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 ‘Catastrophic’ Hurricane Helene Makes Landfall in Florida, Menaces the Southeast

Forecasters warned of a 15- to 20-foot storm surge in Florida’s Big Bend region. Impacts were expected to be felt as far north as Atlanta and the Appalachian Mountains.

By Amy Green

 Flood waters inundate the main street in Tarpon Springs, Florida, after Hurricane Helene passed offshore on Friday. Credit: Joe Raedle/Getty Images
A manatee swims in the Haulover Canal waterway on June 4 in Mims, Florida. Credit: Joe Raedle/Getty Images

Unprecedented Numbers of Florida Manatees Have Died in Recent Years. New Habitat Protections Could Help Them

By Amy Green
An endangered Florida grasshopper sparrow prior to being released back into the wild. Credit: Karen Parker/Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission

Hope for North America’s Most Endangered Bird

By Amy Green
An aerial view of a toxic algae bloom at the Port Mayaca Lock and Dam on Lake Okeechobee in 2018. Credit: Joe Raedle/Getty Images

New Lake Okeechobee Plan Aims for More Water for the Everglades, Less Toxic Algae

By Amy Green
People walk through a flooded street caused by the rain and storm surge from Hurricane Debby on August 5 in Cedar Key, Florida. Credit: Joe Raedle/Getty Images

NOAA Affirms Expectations for Extraordinarily Active Hurricane Season

By Amy Green
A person walks through a flooded street caused by the rain and storm surge from Tropical Storm Debby on Monday in Cedar Key, Florida. Credit: Joe Raedle/Getty Images

Debby Drenched the Southeast. Climate Change Is Making Storms Like This Even Wetter

By Amy Green, Lisa Sorg
Heat affects corals by breaking down their relationship with the microscopic algae living inside them. When waters are too warm the corals expel the algae and turn white, a process called bleaching. Credit: Katey Lesneski/NOAA

For Florida Corals, Unprecedented Marine Heat Prompts New Restoration Strategy—On Shore

By Amy Green
Steve Salem is a 50-year boat captain who lives on a tributary of the St. Johns River. The rising tides in Jacksonville are testing his intuition. Credit: Amy Green/Inside Climate News

In the South, Sea Level Rise Accelerates at Some of the Most Extreme Rates on Earth

By Amy Green
The Tomoka Correctional Institution is seen in Daytona Beach, Florida. Credit: Paul Hennessy/NurPhoto via Getty Images

US Prisons and Jails Exposed to an Increasing Number of Hazardous Heat Days, Study Says

By Sarah Hopkins
An aerial view of Lake Okeechobee near Clewiston, Fla. Credit: Jeffrey Greenberg/Universal Images Group via Getty Images

Billions of Gallons of Freshwater Are Dumped at Florida’s Coasts. Environmentalists Want That Water in the Everglades

By Amy Green
An aerial view of an Orlando neighborhood following Hurricane Ian on Oct. 1, 2022. Credit: Bryan R. Smith/AFP via Getty Images

New Law to Provide Florida Homebuyers With More Transparency on Flood History

By Amy Green
People walk through flood waters past a store with a broken window on Aug. 30, 2023 after Hurricane Idalia hit Crystal River, Fla. Credit: Joe Raedle/Getty Images

NOAA 2024 Hurricane Forecast Is for More Storms Than Ever Before

By Amy Green

Bill Discounting Climate Change in Florida’s Energy Policy Wins DeSantis’ Approval

By Amy Green
A Florida panther uses a wildlife crossing that gives animals a path under a highway in an area west of Lake Okeechobee. The crossing and others like it allows animals to avoid dangerous roadways and helps them travel to wilderness areas that would otherwise be fragmented into isolated pockets. Credit: Carlton Ward Jr/CarltonWard.com

Florida in 50 Years: Study Says Land Conservation Can Buffer Destructive Force of Climate Change

By Bill Kearney, South Florida Sun Sentinel
Florida Governor Ron DeSantis (right) and President Joe Biden (center) speak with local residents impacted by Hurricane Ian in Fort Myers, Fla. Credit: Olivier Douliery/AFP via Getty Images

Florida Says No to Federal Funding Aimed at Greenhouse Gas Emissions

By Amy Green
American Creosote Works, three blocks north of Pensacola Bay, is a former wood treatment plant turned Superfund site. Credit: Dan Anderson

EPA Faulted for Wasting Millions, Failing to Prevent Spread of Superfund Site Contamination

By Katie Surma
At Raccoon Point, in the Big Cypress National Preserve, oil was detected in 1978. Production began in 1981, and the field was expanded in 1992. Credit: National Parks Conservation Association/LightHawk

Oil Drilling Has Endured in the Everglades for Decades. Now, the Miccosukee Tribe Has a Plan to Stop It

By Amy Green
Rescue personnel walk through a flooded street after Hurricane Idalia passed offshore on Aug. 30, 2023 in Hudson, Fla. Credit: Joe Raedle/Getty Images

Q&A: What Do Meteorologists Predict for the 2024 Hurricane Season?

Interview by Steve Curwood, Living on Earth
State and federal partners are racing to rescue smalltooth sawfish in the Florida Keys, where they are exhibiting unusual and concerning behavior like spinning and whirling. Credit: Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission

As Florida Smalltooth Sawfish Spin and Whirl, a New Effort to Rescue Them Begins

By Amy Green

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