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04/30/2024	Sun Sentinel	Florida in 50 years: Study says land conservation can buffer destructive force of climate change The population has increased 26% in just 25 years. "That is not a small rate," Polsky said. "It's exponential. The effects of this set of changes is going to be present probably before we're ready for it. The effort here is to try to get ready for it," Polsky said. In other words, how does Florida absorb all these people and remain climate resilient?
11/13/2023	CBS12 News	'Identify, understand and rectify our environmental challenges': New FAU school focusing on environmental sustainability Dr. Polsky, the school's founding director, says the early momentum comes from the widespread desire to preserve the marine ecosystems throughout the state.
10/28/2023	KCBS Radio: On-Demand	FAU Survey Finds More Floridians Believe Climate Change is Real than Americans on the Whole and Want Government Action KCBS's Liz Saint John interviews Colin Polsky about the results from FAU's most recent Florida Climate Resilience Survey
10/25/2023	Sun Sentinel	Here's why Floridians, more than other Americans, believe climate change is real "Floridians might be more likely to believe climate change is happening due to their experiences with hurricanes and other extreme weather," said Colin Polsky, Ph.D., the founding director of FAU's School of Environmental, Coastal and Ocean Sustainability.
10/25/2023	Miami Herald Editorial Board via Yahoo News	New poll shows Floridians, unlike DeSantis, aren't ducking climate change reality \| Opinion A study by Florida Atlantic University's Center for Environmental Studies in September found that 90% of Floridians say climate change is actually happening right now. And, as the Sun Sentinel wrote in a recent story, that's a greater percentage than Americans overall, if recent studies are a guide.
10/25/2023	The Miami Herald	Floridians know climate change is happening despite politics A study by Florida Atlantic University's Center for Environmental Studies in September found that 90% of Floridians say climate change is actually happening right now. And, as the Sun Sentinel wrote in a recent story, that's a greater percentage than Americans overall, if recent studies are a guide. View PDF.
10/19/2023	WFLA News Channel 8	Floridians' recognition of climate change is higher than U.S. as a whole, study says In this installment of Jeff Berardelli's Climate Classroom, he interviews Dr. Colin Polsky, the researcher behind the Florida Climate Resilience Survey. The survey is conducted twice per year and is designed to gauge Floridians' views on climate change.
07/12/23	NTWC Live	NTWC Live - Colin Polsky, Kate Stein and Michael Lowry Dr. Colin Polsky joins several others on NTWC Live, the Storm Science Network, to discuss climate change and the cost of insuring our homes.
06/07/2023	Florida Atlantic University College of Science	Outstanding Researcher: Colin Polsky, Ph.D. "Early on, I realized the critical need for society to learn more about how climate change was already affecting our communities so we could learn from it and take appropriate actions," explained Polsky. "But I didn't have in mind specific actions because there was so much to learn first. I became a researcher to contribute to the knowledge needed to inform reasonable decision-making."
05/11/2023	88.5 WMNF	Florida's Republicans starting to embrace realities of climate change, survey shows "There's just no more debating about theoretical differences and causes, or if it's even here. There's really a very solid consensus now that a) climate change is happening in Florida, or amongst Floridians, and b) that it is largely human-caused" - Colin Polsky, CES Director

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