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Mosquito season longer in Tampa Bay due to climate change

The thing that makes Florida attractive to people — the warm, wet climate — also happens to be good for mosquito survival.
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Hurricane Ian strengthens to ‘extremely dangerous’ Category 4 as it nears Florida

Hurricane Ian is headed for the gulf coast of Florida after making landfall in Cuba, which suffered a near-total electrical outage. The hurricane is expected to bring storm surge and heavy rain to Florida.

Politics

People built in harm’s way. Here comes Ian

Development has flocked to coasts that are susceptible to powerful storms, just as it has to wildfire-prone parts of the West.
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Why Tampa Bay faces high storm surge flood risk as Hurricane Ian nears

The precise size, strength and path of Ian remains uncertain. But the Tampa Bay region that lies in its crosshairs is one of the most vulnerable places in the United States to severe flooding.
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Red tide piles up dead fish on Florida beaches
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Red tide piles up dead fish on Florida beaches

“This,” proclaimed an editorial in The Tampa Bay Times last week, “is what climate change smells like.”
As danger of major breach recedes, Florida seeks long-term solution for troubled plant

As danger of major breach recedes, Florida seeks long-term solution for troubled plant

Millions of gallons of industrial wastewater have been pumped into Tampa Bay. The rest may be injected deep into the Floridan Aquifer.
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Tampa Bay Catholics and Evangelicals discuss the environment and coronavirus

On the fifth anniversary of an historic papal document about the environment and as the coronavirus continues to imperil the world, a panel of Catholic and evangelical clergy met online last week to discuss their Christian response to disease outbreaks and climate change.

ORIGINAL REPORTING
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Vanishing Bayous: On a boat at ground zero for sea level rise

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Department of Energy allocates $134 million for fusion funding

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Study finds Indigenous territories of Amazon rainforest can protect humans from disease

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New EPA proposal aims to strike down landmark climate "endangerment finding"

Wildfire burns historic Grand Canyon lodge as toxic gas leak complicates response

Trump administration redirects clean energy funds in defiance of Congress

CLIMATE
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Judge allows Trump to cut more than $1bn in National Science Foundation grants

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Wright and Burgum urge Europe to rethink methane curbs