Recent research says sea level rise is to blame.
The level of the world's oceans is rising. And while that is a global situation, it is having dramatic effect right here in Florida. A recent study called the Coastal Forest Decline project looked at the loss of forest and shoreline on Florida's Gulf Coast. What we've seen recently in Florida, and especially on the Gulf coast which is low-lying and hence very susceptible to sea level rise effects, is fairly substantial and rapid rates of coastal forest loss. The news of sea level rise is not new news.