sea level rise

A similar proposal to form an Office of Resiliency failed to get through House committees during last year's legislative session.

The historic rise of South Florida sugarcane farming turned the giant Lake Okeechobee into a toilet for polluted waters draining from as far as Central Florida and flushing ruinously via canals to coastal estuaries at Fort Myers and Stuart.

The number of affordable homes exposed to sea level rise in the United States is projected to more than triple by 2050. A recent study shows the numbers in Florida are pretty drastic.

Miami Beach is exploring a way to help residents cover the cost of floodproofing their properties from heavy rains and high tides made even higher by sea level rise — at least a little.

As sea surface temperatures rise in South Florida, so has rainfall, according to a study. This has contributed to the deluges that region has experienced.

A study published last month by University of Florida researchers blaming sun spots for higher king tides means scientists may be able to forecast and plan for worse floods.

Space is the best place — maybe the only place — to get a complete picture of how climate change is affecting the Earth's oceans. And what happens in the ocean does not stay in the ocean.

Research published this week finds that home sales volume and prices have declined in coastal census tracts vulnerable to sea level rise, relative to coastal areas less threatened by climate change.

The city of Miami, among the nation’s most vulnerable to sea rise and rising temperatures driven by climate change, is reorganizing the way it fights...

Hillsborough, Pasco and Pinellas County have been working together to plan for how to keep the roads open following an extreme weather event. Rodney…

The federal government is planning a massive system of floodwalls, pumps and surge barriers for Miami. But it doesn't address the more frequently felt threat from rising sea levels.

Florida’s first-ever — and short-lived — climate change czar set a clear priority for the state: Protect the real estate market.Before she left for a…