Increasing temps, acidity & salinity due to climate change/pollution, imperiling species that use it for breeding & the aquifer. The bay hosts "more than 30 endangered or imperiled species and over 100 that matter to commercial and recreational fishing." 🌎🧪🌿 insideclimatenews.org/news/1106202...
A 20-year record reveals an estuary tipping toward a saltier, more acidic state. These conditions threaten its hammerhead shark nursery and the aquifer that supplies Miami’s drinking water.