A football field’s worth of Louisiana wetlands vanishes every 100 minutes, according to the U.S. Geological Survey.http://nyti.ms/2GFYgph
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In addition to the effects of climate change, human engineering has contributed broadly to the losses of wetlands in Louisiana http://nyti.ms/2GFYgph pic.twitter.com/LQV251Jx60
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Louisiana’s “working coast” is dotted with communities that may not outlast the people who currently live there: Cocodrie, Delacroix, Dulac, Grand Isle, Isle de Jean Charles, Kraemer, Leeville, Paradis, Pointe-aux-Chenes, Venice and Jean Lafitte http://nyti.ms/2GFYgph pic.twitter.com/KO65xl56w2
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The question for Lafitte, as for many coastal areas across the globe, is less whether it will succumb than when — and to what degree scarce public resources should be invested in artificially extending its life http://nyti.ms/2GFYgph pic.twitter.com/kWxQ9hQh4m
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It might seem counterintuitive to keep building on land that is submerging. The mayor had a plan: Secure so much public investment for Lafitte that it would become too valuable to abandon. In 10 years, he had built an auditorium, a library, a museum, a baseball park and more.pic.twitter.com/bemZXVQthC
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This special report about the ecological crisis facing Louisiana’s vanishing coast, and the people who live there, is the product of a partnership between The New York Times and
@NOLAnews. Read on: http://nyti.ms/2GFYgph pic.twitter.com/ewMT1WqLtmShow this thread
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Mother Nature can be a bitch.








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Louisiana wetlands struggling with sea-level rise four times the global averagehttps://m.phys.org/news/2017-03-louisiana-wetlands-struggling-sea-level-global.html …
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And this Pres. Wants to burn more COAL. ?????? COAL IS DEAD COAL IS DEAD COAL IS DEAD OR WE ARE DEAD!!!
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Unfortunately, evil trump and his cabinet, who deny climate change, ARE AGGRAVATING THE PROBLEM!
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This is terrifying.
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Stop building houses below sea level.
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No or does that in Louisiana
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I was just there for the first time. Fascinating.
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It's almost as if it's at or below sea level and near by areas are artificially moving sea water.
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