Alex Harris is the lead climate change reporter at the Miami Herald. She covers how South Florida communities are adapting to the warming world, hurricanes and other environmental issues. At the Miami Herald since 2015, Harris previously covered higher education and breaking news. She attended the University of Florida.
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In 2023, Miami experienced its worst heat wave on record, with temperatures breaking 100 degrees for 46 consecutive days. Humans need safe spaces during life-threatening tempe...
Coastal cities are utilizing innovative solutions to adapt to extreme weather and rising sea levels, becoming more resilient in the face of climate change. From innovative des...
More than a third of all heat-related deaths are now attributed to climate change, and lower-income, marginalized communities are often most at risk. In Africa and Athens, hea...
“Gray infrastructure”—large projects engineered to prevent climate disasters—aren’t holding up to the extremes of the changing climate. Nature-based solutions represent a diff...