The impact of sea-level rise on Lousiana. By the way, Beasts of the Southern Wild is a very good movie on the impact of Hurricane Katrina outside (and in part because of) the New Orleans flood defenses.
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It is worth noting that another major consideration is that the Mississippi no longer delivers its massive sediment load to the Gulf Coast as the result of upstream dams. So sea level rise is exacerbated by a deficit of the coastal building offered in this unique environment; a geopolitical story unto its own…