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New Republican US House Speaker Champions Fossil Fuels and Denies Climate Concerns (www.nytimes.com)
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[–] [email protected] 12 points 1 year ago (1 children)

https://earth.org/data_visualization/louisiana-shrinking-coastline/

Most of what you think of as the sole of the boot of Louisiana is a lie. It's largely been reclaimed by the sea, and just some wispy bits of land remain. But we don't update the political map because... well, politics.

[–] Brunbrun6766 12 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

The familiar boot shape of Louisiana would look very different if maps depicted only its solid land, highlighting how much of the state is in a precarious position between watery ground and open ocean (below) (ref. 4).

[–] neanderthal 2 points 1 year ago

Maybe we should all go coal rolling so the entire state is just ocean? Louisiana can't be a state if nobody lives there.

I am joking, for the record.