Florida barrier islands host 765,000+ residents as development raises hurricane, erosion and insurance risks while taxpayers fund repeated beach restorations.

At least a handful of towers have sunk as much as two to three times more than expected, the Miami Herald found in a months-long analysis of dozens of engineering reports covering nearly every building along the city’s multibillion-dollar skyline.

As climate changes soaks South Florida, flood complaints are piling up.

As traditional restoration of reefs fails to counter a coral collapse driven by climate change, scientists are looking toward the industrial-scale production of hardier, factory-bred babies

Fishermen sometimes complain that they munch their catch before they can get it into their boat, and every so often, one might bite a swimmer or surfer. But as far as the health of our oceans go, shar...

As Texas’ flooding death toll climbs, fossil fuel emissions continue to worsen flooding

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In the Alps, scientists are scrambling to put systems in place that warn people when to flee the climate change-driven landslides and floods caused by glaciers falling apart.

As Switzerland’s glaciers melt, dangerous rockfalls become more likely and towns are forced to live under an existential threat

At the Society of Environmental Journalists conference, four reporters described how they write climate stories to resonate with their audiences.

The world’s richest man, a key adviser to President-elect Donald Trump, ridicules critics over his backing of the German extremist party AfD, as Germany prepares for elections.

These charts on electric vehicles, clean energy, batteries, and more show where the global clean energy transition stands — and where it’s headed.

2024 was an epic year for podcasts across the NPR Network. With less than two weeks left before 2025, now is the time to catch up on a few of our favorite shows and seasons of the year.

Investors are betting that they can make a dent in global warming, and healthy profits, with companies that alter the atmosphere.

A Miami Herald investigation into the boat crash that killed a 17-year-old Lourdes student reveals a deeply flawed probe as FWC investigators and prosecutors built a case against George Pino.

Why the White House is recruiting officials with their own online microphones, and the ideological battle over America’s universities.

Too much construction, too much load on sand, and too much water could all play a role

We identify a widespread subsidence of up to 8 cm in the vertical direction over the 2016–2023 period in Sunny Isles and Surfside based on Sentinel-1 data There is a spatio-temporal correlation b...

First-ever observation of continuous subsidence shows as much as 70 percent of high-rises affected in some areas of Miami

‘We have [an ordinance] that’s ineffective at improving our urban tree canopy, and there’s little to suggest this would improve it, and much to suggest that it worsens it.’

The six-month season saw an above-average number of storms. Scientists say climate change is leading to more powerful and deadly hurricanes that can affect inland communities far from the coasts.

Each week, journalists and newsmakers from South Florida analyze and debate some of the most topical issues from across the region.

A Times investigation found that zoos knew conservation money went toward apartment buildings and roads. But they wanted to keep displaying pandas, so nobody looked too closely.