Environment

The Florida Roundup

The Florida Roundup is a live, weekly call-in show with a distinct focus on the issues affecting Floridians. Each Friday at noon, listeners can engage in the conversation with journalists, newsmakers and other Floridians about change, policy and the future of our lives in the sunshine state.Join our hosts, veteran journalists from our partner public radio stations: WLRN’s Tom Hudson, broadcasting from Miami and WJCT’s Melissa Ross, broadcasting from Jacksonville.

11/30/2018: Florida Faces Hotter Days, Stronger Hurricanes And Storm Surges

WJCT News | By WJCT News

Published November 30, 2018 at 4:05 PM EST

Hurricane Michael, seen here on Oct. 10 as it neared the Florida Panhandle, was the strongest storm to hit the area since records were first kept.

This week on The Florida Roundup we dedicated the full hour to looking at the risks from climate change and impacts the Sunshine State faces.

A new federal government report, called the Fourth Annual Climate Assessment finds that climate change already is affecting Florida and warns that risks will keep growing.

A separate report from the Climate Central research group has found over the past five decades several Florida cities - including Jacksonville, Tallahassee, Tampa and Miami - have experienced a growing number of days with temperatures rising above 95 degrees.

Our guests for the discussion were:

Dr. Ben Kirtman, a professor at the University of Miami’s Rosenstiel School for Marine and Atmospheric Science
Kate Stein, an environmental reporter at WLRN
Amy Green an environmental reporter at WMFE

11/30/2018: Florida Faces Hotter Days, Stronger Hurricanes And Storm Surges

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