18 of Earth's biggest river deltas — including the Nile and Amazon — are sinking faster than global sea levels are rising Worldwide, millions of people live in river deltas that are sinking faster than sea levels are rising, research suggests. This exacerbates the risk of catastrophic coastal flooding and land loss.

www.livescience.com/planet-earth... #climatechange #coastalflooding #groundwaterextraction #landloss #river #riverdeltas #rivers #sealevelrise #subsidence

Tax targeting Gullah-Geechee landowners on Sapelo Island could force land loss The effort to reassess the Hogg Hummock property is the latest move that could force Gullah-Geechee descendants from Georgia island.

Tax targeting Gullah-Geechee landowners on Sapelo Island could force land loss
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#georgia #sapelo #gullah #geechee #gullahgeechee #land #preservation #lowcountry #landloss #propertytax
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Climate change threatens small island states: Rising seas cause land loss, erosion, and disappearing beaches. Our coasts are at risk."

#ClimateChange #SIDS #SmallIslands #LandLoss #SeaLevelRise #CoastalErosion #ClimateCrisis

Cool footage of our volunteers passing by @wafb.com live cam in Grand Isle while in the process of planting 25,000 plugs of native dune grass.
#nativeplants #coastalrestoration #landloss #beachday

Read about our recently completed recycled oyster shell reef in the magazine of the Sierra Club! www.sierraclub.org/s...

#postyourcoast #oystershellrecycling #nolaoysters #batonrougeoysters #coastalrestoration #landloss #louisiana #gulfcoast

We’re using a new method of deploying recycled oyster shells for our 8th reef build! Here’s the process of how we’re using gabion baskets to create a living shoreline!🦪🗑️
#oystershellrecycling #nolaoysters #batonrougeoysters #coastalrestoration #landloss #louisiana #gulfcoast

Drying racks collapsed. Smokehouses flooded. Nets tangled. Berry caches gone. Subsistence isn't seasonal-it's survival. And it just got erased. #SubsistenceCulture #CulturalSurvival #LandLoss #BlueSkyReads

Here’s some info about our CWRC marsh grass plantings!🌾

Thank you, @noaa.gov, the Meraux Foundation, Louisiana Department of Agriculture and Forestry and Serve Louisiana, for sponsoring these plantings!

#nativeplants #coastalrestoration #reforestation #louisianawetlands #landloss #wetlandscience

Great to see Chris Paola talking about the Mississippi River, author of the Diary of Planet Earth. | Corey Markfort Great to see Chris Paola talking about the Mississippi River, author of the Diary of Planet Earth. Miles O'Brien Fantastic coverage on the challenges facing the Mighty Mississippi. #PBS Emily ...

@Miles O'Brien Fantastic coverage on the challenges facing the Mighty Mississippi. #PBS

#Floods #WaterQuality #DeadZone #AirQuality #LandLoss #Farms #Economics #People #Solutions

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This past tree planting site is looking fantastic! Come join us on June 25 and 26 for our next nutria protector removal da
🌳Register: connect.crcl.org/civicrm/even...

#nativeplants #coastalrestoration #reforestation #jeanlafitte #nutria #louisianawetlands #landloss #wetlandscience #planttrees

Did you know that 32% of Louisiana is wetlands? Yet Louisiana is losing a football field of wetlands every 100 minutes. Learn how you can protect our wetlands at www.crcl.org

#themoreyouknow #ilovethewetlands #americanwetlandsmonth #coastalrestoration #louisiana #swamp #postyourcoast #landloss

#ToitūTeTiriti Tim Giles, Oral Sub, 27 Feb 2025

For 24yrs a financial economist, quantifies compensation for losses related to assets, ie #LandLoss Strong opposition to TPB. Written sub is 24 pgs, includ his mahi on treaty disputes in NZ & worldwide.

TLDR: restitution for Māori has never occurred.

Check out the latest post on THE HORIZONIST,
our solutions-oriented blog:

LISTEN: “Martín Prechtel: Relearning languages of land, plants, and place” (Ep443)
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#biodiversity
#bioculturaldiversity
#language
#plants #landloss
#sustainability
#conservation

https://abcnews.go.com/US/black-alabamans-highway-project-caused-major-flooding-threatening/story?id=104048378

#BlackHistoryMonth: Elba, AL Black Shiloh community say a flawed Alabama DOT highway project caused major flooding, damaging homes and threatening their community. Join our campagn to get them #JustCompensation and stem #landloss and theft of their wealth. ABC News t.co/oemdngAhEr @BullardCenter

USCGS map excerpt: Gerdes 1852. Quad map excerpts: Barataria Pass 1935 & Fort Livingston 1961. Aerials: USGS 1982 & 1998, NAIP 2019.

While we are NOT on the subject of #ClimateChange, #Sealevelrise & #subsidence, here is a series of maps & aerials showing the progression of #landloss associated with Grande Terre Island at the lower end of Barataria Bay, LA, we've used in various reports. We finished work at Grande Terre in 2021.

#Shaktoolik #Alaska

#ClimateChange #OceanRise #LandLoss