A Serious Look At Water-level Rise In Low-lying South Florida

By Joseph Cooper,

Polly Landess

Published February 24, 2016 at 1:00 PM EST

02/24/16 - Don’t miss Wednesday’s Topical Currents, for a serious look at water-level rise in low-lying South Florida.

Miami Beach’s storm drains and gutters now often flood with seawater. And experts say area leaders are in denial of almost certain inundation.

We speak with journalist Elizabeth Kolbert, who wrote The New Yorker article, “Miami Under Siege”; and the University of Miami’s Geological-Science Department Chair, Dr. Harold Wanless.

That’s Topical Currents, Wednesday at 1pm.

Read the article here:

http://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2015/12/21/the-siege-of-miami

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Joseph Cooper

WLRN Radio's Joseph Cooper says producing and hosting Topical Currents is the most rewarding experience of his long radio career, which began at the University of Missouri School of Journalism in the 1970s.

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Polly Landess

Polly works as a producer with The Sunshine Economy. She has previously worked with DoubleTake Documentary Institute and Magazine, The Sally Jessy Raphael Show and ABC Talk Radio Networks.

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