Built on Sand – Miami Herald
By Denise Hruby
Updated December 15, 2025
Sinking towers reveal limits of what we know about building on barrier islands. The Miami Herald examined the impacts of continuing to build on Florida’s barrier islands, which are at high risk from rising seas and strengthening hurricanes, as well as the little-understood geologic consequences of packing bigger and heavier high rises on sinking sand.
Read more at: https://www.miamiherald.com/news/local/environment/climate-change/article312776245.html#storylink=cpy
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