A layer cake of jello in a jacuzzi

"Southeastern Louisiana might best be described as a layer cake made of Jell-O, floating in a swirling Jacuzzi of steadily warming, rising water. Scientists and engineers must prevent the Jell-O from melting — while having no access to the Jacuzzi controls."
-LSU College of Coast & Environment News

Louisiana has ambitious $50B plan to fight wetlands erosion, but will it work?
http://www.cce.lsu.edu/louisiana-ambitious-50b-plan-fight-wetlands-erosion-will-work/

The article outlines Louisiana's Master Plant for the Coast, which includes restoring wetlands and barrier islands as buffers and constructing levees.

Louisiana is the state with the largest share of coastal wetlands in the lower 48 states.

"Now, southeastern Louisiana is sinking at one of the fastest rates on the planet as the Gulf is rising... Already, 2,000 square miles have sloughed into the Gulf. Without action, the state could lose another 1,750 square miles over the next 50 years... If nothing is done, in 70 years New Orleans could be left on a razor-thin sliver of land extending into the open Gulf, battered by storms rolling over the watery graves of unprotected communities."



https://www.lacoast.gov/new/