Coastal Squeeze
The combinaion of Rising Sea Level and accelerated population growth and development.
What is Coastal Squeeze?
This phenomenon is directly linked with Sea Level Rise.
What is Climate Change?
Non-native organisms that have the potential to cause harm to the environment,
What are Invasive Species?
The endangered animal native to the Florida Keys that is directly impacted by Coastal Squeeze.
What is Lower Keys Marsh Rabbit?
Vulnerable species that live in affected areas.
What are Endangered Species?
This species of fish have been known to prey on native species in Florida waters such as groupers, surgeonfish, parrotfish, and snappers.
What is Lionfish?
The wearing away of land, removal of beach rocks/sand by water or wind.
What is Erosion?
Ecosystems drive what to unique places such as the everglades,
What is tourism?
This educational program was created to use ants to teach elementary school students in Florida about invasive species and their damaging effects to the environment.
What is The importANTS of ANTs?
This ecosystem acts as protection of coasts during storms, water, filtration, flood reduction, carbon sequestration, erosion control, and recreational activites.
What is Coastal Wetlands?
This has degraded the resistant abilities of mangrove forests in South Florida.
What is Saltwater encroachment?
This assesment is used in Florida to identify harmful invasive species and prevent their importation.
What is The Australian Weed Risk Assessment?
Coastal Squeeze directly limits this adaptation.
What is upward Landward Migration?
The region of South Florida makes up this fraction of Floridas total population.
What is 1/3?
This snail carries the parasite rat lungworm, which causes meningitis in humans. In 2013, a study found that 36% of these snails collected in Miami, FL carried rat lungworm.
What are Great African Land Snails?