Study Predicts 10% Of State To Be Under Water By 2100

Following up on our last post concerning the erosion of the marshes on the Louisiana coast, we found this story with Dr. Harry Roberts' suggestion that computer models indicate that 10% of Louisiana will be submerged by the year 2100.
Sid Perkins, writing for Sciencenews.org, reports:

Not only is the land sinking, but the sea is also rising. Scientists on the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change report that since 1993, sea level has risen about 3 mm/yr. That rate is expected to accelerate as the planet’s climate warms, heating Earth’s surface waters and causing them to expand, says Roberts. The melting of land-based ice such as glaciers will also contribute. So, the researchers presume — conservatively, Roberts says — that in the year 2100 sea level will be rising 4 mm/yr.

More here.

Image by M. Blum and H. Roberts