Intensive farming of salmon for American dinner plates is threatening some wild salmon populations with imminent extinction, according to the most detailed study ever done of the contentious issue. ...more

December 28, 2007

The last day of November traditionally marks the end of hurricane season, but over the past five years, four storms have ignored the calendar and formed in December. ...more

December 12, 2007

TAMPA - The last day of November traditionally marks the end of hurricane season, but over the past five years, four storms have ignored the calendar and formed in December. The latest, Tropical Storm Olga, formed Monday night near the Virgin Islands and grazed Puerto Rico and Hispaniola, raising a question of whether the six-month season should stretch longer. ...more

December 12, 2007

Using a simplified forecasting technique, researcher William Gray is predicting an above-average hurricane season in the Atlantic next year, with seven hurricanes, three of them major. ...more

December 8, 2007

For the second year in a row, Florida was spared a hurricane, despite dire predictions by National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration scientists that had many people fearing a repeat of 2004 and 2005, when the state was battered repeatedly. ...more

December 4, 2007

Earth's tropical belt seems to have expanded a couple hundred miles over the past quarter century, which could mean more arid weather for some already dry subtropical regions, new climate research shows. ...more

December 3, 2007

Tampa Bay area residents could be hit with new, more stringent watering restrictions when the Southwest Florida Water Management District governing board meets Monday in Tampa. ...more

November 22, 2007

Federal scientists think they can link pollution flowing down the Mississippi River to red tide blooms that in recent years have devastated tourism, fishing and other water-related businesses along Florida's Gulf Coast. ...more

November 8, 2007

Federal scientists think they have linked massive pollution outflows from the Mississippi River to intense red tide algae blooms that in recent years have devastated tourism and water-related businesses along Florida's Gulf Coast. ...more

November 7, 2007

Regarding 'There Is No Drought' (Letters, Oct 4). Let there be no doubt that the region is experiencing a serious drought. ...more

October 17, 2007