Brown Pelicans Suffer as Climate Change Erases Gulf Coast Islands

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Experts estimate Louisiana loses a football field’s worth of ground every 60-90 minutes.

A beloved bird is in decline along coastal Louisiana, thanks to the effects of Climate Change. The brown pelican is seeing its habitat shrink as land sinks and sea levels rise. Experts estimate that the state loses a football field’s worth of coastal ground every 60 to 90 minutes. And as the cost of restoration projects mounts, the situation becomes more dire for the pelicans and people who live on the Gulf Coast’s vanishing islands. Climate Desk partner Pattrn reports.

https://www.motherjones.com/environment/2022/10/brown-pelicans-threatened-gulf-coast-sea-level-rise-climate-change/

And just think in this particular state they are more worried about woman and there privacy and not letting them have it, instead of the land eroding and the animals dying......but they sure as hell will come to the federal coffers when they have a hurricane or sea rise and attack the EPA as meddling....