Species declared extinct in the US after hurricanes ravaged the South

predicts every island of the Keys and their species will be swallowed by the ocean this century as raises sea levels worldwide.

And now scientists and academics in the Sunshine State have confirmed the first local species to be driven to extinction by increasing

The Key Largo tree cactus () was devoured by local animals desperate for food and fresh water amid the increasingly barren, salt-saturated soil.

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