Climate Change

A Florida Gulf Coast University associate professor and expert in climate change says warming temperatures could continue to produce conditions that caused seven tornadoes to touch down in Southwest Florida on Sunday.

Wildlife managers have warned that as warming waters change where fish and other marine life live, existing conservation efforts will become less effective.

Kathy Guindon, the director of the Suncoast Youth Conservation Center, uses her passion for the ocean to teach and encourage children to become future stewards of the environment in order to combat climate change.

Nearly $1 billion in the governor’s budget is earmarked for the Florida environment, including water quality improvements, the Everglades restoration, and red tide.

Research shows people of color and poorer communities are most impacted by climate change. Those living in Tampa can now share their experiences and ask for help.

Gov. DeSantis wants to spend more than a quarter of a billion dollars on what he calls resilience projects. But will they protect communities against the threat from climate change?

The ongoing mapping has included Miami, Fort Lauderdale and West Palm Beach. NOAA hopes to enlist more groups to expand the effort.

The number now sits at 88%, according to a survey by Florida Atlantic University, and could have an impact on mid-term elections.

Earl Starnes, Florida's first planning director, helped write a suite of laws that sought to control sprawl in the 1970s that began to stress the state's resources.

A city reliant on heritage tourism struggles to protect its most valuable assets.