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 House stripped out the Senate's ban on NDAs between agencies and data center companies.
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The city manager says the issue is now kicked to the planning department for a hearing before returning to commissioners.
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Florida awaits reimbursement for Everglades detention center. Why a critic says it's a 'distraction'On "The Florida Roundup," Eve Samples with Friends of the Everglades discussed the organization's lawsuit against the state for "Alligator Alcatraz" and more.
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The ongoing drought isn't getting any better. Tampa Bay Water is issuing what it calls a "Stage 3 Extreme Regional Supply Shortage."
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For a decade, the county parks department has run something called the Hiking Spree, encouraging residents to explore local trails before the heat cranks up. Sky Lebron gave it a try.
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The northward-flowing Ocklawaha — which intersects with the Silver River and the St. Johns — has been blocked in Putnam County since 1968 by a dam that formed the Rodman Reservoir.
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In Florida, Robin Greenfield says he's been living off preserved car-killed deer, salt from the ocean and citrus picked from public parks.
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Plastics are ever-present in our society. And they don't decompose, but become tiny particles called microplastics. And those have been found everywhere. Now, they're being found in some unexpected places.
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The statistical model considers angler behavior as a factor in predicting the probability of exceeding fishing quotas.
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Proposed Endangered Species Act rollbacks and military expansions are leaving the Pacific’s most diverse coral reefs legally defenseless.
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Editor's Note: State Route 29 will be closed Saturday from 7 a.m. to 9 p.m. for firefighting activity. According to the National Interagency Fire Center, the National Fire in the Big Cypress National Preserve has 154 firefighters working the blaze, 14 fire engines, four helicopters, three fixed-wing aircraft, and three water tankers. The cost of fighting the fire is more than $1.2 million. The fire could also result in a "super fog" — a thick, vision-hampering shroud that could affect motorists near the fire area.
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The measure has drawn backlash from local governments and advocacy groups, including 1000 Friends of Florida, which argue the law undermines home rule and prevents communities from strengthening wetlands protections among other issues.
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Wildlife officials are investigating what happened to 101 vultures who were found dead and 17 sick at Blue Spring State Park.
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Florida emergency officials say the fire does not threaten the state-run immigration detention facility called "Alligator Alcatraz."