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Sea-level rise taking the pines out of Big Pine Key
2013-11-16 15:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
WLRN: Big Pine Key takes its name from the pine forests that cover the island, about 30 miles from Key West. Rare plants and endangered animals -- such as the Key deer -- live in those forests. But now the forests and hammocks are threatened by the rising seas around and beneath them. Robert Ehrig points to a piece of land that was hardwood hammock when he came to live here 35 years ago. All the palms in here are dead, Ehrig said. The last one died about the time of Hurricane Wilma, about seven,...
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