Seas are Rising Too Fast to Save Much of the Mississippi River Delta, Scientists Say – The Washington Post
NASA Earth Observatory image by Michael Taylor and Adam Voiland, using Landsat data from the U.S. Geological Survey.
Article Synopsis – The state of Louisiana is “proceeding with ambitious plans to redirect the Mississippi River and rebuild some of its rapidly vanishing wetlands — but even this massive intervention may not be enough to save the most threatened lands from fast rising seas”, scientists concluded in a new study. The current rate of wetland loss in the Mississippi Delta is roughly 45 square kilometers a year, or more than one acre an hour. To read the actual article click here.