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Tag Archives: barrier islands
#Katrina10. #Louisiana is still disappearing
I wrote this blog post in November of 2014. I am reblogging it today, on the 10th anniversary of Hurricane Katrina. Land loss map of South Louisiana. Image source here. Click on image to enlarge. Is it the weather? No … Continue reading →
Posted in climate change, General geoscience, Natural hazards
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Tagged barrier islands, climate, Climate Change, coastal zone management, earth science, environment, geology, geoscience, Hurricane Katrina, Louisiana, marsh, Mississippi Delta, natural disaster, natural hazard, Politics, Science, Sea Level, sea level rise, sedimentology, wetland
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Barrier Island Erosion / Sea Level Rise / Transgressive Anthropogenic Sequences /
Thanks to Twitter, I was made aware of a recent US report, entitled “Coastal impact, Adaptation and Vulnerabilities”. A summary of the report is here: http://www.usgs.gov/newsroom/article.asp?ID=3496#.USVxRFc-6OJ. What caught my attention on that page was the ‘before and after Hurricane Sandy’ … Continue reading →
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