VERMILION PARISH, La. (KPEL News) – Louisiana’s disappearing coastline has been a topic of conversation for decades, and it seems like we’re always getting new warnings and dire predictions about our homes in south Louisiana suddenly becoming beachfront property.
However, there is one website out there that is attempting to show us what Louisiana might look like in 25 years if things don’t change.
Louisiana Parishes Underwater?
The map was created by climate researchers at Climate Center, which is an organization of scientists and journalists studying the impacts of climate change on the world. Their goal is to show what the future holds for coastal communities as sea level rise.
Looking at the map Climate Center has provided, it looks like a lot of southern parishes could be at risk…