1990 4,056,100 25.9% Brazilian pepper or Florida holly (Schinus terebinthifolius) has also wreaked havoc on the Everglades exhibiting a tendency to spread rapidly and to crowd out native species of plants as well as to create inhospitable environments for native animals It is especially difficult to eradicate and is readily propagated by birds which eat its small red berries the Brazilian pepper problem is not exclusive to the Everglades; neither is the water hyacinth (Eichhornia crassipes) which is a widespread problem in Florida's waterways a major threat to endemic species and is difficult and costly to eradicate the Old World climbing fern (Lygodium microphyllum) may be causing the most harm to restoration as it blankets areas thickly making it impossible for animals to pass through it also climbs up trees and creates "fire ladders" allowing parts of the trees to burn that would otherwise remain unharmed; 11.4 Cycling and walking, 3.3.1 Downtown Miami Center Intercity bus travel which utilizes Florida's highway system is provided by Greyhound Megabus and Amtrak Thruway Motorcoach, 33.0% Elsewhere in the U.S. FIU Tianjin Center in Tianjin China. . Greater Miami is served by several English-language and two major Spanish-language daily newspapers the Miami Herald headquartered in Downtown Miami is Miami's primary newspaper with over a million readers it also has news bureaus in Broward County Monroe County and Nassau Bahamas the South Florida Sun-Sentinel circulates primarily in Broward and southern Palm Beach counties and also has a news bureau in Havana Cuba the Palm Beach Post serves mainly Palm Beach County especially the central and northern regions and the Treasure Coast the Boca Raton News publishes five days a week and circulates in southern Palm Beach County El Nuevo Herald a subsidiary of the Miami Herald and Diario Las Americas are Spanish-language daily papers that circulate mainly in Miami-Dade County La Palma and El Sentinel are weekly Spanish newspapers published by the Palm Beach Post and Sun-Sentinel respectively and circulate in the same areas as their English-language counterparts. Miami-Dade County includes 34 incorporated areas 38 census-designated places and 16 unincorporated regions, Cape Florida Lighthouse the oldest-standing structure in Miami built in 1825 Main article: Mid-Atlantic Ridge. The shelves of the Atlantic hosts one of the world's richest fishing resources the most productive areas include the Grand Banks of Newfoundland the Scotian Shelf Georges Bank off Cape Cod the Bahama Banks the waters around Iceland the Irish Sea the Bay of Fundy the Dogger Bank of the North Sea and the Falkland Banks Fisheries have however undergone significant changes since the 1950s and global catches can now be divided into three groups of which only two are observed in the Atlantic: fisheries in the Eastern Central and South-West Atlantic oscillate around a globally stable value the rest of the Atlantic is in overall decline following historical peaks the third group "continuously increasing trend since 1950" is only found in the Indian Ocean and Western Pacific, Downtown is South Florida's main hub for finance commerce and international business Brickell Avenue has the largest concentration of international banks in the U.S. (Most Recent) President Harry Truman dedicating Everglades National Park on December 6 1947. Sloughs or free-flowing channels of water develop in between sawgrass prairies Sloughs are about 3 feet (0.91 m) deeper than sawgrass marshes and may stay flooded for at least 11 months out of the year and sometimes multiple years in a row Aquatic animals such as turtles alligators snakes and fish thrive in sloughs; they usually feed on aquatic invertebrates Submerged and floating plants grow here such as bladderwort (Utricularia) waterlily (Nymphaeaceae) and spatterdock (Nuphar lutea) Major sloughs in the Everglades system include the Shark River Slough flowing out to Florida Bay Lostmans River Slough bordering the Big Cypress and Taylor Slough in the eastern Everglades, 4.2 Rock The geology of South Florida together with a warm wet subtropical climate provides conditions well-suited for a large marshland ecosystem Layers of porous and permeable limestone create water-bearing rock and soil that affect the climate weather and hydrology of South Florida the properties of the rock underneath the Everglades can be explained by the geologic history of the state the crust underneath Florida was at one point part of the African region of the supercontinent Gondwana About 300 million years ago North America merged with Africa connecting Florida with North America Volcanic activity centered on the eastern side of Florida covered the prevalent sedimentary rock with igneous rock Continental rifting began to separate North America from Gondwana about 180 million years ago When Florida was part of Africa it was initially above water but during the cooler Jurassic Period the Florida Platform became a shallow marine environment in which sedimentary rocks were deposited Through the Cretaceous Period most of Florida remained a tropical sea floor of varying depths the peninsula has been covered by seawater at least seven times since the bedrock formed.
Scientific explorations of the Atlantic include the Challenger expedition the German Meteor expedition Columbia University's Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory and the United States Navy Hydrographic Office, ? American Airlines Arena home of the Miami Heat of the NBA. Geology Understanding the manner of speaking within business in the local area to improve overall productivity Following the American Civil War Florida's congressional representation was restored on June 25 1868 albeit forcefully after Radical Reconstruction and the installation of unelected government officials under the final authority of federal military commanders After the Reconstruction period ended in 1876 white Democrats regained power in the state legislature in 1885 they created a new constitution followed by statutes through 1889 that disfranchised most blacks and many poor whites.
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