WUSF, in collaboration with the Florida Climate Reporting Network, is bringing you stories on how climate change is affecting you.
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Miami Herald file photo/Over the last 40 years, North American cars and power plants have gotten cleaner. They spewed far less pollution into the atmosphere, a difference visible by satellites. -
Florida Department of Environmental Protection/A plan is being drawn up to help manage the 700 acres offshore of Pasco, Hernando and Citrus counties.
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The city has said it would use $8 million in federal stimulus money to make the improvements. It will also be required to invest at least $220,000 in projects to improve local waters and estuaries. -
The groups say more than half of the manatee deaths were related to starvation in the Indian River Lagoon.
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Since the construction of I-4 over 50 years ago, the highway has become a barrier to wildlife movement.
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The new University of Miami research inspired an English scientist and poet to turn it into verse.
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Residents in surrounding counties have expressed fears of land loss and environmental damage.
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Nitrogen is the main pollutant of concern in Sarasota Bay. High concentrations of nitrogen spur algae growth which leads to declines in water quality.
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He announced in a press conference on Clearwater Beach that much of the money will remain in the greater Tampa Bay region.
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DeSantis says the funds will local officials prepare for the impacts of major storms.
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Eugenie Clark, who passed away in 2015, would have turned 100 Wednesday.
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Palm City Rep. Brian Mast says algae outbreaks should be treated by the federal government like responses to other natural disasters, such as hurricanes.
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The spill essentially "fed" red tide by dumping nitrogen into the waters, fueling algae blooms and killing millions of fish and marine life.
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During an appearance at the Jacksonville Zoo and Gardens, the governor expressed support for budget items aimed at helping manatees.
