Sea Level Rise

Increased salinity in oceans and coastal areas has potentially devastating effects, a new UNF study concludes.

"It's a place that's highly traveled to. It's a big destination. We're also highly vulnerable, and there's a lot of risk at stake," said Hank Hodde with Pinellas County.

Filta technicians visit restaurants, hospitals and stadiums to collect the cooking oil from fryers to be refined into biodiesel, which can help cut down carbon emissions.

Climate change is causing hurricanes to get more powerful and dangerous. Scientists weigh in on what that means for forecasts, emergency officials and you.

Expected higher seas and more intense storms could arrive in the coming years and have severe impacts on coastal communities.

The new study suggests restoration efforts may need to better accommodate the endangered Cape Sable seaside sparrow as sea rise could wipe out their Everglades habitat in just 50 years.

Nature is coming for Florida’s barrier islands. Should we give some over?

NASA and the city of Cape Canaveral are working with citizens on immediate and long-term solutions to sea-level rise.

Inhabited and uninhabited, barrier islands move. They will need fortification to survive predicted increases in sea level rise.

Should humans rescue animals from the perils of climate change?

Hurricane Ian struck Southwest Florida in the same place where Florida’s powerful Calusa natives lived over 2,000 years ago. From dealing with sea level fluctuations to a massive hurricane around A.D. 300, their fishing and building adaptations can teach us about dealing with coastal change.

Climate change threatens not only the future of Florida’s barrier islands, but all they hold about the past.