. The North Terminal construction merged the four piers into a single linear concourse designated Concourse D This configuration was adopted in order to increase the number of aircraft that can simultaneously arrive and depart from the terminal allowing each gate to handle approximately twice as many operations per day the construction process started with the extension of the original a and D concourses in the late 1990s By the mid-2000s the gates on the east side of Concourse D were closed in order to make room for new gates being constructed as part of the North Terminal Development project in 2004 a new extension to the west was opened consisting of Gates D39 through D51 Concourse B was demolished in 2005; in summer 2009 Gates D21 to D25 opened where Concourse B once stood Concourse C was demolished in 2009; in August 2013 Gates D26 D27 and D28 opened where Concourse C once stood and were the final North Terminal gates to open Concourse a closed in November 2007 and re-opened in July 2010 as a 14-gate eastern extension of Concourse D in August 2010 a further extension for American Eagle flights was opened designated as Gate D60, Dade County Courthouse completed in 1926 1940s: World War II; . . A series of biennial reports from the U.S National Research Council have reviewed the progress of CERP the fourth report in the series released in 2012 found that little progress has been made in restoring the core of the remaining Everglades ecosystem; instead most project construction so far has occurred along its periphery the report noted that to reverse ongoing ecosystem declines it will be necessary to expedite restoration projects that target the central Everglades and to improve both the quality and quantity of the water in the ecosystem to better understand the potential implications of the current slow pace of progress the report assessed the current status of ten Everglades ecosystem attributes including phosphorus loads peat depth and populations of snail kites birds of prey that are endangered in South Florida Most attributes received grades ranging from C (degraded) to D (significantly degraded) but the snail kite received a grade of F (near irreversible damage) the report also assessed the future trajectory of each ecosystem attribute under three restoration scenarios: improved water quality improved hydrology and improvements to both water quality and hydrology which helped highlight the urgency of restoration actions to benefit a wide range of ecosystem attributes and demonstrate the cost of inaction Overall the report concluded that substantial near-term progress to address both water quality and hydrology in the central Everglades is needed to reverse ongoing degradation before it is too late! 2010 Census 2,496,435 Agriculture is the second largest industry in the state Citrus fruit especially oranges are a major part of the economy and Florida produces the majority of citrus fruit grown in the United States in 2006 67% of all citrus 74% of oranges 58% of tangerines and 54% of grapefruit were grown in Florida About 95% of commercial orange production in the state is destined for processing (mostly as orange juice the official state beverage). . 1.3 1890s: Fast growth and formation Presidents The surface bedrock under the Miami area is called Miami oolite or Miami limestone This bedrock is covered by a thin layer of soil and is no more than 50 feet (15 m) thick Miami limestone formed as the result of the drastic changes in sea level associated with recent glacial periods or ice ages Beginning some 130,000 years ago the Sangamonian Stage raised sea levels to approximately 25 feet (8 m) above the current level All of southern Florida was covered by a shallow sea Several parallel lines of reef formed along the edge of the submerged Florida plateau stretching from the present Miami area to what is now the Dry Tortugas the area behind this reef line was in effect a large lagoon and the Miami limestone formed throughout the area from the deposition of oolites and the shells of bryozoans Starting about 100,000 years ago the Wisconsin glaciation began lowering sea levels exposing the floor of the lagoon by 15,000 years ago the sea level had dropped 300 to 350 feet (90 to 110 m) below the current level the sea level rose quickly after that stabilizing at the current level about 4,000 years ago leaving the mainland of South Florida just above sea level.
Dade County Courthouse built in 1928 is the tallest building built in the 1920s Historical population In 2010 6.9% of the population (1,269,765) considered themselves to be of only American ancestry (regardless of race or ethnicity) Many of these were of English or Scotch-Irish descent; however their families have lived in the state for so long that they choose to identify as having "American" ancestry or do not know their ancestry in the 1980 United States census the largest ancestry group reported in Florida was English with 2,232,514 Floridians claiming that they were of English or mostly English American ancestry Some of their ancestry went back to the original thirteen colonies. 1950s to 1970s Major professional and D-I college teams (attendance > 10,000), As of 2010 those of Asian ancestry accounted for 2.4% of Florida's population.
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