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Mangroves are incredibly beneficial to Florida's environment and can be a bonus for your property, too.
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Ashlee K. Thomas, a local playwright, tells us about her musical The Busy Bees’ Great Adventure playing at the Arsht Center. It's about a group of bees on a quest to learn about the environmental crisis. Public schools worked together to build a whole curriculum around the show
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The National Weather Service offers hurricane and other weather preparedness videos in American Sign Language and with captions.
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SeaPort Manatee is slowly getting back up on its feet after the recent oil leak that polluted over 20,500 gallons of seawater. Investigators are looking into the cause.
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Xavier Cortada, Miami-Dade County’s first artist in residence, wants to tackle the big issues that affect his home in South Florida with his art.
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With record-setting temperatures worldwide this summer, cities are confronting the problem of “urban heat islands,” areas that experience higher temperatures because of dense building and lack of green space.
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Although Biden has signed legislation and taken executive actions intended to curb climate change, he has not signed a formal emergency declaration. It's prompted many environmental groups to take that step.
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University of Miami scientists and volunteers are planting coral fragments off of Key Biscayne to research the genetic differences that might make them more heat tolerant, as coral reefs are threatened by high ocean temperatures.
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Florida architects designing high-end houses for wealthy, climate-conscious buyers have started working cooling techniques that were once common into their contemporary designs.
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A month-long string of fish kills are affecting shallow waters that run the length of the island chain, from Key Largo to Key West. Researchers blame soaring sea surface temperatures off the southern coast of Florida that have at at time approached 100 degrees and are running some seven degrees above normal.
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The month of August begins a rapid climb to the climatological peak of hurricane season on Sept. 10. Historically, 90% of all hurricanes and 95% of all major hurricanes happen after Aug. 1.
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Taxpayers and pensioners in Florida may soon feel the financial effects of a ban on ESG investing, which became law this year.