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 Stories About: climate AND climate change impacts AND Florida AND habitat protection AND legislation AND severe weather AND state politics
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Florida faces unfavorable tide
New report calls for climate action, but not everyone's listening |
Miles Grant |
30 May 2008 |
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| With more coastline than any state in the lower 48 and about a tenth of its economy ($65 billion a year) based on tourism, Florida has more to lose than any other state from the threats of global warming. Rising sea levels creep closer to coastal development. Warmer tropics fuel stronger hurricanes. And higher ocean temperatures kill coral and harm fish populations, threatening the state's $4.5 billion sportfishing industry. Plenty of reasons that a report released y ... |
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| Topics: climate, climate change impacts, Florida, habitat protection, legislation, severe weather, state politics (all these topics) |
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