florida's most endangered coral spawned in a Key Largo nursery. Thousands of babies are now being raised in labs around the state, which scientists hope could help revive elkhorn coral on North America's only barrier reef.

Gulf waters have been one to three degrees warmer than average across much of the basin, which is “just a hair, about a tenth of a degree or so above the prior records," according to a climate scientist.

The threat of hurricanes and costs of insurance are pushing residents into former citrus lands and inland communities.

Resilient Florida was created to provide funding to help communities prepare for the impacts of more frequent and severe flooding, but not all who are at risk get the help they need.

Greenville and Mount Dora show how some communities applaud Resilient Florida for its flood help and others don't know they're eligible.

Progress Village was established decades ago to provide affordable housing for Black residents near Tampa. The phosphogypsum stack, containing the toxic waste of fertilizer production, is right next door.

The state says it plans to invest the money in "a new emerging mode of transportation," building a "Florida Aerial Highway" where the flying vehicles can recharge, take off and land.

A federal bill would ban Florida shark dive operators from feeding sharks. Its sponsors say the ban is about safety. People who know the water, including fishers, doubt it would change much.