The county plans to replace pumps or add pumping equipment pieces, along with floodproof doors, and relocate windows and electrical wiring.

Gulf waters have been one to three degrees warmer than average across much of the basin, which is “just a hair, about a tenth of a degree or so above the prior records," according to a climate scientist.

Tampa’s University Area lost millions of dollars when the Trump administration cancelled the Environmental and Climate Justice Block Grant program. Eighteen months later, organizers are still determining the best path forward.

Publishers acceded to state requests watering down information on climate change’s impact, WUSF/Hechinger Report investigation finds. Now the state has turned to updating its science standards.

Resilient Florida was created to provide funding to help communities prepare for the impacts of more frequent and severe flooding, but not all who are at risk get the help they need.

Progress Village was established decades ago to provide affordable housing for Black residents near Tampa. The phosphogypsum stack, containing the toxic waste of fertilizer production, is right next door.

After the historic 2023 bleaching event, the state paid to increase the lab's coral rescue capacity for when the ocean gets too hot again.

Researchers are producing new corals using the genes of those more resilient to heat, they've established two gene banks and they are doing cooling experiments, like canopies that float on the water.

A federal bill would ban Florida shark dive operators from feeding sharks. Its sponsors say the ban is about safety. People who know the water, including fishers, doubt it would change much.

After the 2024 hurricanes, houses are moving up.

Underresourced farmworkers can experience physical and mental symptoms while working under the Florida sun. But heat is not their only worry, according to one advocate.

Researchers are moving some corals to deeper, cooler depths, while more sensitive ones go to a temperature-controlled lab. Others will have to tough out the heat.