How a Home to Florida Harbor Pilots Became Bellwether for Sea-Level Rise

Forced From Egmont Key Back to the Mainland

Egmont Key at the mouth of Tampa Bay is 300 acres smaller than it was in 1898.

The author is a writer living in Tampa. The nonprofit Florida Trident and its publisher, the Florida Center for Government Accountability, has taken a deep dive into the challenges facing Florida’s hurricanes, sea level rise and climate change. The story first appeared in the …