Toxic tire chemical 6PPD-Q turned up in a Tampa drinking water source
Florida researchers found 6PPD-Q in the Hillsborough River, a first for any waterway in the state. The chemical forms when…
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Jet skis scarred this Florida seagrass bed. A hurricane showed what happens when they stop
When Hurricane Milton closed the Dunedin Causeway, seagrass and native wildlife returned during the months nobody could launch. The shutdown…
When solar projects shut down, gas and coal fill the gap
Demand doesn't fall when a solar plant goes offline, so fossil-fuel plants step in to keep power flowing. One alternative…
Vitamins and minerals may buffer your body against endocrine-disrupting chemicals
Certain vitamins and minerals may help the body blunt some damage from endocrine-disrupting chemicals, but they don't replace cutting exposure…
Tornado warnings now buy you 13 minutes instead of 3
Average warning lead time has risen from 3 minutes in the 1980s to 13 today because radar can spot a…
North Central Florida has lost 80% of its monarch butterflies
North Central Florida's monarch population has fallen 80% since 2005, with development, pesticides, and a parasite called OE all contributing…
Data centers are driving up electric bills across 14 states
Power demand from data centers is expected to keep raising electricity costs across the PJM region through at least 2028…
A $5 billion program is protecting the water 40 million people drink
The Great Lakes hold a fifth of the world's surface freshwater, and more than 40 million people drink from them…
The Atlantic sargassum belt got so big it may now feed itself
Researchers say the giant mats now recycle nutrients that help seed the next bloom, making the belt partly self-sustaining. Rotting…
The EPA finding that made federal CO2 limits possible is being rescinded
The 2009 endangerment finding is the legal basis for every federal greenhouse gas rule under the Clean Air Act. If…
Some Florida coral can still survive the disease killing reefs
Mote researchers found that some mountainous star coral can resist the disease that has been killing Florida and Caribbean reefs…
A Keystone pipeline spill dumped 543,000 gallons of crude into a Kansas creek
The 2022 Keystone rupture dumped 13,000 barrels of oil into Mill Creek, the largest spill in that system's history. A…
Inland flooding can get worse even after a tropical storm weakens
A weakening tropical storm often slows down and dumps rain over the same ground for longer, making inland flooding more…
Florida leprosy cases are rising, and armadillos may be part of why
Florida recorded 36 leprosy cases in 2025, up from 8 in 2022, and health officials say people can catch the…
Lead pipes under American yards may be poisoning children
9 million old lead service lines are still in use, and water can pick up lead from them even when…
Broken diesel emissions systems may no longer force trucks to slow down
EPA's proposal would replace today's forced slowdown with a warning light when a truck's emissions system fails, a change it…
Nighttime heat is now the dangerous part of a heat wave
A heat wave becomes most dangerous at night when a bedroom stays above 70 degrees and the body can't recover…
1 in 3 U.S. households struggled to pay the power bill last year
In 2024, 15.1 million homes had electricity or gas shut off over an unpaid bill, showing how often energy hardship…
Sarasota County paused giant data centers after power and water concerns
Each hyperscale site can draw as much electricity as 35,000 homes, and county leaders also raised concerns about wastewater and…
Federal law still skips Florida as gopher tortoises reach critical risk
Longleaf pine habitat is down to less than 3% of what it once was, and federal protection for the gopher…
Apalachicola Bay lost almost all of the oyster reefs it once had
Apalachicola Bay once produced more than 90% of Florida's oysters, but its reef base has collapsed from 2,000 acres to…
US wireless limits don’t protect birds, bees or other wildlife
Federal wireless standards were written to stop signals from overheating human tissue, and they don't test for harm to animals…
After a wildfire, the ash around your home can be toxic
Lead paint, treated wood, asbestos, and flame retardants don't burn away in a wildfire. They concentrate in the ash and…
America loses 6 billion gallons of water a day from leaking pipes
A water main breaks somewhere in the United States every 2 minutes, and much of the buried pipe is 50…
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