The Fight to Restore Louisiana's Coastline

[@DevSarman]

Louisiana should create a partnership with Netherlands to deal with coastline erosion, and reclaim some land

[@smittoria]

It's already happening, New Orleans engineers partnered up with the Dutch government back in 2017

[@cfinley9936]

💯 so true..

[@swayback7375]

@@smittoria it’s about time!

[@favourbridgette1939]

@@smittoria BRAVO 👏 GOOD NEWS…

[@charlesmartel777xx]

Louisiana is so far behind everyone because of the beauticians and corruption here

[@MattAshe]

Louisiana has some very strange politics: -We have Republican senators / representatives. -We vote Republican in presidential elections. -We have a Democratic governor. -Our Republicans actually believe in climate change. -The state Senate and House don't actually vote along party lines.

[@tonywilson4713]

That's interesting. I'm Australian but went to college in America (Illinois) and did visit No-lo and its an amazing place. I was going to point out how this and other videos keep showing people who I'd assume vote Republican talking about Climate change. Do you know why? Is it because they can't ignore what's right there before them and so obvious they have to accept it?

[@MattAshe]

@@tonywilson4713 It's mostly because climate change is just such a pressing issue (at least ik Southern Louisiana). Whenever people see their houses flooding multiple times a year, they demand something change. If they want to stay in office, the Republicans have to do something effective.

[@MattAshe]

@Monty Kronik A lot of Republicans here on the state and local level are actually ready to do something about it (even if they won't on the national).

[@tonywilson4713]

@@MattAshe You could be describing parts of Australia. We've had floods and droughts in the past but nothing like we've been experiencing. We just had a Federal election and BOTH major parties got slapped. Our Left (Labor Part) did win but like Biden's win where they didn't win everywhere and its that much of a convincing win. The single biggest change is the emergence of independents on the right. Their colour is "teal" (light blue) versus our traditional right colour of blue or dark blue. They are very mild right, mostly highly educated women, with a "we must deal with climate change" platform. They actually right wing progressives if you consider that progressives are people who want to see progress irrespective of left or right. Despite being to the left of our main right party they have a line almost straight out of the GOP "we are socially responsible but also fiscally responsible." Australian basically said we've had enough and the clowns who don't accept climate change as real can just FK-OFF.

[@Mr_badjoke]

NOW YOU ABANDON GOP PARTY OR SHOW & SETTLE INTO THE TRUE COLORS OF FASCIST DENIAL.

[@bandittv8721]

South Louisiana is my home and this breaks my heart.

[@HardyPalmTreesUtah]

This is so awesome. I'm so excited to see the creation of new wetlands and land off the Louisiana coast in coming years

[@garfield2025]

South East Louisiana native and environmental engineer here. Louisiana will be under water before predicted with how much we keep developing out state, instead of trying to fix it.

[@Austin8thGenTexan]

The high price of cheap oil over the past century: knowing the price of everything - and the value of nothing. Nature always takes it on the chin where the almighty dollar is concerned... 💰 🥀 💰

[@luchi.el.zorrito]

New Orleans: We built part of our city below sea level... *Nature exists* New Orleans: * shocked pikachu face *

[@aceboog4546]

A large portion of the Netherlands was built below sea level as well but they possess the technology that New Orleans doesn't to prevent flooding.

[@devilslighter2987]

@Yummy Spaghetti Noodles dude what are you talking about go back to history class. the Railroad was already a thing when Louisiana became a state and it was 5 years after they became a union(the thing before a state in Louisiana) and railroads have been for 80 plus years at that point. And yes people knew about the environmental harms did you not hear about the story about the speckled butterfly/Moth that changed coats because of the ash in the air and on the Birch trees

[@Preservestlandry]

It's a port where everyone in the country gets food from. The city built up around the port. I mean, a port has to be on the water, there's no surprise.

[@matthewsaunders4820]

A powerful example of releasing a river back to the ocean is on KZbin. Look up "Washington State Dam Removal". The largest dam removal project released sediment built up over 70 years and rebuilt the watershed. Salmon and other fish stage their climb up the river and we see orca whales now fishing in that watershed. We need to restore natural flows of rivers like this to protect and rebuild our shores for the wildlife ecosystems to thrive and to protect against flooding.

[@nate-bc9zw]

What an ingenious way of paying for this project, through penalties from the deep water horizon oil spill 👏👏👏

[@mrgroovy5113]

Climate change is ruining Louisiana's Coastline meanwhile they continue to vote red 😂.

[@cynthiabryant6475]

And if they aren't voting red the republicans cheat...but for the most part for some reason people vote against their best interest...instead of educating themselves in topics they take politicians at their word, if you can look on social media throughout an entire day take some time to investigate and understand what is being put out there because the politicians only have their rich friends and donors in mind not we the people.

[@wildwoofer3147]

Yay gerrymandering!

[@SuperNatblessed]

Yes!!

[@270Winchester]

Yeah Louisiana votes red because a lot of people here rely on the oilfield and the Democrats want to stop drilling.

[@270Winchester]

@Xandit Davis a lot of people already work in engineering and construction. I can kinda see what you are saying but you are waking a tight rope relying on the government to pay your bills.

[@Reitz86]

Make polluters pay, it’s profits over lives

[@joaocoelho9294]

if i understood correctly , the money that's going to fund the project comes from an oil company wich had to pay for enviromental damage after an oil spill , so yes polluters are paying the project

[@Reitz86]

@@joaocoelho9294 they’ve spent more lobbying

[@joaocoelho9294]

@@Reitz86 still its money that have come out of the polluters pcoket even if they spent more on lobbying , its a small win but a win nevertheless

[@christianwolf68]

the river literally build the state . from the very first time the river was levee off . the source of land building was effectively halted, and living in a bowl as we do any amount of water causes flooding

[@paulhuval]

Ok first tear down the levees and let the river do what it does best create land and the sea level is not rising that fast the land is sinking down there through erosion

[@adridelarosaj]

Thank you so much for this well-researched, informative piece.

[@Ungovernable_Schizo]

I was on a field trip inside that big map room where the bald guy was at, it was pretty impressive.

[@phootoz]

is it just me or does Brad Barth sound like Biden?

[@lakesideparkplace]

We shouldn’t have created dams or levees to begin with.

[@nerd-jitsu]

Well this is what happens when you don’t treat climate change as a crisis 😒

[@charlesmartel777xx]

So you're going to stop the climate from changing? Even though its a natural process that has occurred since the beginning of the planet?

[@flailingweasel8541]

@@charlesmartel777xx what's happening now is not natural. The climate naturally shifts, but we are pushing this process to the very extreme with pollution.

[@Luke-py8wi]

Praying for everyone and everything. We need to fix this and praying we all work together to overcome it. Amen❤️🙏❤️🙏

[@jamiemurray4129]

50 years ago my dad bought me a geography book. One drawing I remember showed the delta disappearing because of flood control efforts. Looks oddly like what is now attributed to climate change.

[@eh3477]

Climate change has exacerbated the environmental effects that were started under the large engineered flood control projects years ago.

[@edgarpryor3233]

@@eh3477 in what way?

[@aleenaprasannan2146]

That explains dams causing Deltas to submerge, but that would not explain why islands are getting eroded and submerged. Coastline erosion and marine transgression is happening along most regions in the tropics, regardless of the existence of delts or not.

[@edgarpryor3233]

@@aleenaprasannan2146 you are correct, TVA projects have little to no effect on erosion in Hawaii.

[@naksookow]

The river no longer drops silt in a natural way. This has nothing to do with rising temperatures.

[@ewalker1057]

A geologist on PBS spoke on this right after Katrina. Hurricanes naturally return land that has washed out to the sea. That dumped muddy land becomes a natural levee that slows down future hurricanes. That helps future hurricanes dump more muddy returned land.

[@edwinnakamura1726]

If trump were still king.....Louisiana will be under water in no time!!

[@charlesmartel777xx]

Yea, because Obama and Biden have done so much. I'd rather be under water than struggling to find work because Biden is killing the oil industry which we rely on here.

[@AnthonyKM]

The stupid comments thinking this has something to do with climate change are just depressing

[@Relax-ge2uf]

Why dont y'all ask the native Americans how to care for the land properly

[@FullFrontalExposure]

Maybe its time to let the river start flooding again?

[@plant.hacks.4.ur.environment]

Louisiana should start doing some mangrove forestation projects.

[@Zerpentsa6598]

BP, the company which keeps giving.

[@gamingtonight1526]

People don't like to change - even if they see change. It has to happen to THEM, then they complain bitterly, but still don't change!

[@terryfonz4603]

I need to know how they took that picture in 1930?? Oh it’s an estimate? Ok well we don’t know

[@endgame213]

The legislature in Louisiana is GOP. Any plans to improve anything are DOA there.

[@tomschmidt9923]

Uh, NOLA has survived for over 400 years & is 9’ below sea level in some places. How Dare You!

[@hamfistsman6267]

I often wonder how everything recovered after that huge BP oil spill. Nobody talks about it anymore.

[@eh3477]

This should be discussed more, because some ecologists say that data shows only very limited recovery.

[@kangmi26]

Still not answer how

[@laurahall7141]

That's why Louisiana needs Infrastructure Bill to Pass. Let your Republican Senators know!!!

[@charlesmartel777xx]

We have mostly dems here though, our governor is a dem.

[@abufarsakh9919]

@@charlesmartel777xx our state legislature is republican … and most of our house and all senate members in the federal gov r republican … idk what ur talking bout - from baton rouge

[@b_xyo_6554]

Oil already has started to become obsolete.

[@carycubitt2093]

I guess if there is any positives in all this is that this erosion is causing barrier islands to grow in land mass. Dauphin Island, AL for example. Much more land mass on Northeast corner than 30 years ago. Also on the South side which is where the public beach access is. 30 years ago it was a 75 yard walk to the water’s edge, now over 500 yards.

[@toadaytomorrow8029]

Does this mean you have to much water ? Send some to Arizona California Utah… we are in a drought

[@abufarsakh9919]

Yes we flood often in Louisiana … we always joke about building a water pipeline to cali bc that would relieve our flooding … it’s been raining everyday for the past 2 weeks

[@Preservestlandry]

If you can figure out how to get it to Arizona, then yes please come and get it. I just bought an SUV for the first time to drive through water to get to work. I'm 40 years old and never needed that much ground clearance before. There's just so much water when it rains.

[@eazypeazy33]

The river will not be contained forever..

[@TubeNutriDoc]

Good way to spend the Horizon Oil Spill money to reconfigure and restore ecosystems.

[@brendatenorio5721]

Trouble for Louisiana. Talk to Republican lawmakers about climate change, series, flooding and the environment. Levee poor design. Tragic.

[@karenreichenbaugh856]

That is so 😥

[@lonniedaniels125]

What are you going to do with all the displaced land you'll create with this "project"?

[@victoriaallen8271]

You can see the death of the water in the comparison maps. We should be ashamed.

[@davidcanatella4279]

This is nature's process of cleaning human activity of the land so she can rebuild

[@mbaktari8194]

......TELLING THIS FACTS TO " STABLE GENIUS MAGA PEOPLE "...... GOOOOOOD LUCK

[@reauxnbears]

Problem here is that crooked politicians take money from the oil companies.

[@grimftl]

Just an aside... In "Don Quixote" by Cervantes, Sancho Panza is promised the island of Barataria for his assistance. However Don Quixote just made it up - there was no island. For a while it looked like that might become the case in Louisiana, but this seems a little more hopeful.

[@vennstudios9885]

The Dutch would like to help

[@stupidd6513]

Most would accept it. But note that this project was funded only because of a massive fine to BP. If not for that (or federal funding), states in the southern US aren't willing or able to pay for this type of thing.

[@andyye1515]

Trumps fault!

[@freedomstar3930]

We need to act fast. Coastal Louisiana is at risk of being destroyed, people could lose their homes and it’s only getting worse. But what is the governments solution? It’s more production and more pollution! The solution is to convert all cars to electric and to plant more trees in areas where they need to be planted.

[@swayback7375]

0:30 So there used to be dunes there? I don’t understand how the vegetation has grown closer bud to climate change. Can anyone explain that ?

[@eh3477]

Due to nearly 100 years of engineered flood control projects on the huge Mississippi, the net result is that this prevented the normal process of sediment dumping on the river's journey to the gulf. So the areas along the river and delta have been deprived of tons of sediment that would be dumped there naturally by normal river processes, forming dunes and coastal lands: a land buffer between developed property, and the river and sea. The vegetation isn't really the issue but the constant dumping of sediment and dune formation would have slowed tree growth in those areas. But more vegetation is growing now where natural dune formation processes are limited. Climate change just exacerbated the unnatural erosion processes that were started following large flood control projects in the area.

[@swayback7375]

@@eh3477 yea, that was the morale of this story all round, I’m sure it’s a contributing factor, but I’d like an in depth understanding of this, I’ll probably not find a better answer than yours. That area is so unique and we have messed with it so much… It’s an odd problem for folks to have.

[@Sheboobellach]

Really interesting and inspiring stuff

[@glike2]

I hope they can figure out how to use this another techniques to keep up with sea level rise which is going to accelerate in the coming years as the Antarctic and Greenland ice melt accelerates. Geoengineering and probably prevent a lot of that acceleration but there is so much irrational and uninformed reaction against it, so it will probably not be done and instead have a much more damage than altered environment.

[@thrillgil]

Its like a $200 million project going on right now where their about lay down tons of sand on barrier islands

[@carsontate01]

I see a lot of stuff in the comments making this a republicans vs democrats problem. Truth is that in Louisiana there are republicans who care about this issue and the environment, and there are democrats who do not and would rather spend money elsewhere, and vise versa. Y'all need to stop pointing fingers at parties and instead focus on WHO you are voting for and their intentions instead of their political party. We have a mostly Republican Legislature but a Democrat governor who is quite possibly the worst in the nation, and nobody can agree on anything because people vote their party and not their candidates. There is too much of a spectrum of ideals in each party to simply choose your preferred party regardless and being afraid to pick someone on "the other side" even if their policies would be beneficial.

[@minyoung823]

The almighty creator has designed this planet. Everything has a purpose. EVERYTHING IS WITH PURPOSE. So when man make changes or abuse it, it always backfires in the long run. ALWAYS. And man never wins. Not against nature.

[@peterthiessen1]

Cry for rain/next week for sunshine or climate

[@thisistheaccountname]

I mean, they might as well move further inland. You can fight it to keep further erosion or drastic erosion from happening in a short amount of time, but there's no stopping the rising waters from claiming that land.

[@FishinFool70]

I have been going to theses areas since before the mardi gras pass opened up.The ecosystem is destroyed. Industry destroyed. I cant believe people are tauting this as something great. A very small amount of land that would better be called sandbars is being made vs destroying the natural salt marsh and compromising it for miles away from these diversions. The local economy is destroyed as well. The amount of land built by these over a years time could be done by dredging in a week without destroying the surrounding ecosystem. These people should be ashamed of themselves.

[@gbcnr]

we cant stop it if we started it:)

[@starmole5000]

Let the mighty Mississippi free, and let nature heal :)

[@pacificrules]

1:40.... How was there a satellite image in the 30's?.?. I thought the first satellite attempt were in the 50s. Nonetheless, I do believe there are major changes that are sadly getting worse due to climate changes. But that's our fault and I also believe that its not too late to make necessary changes. It'll be 100yrs before any changes were made, but thats ok, we need to start somewhere and FAST.

[@Preservestlandry]

They had measurements from the 30s which they can use to create a CGI map. They know what land was above water that is now underwater.

[@pacificrules]

@@Preservestlandry Ok, that does make sense. Lots of "what used to be there" and now shows some major changes Great enlightment. Thanks, and B Good.

[@ongogablogian3431]

Leeziana!

[@JohnDoe-wo5xz]

Compared to Palestinian people, they still got plenty of room.

[@lawrenceholst3808]

MOVE that’s all you can do

[@Lilatrills]

I think it’s hilarious how people talk about climate change, like it should be news or something. It’s the climate, its always changed. It’s not news. These shouldn’t be aha moments for anyone. Why are we still talking about it. We cannot stop the climate from changing! It’s the climate!!!!!

[@lordmike9384]

louisianas coastline is declining because of better farming practices such as no till and cover crops allow less sediment runoff to get into the rive which used to settle in the mississippi delta before 1930. nothing to do with climate change.

[@turtlegaminghd5406]

The only good things I see from climate change is more solar and wind energy and most importantly... House boats!!!

[@jesshorne2539]

I Love CHEESE

[@donpost9462]

Maby God will help

[@tysonwoodcock6674]

Not true, the coast of Louisiana has grown and has been for thousands of years. Grand cheniere is newer of half a dozen chenieres which are sediment deposits from the Mississippi and other river basins. Citgo Conoco etc are funding coastal erosion conservation lol. This industry is blatantly corrupt, most people near the coast could have natural gas wells along with other natural resources for power. However there are strict laws on any coastal areas and the same companies funding research also donate more to schools in Louisiana than the state. But cool thumbnail

[@fighterjet001dco7]

Ah yes 1930 the year when we had satellites

[@stupidd6513]

So we have these things called computers. Data and algorithms and modeling. Cool stuff!

[@fighterjet001dco7]

@@stupidd6513 Ah thank you

[@liveoak227]

I'm pretty sure there were cartographers and surveyors back the...

[@stupidd6513]

@@liveoak227 It's OK this guy already realizes his lame 'joke' fell completely flat.

[@fighterjet001dco7]

@@stupidd6513 yes lol

[@shiyadh7355]

It's not only that place that needs saviar ather places are in huge danger like maldives malé a lot of people live ther

[@incredibleweirdo06]

This news pops up every year. Nothing is going to change

[@morbidlyoppressed9038]

Why did osamba buy shoreline property ?

[@norcalreppin1]

Louisiana is like 11ft under sea level. There is no climate crisis. Tides change. Co2 levels are at a very low level, any lower and plants wont be able to bear fruit. Plants can handle up to 1200ppm atmospheric co2 levels.

[@tylerlormand5644]

who told u that trump

[@trevorpetersen9118]

When you ignore what the river eants for your human sentiment it will be covered in sediment.

[@andreaayers4285]

Such is life. We will survive, and from what I see the wildlife flourish just fine.

[@MsSarahJ56]

only because we are reversing some of the damage we have done to let it flourish again

[@Preservestlandry]

We aren't wildlife. I can't just build a new nest. Lol.

[@fw8008]

😂😂😂🤣🤣🤣lmao

[@hfjiswnation4338]

Can’t they just drink the water? Smh

[@anibalhyrulesantihero7021]

What? Drink dirty water? Are you crazy?

[@phootoz]

@@anibalhyrulesantihero7021 LOL a simple competition to see who can remove the most water by drinking it.

[@anibalhyrulesantihero7021]

@@phootoz I'm pretty sure thousands of people will end up at least hospitalized by the time that finishes.

[@markomarinic3073]

I actually think all that extra Water that rises every Year could be used like in California (that's the US-State that burns every Year?) to the burns they have every Year. And if it gets to pour the Flames out no one would care if it's dirty or Clean Water. You just need a way to Transport so much Water. Maybe Elon Musk could help Building something like the Hyper Loop or however it's called, but only for Water. With that you would help at least 2 states. (And yes, i know nothing about the Geophraphics there and how far this States are away from each other.) And if that can't work, maybe start on a spot sooner in the Ocean enough Kilometers before the coast and try redericting the Path for the Water.

[@Preservestlandry]

We do drink our own water, where do you think our water comes from? This isn't the desert, we don't drink recycled toilet water.

[@WMAT77LL]

Build a huge pipeline and run it from the Mississippi to Arizona and pump water from the Mississippi to AZ we could use that over flow lol 🙁

[@270Winchester]

California would use all of it and then say that Arizona is being irresponsible.

[@ricgibbon9771]

With sea level rise why did Obama buy seaside mansion on Martha's vineyard. The weather man gets it wrong all the time how is this any different.

[@MsSarahJ56]

bc they can. you think they cant afford another one somewhere else after they enjoy this one while it lasts?

[@tyevonmccullough435]

I'm sorry to say this. Just move! Its insane to stay.

[@charlesmartel777xx]

If only we had the money too. And most of us have our roots in this state whether Cajun or Creole.

[@carminescurse]

Hilarious. Erosion is a natural event. And Louisiana gets hammered by Hurricanes. That's why there is a significant amount of marsh lands.

[@khubza8999]

Climate change denier?

[@taurus3alexis]

You can’t be this stupid.

[@eh3477]

The mighty Mississippi dumped tons of sediment along its journey, creating and building land every year. With nearly 100 years of large engineered flood control and channelization projects, that natural process was severely limited. Some erosion is normal but it's been dramatically increased for dozens of years in coastal LA due to the loss of naturally occurring river sediments.

[@carminescurse]

@@taurus3alexis please read above statement. Stupid is believing a 40 year old lie.

[@carminescurse]

@@eh3477 Earth used to only have 1 land mass. Pangea.

[@adamstime]

Biden should take a page from Trump and try to sell Louisiana.

[@chadevans4922]

Interesting. Given the severe drought happening in so many areas, I wonder what the logistics would be of places, like Louisiana, that have too many water issues, taking all that extra water and distributing it elsewhere.

[@xadam2dudex]

PS how did they get a satellite image in 1930 ? The water has become filled with sediments compared to 1930 .. Lake Pontchartrain has grown huge compared to the size in 1930

[@Preservestlandry]

Lake Pontchartrain is full of salt water (gulf water) intrusion.

[@xadam2dudex]

The land loss of Louisiana's coast is not just due to sea level rise or erosion due to hurricanes but more due to the pumping of billions of barrels of oil and natural gas out of the Gulf of Mexico sea bed .. The land is subsiding .. The voids created by pumping out the oil and gas are collapsing the upper layers of the sea bed which causes the coastal marshes and wetlands to sink ..