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The Mid-Barataria Sediment Diversion was developed to reconnect the Mississippi River to its wetlands and address the root ...
Projections in the interactive below are based on data from Louisiana's Coastal Restoration and Protection Authority. Use the interactive below to view maps of past and projected land loss and ...
On a Geological Survey map of Louisiana, the coastline is a sea of red dots, each representative of oil and gas infrastructure. And that exact area, LaFleur said, is experiencing land loss like ...
The changing landscape of the state is so fast that maps have to be constantly ... in black and white, was Louisiana’s land-loss dilemma. Had the river been left to its own devices, a super ...
Louisiana's coastline has ... as large as the state of Delaware. "If that loss were to occur at a constant rate, it would be equal to losing more land than the island of Manhattan every year ...
Louisiana experiences coastal land loss, which is triggered by humans and natural forces. Levees and flood control structures on the Mississippi River have provided flood control and economic ...
Super Bowl LIX takes place in New Orleans, Louisiana, a state losing one football field’s worth of wetlands into open water every 100 minutes. This is among the fastest rates of land loss in the ...
There’s no mention of financial reparations for Indigenous and historically Black communities in southern Louisiana who suffer the most loss and damages due to land loss and climate change and ...