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Science Friday — Why a paper about relocating coastal communities hit a nerve
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Why a paper about relocating coastal communities hit a nerve

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Back in May, a paper published in Nature Sustainability reignited a decades-old debate about coastal Louisiana: Should people leave? Climate researchers wrote that due to rising sea levels, coastal Louisiana has crossed the point of no return and that governments should be making plans now for places like New Orleans…

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Folks in these places are going to have to do something different.

@rhondaragsdale · YouTube comment

So many governments and groups around the world are in denial about this. People shouldn't have to leave, it sucks, but they DO have to. Humanity has never fought the sea and won - the only question is exactly how long it'll be until the se…

@AK-jt9gx · YouTube comment

I read a story about Native Americans in AK wanting to relocate their village, but the authorities wouldn't allow it. It sounded very much like, "This is where we allowed/told you to live, and you're going to live here. You can't move." Nev…

@sandal_thong · YouTube comment

3:58 every city? Was that intentional? Most cities arent on a coastline or in a flood area, and some of those might even have elevation or conditions that make them manageable.

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