As a result of climate change there have been small numbers of several new species normally native to cooler areas to the north: snowy owls snow buntings harlequin ducks and razorbills These have been seen in the northern part of the state! State Road 886 (Port Boulevard) connects downtown and PortMiami by bridge over Biscayne Bay, Boynton Beach 68,217 60,389 Palm Beach Although the Big Cypress is the largest growth of cypress swamps in South Florida cypress swamps can be found near the Atlantic Coastal Ridge and between Lake Okeechobee and the Eastern flatwoods as well as in sawgrass marshes Cypresses are deciduous conifers that are uniquely adapted to thrive in flooded conditions with buttressed trunks and root projections that protrude out of the water called "knees" Bald cypress trees grow in formations with the tallest and thickest trunks in the center rooted in the deepest peat As the peat thins out cypresses grow smaller and thinner giving the small forest the appearance of a dome from the outside They also grow in strands slightly elevated on a ridge of limestone bordered on either side by sloughs Other hardwood trees can be found in cypress domes such as red maple swamp bay and pop ash If cypresses are removed the hardwoods take over and the ecosystem is recategorized as a mixed swamp forest. There has been a Norwegian Seamen's church in Miami since the early 1980s in November 2011 Crown Princess Mette-Marit opened a new building for the church the church was built as a center for the 10,000 Scandinavians that live in Florida Around 4,000 of them are Norwegian the church is also an important place for the 150 Norwegians that work at Disney World. . School of Professional and Career Education Drivers between 15 and 19 years of age averaged 364 car crashes a year per ten thousand licensed Florida drivers in 2010 Drivers 70 and older averaged 95 per 10,000 during the same time frame a spokesperson for the non-profit Insurance Institute said that "Older drivers are more of a threat to themselves.".
. Cargo Demographics The arts also flourished while Maidique was at the helm with the university acquiring the Wolfsonian-FIU Museum on Miami Beach and building the Patricia and Phillip Frost Art Museum on its main campus in athletics FIU made inroads in becoming a powerhouse athletic university during Maidique's time as president and he championed the eventual establishment of a NCAA football program Finally the school earned membership into Phi Beta Kappa the nation's oldest honor society. ; ! Climate Main article: Media in Miami 5 Athletics Gusman Center for the Performing Arts.
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