Coastal Louisiana sea level rise, 2012-06-27 - 2012-06-30

A collection of photos taken in southeastern coastal Louisiana, including Isle de Jean Charles, where sea level rise and coastal erosion has had a significant impact. Through UCAR’s SOARS program (Significant Opportunities in Atmospheric Research and Science), Sandra Maina, a graduate student in environmental studies at Florida International University, and Frances Roberts-Gregory, a senior in environmental science and anthropology at Spelman College, spent the summer of 2012 conducting interdisciplinary research in this vulnerable community. Photos include aerial views of the landscape as well as residential structures and coastal views. The two students also visited a local TV station. There is a pelt of a nutria (a large, herbivorous, semiaquatic rodent), and a billboard advertising services to raise up homes onto stilts.