Article 52EEQ Will Florida be lost forever to the climate crisis?

Will Florida be lost forever to the climate crisis?

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Richard Luscombe in Miami
from Environment | The Guardian on (#52EEQ)

From sea level rise to habitat loss, the effects of the climate crisis are on the verge of making south Florida uninhabitable

Few places on the planet are more at risk from the climate crisis than south Florida, where more than 8 million residents are affected by the convergence of almost every modern environmental challenge - from rising seas to contaminated drinking water, more frequent and powerful hurricanes, coastal erosion, flooding and vanishing wildlife and habitat.

If scientists are right, the lower third of the state will be underwater by the end of the century. Yet despite this grim outlook, scientists, politicians, environment groups and others are tackling the challenges head on.

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