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As Seas Rise, Louisiana Faces a Choice: Plan for Movement or Let Crisis Decide

Coastal Louisiana may be ground zero for climate migration in the U.S., but a new study argues that planning now could turn displacement into agency.

By Avery Schuyler Nunn

A woman sweeps floodwater out of her home on Sept. 11, 2024, in Houma, La. Credit: Brandon Bell/Getty Images
The shore of Mill Point Park is located blocks from City Hall in Hampton, Va. The city is building a sandy marsh over the rocks that currently line the shore, and experimenting with new types of protective sills to gently buffer incoming waves. Credit: Phred Dvorak/Inside Climate News

Can a Flood-Prone Coastal City Learn to Live With Water?

By Phred Dvorak

People navigate small boats through the Lekkersluis canal in Amsterdam. Credit: Nick Gammon/AFP via Getty Images

After Hurricane Katrina, a New Orleans Architect Turned to the Dutch to Learn to Live With Water

By Phred Dvorak

Workers with the Billion Oyster Project prepare to place oysters in the waters near Brooklyn’s Bush Terminal Park in New York City. Credit: Don Emmert/AFP via Getty Images

A New Jersey Shore Town Has Turned to Oysters to Fight Sea Level Rise and Erosion

By Emilie Lounsberry

Ocean waves encroach upon a beachfront property where a portion of Highway 12 was closed due to severely eroded coastline on the Outer Banks in Rodanthe, North Carolina on Jan. 7, 2023. Credit: Jahi Chikwendiu/The Washington Post via Getty Images

Sinking Coastal Lands Will Exacerbate the Flooding from Sea Level Rise in 24 US Cities, New Research Shows

By Moriah McDonald

A view of a building flooded due to a week long rainfall in San Francisco, California, on Jan. 11, 2017. Credit: Tayfun Coskun/Anadolu Agency/Getty Images

Reimagining Coastal Cities as Sponges to Help Protect Them From the Ravages of Climate Change

By Elena Shao

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