Monday
Jun162014
Timelapse: The Shrinking Mississippi Delta
Monday, June 16, 2014 at 12:00AM 
The wetlands that surround the delta act as a natural barrier, a shock-absorber if you will, to the storm surge or hurricanes and other tropical cyclones. But between levees starving these marshes of sediment, and the impact of thousands of miles of canals servicing oil and gas wells across the coast, the Delta is shrinking.
LINK (via: SkyTruth)