Recent Land Loss in Mississippi Delta Vastly Exceeds Prehistoric Land Gain (IMAGE)

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Recent Land Loss in Mississippi Delta Vastly Exceeds Prehistoric Land Gain

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Zhixiong Shen (left) and Elizabeth Chamberlain (right) collecting a sample for optical dating along Bayou Lafourche in Louisiana, an abandoned course of the Mississippi River.

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Anjali Fernandes

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