A Vanishing Island Off the Louisiana Coast
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How can climate change impact the future of communities in coastal areas? Lifelong residents from the Isle de Jean Charles, a tiny island community off the Louisiana coast, are witnessing rising sea levels, stronger storms, and coastal erosion. This lesson will explore the consequences of climate change and how it effects the island's residents who are being forced to leave their homes.
The people of the Isle de Jean Charles think they are quickly becoming climate refugees, people who must leave their homes because of the effects of climate change. If the Isle de Jean Charles goes underwater, what could be lost? What might the residents of the island lose if they became climate refugees?
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