Louisiana’s top coastal official wants to ‘rock the coast’ from Mississippi to Texas
Published: Nov. 13, 2024 at 11:14 AM CST|Updated: Jun. 3, 2025 at 10:17 AM CDT
(InvestigateTV) — The National Oceanic and Atmospheric istration says it’s not a matter of if sea levels will rise but how much.
The agency estimates over the next 30 years, the sea level will rise by about one foot.
One state particularly invested in protecting its coast is Louisiana.
Since the 1930s, the state has lost nearly 2,000 square miles of coastline.
For comparison, that’s about the size of Delaware.
Louisiana’s top coastal official says he’s found a solution to the state’s vanishing coastline.
Reporter John Snell shows us how rocks could come to the rescue.
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