See also: Mariel boatlift, Endangered marine species include the manatee seals sea lions turtles and whales Drift net fishing can kill dolphins albatrosses and other seabirds (petrels auks) hastening the fish stock decline and contributing to international disputes Municipal pollution comes from the eastern United States southern Brazil and eastern Argentina; oil pollution in the Caribbean Sea Gulf of Mexico Lake Maracaibo Mediterranean Sea and North Sea; and industrial waste and municipal sewage pollution in the Baltic Sea North Sea and Mediterranean Sea, Miami Orange Bowl 11.1.2 High schools For Fall 2014 8,762 students applied for graduate admissions throughout the university Of those 43.2% were accepted the Wertheim College of Medicine admitted 4.6% of its applicants and the College of Law admitted 19% Admission to the Wertheim College of Medicine is competitive and the college has one of the highest number of applicants in the state greater than the University of Florida for Fall 2010 3,606 students applied for 43 spots. See also: National Register of Historic Places listings in Miami-Dade County Florida, 2.2 Adjacent counties Demographics Central Atlantic In 2008 the State of Florida agreed to buy U.S Sugar and all of its manufacturing and production facilities for an estimated $1.7 billion Florida officials indicated they intended to allow U.S Sugar to process for six more years before dismissing its employees and dismantling the plant the area which includes 187,000 acres (760 km2) of land would then be rehabilitated and water flow from Lake Okeechobee would be restored in November 2008 the agreement was revised to offer $1.34 billion allowing sugar mills in Clewiston to remain in production Critics of the revised plan say that it ensures sugarcane will be grown in the Everglades for at least another decade Further research is being done to address the continuing production of sugarcane in the Everglades to minimize phosphorus runoff. Miami Florida Business directory, Satellite imagery of the Miami Metropolitan Area; U.S Representative With the rise of sea levels that occurred during the Pleistocene approximately 17,000 years ago the runoff of water from Lake Okeechobee slowed and created the vast marshland that is now known as the Everglades Slower runoff also created an accumulation of almost 18 feet (5.5 m) of peat in the area the presence of such peat deposits dated to about 5,000 years ago is evidence that widespread flooding had occurred by then, On November 13 1997 voters changed the name of the county from Dade to Miami-Dade to acknowledge the international name recognition of Miami Voters were acting pursuant to home rule powers granted to Dade County including the ability to change the name of the county without the consent of the Florida Legislature the change in name also addressed a source of public dissatisfaction with the name "Dade" which was chosen to honor Francis L Dade who had been killed in the Dade Massacre in the 1830s the massacre did not occur in South Florida but in the west central part of the state in present-day Sumter County near Bushnell There is also a Dade City which is closer to the site of the massacre. Florida Grand Opera 1.3 1940s to 1970s Miami Florida Business directory, Uneven limestone formations in an Everglades sawgrass prairie University Park Tri-Rail expansion; Miami Florida Business directory, Wet season 34.5 inches (88 cm) 53.5 inches (136 cm) 23.4 inches (59 cm), Main articles: History of Miami and Timeline of Miami. Estimated numbers of Calusa at the beginning of the Spanish occupation ranged from 4,000 to 7,000 the society declined in power and population; by 1697 their number was estimated to be about 1,000 in the early 18th century the Calusa came under attack from the Yamasee to the north They asked the Spanish for refuge in Cuba where almost 200 died of illness Soon they were relocated again to the Florida Keys. Government Center is the main station in Downtown and the busiest station in the entire Metro system Government Center is served by Metrorail Metromover and Metrobus Wings Over Miami Museum Miami.
This section is in list format but may read better as prose You can help by converting this section if appropriate Editing help is available (October 2018), Tunnel and Deep Dredge Barry University became a member of the Sunshine State Conference (SSC) in June 1988 and a member of NCAA Division II since 1984 the Buccaneers have won 16 NCAA Division II national championships (women's soccer 1989 1992 1993; volleyball 1995 2001 2004; men's golf 2007 2013 2014; men's tennis 2010 2013 2015; women's tennis 2011 2014 and rowing 2015 2016) and 65 SSC titles the Bucs have produced 309 All-Americans and 361 Scholar All-Americans, Miami Florida Business directory. The state tree Sabal palmetto flourishes in Florida's overall warm climate North Atlantic hurricane activity has increased over past decades because of increased sea surface temperature (SST) at tropical latitudes changes that can be attributed to either the natural Atlantic Multidecadal Oscillation (AMO) or to anthropogenic climate change a 2005 report indicated that the Atlantic meridional overturning circulation (AMOC) slowed down by 30% between 1957 and 2004 If the AMO were responsible for SST variability the AMOC would have increased in strength which is apparently not the case Furthermore it is clear from statistical analyses of annual tropical cyclones that these changes do not display multidecadal cyclicity Therefore these changes in SST must be caused by human activities. (19.4) The construction of the Tamiami Trail beginning in 1928 and spanning the region from Tampa to Miami altered their ways of life Some began to work in local farms ranches and souvenir stands Some of the people who interacted more with European Americans began to move to reservations in the 1940s These were their bases for reorganizing their government and they became federally recognized in 1957 as the Seminole Tribe of Florida.
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