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Louisiana is sinking, oil refineries threatened

September 11, 2014 by Rob Hislop Leave a Comment

Southeastern Louisiana is sinking – fast. In only 80 years 5,200 square kilometres of coast have become open ocean. The U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration scientists say by 2100 “the Gulf of Mexico could rise as much as 4.3 feet across this landscape,” meaning that all of the infrastructure located outside of the protective […]

Filed Under: Environment, News Tagged With: Gulf of Mexico, Louisiana, New Orleans, offshore drilling pipelines, oil refineries, rising waters, U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

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