There’s a lot more to learn from this piece, and not all studies lead to the same conclusion. As always, @chriscmooney covers the details. How fast will the water rise? How much and how fast depends on us.
And it’s important to recognize that there are other factors contributing to the loss of land and wetlands besides climate change. Land subsidence and reduced sediment deposits from upstream dams also play a role. Double whammy.
But since I'm on the topic of New Orleans, I'd like to share some memories from my youth. Here's the first.

1/ My father driving me to the mall in New Orleans to buy my first pair of real running shoes.
Long-distance running was still a novelty in Mississippi, especially for women. When I bought my first pair of New Balance, I had already clocked a 10-mile run in tennis shoes. That was 1977. I was 17.
2/ A French Club field trip from my high school on the Mississippi Gulf Coast to New Orleans on a school bus in 11th grade. We ate at a fancy French restaurant. Later, we bought some supposedly non-alcoholic drinks at a bar.
But if you knew the magic password, you could get the bartender to spike yours. Most of the students, and the French teacher, were a bit tipsy on the bus going home. Being very religious at the time, and a teetotaler, I was horrified.
3/ Mardis Gras in 4th grade. That would have been around 1969? I didn't like the crowds, but it was still fun. A man stepped on my had just as I was reaching to pick up a pair of beads that had landed on the ground.
On the drive home, Elton John's recording of "Your Song" played on the radio, so it must have been 1970. I remember how much I loved it then. I still do.
4/ One last memory: Driving over Lake Ponchartrain to New Orleans during a thunderstorm. Kind of scary. My friend and I were in the backseat of my father's Mustang. We listened to an 8 track of Beatles music the whole way there and back to Jackson, MS.
5/ But wait. There's one more. Beignets and coffee at Café du Monde. If you go, you must partake.
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