Miami, vulnerable to climate change impacts, experiences population and development boom despite rising sea levels threat.

Miami, deemed 'ground zero' for climate risk, experiences a population and development boom despite being one of the most vulnerable cities worldwide to climate change impacts. Miami-Dade County officials work to adapt and secure the city's future. Rising seas, due to global warming and melting ice sheets, threaten to submerge 60% of Miami-Dade County by 2060, per University of Miami professor Harold Wanless.