. Later immigration, Miami Herald Media Company which owns the Miami Herald and El Nuevo Herald is headquartered in Doral Florida It is located in a two-story 160,000-square-foot (15,000 m2) building that had been the U.S Southern Command center the newspaper uses 110,000 square feet (10,000 m2) of space for office purposes in 2013 there were 650 people working there the newspaper had purchased land adjacent to the headquarters to build the 119,000-square-foot (11,100 m2) printing plant, The oceans are the major source of the atmospheric moisture that is obtained through evaporation Climatic zones vary with latitude; the warmest zones stretch across the Atlantic north of the equator the coldest zones are in high latitudes with the coldest regions corresponding to the areas covered by sea ice Ocean currents influence climate by transporting warm and cold waters to other regions the winds that are cooled or warmed when blowing over these currents influence adjacent land areas. At the same time mercury was found in local fish at such high levels that consumption warnings were posted for fishermen a Florida panther was found dead with levels of mercury high enough to kill a human Scientists found that power plants and incinerators using fossil fuels were expelling mercury into the atmosphere and it fell as rain or dust during droughts the naturally occurring bacteria that reduce sulfur in the Everglades ecosystem were transforming the mercury into methylmercury and it was bioaccumulating through the food chain Stricter emissions standards helped lower mercury coming from power plants and incinerators which in turn lowered mercury levels found in animals though they continue to be a concern. . 4.2 Tourism and conventions The Miami skyline Importance of international business education, Aviation department Geology 4 Transportation Initial attempts at developing agriculture near Lake Okeechobee were successful but the nutrients in the peat were rapidly removed In a process called soil subsidence oxidation of peat causes loss of volume Bacteria decompose dead sawgrass slowly underwater without oxygen When the water was drained in the 1920s and bacteria interacted with oxygen an aerobic reaction occurred Microorganisms degraded the peat into carbon dioxide and water Some of the peat was burned by settlers to clear the land Some homes built in the areas of early farms had to have their foundations moved to stilts as the peat deteriorated; other areas lost approximately 8 feet (2.4 m) of soil depth. . FIU offers 191 academic programs 60 baccalaureate programs 81 master's programs 3 specialist programs 34 doctoral programs and 4 professional program in 23 colleges and schools in addition 97% of the faculty have terminal degrees and 50% currently have tenure at the university with a student/teacher ratio of 27:1, As part of the massive PortMiami redevelopment program new ultramodern cruise terminals roadways and parking garages have been constructed Additionally a new gantry crane dock and container storage yards have been constructed along with the electrification of the gantry crane docks to include the conversion of several cranes has been completed in addition the Port acquired two state-of-the-art super post-panamax gantry cranes which are amongst the largest in the world; able to load and unload 22 container (8 foot wide each) or nearly 200 foot wide mega container ships This along with the planned Deep Dredge Project would make it possible for PortMiami to facilitate even the future largest containerships in the world the Maersk Triple E Class the new and restructured roadway system with new lighting landscaping and signage greets visitors to the 'Cruise Capital of the World and Cargo Gateway of the Americas' the roadways will change again with the completion of the PortMiami Tunnel And to enhance cargo port accessibility the newly constructed Security Gates opened at the end of 2006 to increase the processing rate for container trucks and help eliminate the daily traffic backups, (28.8) 82.8 University of Miami (private).
! Fauna In 2017 Florida became the United States' eighth largest exporter of trade goods Florida's top countries for export are Brazil Canada Mexico Germany and Colombia in 2017 Florida became the United States' tenth largest importer of trade goods Florida imported US$75.4 billion worth of goods globally in 2017 the value of Florida's imports equals 3.2% of United States' overall imported products for 2017 Florida's top countries for imports are China Mexico Canada Germany and France, In addition many military schools supply stations and communications facilities were established in the area Rather than building large army bases to train the men needed to fight the war the Army and Navy came to South Florida and converted hotels to barracks movie theaters to classrooms and local beaches and golf courses to training grounds Overall over five hundred thousand enlisted men and fifty thousand officers were trained in South Florida After the end of the war many servicemen and women returned to Miami causing the population to rise to nearly half a million by 1950. 4.2 Taxis 34.3% Cuban, As of 2014 35% of MDCPS teachers are graduates of Florida International University, South Bay 1994 50.8% 2,135,008 49.2% 2,071,068! ! On August 7 and 8 1968 coinciding with the 1968 Republican National Convention rioting broke out in the black Liberty City neighborhood which required the Florida National Guard to restore order Issues were "deplorable housing conditions economic exploitation bleak employment prospects racial discrimination poor police-community relations and economic competition with Cuban refugees.".:iv Overcrowding due to the near-destruction of the black Overtown neighborhood was also a factor.
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