FEATURED NEWS
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Monroe county commissioners have approved construction on the first such project in a chronically-flooded neighborhood — Twin Lakes in Key Largo. The $21 million project will include creating a stormwater drainage and collection system and elevating portions of road in the subdivision.
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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.
- New research on Antarctica's Thwaites Glacier could reshape sea-level rise predictions
- Black men are a hidden segment of caregivers. It's stressful but rewarding, too
- Years ago, a psychic told Kristen Wiig to move to LA. She left the next day
- Trump posted a video on Truth Social calling the country a 'unified reich' if he wins
FLORIDA NEWS
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Existing coal and new natural gas-fired power plants that run more than 40% of the time will have to eliminate 90% of their carbon dioxide emissions.
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Scientists say temperatures that have gone "crazy haywire" hot, especially in the Atlantic, are close to making the current global coral bleaching event the worst in history. It's so bad that scientists are hoping for a few hurricanes to cool things off.
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The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has agreed to decide by June 1, 2025, whether to protect the imperiled ghost orchid.
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