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NASA looks at Louisiana delta system, eyes global forecasts While oceans rise because of climate change, the world s river deltas — home to seafood nurseries and more than 300 million people — are sinking and shrinking Author: The Wax Lake Delta in the Atchafalaya Basin is seen from 8,500 feet in St. Mary Parish, La., Tuesday, May 25, 2021. In geological time, young means thousands of years. On that scale, Louisiana s Wax Lake Delta is taking its first breaths. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert) While oceans rise because of climate change, the world s river deltas — home to seafood nurseries and more than 300 million people — are sinking and shrinking

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