Another Break from Galapagos: Shifting Baselines in Florida

The blog Eye on Miami posted yesterday an excellent post on shfiting baselines. They show a series of photos of Weeki Wachi Springs, Florida: alive in 1950 and more or less dead in 2006. Check out their blog post and a couple of the photos that were posted.

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