Climate & Environment

Study predicts Miami-Dade will see double the present average of days with a heat index above 100 degrees by 2053.

The latest on the stinky seaweed that has been clogging Miami’s beaches.

University of Miami and NOAA researchers will study the 43 coral colonies they rescued from the collapse.

Florida has a goal to preserve 18 million acres of wild land to save the native environment, but at just about 10 million acres conserved so far, efforts need to move more quickly.

Miami temperatures aren’t going down and neither is your electric bill.

Researchers with Everglades National Park go out and capture tegu lizards every week day to try and curb the runaway train of the invasive reptile’s population.

The masses of people who flock to beaches to celebrate leave a ton of crap behind.

Community advocacy groups say the threat of an “extreme winter event” is highly unlikely in Florida.

The female Burmese python measured 17.7 feet long and weighed 215 pounds.

Bayside Marketplace, Wynwood, and Miami Marine Stadium all stand to improve with the rising seas.

Surfing dogs, Corvette submarines, and drunken, drenched clubgoers dominated social media in Potential Tropical Cyclone One’s watery wake.

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 Reuter Recycling Facility.

The NOAA predicts an above-average Atlantic hurricane season, and something’s already brewing in the Gulf of Mexico.

Environmentalists worry the law would be a setback for the city’s resiliency efforts.

The state’s top environmental management agency last convened on February 8, 2017.

Calusa residents are eager to learn how the photographic evidence will affect the 550-home plan.

Miami-Dade County’s recycling rate has taken a nosedive in the past decade.

Scientists say the sighting sparks hope for not just the species but the habitat they were spotted in.

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.