Influencers
Viewpoints from people in government, academia, business, civic and advocacy groups
Without more fresh water, the Everglades can’t build the land needed to protect our coastline
For those of us living along the lower east coast of Florida, the Everglades is a backyard wilderness, the source...
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South Florida will need lots of money, cooperation to cope with threat from rising seas.
Sea-level rise is an enormously complex problem. It’s only getting worse. To date, efforts to combat rising seas have been...
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As the sea rises, South Florida’s low-income residents face the most risk
Sea-level rise is making Miami’s “high ground” mighty interesting to investors. Two recent studies found that property sales in Miami...
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The business community must lead South Florida’s response to the threat of sea-level rise
There is no shortage of news these days about sea-level rise and climate change and its potential impact on South...
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This scientist says that the South Florida sea-level threat is worse than you think
Look what we have done. Let’s put this global warming and climate change thing in perspective. For the past million...
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South Florida’s leaders, federal government need to work together to address the challenge of sea-level rise
Sea-level rise is the inevitable, non-debatable consequence of the warming of the oceans and the melting of the planet’s ice...
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Rising seas and increasing hurricane intensity: A recipe for disaster
Hurricane season is upon us. The activity of individual seasons goes up and down, but trends are becoming clear: rising...
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The dirty word in South Florida’s watery future: retreat
When it comes to discussing sea-level rise in South Florida, the word “resilience” gets tossed around a lot by enlightened...
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To protect where we live, we need to love where we live
Surgeons don’t operate without first knowing basic human anatomy. They can only fix our bodies if they first know which organs and...
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South Florida’s leaders are planning for rising seas, but it’s a race to hold back the water
As Broward County’s Resilience Officer, I have been working on the issue of sea-level rise adaptation for more than 15...
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