Alex Harris - Miami Herald
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It's become common to see new homes in South Florida constructed on land raised by trucked-in gravel. But neighbors wonder — especially after the latest “rain bomb” to hit Fort Lauderdale — if the standards to raise new construction make flooding worse for surrounding older homes.
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The answer to Florida's ailing coral reefs may lie in a probiotic, not unlike the bacteria found in yogurt.
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“Are we there yet? No. We are not fully restored. But, we are trending in the right direction,” says Melodie Naja, National Park Service scientist.
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The policy will force homeowners to also buy flood insurance — even if their homes aren’t in designated flood zones.
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Research suggests cold-stunned iguanas falling from trees in Florida could be rarer in the future — both due to climbing global temperatures from unchecked climate change and a shift in cold hardiness in the lizards.
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Southwest Florida has already answered the immediate question after Hurricane Ian slammed into the coast, killing dozens of people and destroying thousands of homes with record-high storm surge: Will we rebuild?
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From the air, the fingerprints of Hurricane Ian’s journey through the Everglades are easy to see: swaths of beach washed away on Cape Sable, a plume of coffee-colored water leaking into the teal of Florida Bay and a stray sailboat shoved violently ashore, taking down 10 feet of mangroves on the way.
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It’s a question that follows any natural disaster, especially monster hurricanes like Ian: Was this caused by climate change?
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Hurricane Ian came ashore with devastating near-Category 5 winds that peeled the roofs off homes and uprooted trees.
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Hurricane season doesn’t officially start until June 1, but in recent years named storms have been popping up ahead of schedule more and more often.