Rising seas will swallow New Orleans. People need to start relocating now, scientists say
https://www.cnn.com/2026/05/25/climate/new-orleans-sea-level-rise-relocation?utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=missions&utm_source=reddit
Rising seas will swallow New Orleans. People need to start relocating now, scientists say
https://www.cnn.com/2026/05/25/climate/new-orleans-sea-level-rise-relocation?utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=missions&utm_source=reddit
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My prediction: They will not relocate until they are knee deep in ocean water and lose everything
America’s new Venice.
I predict the scientists can suck my balls.
It’s hard. Louisiana has actually been pretty proactive in pushing “managed retreat” for smaller coastal communities threatened by storms, rising water, and sinking land. The idea is to get people to move away from threatened areas *before* there’s a crisis.
More on managed retreat:
https://www.georgetownclimate.org/adaptation/toolkits/managed-retreat-toolkit/introduction.html
https://www.nationalacademies.org/projects/DBASSE-BECS-21-01
But New Orleans is vital to Louisiana’s economy, and its position at the mouth of the Mississippi River makes it important for the whole country.
Shutting down New Orleans is not an option, and even moving a big chunk of the workforce out of the city would get tons of pushback.
Plus, the state of Louisiana just does not have the resources to do anything on the scale required here. It would require substantial help from the federal government. That kind of help is not likely to come from this administration.
Duh
Lol, New Orleans is peanuts compared to New York, Miami.
We should start trying various climate refugee relocation and housing plans so we can better deal with the tens of millions of climate refugees around the world in the coming decades.
Which has been known for ***quite some time now.***
How do you relocate when you can’t sell your home because its value is 0€ due to the flood risk? Unless they’re offering free houses on higher ground, people have no choice
They have been saying this stuff for 30 years and the water marks on rocks and piers have not moved. Its not something we need to worry about in our lifetimes if it cant be seen in 30 years time.
Lol. This has been known forever. People will wait until the water rises above the threshold of their homes before screaming for the government to come and and save them.
Are we sure that New Orleans isn’t being relocated by now? Its population has reduced a lot since a long time ago.
Science has failed our world. Science has failed our Mother Earth.
Or, you know, build walls like Netherlands
Drill baby drill and burn baby burn…
These articles are alarmist and a way to discourage action. Nobody says to relocate Venice. New Orleans is a vital city.
The fact they didn’t start doing this directly after Katrina is a testament to the entrenched stupidity and courruption that runs every American city
The problem with scientists is that they love throwing in the towel and screaming about risks. No one is relocating a city. Better find ways to mitigate this.