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Old 09-17-17, 12:16 AM   #15
Méo
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Originally Posted by Rockin Robbins View Post
Before 1900 Florida was the world's greatest producer of pineapples. However the climate grew too cold to grow pineapples and today Florida produces almost none of them. Royal Palm trees grew all the way north of Jacksonville, however in the past 50 years cooling temperatures have restricted their range to south of Cocoa Beach, about halfway down the peninsula. Oranges? Same story. I live in an orange grove that can't produce oranges in the cooler climate.
That's why it's called ''Global warming'', not ''Florida warming''.

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Florida: 170 304 km2

Earth: 510 072 000 km2

About 0,033% of total earth surface...
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