Will Flooding From Sea-Level Rise Impact Your House? This App Lets You Find Out
When it comes to sea-level rise, planners in South Florida typically use the benchmark of two feet in the next ...
Month: August 2018
As king tide season arrives, more South Florida cities brace for sea-level rise
Itâs king tide season again in South Florida, when an intrusive sea lifts fancy boats to street levels, forces tourists ...
Jupiter moves to officially plan for climate change
JUPITER -- The town is ready to resubmit to the state its coastal management comprehensive plan text amendments that address ...
Media Roundup: Dying trees; falling property values; surrendering to the sea; melting permafrost
Sea-Level Rise Might Kill Big Cypress Preserve's Namesake Trees, Study Warns  Jerry Iannelli South Florida's Big Cypress National Preserve is ...
2018 is the âPearl Harbor yearâ: Poll shows Americans want action on climate
Those of us who understand the existential threat posed by climate change have been waiting for the âPearl Harbor momentâ ...
Miami Expert On How Climate Change Accelerates Gentrification: “It’s A Double Whammy”
Caroline Lewis has made it her life mission to amplify conversations around climate change. She founded the CLEO Institute in ...
A Q&A with FAUâs Colin Polsky: coping with rising seas is a âwicked problemâ
Dr. Colin Polsky is Professor of Geosciences and the Director of the Florida Center for Environmental Studies at Florida Atlantic ...
Rafe Pomerance, a climate-change pioneer, is continuing his crusade here in Florida
For climate change, Florida is the ballgame. So says Rafe Pomerance, a man who has worked longer to stave off the ...
Media Roundup: ‘Hothouse Earth,’ sea-level rise ‘locked in,’ property values hurt; internet infrastructure threatened
The world could hit a tipping point that causes warming to spiral out of control â a scenario scientists call ...
From Traffic To Sea-Level Rise, South Florida Has Many ‘Resilience’ Issues. Here’s What That Means
There's a buzzword among people who work on quality-of-life issues in South Florida: "Resilience." Itâs a concept we often apply ...
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