Global Warming

For the second straight day Wednesday, Tampa Electric reported customers used a record amount of energy to combat the excessive heat the region has experienced this week.

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August was the hottest ever for Florida as NOAA warns 2023 is headed for a record

João Victor Pina

Florida, Louisiana, and Mississippi all recorded their all-time high August average temperatures, and the heat is expected to persist until the end of October.

Florida's 4-hundred-million-dollar strawberry industry is going to be hit hard by the effects of climate change if a new report by University of Florida agricultural researchers proves true.

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Report: Florida's strawberry growers will have to change with the climate to survive

Tom Bayles

If Florida’s iconic strawberry industry is going to survive climate change brought on by carbon and other greenhouse gas emissions, those involved must be willing to embrace major changes in how nearly everything is done – and quickly. That’s according to University of Florida agricultural researchers working with the Environmental Defense Fund, who have issued a new report detailing the grave threat global warming is posing to the state’s $400 million strawberry industry

Southwest Florida's largest airports, RSW (above) and Punta Gorda, do not take part in an international effort to reduce carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gas emissions that hundreds of airports worldwide are active in to try and lessen the transportation sector's contribution to climate change.

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Southwest Florida airports have no plans to reduce carbon footprint

Tom Bayles

Southwest Florida’s airports do not have climate change action plans to map out how they are reducing their carbon footprints to reduce greenhouse gas emissions

University of Florida graduate student Wilmer Cuervo was recognized at the 5th Annual VoLo Climate Correction Conference in Orlando for his innovative work on reducing agricultural animals' greenhouse gas emissions by manipulating common weeds to make cows' stomach less upset. VoLo's conference brought dozens of speakers from environmental groups to the campus of the University of Central Florida to present climate-saving initiatives to several hundred scientists, government officials, and conservationists

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VoLo Foundation: Inflation Reduction Act is climate change action in disguise

Tom Bayles

An Orlando climate change conference by VoLo Foundation brought speakers on global warming and ways to lessen the global threat, including the Infrastructure Reduction Act

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2022 ranks as Florida’s 5th warmest year on record

Melissa Feito

Florida’s climate hit a new record in 2022. According to NOAA, last year marked the 5th hottest year the state’s recorded history. An unusually warm January followed in the new year, with most weather stations in Florida trending three or four degrees above normal in the past month.

Sander Eshuis, a tourist from Holland, poses for a photo as he is doused by waves at the Southernmost Point marker in Key West, Florida, on Sept. 27, 2022. He and his wife, Lenneke, had never experienced a hurricane before and the proximity of Hurricane Ian to Key West allowed them to see some of the effects of the storm from a distance.

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No debate anymore: Climate change makes extreme weather worse, federal scientists say

Nicolas Rivero

Scientists at the U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) delivered a clear message: Climate change is — unequivocally — making extreme weather events worse.

Sea level rise will most affect the property lines of Florida's coastal counties, a new report says

Jessica Meszaros

Rising seas will shift tidal boundaries, leading to the loss of taxable properties, according to a new study. This is expected to impact the tax base of hundreds of U.S. coastal counties, with Florida being the state most affected.

Environment

Audubon Report Finds Two-Thirds of North American Birds At Risk of Extinction Due to Climate Change

John Davis

Nearly two-thirds of all bird species in North America are at risk of extinction due to climate change according to a new report, released Thursday by the…

Separating Climate Fact from Fiction in 'Misinformation Age'

Matthew F Smith

Scientists from around the globe agree that the Earth’s climate is changing. The impact of that changing climate, how fast those impacts will be felt, and…

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Climate Change Talks Held In Sarasota

Jessica Meszaros

The United Nations climate change conference takes place in Paris this month. World leaders hope to agree on actions to prevent global warming. At the…