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Topic	Rising seas wiped out an entire US species for the first time.
solosnake 07/14/24 4:07:59 PM #1:	https://www.cnn.com/2024/07/14/climate/florida-cactus-sea-level-rise/index.html A unique plant has become the first species in the United States to be exterminated from the wild by the compounding effects of rising seas, scientists say. Its a grim first, but not last, as the scientists fear the demise of the plant is a bellwether for other species as the climate crisis tightens its grip. The combined effects of sea level rise, rising tides and intense storms drove the wild Key Largo tree cactus population to extinction in its only known US location in the Florida Keys --- "We would have no NBA possibly if they got rid of all the flopping." ~ Dwyane Wade <cite>solosnake posted [p:981294451] in Rising sea... [t:80809872]...</cite> <quote>https://www.cnn.com/2024/07/14/climate/florida-cactus-sea-level-rise/index.html<quote>A unique plant has become the first species in the United States to be exterminated from the wild by the compounding effects of rising seas, scientists say. Its a grim first, but not last, as the scientists fear the demise of the plant is a bellwether for other species as the climate crisis tightens its grip.The combined effects of sea level rise, rising tides and intense storms drove the wild Key Largo tree cactus population to extinction in its only known US location in the Florida Keys</quote> --- "We would have no NBA possibly if they got rid of all the flopping." ~ Dwyane Wade</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
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