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Bugs on the bayou (part two) – butterflies, termites and ants.
Radar image of migrating birds across SE Louisiana Editor’s note: This is the second part of a three part post on some of my thoughts on the theoretical...
January Coastal Scuttlebutt: Daily Miniposts
January 31 Steven Ward wrote an article for today’s the Advocate about the potential outcome and effect of the 2010 census, which will likely result in the loss...
Coastal bugs – what are they good for? (part one)
Bug coast Editor’s note: Insects represent an ancient and phenomenally successful class of the Phylum Arthropoda (jointed legged animals with an exoskeleton). My...
Showdown at the Climate Change Corral?
Professor Don Boesch, elected unanimously to represent 31 of his fellow coastal scientists, prepares to duel Bobby Jindal over the significance of climate change. Editor’s...
Coastal city responses to sea level rise: retreat? defend? attack? (or just ignore).
Sandcity Editor’s note: Let’s repeat what is becoming a truism. The Mississippi River delta subsides at different rates in different places south...
Levee study described by its author
Len Bahr's (admittedly cynical) view of cost:benefit analyses used to justify many proposed levees in south Louisiana Editor’s note: My post on January...
The big chill. Was the coastal cold snap significant?
BrrrCoast Editor’s note: Three days ago the pond in my Baton Rouge backyard microswamp froze over. Two days ago a pipe burst beneath my little town house in...
Who’s on first re coastal policy?
Only slightly satirical suggestions for modifying the mission statement of just one of the six state agencies with conflicting and overlapping coastal authority....
Five levee questions — who, what, when, where and how (why is implicit).
Huge decision. Who's that guy at the switch? Editor’s note: I never took a course in journalism but my understanding is that budding reporters learn...
Who’s reading LaCoastPost? Taking stock from Mt. Blogosphere.
Len Bahr and his Sherpa guide Allie Stevens on their ascent of Mt. Blogosphere Ascending the internet learning curve LaCoastPost was launched almost 15 months ago,...
