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Louisiana coast will be underwater by 2100

30 June 2009 • 2 min read

New research warns rising sea levels and changing sediment patterns have made inundation of much of the Mississippi Delta inevitable

Researchers have concluded that large parts of the Louisiana coastline will be underwater by the end of the century, due to a combination of rising sea levels and shifting sediment levels in the Mississippi...

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