WUSF, in collaboration with the Florida Climate Reporting Network, is bringing you stories on how climate change is affecting you.
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Many states accepted IRA federal funding to address climate change, but Florida turned the money down from the Climate Pollution Reduction Grants.
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Largemouth bass in Florida are now their own species, and bear a different name: The Florida bass.
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The surge is startling scientists, amplifying impacts such as hurricane storm surges and nuisance flooding and testing mitigation measures like the Resilient Florida program.
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The Treasury Department is warning that state laws that restrict banks from considering environmental, social and governance factors could harm efforts to address money laundering and terrorism financing.
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Environmentalists remain perplexed by Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis' recent veto of a wildly popular bipartisan bill to safeguard the state’s coastlines and protect the health of beachgoers because he believed it gave the Florida Department of Health too much power.
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People living in East Tampa are disproportionately affected by the heat with older homes positioned further away from green spaces.
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It will cost the city of Clearwater over $43.5 million to replace the aging marina.
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After completing laboratory research on the use of phosphogypsum as a road base, a Florida-based mining company is seeking approval from the EPA to conduct a pilot project.
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South Florida beach-goers might stumble upon some buried treasure — or at least shark teeth. Experts have some tips to increase your odds.
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A newly published paper suggests the incredibly rare Key Largo tree cactus species is locally extinct. Researchers believe sea level rise was the main culprit.
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After last year's lethal marine heat wave, coral scientists are looking at ways to help coral survive another potential round of dangerous bleaching.
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Rising temperatures shut down some conchs’ impulse to reproduce. So scientists are ferrying them to colonies in deeper, cooler waters.
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Parts of Tampa are 9 degrees hotter than the city's overall forecast on any given day, due to population density and development.
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The announcement comes after crews finished dredging the Grand Canal entrance channel and placed about 5,000 to 10,000 cubic yards of sand between First Avenue and Sixth Avenue.