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Climate change in the US: Land under in the Mississippi Delta

Status: 04/23/2021 12:11 a.m.



Climate change can already be felt on the Louisiana coast: the water level is rising, and cyclones are increasing. As land loss continues, more and more families have to move.

From Claudia Sarre,
ARD-Studio Washington


A small fan gun bumps in the direction of the runway. A short stop, then the pilot pulls the joystick towards him. A few seconds later, the Cessna is floating weightlessly over the Mississippi Delta of Louisiana. Pilot Lyle Panepinto sees the delta with its thousands of rivers and islands from above every day – and every day he sees more and more land go under. “Since 1973 we have probably lost around 30 percent of the marshland,” says the 67-year-old.


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