Extreme Heat

They include keeping your thermostat no lower than 78 degrees and watching how often you run your ceiling fans.

According to the CDC, heat-related deaths in the U.S. doubled from 1999 to 2023, with 21,518 deaths recorded during that period.

They say the warmer temperatures will produce more extreme weather events such as hurricanes, droughts and fires.

New research discovered an existing drought, like the one in South Florida since January, can lengthen heat waves, like the one parked over Florida, a North Carolina weather researcher found.

A new University of Miami study looked at 40 years worth of data from across the Atlantic and found cooler waters in deep currents off the U.S. coast could be warming.

University of Miami researchers looked in detail at 57 households where summer temperatures regularly rise above 82 degrees and why. They found it goes beyond the "classic, low-income renter."

The proposed legislation comes as Gov. Ron DeSantis initiates a DOGE-like cost-cutting effort and suggests Florida should take over Everglades restoration from the federal government.

Last year, ahead of the warmest summer on record, the Florida Legislature stripped local governments of the power to protect workers from soaring temperatures.

There are vendor-neutral resources for people intimidated by pushy salespeople or unfamiliar terminology.

One Florida physician says climate change needs to be part of the medical school curriculum in the U.S.

A digital twin of Clearwater was built to determine climate risk, while inputting commuter data, such as traffic.

"By freezing these larvae, they can be held for literally hundreds of years," said Keri O'Neil with the Florida Aquarium.