Florida

Expedition Retraces a Legendary Explorer’s Travels Through the Once-Pristine Everglades

Taking water samples along the way, just as Hugh de Laussat Willoughby did in 1897, a team hopes to enlarge understanding of modern-day pollutants in a watershed that millions of Floridians now rely upon.

By Amy Green

Misery Wrought by Hurricane Ian Focuses Attention on Climate Records of Florida Candidates for Governor

By Amy Green

Florida Commits $1 Billion to Climate Resilience. But After Hurricane Ian, Some Question the State’s Development Practices

By James Bruggers, Amy Green

A Teenage Floridian Has Spent Half His Life Involved in Climate Litigation. He’s Not Giving Up

By Amy Green

Mangrove Tree Offspring Travel Through Water Currents. How will Changing Ocean Densities Alter this Process?

By Hannah Loss

Two Lakes, Two Streams and a Marsh Filed a Lawsuit in Florida to Stop a Developer From Filling in Wetlands. A Judge Just Threw it Out of Court

By Katie Surma

Habitat Protections for Florida’s Threatened Manatees Get an Overdue Update

By Amy Green, WMFE

New Florida Legislation Will Help the State Brace for Rising Sea Levels, but Doesn’t Address Its Underlying Cause

By Amy Green, WMFE

A Black Woman Fought for Her Community, and Her Life, Amidst Polluting Landfills and Vast ‘Borrow Pits’ Mined for Sand and Clay

By Agya K. Aning

Warming Trends: Tracking Bird Migration in the Night Sky, Plus the Olympic Mountains’ Rapidly Shrinking Glaciers and a Podcast Focused on Florida’s Polluted Environment

By Katelyn Weisbrod

Florida Judge Asked to Recognize the Legal Rights of Five Waterways Outside Orlando

By Katie Surma

Saving Starving Manatees Will Mean Saving This Crucial Lagoon Habitat

By Amy Green

Hurricane Michael Hit the Florida Panhandle in 2018 With 155 MPH Winds. Some Black and Low-Income Neighborhoods Still Haven’t Recovered

By Jonathan Moens

In Florida, DeSantis May End the Battle Over Rooftop Solar With a Pen Stroke

By Aman Azhar

Fish on Valium: A Multitude of Prescription Drugs Are Contaminating Florida’s Waterways and Marine Life

By Aman Azhar

A Florida Chemical Plant Has Fallen Behind in Its Pledge to Cut Emissions of a Potent Greenhouse Gas

By Phil McKenna

Biden’s Infrastructure Bill Includes an Unprecedented $1.1 Billion for Everglades Revitalization

By Amy Green, WMFE

Florida’s Red Tides Are Getting Worse and May Be Hard to Control Because of Climate Change

By Aman Azhar

An African American Community in Florida Blocked Two Proposed Solar Farms. Then the Florida Legislature Stepped In.

By Aman Azhar