WUSF, in collaboration with the Florida Climate Reporting Network, is bringing you stories on how climate change is affecting you.
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The South Florida Water Management District is offering grants to pay up to half the cost to develop alternative water supplies that will help meet the growing demand.
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Tom Van Lent is accused of stealing “trade secrets” from his former employer, the well-connected Everglades Foundation.
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Roger Hammer has spent decades documenting the state’s native and rare orchids before they disappear. Florida boasts the greatest diversity of orchids in the continental U.S., but today, three-fourths of its orchids are listed as endangered or threatened.
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Over 1,000 Florida manatees died in 2021. That number is the peak in the current unusual mortality event.
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The recent discovery marks progress for a species reintroduction program based in Central Florida.
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Forestry managers and sustainability experts say both artificial and shipped trees have their drawbacks. But there’s a third, overlooked option: Native Florida pines.
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A new study suggests these neighborhoods in Miami-Dade and Broward could be abandoned as seas rise.
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The state transportation department left $320 million on the table, saying it wouldn’t support the “continued politicization of our roadways.”
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Nutrient buildup from runoff, increased development and septic systems have led to harmful algal blooms in Indian River Lagoon. These blooms then decimate the seagrass, which is the manatee’s food source.
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A study found that, while population will likely continue to grow overall in Miami-Dade and Broward County this century — dozens of neighborhoods prone to flooding now could see people move out, permanently.
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Lolita died Aug. 18, and activists say their fight is far from over. They plan to continue fighting for the release of other orcas in captivity and other sea mammals, such as bottlenose dolphins.
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Gleaning involves picking perfectly good fruits and vegetables from farmers' fields after the harvest, so they can be donated to food banks.
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Crews began adding sand along Sanibel’s coast as part of the Sanibel beach renourishment project.
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Gov. Ron DeSantis and the Florida Cabinet on Tuesday approved spending $19 million to conserve rural land used for cattle, while also expanding a list of agricultural properties the state could help shield from residential or commercial development.