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In the South, Sea Level Rise Accelerates at Some of the Most Extreme Rates on Earth

The surge is startling scientists, amplifying impacts such as hurricane storm surges and nuisance flooding and testing mitigation measures like the Resilient Florida program.

By Amy Green

 Steve Salem is a 50-year boat captain who lives on a tributary of the St. Johns River. The rising tides in Jacksonville are testing his intuition. Credit: Amy Green/Inside Climate News
The Tomoka Correctional Institution is seen in Daytona Beach, Florida. Credit: Paul Hennessy/NurPhoto via Getty Images

US Prisons and Jails Exposed to an Increasing Number of Hazardous Heat Days, Study Says

By Sarah Hopkins
An aerial view of Lake Okeechobee near Clewiston, Fla. Credit: Jeffrey Greenberg/Universal Images Group via Getty Images

Billions of Gallons of Freshwater Are Dumped at Florida’s Coasts. Environmentalists Want That Water in the Everglades

By Amy Green
An aerial view of an Orlando neighborhood following Hurricane Ian on Oct. 1, 2022. Credit: Bryan R. Smith/AFP via Getty Images

New Law to Provide Florida Homebuyers With More Transparency on Flood History

By Amy Green
People walk through flood waters past a store with a broken window on Aug. 30, 2023 after Hurricane Idalia hit Crystal River, Fla. Credit: Joe Raedle/Getty Images

NOAA 2024 Hurricane Forecast Is for More Storms Than Ever Before

By Amy Green

Bill Discounting Climate Change in Florida’s Energy Policy Wins DeSantis’ Approval

By Amy Green
A Florida panther uses a wildlife crossing that gives animals a path under a highway in an area west of Lake Okeechobee. The crossing and others like it allows animals to avoid dangerous roadways and helps them travel to wilderness areas that would otherwise be fragmented into isolated pockets. Credit: Carlton Ward Jr/CarltonWard.com

Florida in 50 Years: Study Says Land Conservation Can Buffer Destructive Force of Climate Change

By Bill Kearney, South Florida Sun Sentinel
Florida Governor Ron DeSantis (right) and President Joe Biden (center) speak with local residents impacted by Hurricane Ian in Fort Myers, Fla. Credit: Olivier Douliery/AFP via Getty Images

Florida Says No to Federal Funding Aimed at Greenhouse Gas Emissions

By Amy Green
American Creosote Works, three blocks north of Pensacola Bay, is a former wood treatment plant turned Superfund site. Credit: Dan Anderson

EPA Faulted for Wasting Millions, Failing to Prevent Spread of Superfund Site Contamination

By Katie Surma
At Raccoon Point, in the Big Cypress National Preserve, oil was detected in 1978. Production began in 1981, and the field was expanded in 1992. Credit: National Parks Conservation Association/LightHawk

Oil Drilling Has Endured in the Everglades for Decades. Now, the Miccosukee Tribe Has a Plan to Stop It

By Amy Green
Rescue personnel walk through a flooded street after Hurricane Idalia passed offshore on Aug. 30, 2023 in Hudson, Fla. Credit: Joe Raedle/Getty Images

Q&A: What Do Meteorologists Predict for the 2024 Hurricane Season?

Interview by Steve Curwood, Living on Earth
State and federal partners are racing to rescue smalltooth sawfish in the Florida Keys, where they are exhibiting unusual and concerning behavior like spinning and whirling. Credit: Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission

As Florida Smalltooth Sawfish Spin and Whirl, a New Effort to Rescue Them Begins

By Amy Green
A woman works on a farm as it rains with high humidity during a heatwave in Homestead, Fla. on July 15, 2023. Credit: Chandan Khanna/AFP via Getty Images

Florida Legislators Ban Local Heat Protections for Millions of Outdoor Workers

By Amy Green, Victoria St. Martin
A neighborhood remains flooded after Hurricane Ian on Sept. 29, 2022 in Orlando, Fla. Credit: Gerardo Mora/Getty Images

In Florida, Skyrocketing Insurance Rates Test Resolve of Homeowners in Risky Areas

By Amy Green
The C.W. Bill Young VA Medical Center in Bay Pines, Fla. Credit: Bay Pines VA Healthcare System

VA Medical Centers Vulnerable To Extreme Weather As Climate Warms

By Anne Marshall-Chalmers, The War Horse
Florida Governor Ron DeSantis speaks to the media at Saint Anselm College on Friday, Jan. 19 in Goffstown N.H. Credit: Matt McClain/The Washington Post via Getty Images

DeSantis Called for ‘Energy Dominance’ During White House Run. His Plan Still is Relevant to Floridians, Who Face Intensifying Climate Impacts 

By Amy Green
An airboat is seen hovering over wetland in Everglades National Park, Florida. Credit: Chandan Khanna/AFP via Getty Images

Judge Orders Jail Time For Prominent Everglades Scientist

By Amy Green
Cleanup efforts commenced in Cedar Key, Fla. on Thursday, August 31, 2023 a day after Hurricane Idalia passed through the area. Credit: Thomas Simonetti/The Washington Post via Getty Images

Hurricane-Weary Floridians Ask: What U.N. Climate Talks? 

By Amy Green
In Clewiston, Florida, a sugar cane field in the Everglades Agricultural Area. Credit: Jeffrey Greenberg/Education Images/Universal Images Group via Getty Images

In the Florida Everglades, a Greenhouse Gas Emissions Hotspot

By Amy Green

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