sea level rise

Featured C+Ser: Krista Jankowski

by |March 27th, 2017

Krista Jankowski faced a choice. Discover the wonders of deep history or help preserve and heal the planet for this and future generations. She chose the latter, forsaking dinosaurs to join the C+S program. Since then, she’s gone on to pursue a PhD focusing on sea level rise in Louisiana. Her work has the power… read more

Sea-Level Rise and Louisiana’s Coastal Wetlands

by |March 18th, 2017

The effects of anthropogenic climate change – specifically sea-level rise due to ice melt and thermal expansion – are likely to threaten already vulnerable coastal wetlands in Louisiana according to a new study published in Nature Communications on Tuesday. The study was conducted by Climate and Society 2010 alum Krista L. Jankowski and colleagues at… read more