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The surprise "microburst" weather event— uncommon in the Florida Keys — left significant tree damage in a Plantation Key neighborhood that took several days to clean up. “I lived here all my life and I’ve never seen anything like it," said one resident.
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Many states accepted IRA federal funding to address climate change, but Florida turned the money down from the Climate Pollution Reduction Grants.
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'Our Roof is Blue' tells the story of two young siblings in Puerto Rico during and after a hurricane. The book, based on the story of a kid who lost his voice after Irma and Maria in 2017, has hurricane preparedness tips and climate change information for children. It's been chosen as the Florida Youth Pick for the 2024 Library of Congress National Book Festival.
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The national report comes shortly after Florida banned local heat protections for outdoor workers.
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Figuring out what cooling activities the animals enjoy requires a bit of trial and error.
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A shark attack off Key West and one off Key Biscayne are the latest to have been reported in the state this summer. But while reports might suggest that they are on the rise, experts say that the number of incidents this year are in line with the annual average.
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The Miami Tropical Botanic Garden, an urban oasis where members of the community can enjoy native wildlife and educational workshops, is one of the last green spaces in Miami. But the team behind it have to raise $4 million by September to make sure it's not sold off.
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Environmentalists remain perplexed by Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis' recent veto of a wildly popular bipartisan bill to safeguard the state’s coastlines and protect the health of beachgoers because he believed it gave the Florida Department of Health too much power
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The surge is startling scientists, amplifying impacts such as hurricane storm surges and nuisance flooding and testing mitigation measures like the Resilient Florida program.
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The Atomic Safety and Licensing Board heard new challenges from Miami Waterkeeper over environmental impacts stemming from extending the 1970s-era South Florida nuclear reactor operations to 80 years. "We actually don't know how an aging plant like that will hold up, especially in the face of climate change,” the group argued.
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The small atala butterly once thought extinct has staged such a comeback in South Florida that it is now considered a bit of a garden pest.
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Parts of Tampa are 9 degrees hotter than the city's overall forecast on any given day, due to population density and development.