Climate Change

After last year's lethal marine heat wave, coral scientists are looking at ways to help coral survive another potential round of dangerous bleaching.

The future of some jobs and businesses across the ocean economy have also become less secure as the ocean warms and damage from storms, sea-level rise and marine heat waves increases.

The amount of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere hit an all time high in May. That trend must reverse in order to rein in climate change.

In the Shore Acres neighborhood of St. Petersburg, rising water has become a constant threat. Many residents cannot afford to elevate their homes or move.

As the drought worsens for parts of Florida, the rainy season coming to the rescue...just in time.

With this year’s Atlantic hurricane season expected to be yet another stampede, Florida and other states around the Gulf of Mexico should keep an eye out for an under appreciated ingredient in the Gulf that can quickly turn storms into lethal monsters: hot ocean eddies.

Water temperatures in the Florida Keys are already approaching the coral danger zone — earlier and hotter than last year. An indicator that the already struggling South Florida reef tract could face another round of severe heat stress in the months ahead.

The insurance turmoil caused by climate change — which had been concentrated in Florida, California and Louisiana — is quickly spreading to the Midwest.

As flooding and erosion threaten the Florida coastline, the city of Satellite Beach is trying to step in to protect the area from going underwater. Back in 2013, after a slate of hurricanes in the early 2000’s, community members started to grow more concerned about flooding and climate change.

Usually, the hottest time of the year is the first and second weeks of August but this weekend's temperatures peaked at 112 degrees heat index.