New wetlands along the Mississippi

NewScientist had a news item about a proposal to "grow" the currently diminished Mississippi River Delta in Louisiana. This would keep sediment and eroded soil from washing out into the deepest parts of the Gulf, create new habitat and land, and create a new buffer for New Orleans against storms.

"You keep the sediment within the coastal boundary current that keeps it running along the shoreline, whereas now it gets ejected into the Gulf," adds Robert Twilley, of Louisiana State University in Baton Rouge, who worked with Parker on the project.

(h/t PlaNetizen)