Inferring implications of climate change in south Florida hardwood hammocks through analysis of metacommunity structure

Climate change is considered one of the biggest challenges facing society. As global temperatures continue to rise, we are threatened by melting ice sheets, rising sea levels, and extreme weather events. Climate change is also something that the people in south Florida live with daily. Still, the science of climate change is complicated, leaving many in the region looking for trusted information about why climate should matter to them. The purpose of this new 8-page FAQ document is to provide answers to commonly asked questions regarding climate change. The questions come from south Florida residents and municipal workers concerned with the climate outcomes to their region. The FAQ address several areas of concerns, including the basic science behind climate change, the projected impacts to residents of south Florida, and actions that individuals can take to reduce their carbon footprints. Written by Joshua Papacek, Ashley Smyth, Holly Abeels, and Alicia Betancourt, and published by the UF/IFAS Department of Soil and Water Sciences.https://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/ss682

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Climate Change and Sea Level Rise in South Florida

10.1007/978-3-030-32602-9 ◽

2020 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Risa Palm ◽

Toby Bolsen

Keyword(s):

Climate Change ◽

Sea Level Rise ◽

Sea Level ◽

South Florida ◽

And Sea Level

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Development of small carbonate banks on the south Florida platform margin: response to sea level and climate change

Marine Geology ◽

10.1016/s0025-3227(03)00141-5 ◽

2003 ◽

Vol 199 (1-2) ◽

pp. 45-63 ◽

Cited By ~ 24

Author(s):

David Mallinson ◽

Albert Hine ◽

Pamela Hallock ◽

Stanley Locker ◽

Eugene Shinn ◽

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Keyword(s):

Climate Change ◽

Sea Level ◽

South Florida ◽

The South ◽

Platform Margin ◽

Florida Platform

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Socio-ecological Vulnerability to Climate Change in South Florida

10.25148/etd.fi14040839 ◽

2014 ◽

Author(s):

Emily Eisenhauer

Keyword(s):

Climate Change ◽

South Florida ◽

Vulnerability To Climate Change ◽

Ecological Vulnerability

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Critical urban theory in the Anthropocene

Urban Studies ◽

10.1177/00420980211045523 ◽

2021 ◽

pp. 004209802110455

Author(s):

Stephanie Wakefield

Keyword(s):

Climate Change ◽

South Florida ◽

Urban Resilience ◽

Spatial Form ◽

Urban Theory ◽

Spatial Concepts ◽

Urban Forms ◽

Urban Condition ◽

The Us ◽

Critical Urban Theory

Critical urban thinkers often imagine urbanisation and the Anthropocene as inevitably being companion processes. But is planetary urbanisation the necessary telos and spatial limit of life in the Anthropocene? Is urban resilience the final form of urban responses to climate change? Will (or should) the urban (as either spatial form or process) survive the upending impacts of climate change or adaptation? Or, if the Anthropocene is a time of deep environmental and epistemological upheaval without historical precedent, might even more recently created spatial concepts of the planetary urban condition themselves soon be out of date? This article raises these questions for urban scholars via critical engagement with a proposal to retire Miami – considered climate change ‘ground zero’ in the US and doomed by rising seas – and repurpose it as fill for ‘The Islands of South Florida’: a self-sufficient territory of artificial high-rises delinked from global infrastructural networks. This vision of an ‘urbicidal Anthropocene’, the article argues, suggests that the injunction subtending planetary urbanisation work – to relentlessly question inherited spatial frameworks – has not been taken far enough. Still needed is Anthropocene critical urban theory, to consider urban forms and processes emerging via climate change and adaptation, but also how such mutations may point beyond the theoretical and spatial bounds of the contemporary urban condition itself.

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Climate Changes, Shifting Ranges: Climate change effects on wildlife in the Florida Everglades and Keys

EDIS ◽

10.32473/edis-uw428-2017 ◽

2017 ◽

Vol 2017 (2) ◽

pp. 5

Author(s):

Larry Perez ◽

James I. Watling ◽

David Bucklin ◽

Mathieu Basille ◽

Frank J. Mazzotti ◽

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Keyword(s):

Climate Change ◽

Climate Changes ◽

South Florida ◽

Florida Everglades ◽

Wildlife Ecology ◽

James I ◽

Fact Sheet ◽

Climate Change Effects ◽

Changing Climate

Where do the animals go when the sea rises? Learn the probable futures of Florida panthers and other south Florida wildlife in this 5-page fact sheet. Written by Larry Perez, James I. Watling, David Bucklin, Mathieu Basille, Frank J. Mazzotti, Stephanie Romañach, and Laura Brandt and published by the UF Department of Wildlife Ecology and Conservation, it explains how a changing climate could impact wild animals.edis.ifas.ufl.edu/uw428

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Four Endangered South Florida Plants Protected Against Climate Change

Climate Change and Law Collection ◽

10.1163/9789004322714_cclc_2017-0226-002 ◽

2018 ◽

Keyword(s):

Climate Change ◽

South Florida

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Climate Change

10.1093/wentk/9780190866112.001.0001 ◽

2018 ◽

Author(s):

Joseph Romm

Keyword(s):

Climate Change ◽

United States ◽

New York ◽

The United States ◽

South Florida ◽

Making A Difference ◽

Climate Treaty ◽

Clear And Present Danger ◽

Combat Climate Change ◽

The Right

This is, for my money, the best single-source primer on the state of climate change. (New York Magazine) “The right book at the right time: accessible, comprehensive, unflinching, humane.” (The Daily Beast) “A must-read.” (The Guardian) The essential primer on what will be the defining issue of our time, CLIMATE CHANGE: What Everyone Needs to Know® is a clear-eyed overview of the science, conflicts, and implications of our warming planet. From Joseph Romm, Chief Science Advisor for National Geographic’s Years of Living Dangerously series and one of Rolling Stone’s “100 people who are changing America,” CLIMATE CHANGE offers user-friendly, scientifically rigorous answers to the most difficult (and commonly politicized) questions surrounding what climatologist Lonnie Thompson has deemed “a clear and present danger to civilization.” Questions about climate change addressed in this guide include:· How will climate change affect day-to-day life in the coming decades? · What are the implications of owning coastal property in the age of climate change? · Is retirement to South Florida (or the U.S. Southwest, or even Southern Europe) safe? · What are the implications of the United States’ withdrawal from the Paris climate treaty? · What does Donald Trump’s presidency mean for climate action in the United States and around the globe? · Are efforts to combat climate change making a difference? As the global response to climate change continues to evolve, CLIMATE CHANGE: What Everyone Needs to Know® offers smart, unblemished answers to the most difficult questions in an area dogged by misunderstanding and politicization.

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Potential management practices of saltwater intrusion impacts on soil health and water quality: a review

Journal of Water and Climate Change ◽

10.2166/wcc.2020.013 ◽

2020 ◽

Author(s):

Haimanote K. Bayabil ◽

Yuncong Li ◽

Zhaohui Tong ◽

Bin Gao

Keyword(s):

Climate Change ◽

Water Quality ◽

Environmental Sustainability ◽

Saltwater Intrusion ◽

Management Practices ◽

Groundwater Resources ◽

Soil Health ◽

South Florida ◽

Mitigation Strategies ◽

Climate Change And Variability

Abstract Several studies have documented the multifaceted impacts of climate change and variability on agricultural and environmental sustainability, and social and economic development. Climate change and variability contribute to increased warmer conditions, increased frequency of heavy rain that accounts for an increasing proportion of total rainfall, extreme weather characterized by spatially variable cycles of drought and wetness, increased frequency of tropical storms/hurricanes, increased frequency of storm surges, and accelerated rate of sea-level rise (SLR). As SLR continues, it is expected that salinity due to saltwater intrusion (SWI) will impact soil health and agricultural production. As such, the significant threats of salinity necessitate more work to be done to better understand its impact on soil health and associated functional ecosystem processes. This is of even greater importance in areas such as South Florida where the surface and groundwater resources are hydrologically connected due to the shallow and highly permeable limestone soils. A better understanding of the impacts of salinity due to SWI on soil health is critical to design effective mitigation strategies. Healthy soil has multifaceted benefits to enhance agricultural productivity, i.e. regulates the flow of water; serves as a source and sink of nutrients; minimizes greenhouse gas emissions and provides optimal biological and chemical conditions for the transformation of nutrients into plant-available forms. Improved understanding of the processes and impacts of SWI on soil health will assist in guiding management decisions and policies to mitigate the impacts of SWI and salinity on agricultural soils. This review paper provides a comprehensive overview of the impacts of SWI and soil salinity on agricultural soil health and water quality.

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