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2021.04.19 03:45 GMT+8

How climate change affects Florida

Updated 2021.04.19 03:45 GMT+8
Nitza Soledad Perez

Florida could be considered ‘ground zero’ for climate change ​in the United States. 

With its 2,000 kilometers of coastline, rising sea levels are an existential threat to the state. 

Flooding in low-lying areas like Miami is already a problem, and that’s spurring a new trend in real estate development that often at the expense of lower-income residents. It’s called ‘climate gentrification.’ 

CGTN’s Nitza Soledad Perez reports.

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