Between the devil and the deep blue sea: Florida's unenviable position with respect to sea level rise

Climatic Change

Volumn 107, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 1-16

  Noss, Reed F ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA   (United States)

^b Florida Institute for Conservation Science   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATIC CHANGES; COASTAL AREA; CONSERVATION BIOLOGY; CONSERVATION SCIENCE; DEEP BLUE; FLORIDA; GROUP DISCUSSIONS; HUMAN COMMUNITIES; HUMAN POPULATION GROWTH; IMPACTS AND ADAPTATION; LANDSCAPE FRAGMENTATION; LOW-LYING REGIONS; NATIVE SPECIES; POTENTIAL IMPACTS; SEA LEVEL RISE; URBAN DEVELOPMENT;

COASTAL ZONES; CONSERVATION; GLOBAL WARMING; POPULATION STATISTICS; SUPERCOMPUTERS;

SEA LEVEL;

ADAPTIVE MANAGEMENT; CLIMATE EFFECT; DEEP SEA; GLOBAL WARMING; MOISTURE; POPULATION GROWTH; SEA LEVEL CHANGE; TEMPERATURE ANOMALY; VULNERABILITY;

FLORIDA [UNITED STATES]; UNITED STATES;

EID: 79957640364     PISSN: 01650009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10584-011-0109-6     Document Type: Review

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