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DredgeFest Louisiana
I got to hang out with fellow sediment nerds at the best dredging-themed conference you’ll ever attend.
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Sandy’s Anniversary and Our Watery Future
On the anniversary of Hurricane Sandy writers and designers are reevaluating how we handle flooding in the built environment.
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Flood Insurance in a Dying Delta
Skyrocketing flood-insurance premiums in Louisiana reflect not only new ways of calculating flood risk but also the fact that Louisiana’s land is disappearing into the Gulf of Mexico.
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The Physical Environment 3: Building on Its Own High Ground
As the Mississippi River lays down new land in the delta, its riverbed lengthens, decreasing the slope of the river and creating the perfect conditions for major upheaval in the landscape.
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The Physical Environment 1: River Deltas and Delta Time
When sea levels finally stabilized about 10,000 years after the last ice age, large rivers all over the planet started building land out into their respective oceans.
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The First Post…
What is this blog for, anyway?
