Alex Harris | Miami Herald
Person Page
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The advent of air conditioning is what made Florida’s population boom possible. But despite rising temperatures that make AC standard in just about every business and suburban home, it’s long been a different story in public housing.
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The study found a worldwide trend. But things are a little different in the Atlantic Basin.
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Florida leads the nation in strict building codes. But a new report suggests that all those hard-won gains have been undermined by the explosion of growth along the coast.
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Miami-Dade residents who choose to fix up their homes with the Property Assessed Clean Energy program, or PACE, just got new protections to make it a little safer.
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A brand new set of protections for Miami-Dade’s storm-prone coast is once again on the table after the county agreed to move forward with a new coastal protection study.
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Many experts believe heat-related illnesses and deaths are almost certainly under-counted both in Florida and nationwide. One major reason is the way the medical industry keeps records.
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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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So far, Miami has broken more than a dozen daily peak temperature records, the ocean is hotter, earlier than it’s ever been, and the combination of heat and humidity has reached new heights more than 20 times in the last 35 days.
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The veto came days after former President Donald Trump slammed Gov. Ron DeSantis and EVs.
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So far, 2023 has already been Miami’s hottest year on record, with the city breaking15 daily peak temperature records — seven since June 1 alone.
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The donation — $5 million to Miami Waterkeeper and $3 million to the Everglades Foundation over six years — is meant to increase awareness of the risks of climate change in Miami.
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The Atlantic Ocean is hot right now. Hotter than it’s supposed to be for this time of year, and hot enough to worry scientists — particularly ones who monitor hurricanes.