Maddie Stone
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The Everglades Took A Beating From Hurricane Irma
Wracks of seagrass deposited along Northwest Cape Sable after Hurricane Irma tore through earlier in the week. Image: Steve Davis Floridians were spared the brunt of Hurricane Irma’s destructive power last week, when the storm instead took direct aim at some of the most pristine sections of the Everglades. Early reports from scientists suggest that…
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Irma Is But The Latest Disaster To Strike The Everglades
Image: Gerald Herbert/AP As Hurricane Irma rakes the west coast of Florida, all eyes are on the cities and human lives in the storm’s path. But Irma is also hammering the Florida Everglades, and the scientists familiar with this fragile ecosystem are concerned the storm could deliver a devastating blow.
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Scientists Aren’t Sure What Climate Change Did To Harvey
Hurricane Harvey and its remnants have quickly become one of the worst natural disasters in US history. The unprecedented duration and intensity of the storm has sparked a heated debate about how much climate change is to blame. The short answer is that we don’t really know yet. But attempting to answer that question will…
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Why Are Sea Levels Around Miami Rising So Much Faster Than Other Places?
In Miami, it’s no secret that sunny day flooding is occurring more often, nor that rising sea levels and climate change are to blame. But, as is often the case when you drill down into the inner workings of our planet, the full story is a bit more complicated.