Florida, the seas are rising and time is short
Florida must encourage more sustainable development patterns, avoiding development on sensitive lands in coastal areas and floodplains.
Florida must encourage more sustainable development patterns, avoiding development on sensitive lands in coastal areas and floodplains.
Within two decades, Florida could gain almost 5 million residents and lose a million acres of land to sea-level rise.
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