As Gulf swallows Louisiana island, displaced tribe fears the future

Isle de Jean Charles, Louisiana. Photo source: ©© Maitri
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It’s all but assumed Isle de Jean Charles will one day disappear beneath the waves…
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Resettling the First American Climate Refugees – Louisiana; The New …
As SC island homes fall into ocean, owners behind them wonder if they’re next

Photo courtesy of: “the Western Carolina University Program for the Study of Developed Shorelines
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This small slip of land on the eastern tip of Beaufort County is the legacy of an opportunistic time when a wave of businessmen descended …
Natural disasters could cost 20 percent more by 2040 due to climate change

Sandbagged, trashed beach at South Nags Head, N.C. in February 1987, with some evidence of bags that have been torn or ruptured and have leaked sand. The scarp under the houses indicates that storm waves are topping the bags, and …