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Louisiana wetland erosion - losing a football field every hour!

"As coastal lands in Louisiana erode, researchers, environmentalists and engineers are all searching for ways to preserve the marsh coastline...'Coastal Louisiana is losing a lot of its wetlands — about a football field every hour,' said Jaap Nienhuis, assistant professor of Earth, Ocean and Atmospheric Science. 'It’s really, really fast.' " - Excerpt from Florida State University.

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