Abrupt climate shift may have altered Everglades 2,800 years ago
Monday, October 7, 2013 - 17:00
in Earth & Climate
A semi-permanent high pressure weather pattern, commonly known as the Bermuda High, shifted to the southeast about 2,800 years ago. As a consequence, tropical storms that had routinely hit South Florida were shunted into the Gulf of Mexico. The resulting change in weather pattern was an important precursor of current environmental conditions in the Florida Everglades.