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Sea Level Rise Hits Florida

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As the virus thrives down in the Sunshine state so too does the sea level rise.

Lessons from the front line — Florida's fight with sea level rise | TheHill

Floridians are experiencing the undeniable impacts of sea level rise firsthand on a daily basis. For Florida’s environment, the signs of danger and damage are everywhere. Saltwater is inundating the Florida Bay, exacerbating an already hyper saline ecosystem and negatively impacting fish stocks and sea grass.

Mangroves, which are estuarine trees that thrive in salty habitats, are creeping northward into the Everglades and taking over critical freshwater habitat that serves as important rookeries for birds and as nurseries for freshwater fish and reptiles such as alligators. In South Florida, rising seas stand to upset the balance between the fresh water and salt water environments, possibly reshaping the bays, wetlands and waterways of the greater Everglades ecosystem.
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All of this had been predicted a decade ago. So, for those of us in the know and willing to face the facts, it comes as no surprise.
 
Luther said:
Good thing I'm hundreds of miles inland
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You’ll still end up paying to keep Florida above water. Did you learn nothing this week?
 

Mangroves, which are estuarine trees that thrive in salty habitats, are creeping northward into the Everglades and taking over critical freshwater habitat that serves as important rookeries for birds and as nurseries for freshwater fish and reptiles such as alligators.
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Wait a minute?

I thought Mangroves were nurseries for fish in the first place?
 
ecofarm said:
Florida is 160 miles wide at max.
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I'm in Idaho

I would not move to a purple state that will be Blue in the near future


Nope
 
Luther said:
I'm in Idaho

I would not move to a purple state that will be Blue in the near future


Nope
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Idaho could be submerged and it would be weeks or months before anyone noticed.
 
calamity said:
As the virus thrives down in the Sunshine state so too does the sea level rise.

Lessons from the front line — Florida's fight with sea level rise | TheHill




All of this had been predicted a decade ago. So, for those of us in the know and willing to face the facts, it comes as no surprise.
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Global sea levels are and have been increasing at a low rate for several thousand years, since they slowed down at the end of the last ice age, ~12,000 years ago.
Near Miami, Fl the sea level is recorded as increasing at .96 feet per century since before the major CO2 increases on the 1950's.
Were CO2 a major factor in sea level rise, we should see a strong inflection point where the sea level started accelerating, we do not!
Sea Level Trends - NOAA Tides & Currents
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ecofarm said:
Idaho could be submerged and it would be weeks or months before anyone noticed.
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Wrong...

You wouldn't have your french fries(LOL)

We also grow a **** load of onions here
 
Luther said:
Wrong...

You wouldn't have your french fries(LOL)

We also grow a **** load of onions here
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Every other country in the world, people ask, "what's Idaho?"
 
ecofarm said:
Move to a real place.
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You haven't heard we're arguably the most fastest growing state?


Guess not

You haven't heard that Idaho property values have grown more than any other state?
 
[h=2]New Study: Sea Level Rise Doesn’t ‘Spell Doom’ – Little To No Loss Of Coastal Wetlands Projected By 2100[/h]By Kenneth Richard on 17. September 2018
Another new false-alarm paper reveals that coastal wetlands may not only persist well into the 21st century despite present rates of sea level rise, but the coasts may expand and even prosper due to the natural ability for soil to “build up vertically by sediment accretion”. Headline/image source: Sciencenews.org “Coasts are growing all over the world” Two years […]
 
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