Thursday, April 19, 2018

Saving New Orleans from Sea Level Rise

The latest plan appears to be diverting nutrients and sand coming down the Mississippi River off into wetlands being invaded by salty water and sea level rise. To do this as effectively as possible, they have created a basketball court sized model of the lower Mississippi River to better study the anticipated results of their options.  So check out Mississippi Delta.

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GREENLAND - Will probably be the focus of near term sea level rise

Greenland is almost all covered by a very thick glacial ice cap. If all of Greenland's ice either melted or slid into the oceans, sea le...