Q&As with Floridians on the front lines of fighting climate change
The Invading Sea is interviewing Floridians working to address climate impacts and other environmental challenges.
Tag: University of South Florida
USF architecture and water researchers partner with city of Tampa to mitigate the impact of extreme heat
The research helped lead to the development of the city’s first-ever Heat Resilience Playbook.
USF helping develop comprehensive plan to reduce greenhouse gas emissions across Tampa Bay
The plan focuses on high-priority projects in the transportation and energy sector, the region's largest greenhouse gas emitters.
Youth climate activists campaign at Florida Capitol; USF professor testifies in D.C. on ocean warming
More than 200 young activists held a press conference and rally as part of a campaign called Reclaim Florida’s Future ...
Florida lawmakers consider grants for protecting homes from flooding; another record amount of sargassum found in Atlantic
The Legislature is considering bills to expand the projects that qualify for grants under the My Safe Florida Home program.
Florida Institute of Oceanography’s Keys Marine Laboratory, hosted by USF, to return rescued corals back to the sea
Unprecedented heat waves this past summer caused one of the largest coral bleaching events in history.
Florida’s electric vehicle boom could be stifled by proposed tax measure
This proposal would end up imposing one of the highest EV taxes in the nation – even higher than California.
About 40% of world’s oceans experiencing marine heat waves; early tropical storms break up sargassum belt
The heat waves could linger through the end of the year.
Sargassum belt has shrunk; Florida’s first ‘clean’ hydrogen plant being built
The massive mat of brown seaweed that washes up on Florida beaches shrank 15% last month, according to a University ...
Solutions sought for exploding seaweed problem; Tampa-area summit explores resiliency
There is increasing commercial and research interest in developing ways to put sargassum to use.
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