Climate Change and Sea-Level Rise in Florida
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Title:
Climate Change and Sea-Level Rise in Florida An Update of The Effects of Climate Change on Florida's Ocean and Coastal Resources
Creator:
Florida Oceans and Coastal Council
Publisher:
Florida Oceans and Coastal Council
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Language:
English

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Climate change ( lcsh )
Florida ( lcsh )
Coastal management ( lcsh )
Sea level rise ( lcsh )

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Abstract:
In 2009 the Florida Oceans and Coastal Council (FOCC) published a report entitled, “The Effects of Climate Change on Florida’s Ocean and Coastal Resources.” A special report to the Florida Energy and Climate Commission and the people of Florida, the report provided an overview of climate change and why Floridians should care about climate change. Brief information was provided on Florida’s infrastructure, human health, and economy but the report focused on what was known, was probable, and was possible concerning climate-change effects on the state’s ocean and coastal resources. The 2009 report examined such effects resulting from increasing greenhouse gases, air temperature and water vapor, ocean temperature, and sea level. Emphasizing Florida-based research and research by Florida scientists, the report presented a dozen discussions on the effects of the four climate “drivers,” and recommended promising areas for future research. The scope and depth of climate research have grown rapidly with important new work in and about Florida. To recognize and disseminate the latest findings and their implications for managing the state’s ocean and coastal resources, the FOCC undertook this update of one driver, sea-level rise, with the expectation that updates for increasing greenhouse gases, air temperature, and ocean temperature may be released in subsequent years. This sea-level rise update involved contributions by 5 Council members, 12 contributing authors, and 11 external reviewers whose technical contributions were based primarily on literature published by August, 2010. Two-thirds of the cited literature was published in this decade and one-third of it appeared in 2009 and 2010.As of December, many new research and resource management initiatives have begun around Florida, or soon will. Such increased activity testifies to the special relationship our state’s natural and cultural resources holds with respect to sea level, and the risks posed as sea level rises. ( English )

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