Biscayne Bay Is Slowly Becoming the Ocean

A 20-year record reveals an estuary tipping toward a saltier, more acidic state. These conditions threaten its hammerhead shark nursery and the aquifer that supplies Miami’s drinking water.

By Kate Waxman
June 11, 2026
Jeffrey Greenberg/Universal Images Group via Getty Images via Inside Climate News
Kate Waxman
Kate Waxman is a Florida-based Outrider fellow at Inside Climate News, where she covers climate injustice across the state. 
 
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