Miami River FIU is ranked 2nd in the U.S. for granting biology bachelor's degrees and 6th in granting master's degrees to minorities according to Diverse Issues in Higher Education, Contents Treasure hunters from the Bahamas and the Keys came to South Florida to hunt for treasure from the ships that ran aground on the treacherous Great Florida reef some of whom accepted Spanish land offers along the Miami River at about the same time the Seminole Indians arrived along with a group of runaway slaves in 1825 the Cape Florida Lighthouse was built on nearby Key Biscayne to warn passing ships of the dangerous reefs. ; The island was named by Frederick H Gerdes of the United States Coast Survey in 1849 He noted that the island north of Key Biscayne had no name and had not existed as an island until 'Narrows Cut' had broken through "ten or twelve" years before (i.e the hurricane of 1835 or 1838) He described Virginia Key as three miles (5 km) long and one mile (1.6 km) wide (later as five miles (8 km) long and one-and-a-half miles wide) with a fine Atlantic beach but mostly covered with mangroves. Alligators have created a niche in wet prairies With their claws and snouts they dig at low spots and create ponds free of vegetation that remain submerged throughout the dry season Alligator holes are integral to the survival of aquatic invertebrates turtles fish small mammals and birds during extended drought periods the alligators then feed upon some of the animals that come to the hole, Paul S Walker Park CBD With the construction of canals newly reclaimed Everglades land was promoted throughout the United States Land developers sold 20,000 lots in a few months in 1912 Advertisements promised within eight weeks of arrival a farmer could be making a living although for many it took at least two months to clear the land Some tried burning off the sawgrass or other vegetation only to learn that the peat continued to burn Animals and tractors used for plowing got mired in the muck and were useless When the muck dried it turned to a fine black powder and created dust storms Although initially crops sprouted quickly and lushly they just as quickly wilted and died seemingly without reason. Demographics Homestead 60,512 31,909 Miami-Dade 2.1 Limestone and aquifers Climate data for Miami (MIA) 1981-2010 normals,[a] extremes 1895-present[b], There were 2.7 million Medicaid patients in Florida in 2009 the governor has proposed adding $2.6 billion to care for the expected 300,000 additional patients in 2011 the cost of caring for 2.3 million clients in 2010 was $18.8 billion This is nearly 30% of Florida's budget Medicaid paid for 60% of all births in Florida in 2009 the state has a program for those not covered by Medicaid! . .
. 4 Carnival Cruise Lines 3,500, The Applied Marine Physics Building at the University of Miami's Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science on Virginia Key, Invasive species The Florida Reef is the only living coral barrier reef in the continental United States It is also the third largest coral barrier reef system in the world after the Great Barrier Reef and the Belize Barrier Reef the reef lies a little bit off of the coast of the Florida Keys a lot of the reef lies within John Pennekamp Coral Reef State Park which was the first underwater park in the United States the park contains a lot of tropical vegetation marine life and seabirds the Florida Reef extends into other parks and sanctuaries as well including Dry Tortugas National Park Biscayne National Park and the Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary Almost 1,400 species of marine plants and animals including more than 40 species of stony corals and 500 species of fish live on the Florida Reef the Florida Reef being a delicate ecosystem like other coral reefs faces many threats including overfishing plastics in the ocean coral bleaching rising sea levels and changes in sea surface temperature. First Coast Sawgrass marshes and sloughs Since late 2001 Downtown Miami has seen a large construction boom in skyscrapers retail and has experienced gentrification[citation needed]. The political make-up of congressional and legislative districts has enabled Republicans to control the governorship and most statewide elective offices and 17 of the state's 27 seats in the 2012 House of Representatives Florida has been listed as a swing state in Presidential elections since 1952 voting for the losing candidate only twice in that period of time. $205.57 per credit hour for in-state students and $618.87 per credit hour for out-of-state students Total tuition/fees :$6,771.45 for in-state and $19,583.74 for out of state. In 2010 FIU was listed as one of 16 universities with the toughest grading system nationally, Military Greater Downtown Miami has one of the largest concentrations of international banks in the United States and is home to many large national and international companies the Health District is a major center for hospitals clinics and the biotechnology and medical research industries PortMiami is the busiest cruise port in the world in both passenger traffic and cruise lines and refers to itself as the "Cruise Capital of the World" Miami is also a major tourism hub for international visitors ranking second in the country after New York City, FIU Tianjin Center in Tianjin China 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.
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