We say it all the time: Time flies. That was never truer than when I got a call from my friend Evan Forde, saying he was retiring from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration after 50 ...

In the early hours of Sept. 10, 2017, the turquoise waters of Biscayne Bay were mostly calm: herons and egrets worked the shallows, Miami’s skyline stretching across the horizon. Yet within the quiet, ...