Additional articles on environmental issues affecting Florida:
Climate lawsuits have doubled since 2015 to more than 2,000 around the world, including a rising number in the U.S., Farrah Hassen writes for OtherWords.org. Hassen writes that “if successful, they can make Big Oil pay for its well-documented role in the climate disaster — and ultimately transform how these companies do business.”
Can climate change affect earthquakes? University of Miami marine geoscientists say the connection is not as farfetched as one might think, as the impacts of climate change such as rising rainfall rates and glacial melting can factor into the occurrence of earthquakes.
Lawton “Bud” Chiles of Jubilee Orchards writes that farmers can be part of the climate-change solution to improve soil health and sequester carbon from greenhouse gases: "Our communities, economy and future depend on agriculture leading the fight against climate change.”
