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Coping with Climate Change: Louisiana's Vanishing Coast

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Louisiana is faced with combined problem of sinking land and rising water, leaving areas where people once used to walk only accessible by boat. Climate scientists predict that sea-level rise will accelerate in the next century.

Read the story: Native Lands Wash Away as Sea Levels Rise