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Florida's coral reef system in rapid decay, scientists say
2016-06-27 13:17:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
CNN: The most terrifying thing lurking under the waters of the Atlantic Ocean may not come with razor sharp teeth. Scientists say Florida's coral reef system, the third-largest in the world, is in rapid decay, with a variety of threats edging the delicate ecosystem closer to collapse sooner than anyone believed possible. "We didn't think this would happen for another 50 or 60 years," said Chris Langdon, a marine biologist at the University of Miami, who published a new report on the health of the reef...
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Complexity of Powering Central Floridas Future
2016-06-20 18:11:00| Transmission & Distribution World
Charles H. Easterling, Orlando Utilities Commission, and Hrishikesh P. Moghe, Black & Veatch It seemed easy and straightforward: Orlando Utilities Commission needed to upgrade its Taft-Lakeland transmission line. read more
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Duke Energy Florida's Pole Restoration Project
2016-05-24 20:59:00| Transmission & Distribution World
Following are images of the Apalachicola Bay pole restoration project by Duke Energy Florida... read more
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Floridas Coral Reef Is Disintegrating
2016-05-02 23:18:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
National Geographic: Florida's coral reef, the only tropical reef in the continental United States, is disintegrating faster than scientists predicted and in a way that will accelerate as the oceans become more acidic, according to new research published Monday. University of Miami scientists called the collapse of the reef's limestone framework, a critical habitat for fish, "unprecedented" and "cause for alarm." "Lots of scientists think that ocean acidification is not going to be a problem until 2050 or 2060,"...
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Construction is bustling at Florida's first 'sustainable town'
2016-04-27 08:20:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Agence France-Presse: With deep pockets and an environmentalist's zeal, retired American football player Syd Kitson dreamed up a plan to build the United States' first solar-powered town on a vast swath of rural land in southwest Florida. Now, nearly a decade after he first purchased the 91,000 acres (37,000 hectares) known as Babcock Ranch, construction is bustling at what developers say will be the nation's first eco-friendly city, built from the ground up, with enough room for some 50,000 people. No homes have...
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