Climate Change's Florida Consequences
Warmer ocean temperatures and more acidic waters caused by increased carbon dioxide levels are bleaching and dissolving coral reefs around the world, such as this one in Virgin Islands National Park
The University of South Florida Sarasota-Manatee is hosting the Suncoast Climate Change Symposium with geologist and sea-level rise expert Harold Wanless of the University of Miami from 5 to 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, April 18, at the school's Selby Auditorium, 8350 N. Tamiami Trail, Sarasota. The event will focus on climate change and its consequences for Florida. Wanless is the chairman and a professor in the Department of Geological Sciences at the University of Miami. Wanless was among a handful of scientists chosen in 2014 to advise Gov. Rick Scott about the consequences of climate change in Florida.
