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<big><big>A 20-Foot Sea Wall? Miami Faces the Hard Choices of Climate Change</big></big>
A proposal to construct barriers for storm surge protection has forced South Floridians to reckon with the many environmental challenges they face.
* https://www.nytimes.com/2021/06/02/us/miami-fl-seawall-hurricanes.html
By Patricia Mazzei / New York Times
June 2, 2021
Build a wall
''The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers proposed in its first draft of the study, now under review. Six miles of it, in fact, mostly inland, running parallel to the coast through neighborhoods — except for a one-mile stretch right on Biscayne Bay, past the gleaming sky-rises of Brickell, the city’s financial district.''
"Generational questions"
''In Miami, the U.S. metropolitan area that is perhaps most exposed to sea-level rise, the problem is not climate change denialism. Not when hurricane season, which begins this week, returns each year with more intense and frequent storms. Not when finding flood insurance has become increasingly difficult and unaffordable. Not when the nights stay so hot that leaving home with a sweater to fend off the evening chill has become a thing of the past.''
''The trouble is that the magnitude of the interconnected obstacles the region faces can feel overwhelming, and none of the possible solutions are cheap, easy or pretty...''
''South Florida, flat and low-lying, sits on porous limestone, which allows the ocean to swell up through the ground. Even when there is no storm, rising seas contribute to more significant tidal flooding, where streets fill with water even on sunny days. The expanding saltwater threatens to spoil the underground aquifer that supplies the region’s drinking water, and to crack old sewer pipes and aging septic tanks. It leaves less space for the earth to absorb liquid, so floodwaters linger longer, their runoff polluting the bay and killing fish.
Climate Fwd: A new administration, an ongoing climate emergency — and a ton of news. Our newsletter will help you stay on top of it.''
''And that is just sea-level rise. Temperatures have gotten so sweltering over recent summers that Miami-Dade County has named a new interim “chief heat officer.”''
<big>'''[[Too Hot]]'''</big>
[[File:Estates at Acqualina - Sunny Isles Miami.jpg]]
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[[File:Against the Tide - Cover - by Cornelia Dean.jpg]]
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Revision as of 21:15, 4 June 2021


A 20-Foot Sea Wall? Miami Faces the Hard Choices of Climate Change

A proposal to construct barriers for storm surge protection has forced South Floridians to reckon with the many environmental challenges they face.


By Patricia Mazzei / New York Times

June 2, 2021


Build a wall

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers proposed in its first draft of the study, now under review. Six miles of it, in fact, mostly inland, running parallel to the coast through neighborhoods — except for a one-mile stretch right on Biscayne Bay, past the gleaming sky-rises of Brickell, the city’s financial district.

"Generational questions"

In Miami, the U.S. metropolitan area that is perhaps most exposed to sea-level rise, the problem is not climate change denialism. Not when hurricane season, which begins this week, returns each year with more intense and frequent storms. Not when finding flood insurance has become increasingly difficult and unaffordable. Not when the nights stay so hot that leaving home with a sweater to fend off the evening chill has become a thing of the past.

The trouble is that the magnitude of the interconnected obstacles the region faces can feel overwhelming, and none of the possible solutions are cheap, easy or pretty...

South Florida, flat and low-lying, sits on porous limestone, which allows the ocean to swell up through the ground. Even when there is no storm, rising seas contribute to more significant tidal flooding, where streets fill with water even on sunny days. The expanding saltwater threatens to spoil the underground aquifer that supplies the region’s drinking water, and to crack old sewer pipes and aging septic tanks. It leaves less space for the earth to absorb liquid, so floodwaters linger longer, their runoff polluting the bay and killing fish. Climate Fwd: A new administration, an ongoing climate emergency — and a ton of news. Our newsletter will help you stay on top of it.

And that is just sea-level rise. Temperatures have gotten so sweltering over recent summers that Miami-Dade County has named a new interim “chief heat officer.”


Too Hot


Estates at Acqualina - Sunny Isles Miami.jpg


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Against the Tide - Cover - by Cornelia Dean.jpg

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