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Jul. 18th, 2007 04:23 pmI've read the numbers millions of times since starting the project on Louisiana ecology I'm working on. But the images are what never fail to astound me.
Since 1932, a portion of Louisiana wetlands equal to the entire state of Delaware has sunken in to the sea. The current rate of land loss is at a football field every half hour. The GPS maps fishing trawlers use on their boats are out of date practically as soon as they're released, large swaths of bayou having succumbed to erosion between the survey and the production of the map.
Since 1932, a portion of Louisiana wetlands equal to the entire state of Delaware has sunken in to the sea. The current rate of land loss is at a football field every half hour. The GPS maps fishing trawlers use on their boats are out of date practically as soon as they're released, large swaths of bayou having succumbed to erosion between the survey and the production of the map.
