Troubled islands: Hurricanes, oil spill and sea level rise

The islands flanking the outlet of the Mississippi River are not only facing losses due to sea level rise and local subsidence, according to one study, but new unknown impacts from oil recovery operations, say researchers working on another project. Some islands could disappear entirely in coming decades, exposing huge swaths of marshland to the waves of the open sea.

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