Factoid/2003/04/22
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Coastal Louisiana and Mississippi Are Sinking
- "We found that subsidence or loss of elevation ranges from one-third to 1.5 inches per year across south Louisiana as well as coastal Mississippi," said Roy Dokka, executive director of the Louisiana State University Center for Geoinformatics. "A sinking coastline puts coastal communities increasingly at risk to future storm events." - see article at http://ens-news.com/ens/apr2003/2003-04-21-09.asp#anchor3
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