Climate Change

Risk Rating 2.0 is the first change to the way the National Flood Insurance Program calculates premiums since the 1970s and represents the biggest shift since the program was founded in the 1960s.

The Corps and Miami-Dade would have shared the $4.6 billion cost for the work that included fortress-like flood walls and gates. How much the Corps pays will now depend on the plan the county proposes.

A group of University of Miami graduate students created the blog "Seasoned Chaos" last year to help make sense of the complicated physics behind climate change.

Hurricane Ida rapidly gained strength right before it hit Louisiana this weekend. Abnormally hot water in the Gulf of Mexico acted as fuel for the storm.

The study projects that by midcentury, without action on climate change, Florida's workers on average could potentially lose 33 work days per year due to extreme heat compared to five now.

Among the findings: Scientists are confident in saying that there will be more frequent storms in the highest intensity categories of 4 and 5.

From warm water to rainfall, there are many ways a changing climate could alter Florida’s blooms.

A blend of memoir and fieldwork account, "The Arbornaut" chronicles the work of Sarasota-based tree canopy scientist Meg Lowman.

No matter what, if any, role rising seas played in the collapse, there is no escaping the rising risks to Surfside and other coastal communities up and down the Florida coast.

Tampa again experienced a near-record hot July last month, coming in second to July 2020 by just half a degree.

The story behind Florida’s new laws that strip cities of their ability to fight climate change.

One Tampa Bay area resident talks about the impacts of climate change on Black and brown communities, including health effects and what needs to change.