Stories edited by Alex Harris

Mentor • Alex Harris is the lead climate change reporter for the Miami Herald’s climate team, which covers how South Florida communities are adapting to the warming world. Her work has been honored by the Society of Environmental Journalists and the Florida Society of News Editors; she was part of the Herald team that won a breaking news Pulitzer for coverage of the Surfside collapse. She attended the University of Florida.

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Forecasting improves for toxic red tide, but Southwest Florida still fears economic pain
Forecasting improves for toxic red tide, but Southwest Florida still fears economic pain

Florida’s Gulf Coast reels from economic fallout after tough red tide season.

New report finds that as sea levels rise, underground saltwater surges inland in South Florida
New report finds that as sea levels rise, underground saltwater surges inland in South Florida

As sea levels continue to climb, the visible impacts are hard to miss. Beneath the surface lies a quieter, more insidious threat: the steady advance of saltwater into Florida's underground aquifers.