Why the Everglades Is Burning From the Inside Out
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Why the Everglades is burning from the inside out
When we think of the Florida Everglades, we think of the "River of Grass," a vast, humid expanse of slow-moving water, sawgrass, and cypress swamps. It is, by definition, a wetland. But across South Florida right now, the horizon tells a different story. Thousands of acres are currently being consumed by the Max Road Fire and other blazes, sending plumes of smoke toward the coast and turning the "River of Grass" into a "River of Fire." To most, …
Fires in the Everglades have triggered all environmental alarms in Florida after two large active hotspots have already razed more than 2,000 hectares into one of the most valuable and fragile ecosystems in the United States. Flames advance in the heart of the subtropical wetlands declared World Heritage by UNESCO, while huge columns of smoke and ashes affect several strategic roads in the south of the state and put at risk the region’s biodiver…
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