Climate Change

A temperature increase of just a couple degrees can lead to higher energy bills, stunted plant growth and more rainfall.

They say the warmer temperatures will produce more extreme weather events such as hurricanes, droughts and fires.

In a statewide survey conducted by Mainstreet Research for MediaLab@FAU, Florida voters gave their input topics as diverse as gun control, abortion and DOGE. One hot issue seems to cross partisan lines: climate change.

A new University of Miami study looked at 40 years worth of data from across the Atlantic and found cooler waters in deep currents off the U.S. coast could be warming.

The federal government moved to end its lease for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers office in Jacksonville, headquarters of the Jacksonville district and home to about 800 of the nearly 1,100 Florida-based employees.

They spoke in favor of park and residential utility protections, along with changes to the state's citizens' initiative process.

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ Jacksonville District is responsible for Everglades restoration and hurricane response, among other duties. Some say the move is “shocking.”

In Miami-Dade, depending on the day, only five to seven of the county’s 75 EV buses are in service. In Broward, none of Broward’s fleet of 42 EVs buses managed to run routes earlier this month.

Surfside is discussing tightening regulations to better protect buildings from potential damage from nearby construction in response to a University of Miami study.

Out of 10 cities analyzed in Florida, Tampa's winter is warming the fastest.

This week on an encore edition of The Florida Roundup, we featured two reports from the podcast Sea Change, from WWNO/WRKF in Louisiana.

Florida’s sea turtle nests survived an intense hurricane season. But climate change poses an uncertain future for the beloved beach icons.