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NASA looks at Louisiana delta system, eyes global forecasts
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While oceans rise because of climate change, the world’s river deltas — home to seafood nurseries and more than 300 million people -- are sinking and shrinking.
To figure out where to shore up dying deltas, NASA is studying water flowing in and out of Louisiana’s Atchafalaya and Terrebonne basins, sediment carried by it, and plants that can slow the flow, trap sediment and pull carbon from the air.
Louisiana holds 40% of the nation’s wetlands, but they’re disappearing fast -- about 2,000 square miles (5,180 square kilometers) of the state have been lost since the 1930s. That’s about 80% of the nation’s wetland losses, according to the U.S. Geological Survey.
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http://apnews.com/article/louisiana-climate-change-science-technology-environment-and-nature-fd198096ea945b4c256564b841c1a336?utm_source=Sailthru&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=June29_MorningWire&utm_term=Morning%20Wire%20Subscribers
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