Climate Change and Water Management in South Florida
Climate Change and Water Management in South Florida
Climate Change and Water Management in South Florida
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Potential Impact of Ris<strong>in</strong>g Seas:<strong>South</strong>ern Everglades• Relocation <strong>and</strong> possiblereduction of mangroveforests• Forced migration of wad<strong>in</strong>gbirds northward• Potential peat collapse,coastal erosion, <strong>and</strong>redistribution of sediments• Sal<strong>in</strong>ity <strong>in</strong>trusion <strong>in</strong>tofreshwater marshes can:discharge toxic hydrogensulfide, cause coastal fishkills, <strong>and</strong> <strong>in</strong>crease habitatloss
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