Worsening risks of climate change expose the need for — and hard limits of — property insurance
The climate crisis is increasingly making many places too risky to insure at reasonable rates.
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How are hurricanes connected to climate change?
Hurricanes are intensifying faster, reaching further inland and costing billions in damage as the climate warms.
Why is the summer off to such an extreme start?
Blame climate change, El Niño and a dose of bad luck.
Climate change threatens public health: study reveals lack of modeling tools
UF medical geographers identify the need for improved platforms to predict and manage climate-sensitive infectious diseases,
For Floridians, storm-readiness must include new threats of flooding
As sea levels continue to rise and oceans grow warmer, big storms will dump increasingly heavy loads of water across ...
Measuring Earth’s fever: Climate Shift Index shows impact of greenhouse gases on temperaturesÂ
The Climate Shift Index provides insight into the local climate of over 1,000 worldwide locations.
Rising rainfall poses greatest threat from hurricanes; climate change disrupting saltwater fisheries
New numbers released this month found that 57% of deaths directly attributable to tropical cyclones from 2013 through 2022 were ...
Rising seas are causing septic systems to fail
A University of Miami graduate student's research shows which Miami-Dade County sites are at risk, proposes strategies to make those ...
UCF is designing self-repairing oyster reefs to protect Florida’s coastlines
The work is sponsored by a $12.6 million DARPA grant that seeks to create self-repairing, biological and human-engineered reef-mimicking structures.
Experts evaluating whether flooded Fort Lauderdale City Hall can be saved; DeSantis faces decision on fertilizer bans
Fort Lauderdale City Hall took a beating on April 12 when a storm dumped 26 inches of rain within a ...
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