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Five Key Takeaways in the Aftermath of Hurricane Helene

By Marshall Shepherd via Forbes

Hurricane Helene did what a Category 4 storm does. It caused destruction through extreme winds, storm surge, rainfall, and tornadoes. The sheer size of the storm also extended those impacts across many states.

"A Warmer, Sicker World": Mosquitoes Carrying Deadly Diseases are on an Unstoppable March Across the U.S.

FCI Co-Director, Sadie Ryan, contributes to this important piece.



Some researchers have described this as a steady move to "a warmer, sicker world". But to understand why this is happening, we need to understand a little more about the biology of mosquitoes and their life cycles.

New Interagency U.S. Sea Level Change Website Delivers the Latest Science on Rising Seas

A new interagency resource on U.S. sea level change is now available to the public. This platform represents the first whole-of-government resource for coastal residents and decision-makers on sea level rise projections, associated impacts, and adaptation measures. 

This site pairs a dynamic delivery of the latest research on sea level change with foundational educational content on how and why sea level rise is happening, its impacts, and actions that can be taken to address the challenges coastal communities face from rising seas. 

Heat Waves, Droughts Cause Billions of Dollars in Global Economic Losses

An increase in extreme heat and severe droughts lops off about 0.2% of a country’s GDP, a new study found.

Severe weather costs the global economy billions of dollars a year, highlighting the costs of climate change and the value of mitigating extreme weather, according to a new analysis of weather and economic data.

“This research gives guidance to policymakers to consider what kind of extreme events we should adapt to,” said Berkay Akyapi, Ph.D., co-author of the new study and a professor of business at the University of Florida. “If we don’t do anything to respond to these climate shocks, we are hurting the economy.”

U.S. Towns Limit New Buildings in Floodplains More Than You Think - And Can Do Better

By A.R Siders



U.S. towns are building new housing and infrastructure in their floodplains – but not as much as expected, and the tools to stop it may be more routine than we imagined.

Those are the key takeaways from two new papers: one in Oxford Open Climate Change OUP Academic (Siders et al.) today and one in Earth’s Future last week (Agopian et al).

The findings could change how advocates, floodplain managers, and a new administration, think about policy reforms for flood risk management.

October 12 - 16, 2024 | 78th Annual Conference, Southeastern Association of Fish and Wildlife Agencies

The Annual Conference of the Southeastern Association of Fish and Wildlife Agencies is a forum for the exchange of ideas and critical information regarding the management and protection of fish and wildlife resources primarily in the Southeast.

The conference attracts over 500 representatives from state and federal agencies, citizens' organizations, universities, private wildlife research groups, fisheries and wildlife scientists, agency enforcement personnel, and other natural resource-related organizations.

A Bright Lit Place, part 1

An overview of how the Comprehensive Everglades Restoration Plan, the largest water restoration project in US history began.

Jenny Staletovich and guests will guide you through the facts and the science that helped build the foundation for the plan.

Featured guests:

Thomas Van Lent, Ph.D., Senior Scientist, Friends of the Everglades

Curtis Osceola, Chief of Staff, Miccosukee Tribe of Indians of Florida

SE CASC Science Seminar: Meet the 2024-2025 Global Change Research Fellows | October 9, 2024 | virtual

NOAA NIDIS Ecological Drought webinar series | October 10, 2024 | virtual

Flooding Adaptation Symposium | October 28 - 31, 2024 | Kissimmee, FL

Climate Cafe Series - A Bright Lit Place, part 2 | November 13, 2024 | Miami, FL & virtual

Florida

Sustainability Coordinator - Resiliency Outreach, City of Ft. Lauderdale | Ft. Lauderdale

Resilience Program Manager, Broward County | Ft. Lauderdale

National, International, and Remote

Senior Manager, Climate Policy, Audubon | Sacramento, CA

Director, Natural Climate Solutions Strategy, Audubon | remote

Post Doctoral Research Scholar, The Long View: Developing a 500-Year Climate Adaptation Plan with the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians, NC State University | Raleigh, NC

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Alford, S. B., Husband, S. A., & Martin, C. W. (2024). Resilience to changes in salinity and predator diversity in representative Gulf of Mexico estuarine fish predator-prey interactions. Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology, 580.

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Deb, A., & Sultana, H. (2024). Urban resilience: Assessment of performance and science mapping from a climate change perspective. Sustainable Environment, 10(1).

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Firley, E., & Lüley, M. (2024). Embodied carbon evaluation in early-stage design students' projects as part of a sustainable and resilient curriculum. Journal of Green Building, 19(2).

Fung KY, Yang ZL, Martilli A, et al. (2024). Prioritizing social vulnerability in urban heat mitigation. PNAS Nexus, 3(9), pgae360.

Hiltner, S., Eaton, E., Healy, N., Scerri, A., Stephens, J. C., & Supran, G. (2024). Fossil fuel industry influence in higher education: A review and a research agenda. Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews - Climate Change.

Hsieh TL, Vecchi GA, Wang C, et al. (2024). Dependence of tropical cyclone seeds and climate sensitivity on tropical cloud response. Sci Adv, 10(37), eadi2779.

Kapsalis, V., Maduta, C., Skandalos, N., Bhuvad, S. S., D'Agostino, D., Yang, R. J., et al. (2024). Bottom-up energy transition through rooftop PV upscaling: Remaining issues and emerging upgrades towards NZEBs at different climatic conditions. Renewable and Sustainable Energy Transition, 5.

Kelly, D. L., Heutel, G., Moreno-Cruz, J. B., & Shayegh, S. (2024). Solar Geoengineering, Learning, and Experimentation. Journal of the Association of Environmental and Resource Economists, 11(6).

Kim, J., Lee, D., Kim, K., Jang, H. K., Kwon, J. - I., Choi, J. Y., et al. (2024). Long-term trends in dissolved oxygen and environmental parameters in Jinhae Bay, Korea: A 25-year analysis (1997-2021). Ocean & Coastal Management, 257.

Kim, Y., Newman, G., Berke, P., Lee, J. K. Y., Malecha, M., & Yu, S. Y. (2024). How Plans Prepare for Future Uncertainty: Integrating Land Change Modeling and the Plan Integration for Resilience Scorecard. Journal of Planning Education and Research.

Klammler, H., Jawitz, J. W., & Cohen, M. J. (2024). A Simple Model of Flow Reversals in Florida's Karst Springs. Water Resources Research, 60(9).

Kullberg, A. T., Aragón, L., Bernal-Escobar, M., Fortier, R., Lautenschlager, L., Ballantyne, J., et al. (2024). Rising temperatures will make Miami's street life even more exotic. Urban Forestry & Urban Greening, 101.

Lapointe, B. E., Brewton, R. A., McFarland, M. N., & Stockley, N. (2024). Nutrient availability in a freshwater-to-marine continuum: Cyanobacterial blooms along the Lake Okeechobee Waterway. Harmful Algae, 139.

Li, B., Yuan, D., Hu, X., Yang, Y., Li, Y., & Hu, S. (2024). Variability and Dynamics of the Kuroshio and Mindanao Current during the 2010/11 La Niña and in Late 2012. Journal of Physical Oceanography, 54(7).

Liczner AR, Pither R, Bennett JR, et al. (2024). Advances and challenges in ecological connectivity science. Ecology and Evolution, 14.

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Stephens, S. H., & Altamirano, A. (2024). Envisioning User Agency During Development of a Website for Natural Hazard Communication. Journal of Business and Technical Communication, 38(4).

Stephens, S. H., & DeLorme, D. E. (2024). Incorporating lived experience narratives into interdisciplinary environmental communication projects: A technique for better environmental communication. Environmental Science & Policy.

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