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Call them the Everglades influencers. They're the ones who wade deep into pristine sloughs and isolated cypress stands and come face-to-face with all sorts of amazing wildlife, all while boasting a major following that runs into the millions.
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Researchers found that modern scrub mints, delicate flowering plants that grow mostly in Florida, likely have come about as result from ancient hybridization.
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The Bahamas says it will refinance $300 million of its external debt to free up more than $120 million for marine conservation projects and climate change mitigation.
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Laborers have suffered in extreme heat triggered by climate change. Deaths aren’t inevitable, and employers can save lives by providing ample water and breaks, researchers say.
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The clips are from previous storms in different states and different years, contained artificial intelligence-altered clips and were shared online before Hurricane Helene.
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The initiative to build golf courses, pickleball courts, disc golf courses, hotels and more in nine Florida’s state parks was not an undeveloped idea. There were publicly shared plans, documents and scheduled public meetings across the state.
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A severe heat wave killed many coral species last summer in the Florida Keys. Now, researchers are freezing the larvae of corals in hopes of preventing their extinction.
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In Brazil, wildfires have roared across the Pantanal, a maze of rivers, forests and marshlands that sprawl over an area 20 times the size of the Everglades.
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An estimated 10 to 20 tons of fish died on the Piracicaba River, prosecutors said. An initial investigation points to an "irregular discharge of wastewater" from a sugar and ethanol plant.
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The Biden administration is moving forward with a proposal that would require heat protections for workers across the country. It comes after Gov. Ron DeSantis signed a controversial law barring Florida local governments from imposing such requirements on businesses.
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Hurricane Beryl upgraded to a "potentially catastrophic" Category 5 storm late Monday night, the National Hurricane Center said, as it crossed islands in the southeastern Caribbean.
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Last year an appeals court struck down Florida’s plans to restore polluted springs, siding with the advocacy group that said those plans were ineffective. Now, as the state works on revisions, advocates fear the pending changes will still fail Florida springs.