Environment

Gov. Ron DeSantis announced more than $100 million in grants Wednesday to improve drinking water supplies. He's also backing efforts to clean up springs and prevent algae blooms.

Florida governments and waste-collection contractors have until Dec. 23 to apply for the federal money from Volkswagen's environmental mitigation fund.

Dr. Enid Sisskin talks about the increase in intense hurricanes and their effects.

The past three summers have been the worst on record for Florida's coral reefs. To try to restore them, scientists are breeding corals that can handle heat better, using coral from other countries.

The number of beekeepers doubled in Florida over the last decade. The vast majority of them are backyard beekeepers.

Florida has $41 million left from a fund to "replace diesel emission sources with cleaner technology" — but doesn't want to spend it on electric vehicles.

In Florida, local governments have taken the charge to address their climate-polluting emissions and transition to clean energy.

The highest concentration is in Central and North Florida, including most of the 30 "first magnitude" springs —those that discharge at least 65 million gallons of water daily. Most are considered polluted.

Plaintiffs call Florida's water quality criteria "woefully" outdated. It was last updated in 1992.

Beneath a cloak of darkness, illuminated only by glow sticks and red-filtered flashlights, researchers waited underwater off Key Largo hoping to witness one of the rarest events of sex in the sea.