Yes, they're saying that southern Louisiana is a worst case scenario in any sea level rise situation
Coastal Louisiana has been referred to as a ‘canary in the coal mine’ with respect to climate impacts. As highlighted in the Sixth Assessment Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), the central US Gulf Coast is the single most exposed LECZ in the world in terms of projected relative sea-level (RSL) rise throughout this century 2 (Fig. 1). Research in the Mississippi Delta (southeast Louisiana) has shown that the threshold rate of RSL rise for coastal wetland drown- ing in this area is about 3mmyr −1 (ref. 3), a rate that was surpassed (in terms of global mean sea-level rise) about 20years ago 4 . Therefore, widespread conversion of this LECZ into open water is probably una- voidable, and the most recent assessment 5 suggests that a loss of 75% of the remaining ~15,000km 2 of coastal wetlands by 2070 is a plausi- ble outcome under Shared Socioeconomic Pathway 2-4.5 (SSP2-4.5), the current approximate climate trajectory. This unprecedented and increasingly RSL-driven wetland loss is placing >1million inhabitants in harm’s way 3 . Paper
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 time to start the process of moving New Orleans, study says - assassin May 4, 2026, 17:55:53
- Need some closure from illini21* - Carl Spackler May 13, 2026, 20:48:06
- "Southern Louisiana is facing 3-7 metres of sea-level rise"- WAT? - VIV May 6, 2026, 11:15:15
- Louisiana, Florida and Arizona are toast from climate change* - LeatherneckIllini May 6, 2026, 11:00:31
- Move the Saints. Saint Louis Saints* - CWR10 May 6, 2026, 9:56:10
- oOo - KingTalkyTiki May 6, 2026, 11:51:14
- *Starts eyeing next NFL team to bandwagon just in case* Can't be too prepared.* - KingTalkyTiki May 5, 2026, 15:21:37
- Screw them - timmer May 5, 2026, 15:18:46
- I'm heading there on Thursday for the first time!* - illini21 May 5, 2026, 12:42:41
- Sent you my recs, have a blast! Been too long, bringing the kids for their first time this fall* - Carl Spackler May 5, 2026, 21:21:40
- Jealous. It's an amazing city that feels of a different place and time. Enjoy.* - Warrin'_Illini May 5, 2026, 13:15:51
- I always enjoy my trips there. it's unique.* - cpsteine May 6, 2026, 12:01:49
- I'd love to airbnb a place in the Garden District/Tulane area for a month or so. - Tortillini May 5, 2026, 16:35:11
- i've been there 3 times. i don't think it's for me* - VIV May 5, 2026, 14:03:42
- My sister lived there for work and couldn’t wait to get out* - Potomac May 5, 2026, 15:27:49
- I haven't been there, never will, and don't think it's for me* - Stu May 5, 2026, 14:34:28
- I wouldn’t live there because the “southern” is very apparent - snipes824 May 5, 2026, 14:12:41
- I would have thought - Sounder May 5, 2026, 14:08:41
- This. Most people love it or hate it, it's very polarizing. - KingTalkyTiki May 5, 2026, 13:51:10
- New Orleans and Montreal are the two places in North America - Sounder May 5, 2026, 13:28:47
- New Orleans and Montreal are the two places in North America - Sounder May 5, 2026, 13:28:31
- Thanks, really looking forward to it. - illini21 May 5, 2026, 13:17:39
- Get to Magazine Street and the Garden District - Sounder May 5, 2026, 13:08:17
- what's the occasion?* - assassin May 5, 2026, 12:46:37
- learn to swim - Sammich May 5, 2026, 12:24:45
- They should have emptied the low level areas after Katrina - TarheelIllini May 5, 2026, 12:09:55
- Have you dopes learned nothing? 1. Build a wall. 2. Make Mexico pay for it.* - complainant May 4, 2026, 22:14:05
- *laughs in Dutch* - KingTalkyTiki May 4, 2026, 18:41:45
- The logical next evolution in gerrymandering. * - doubledown May 4, 2026, 18:38:40
- Hi* - bbonb May 4, 2026, 18:02:44
- I vote moving it to Branson. Both cities have deep musical ties - bbonb May 4, 2026, 18:02:38
- ooo - shua May 4, 2026, 18:00:56
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