Miami Beach is a barrier island located in southeast Florida between Biscayne Bay and the Atlantic Ocean that was developed by filling in natural mangrove wetlands with dredge soil over a porous limestone base. Due to climate change, the future of Miami Beach and other coastal communities has become more uncertain. In 2012, a U.S. Geological Survey study concluded that sea levels along the East Coast of the country will rise three to four times faster...
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