Florida must prioritize climate resilience
As Florida braces for the next storm season, the imperative for decisive action has never been clearer.
Tag: Hurricane Ian
Overcharged or uninsured: Florida homeowners need real insurance reform
Climate change brings more frequent and intense natural disasters, increasing costs and leading to increasing expectations of loss.
Remote sensing technique captures details of Hurricane Ian’s aftermath
FAU researchers used aerial imagery data and LiDAR to identify the hardest-hit areas of Southwest Florida’s Estero Island.
What do Florida’s climate challenges mean for the nation’s most expensive home?
Naples and its soaring real estate market are on a collision course with climate change.
Collier County should consider a chief resilience officer
The chief resilience officer would be the point person on shoreline resilience, working closely with relevant departments.
Surfrider Foundation gives Florida a D- grade in coastal management, but South Florida officials disagree
Florida scored 'OK' in sediment management but 'Bad' in coastal armoring, development and sea-level rise.
Balance and logic are key to Lake Okeechobee water debate
Getting lake management wrong could cripple the water supply, destroy businesses and further damage our changing environment.
‘Cone of uncertainty’ graphic to feature more information
University of Miami researchers explain why the revamped graphic, to be unveiled this hurricane season, will better aid residents.
FEMA study finds newer roofs prevent hurricane damage; Florida bill would create carbon sequestration task force
A report surveying the damage done by Hurricane Ian found that newer roofs were the single most important upgrade.
Increasing temperatures threaten Plant City strawberries; rising seas causing rent to rise in Miami
Temperatures were between 103 and 104 degrees Plant City for nine days in August, the hottest in the city’s recorded ...
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