Florida Everglades Research Paper

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Why should we even care about the Florida everglades? I'll tell you why. Even if you don’t realize this, wet lands like the Florida Everglades are so important to both human and animal life. Both rely on the Florida Everglades drastically but lately the Everglades haven't been in there best shape. The Everglades are being badly affected lately by pollution and new animals being brought into the ecosystem. If this doesn’t get under control, Florida could be in trouble. We the humans need to see what's going on and find ways to bring the Everglades back to how they were before. The people of Florida depend on the Everglades more than they might realize. The Everglades has created many beneficial things for humans such as jobs, entertainment, clean water, safety and many more. From the help of everglades, it has kept Florida safe from when hurricanes hit us. "Wet lands serve as a natural buffer against storms and hurricanes, slowing down the storms and reducing their force before they move inland." Stated by Elaine Mao. If we don’t take care of the wet lands, they’ll be gone forever and we wont be able to bring them back and many cities will be exposed to storms. Including to keeping us safe, the Everglades also gives water to the state of Florida …show more content…
If this cycle keeps going on there will be no animals left but pythons, now more jobs in the Everglades community, and the state will end up getting rid of the snake filled swamp. If this happens there will be no more protection from hurricanes, and less water that flow into Florida canals. We also rely on the Everglades for water to filter but if there gone, we'll need to find some where else. Florida is known for there beaches and Everglades, if the Everglades disappear, so will most of the money from tourism will

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