Monday, April 8, 2013

Disappearing Land

Satellite views of Louisiana's wetlands before and after Hurricane Katrina

Remember Chapter 10 and depositional shorelines? And subsidence? Well, Louisiana has both.  Combine them with sea level rise and you have a perfect recipe for current and future problems.  The link below will take you to a NOAA article on coastal Louisiana's literal disappearance beneath the waters of the Gulf of Mexico.

The image above is from U. Texas, and is showing the same hard reality.

NOAA Article - Land Loss in Louisiana