As climate risks mount, the insurance safety net is collapsing
Natural disasters now cost the U.S. insurance industry $100 billion a year. What happens when no one wants to pick ...
Tag: hurricanes
Study finds hurricanes happening earlier in season; Florida home insurance costs unlikely to fall, report says
The study found Category 4 and 5 hurricanes are occurring about 15 days earlier across the planet than they were ...
Floridaâs growth may be making our insurance crisis worse
A report by a major global re-insurance company links the stateâs soaring home insurance costs and growth, especially along the ...
Harnessing hurricane season: a call for a new environmental movement in Florida
The American Conservation Coalition is dedicated to finding practical, market-based approaches to protect Florida's natural beauty.
Climate change is a fiscal disaster for local governments â our study shows how itâs testing communities in Florida
Climate disasters and sea-level rise harm local governments by increasing costs and undercutting their property tax bases.
âYou can go from a Category 1 to a Category 4 rather quicklyâ â A geosciences professor discusses how climate change affects hurricanes and other hazardsÂ
A Q&A with Jennifer Collins, a professor in the School of Geosciences at the University of South Florida.
More flamingos are visiting Florida. Everglades improvements can coax them to stay
To bring flamingos back permanently, we must continue to advance Everglades restoration.
Florida’s coastal growth increasing hurricane losses; scientists unleashing crabs to restore reefs
If Hurricane Ian had struck in the 1970s, a Swiss Re report said it would have caused half or even ...
Climate risks place 39 million U.S. homes at risk of losing their insurance
The First Street Foundation hopes that highlighting the climate insurance bubble allows people to make better informed decisions.
Tapping into Floridaâs immense clean energy potential
Florida ranks second in solar power jobs and has the third-highest installed solar electric capacity in the U.S.
The Invading Sea is a nonpartisan source for news, commentary and educational content about climate change and other environmental issues affecting Florida. The site is managed by Florida Atlantic Universityâs Center for Environmental Studies in the Charles E. Schmidt College of Science.
