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New Proposal: 20-Foot Seawall To Protect Miami

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has written the draft of a new proposal calling for a $6 billion, 20-foot-high wall in downtown Miami to protect it from storm surges and rising sea levels. Most of the wall would be inland, separating neighborhoods, but a one-mile stretch would be built in front of the financial section along Brickell Blvd. The proposal is still in its early stages, and any construction is at least five years off. But the idea of a massive sea wall cutting across Biscayne Bay has already drawn some criticism. “The $40 billion in assets you’re trying…

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Three Papers Join Forces to Raise Awareness of Sea-Level Rises in South Florida

In South Florida, the sea-level rise is real. In Key West, for example, the sea level has risen nine inches in the past century; it’s risen three inches in the past 23 years. By 2060, according to NOAA estimates, it will rise two feet. The evidence is everywhere: – Several times a year seawater bubbles up through storm drains in Miami Beach, in the finger islands of Fort Lauderdale, and in areas along the Intracoastal Waterway in Delray Beach during high tides. (See the picture above of a flood along Alton Road in Miami Beach last August). – Catfish were…