Coastal Hazards

Helping Coastal Communities Adapt & Respond to Climate Impacts

Florida Sea Grant supports local communities with applied research and outreach to improve their literacy of climate impacts and resilience to coastal hazards such as rising seas and flooding.

Florida’s coastal areas are great places to live, work, and play. Unfortunately, these and many other areas of the state are feeling the effects of fluctuating air and water temperature, rising sea levels, changes in the amount of rainfall, increased areas that flood, and increased severity of storms.

Preparing Communities For Climate Impacts

Mitigating and adapting to our climate requires action on all levels, from individuals, communities, and governments. Because it is a problem primarily driven by the activities of people, solutions must evolve from the actions of people. Stakeholders including policy makers, local governments, and the public want reliable, scientific, region-specific climate information so they can better prepare their communities for climate variability into the future.

Florida Sea Grant and University of Florida IFAS Extension offer a variety of stakeholder-driven resources and educational programs to assist local governments, Floridians, and Extension faculty on how to address, prepare for and be more resilient to weather hazards. Extension faculty and researchers engage local stakeholders in learning more about Florida’s climate and how their local community can be more resilient.