Climate & Environment

New research shows that an alarming amount of pollutants is hidden in the endless piles of seaweed washing ashore in Florida.

Is the media overhyping the incoming “seaweed blob”? Experts weigh in.

The National Hurricane Center expects that a low-pressure system off the Yucatan coast will soon strengthen into Tropical Storm Alex.

The truth about glass, the secret of the recycling symbol, and other lessons from a tour of Waste Management’s Reuters Recycling Facility.

This is the first time a native predator was documented fighting a nesting python in the Everglades.

Following a three-year battle in court, both parties agreed to end litigation. But environmentalists aren’t giving up.

Hurricanes are getting stronger and more frequent. FIU aims to create a new facility to prepare for them.

During the recent cold snap, Florida native Ryan Ausburn caught more than a dozen iguanas to cook up.

Thousands tuned in to the the ZooMiami Eagle Cam to watch the mating pair of bald eagles lay two eggs.

Broward-based Modern Strukture unveils affordable houseboats to address sea-level rise.

Summer in Miami means mosquito season.

Just when you thought life was getting easier, today marks the beginning of Florida’s second hurricane season amid the pandemic.

For years, no one knew for sure where the monkeys came from or how they came to drive Dania Beach bananas.

Turkey Point will be subject to elevated scrutiny from federal regulators after a series of unplanned reactor shutdowns.

Nobody asked for a new bloodthirsty mosquito, but here we are.

Emergency management agencies must contend with protecting people from the storm while isolating them from the virus.

Miami dodged a bullet last week. Hurricane Dorian, just a wobble off South Florida’s coast, was one of the strongest and longest-lasting Atlantic hurricanes on record.

Volunteers and organizations across South Florida got into gear quickly in their efforts to help the hurricane-ravaged Bahamas. Nonprofits both new and established are wasting no time pooling resources and gathering forces to head for the northern reaches of the island nation, where Hurricane Dorian laid waste to cities and…

Overnight, Hurricane Dorian has barely moved as it continues its assault on the Bahamas. Today the U.S. Coast Guard announced it will begin search-and-rescue missions in the Abacos. After confirming at least five dead so far, Bahamian officials report there are “a number of people in serious distress.”

Relief efforts by South Floridians to help the Bahama islands hit by Hurricane Dorian are underway across Broward and Palm Beach counties. Dorian intensified into a Category 5 hurricane over the weekend before making landfall in the Bahamas on Sunday. The National Hurricane Center says wind gusts reached up to…

Broward and parts of Palm Beach counties are no longer under a tropical storm watch Tuesday as Dorian was downgraded to a Category 2 storm, moving slowly up the east coast toward the Carolinas. Broward Public Schools will reopen Wednesday, with all classes and district offices following their normal operating…

Last year, as Florence approached the United States, Mike Boylan went live from his home office in Oldsmar, about a half-hour north of Tampa. The storm for days had waffled between a Category 4 hurricane and a tropical storm, either of which could become a pain in the ass for parts of Florida, Georgia, and the Carolinas.