Florida And Climate Change

The federal government moved to end its lease for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers office in Jacksonville, headquarters of the Jacksonville district and home to about 800 of the nearly 1,100 Florida-based employees.

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ Jacksonville District is responsible for Everglades restoration and hurricane response, among other duties. Some say the move is “shocking.”

In Miami-Dade, depending on the day, only five to seven of the county’s 75 EV buses are in service. In Broward, none of Broward’s fleet of 42 EVs buses managed to run routes earlier this month.

Surfside is discussing tightening regulations to better protect buildings from potential damage from nearby construction in response to a University of Miami study.

This week on an encore edition of The Florida Roundup, we featured two reports from the podcast Sea Change, from WWNO/WRKF in Louisiana.

Experts called the study a “game changer” that raises a host of questions about development on vulnerable barrier islands.

‘We know climate change is affecting other species, so we need to get ready to see how it affects the species we have here in the Everglades.’

This week on The Florida Roundup, we featured two reports from the podcast Sea Change, from WWNO/WRKF in Louisiana. WLRN's Jenny Staletovich explored how hotter oceans are affecting the mahi. Then, WUSF's Jessica Meszaros examined the rising cost of climate risk on Florida's home insurance market. After, we spoke with Jenny and Jessica about their reporting.

For the first time, a federal study calculated the risk from rising groundwater on a warming planet. South Florida represents the vast majority of that risk, with about 7.5 million people and $750 billion dollars in property under threat.

"I’m a Republican, but I believe in climate change."

Florida already had an affordable housing and insurance crisis. Then came the 2024 hurricane season. WUSF’s Jessica Meszaros explains how climate change impacts insurance.

Key deer are now facing new perils from saltwater intrusion, development and extreme weather, which could eventually force them to be moved out of the Florida Keys entirely.