Louisiana’s disappearing coast could shape Baton Rouge’s future

BATON ROUGE, La. (WAFB) – South Louisiana’s coast has long served as a natural buffer between communities and rising water.

But since the 1930s, Louisiana has lost nearly 2,000 square miles of coastal land.

Dr. Torbjorn Tornqvist, a professor at Tulane University, said Louisiana is one of the most vulnerable coastal areas in the world because of climate change, sea level rise and subsidence…

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