Florida

Three newspapers confront one challenge: Sea-level rise is real

In August, 2017, a woman walks along a flooded sidewalk along Alton Road near Michigan Avenue in Miami Beach. New…

6 years ago

Hillsborough School District found lead in its water, didn’t tell parents for a year.

Patrick Anding stands with his wife, Lakesha, and nine-year-old son DáVeon near their home across from Foster Elementary School. Patrick…

6 years ago

As bouts with killer algae rose, Florida gutted its water quality monitoring

When Florida Sea Grant director Karl Havens, who is a well-regarded expert on water and has studied pollution all over…

6 years ago

Clock Ticking on Florida’s Mountains of Hazardous Phosphate Waste

One of the largest fertilizer manufacturing plants in the world sits about six miles southwest of the Polk County hamlet…

6 years ago

Commentary: Florida’s great green algae disaster

We asked for it... us and Rick Scott Imagine for a moment that you see a guy slowly reaching toward…

6 years ago