Impacts of climate change in South Florida

The Hon. Dean Trantalis (member of Fort Lauderdale's City Commission) delivered a great presentation on the impacts of climate change in South Florida. There is a growing awareness of the risks associated with rising sea levels to our local communities. A recent half-hour documentary, “South Florida’s Rising Seas,” produced by FIU School of Journalism and Mass Communication (SJMC), mentions that the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers predicts sea levels in South Florida will rise from three to seven inches by the year 2030 and from nine to 24 inches by the year 2060.WPBT2 first aired the documentarynuary 15th. The full documentary may be seen below