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Coastal Land Loss
Sea Level Rise and Subsidence in Louisiana
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How has coastal land loss affected you?Slide3
Two-Part Problem in Louisiana
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Subsidence
Sea Level Rise
https://
medium.com
/matter/louisiana-loses-its-boot-b55b3bd52d1e#.oa3x4jrpnSlide4
Subsidence
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http://
www.lacoast.gov
/new/Data/Maps/Oil_Map%202.pngSlide5
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http://
www.geosociety.org
/graphics/media/06-26delta_h.JPG
Old River Control Structure
River management prevents the Mississippi from depositing new sediment on floodplainsSlide6
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https://
www.climate.gov
/news-features/understanding-climate/climate-change-global-sea-level
Sea Level Rise
http://
www.watts.com
/pages/
learnabout
/
thermalExpansion.asp
http://
climatechange.ws
/icecaps/Slide7
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http://ccimgs.s3.amazonaws.com/2015Katrina/2015KatrinaSLR_LA.jpg
~1/3” per year average
1945-2015 = 70 years
~2 feet of sea level riseSlide8
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www.newsletter.climateproofareas.com
/reports/end%20products/CPA-WP2-brochure%20oosterschelde_ENG_web.pdf
www.climateproofareas.com
/project/
schouwen-duiveland
Adaptation
The NetherlandsSlide9
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Venice
http://
phys.org
/news/2013-10-venice-billion-euro-barriers.htmlSlide10
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Dokka
2006Slide11
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http://
gallery.usgs.gov
/images/05_25_2011/glc4FRq11Y_05_25_2011/medium/Flood_Pictures_204.jpg
http://
archive.onearth.org
/print/8670Slide12
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http://
indiancountrytodaymedianetwork.com
/2015/01/30/louisiana-tribes-battle-rising-gulf-waters-158965
http://
archive.onearth.org
/gallery/photos-sinking-
louisiana
-communitiesSlide13
Migration?
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Isle de Jean Charles
2/3 of tribe has left
$48 million to relocate Slide14
Other Examples
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Yup’ik
tribe – Alaska
Dozens of coastal villages threatened by climate change
Village for migration created upriver
http://
www.cnn.com
/2009/TECH/science/04/24/
climate.change.eskimos
/
index.html?eref=rssus#cnnSTCTextSlide15
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http://
www.abc.net.au
/news/2014-09-05/pacific-islanders-reject-calls-for-27climate-refugee27-status/5723078
Pacific Islands
Complex issue: many migrating for
v
ariety of reasons
Those that stay adapting communities
http://
www.abc.net.au
/news/2013-03-04/
tokelau_warriors_protest_against_climate_change/4551282