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Scientists believe that global warming will produce more intense hurricanes in future decades. More intense hurricanes not only will have stronger winds, but lower central barometric pressure, and thus higher – and more destructive storm surges.
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Scientists also predict that global warming will speed the already-ongoing rise of sea level, threatening low-lying areas.
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Satellite measurements show that global mean sea level has risen about one inch in the last decade; sea level is expected to rise between 4 and 35 inches by 2100; land subsidence (which varies from location to location) could lead to substantially greater sea level rise in significant areas of Florida.
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Coral reefs all over the world are in great peril, but coral reefs in Florida are suffering and near death according to John Ogden, director of the Florida Institute of Oceanography, professor of biology at the University of South Florida. Coral reef demise is a slippery slope of combined and continuing events and processes. Over fishing, one of the big problems, creates an imbalance of coral reef life. Ecological imbalance promotes algae growth. Climate change, pollution, and run-off from coastal development provide a second, third and fourth assault.
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