Should Florida Exterminate or Accommodate Invasive Species?
Florida consistently ranks as one of the top five places in the world with the most invasive species. And the state is the world epicenter of invasive reptiles.
By
Isaac Eger
3/10/2021 at 11:38am
Published in the March-April 2021 issue of
Sarasota Magazine
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Jane Henderson from
the Department of Geography. Jane studies how communities conceptualize the spaces they occupy and how conceptions of space define and create social interactions. Her dissertation focuses on geographies in Minnesota; she examines the relationship of Black Midwesterners to the frontier. In the interview, she discusses some of the philosophy behind human geography as well as the outcomes she anticipates from her work.
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KEY CONCEPTS
While there is significant year-to-year variability in ice coverage, trends show that annual maximum ice coverage on each of the Great Lakes has declined over time. Across all the Great Lakes, the annual maximum ice cover is, on average, 22% lower than it was a half-century ago. Furthermore, ice coverage is becoming less reliable, with more frequent years of extremely low ice coverage (like this year).
The decline in lake ice coverage is driven by warming air and water temperatures due to climate change. The lake ice season is also contracting in many cases, with lakes now tending to freeze over later and thaw out sooner.
Mohamad Jarada from the
Department of Anthropology. Mohamad studies how marginalized communities protect and assert themselves through civil, political, social, and economic rights. His dissertation research focuses on the ways in which Muslim Americans living in North Carolina have sought security by asserting various rights in the wake of the murder of three Muslims in Chapel Hill in 2015. In the interview, he talks about his time interviewing various members of the community and his observations of how mosques and other spaces have adapted since the tragedy.
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