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Environmental Factors
 Websites presented in alphabetical order America's Wetland: Campaign to Save Coastal Louisiana 
 The "Info Central" section of this organizational website contains "facts and figures about wetland loss [in Louisiana] and the proposed solutions to this world ecological challenge." Also find news, classroom resources, free e-cards, tips for getting involved in the campaign to save Louisiana's wetlands, and an educational video that can ordered for free. http://www.americaswetland.com Topics: Hurricane Katrina Last updated Sep 5, 2005 Environmental Atlas of the Lake Pontchartrain Basin
Atlas to Lake Pontchartrain and its surrounding basin, which encompasses land in Louisiana and Mississippi. The site "presents information about geology, land cover, types of shorelines, biological resources, flow patterns, significant storms, growth trends and more." Includes a bibliography. From the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2002/of02-206/ Topics: Environment, Geography, Hurricane Katrina, Scientific Themes, U.S. Maps, Water Last updated Sep 2, 2005 Gone With the Water
Feature article from October 2004 about how the "Louisiana bayou, hardest working marsh in America, is in big trouble -- with dire consequences for residents, the nearby city of New Orleans, and seafood lovers everywhere." Discusses potential damage from hurricanes and how Louisiana is "losing its protective fringe of marshes and barrier islands faster than any place in the U.S." Includes links to related sites and a short bibliography. From the National Geographic Society. http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/ngm/0410/feature5/ Topics: Environment, Hurricane Katrina, Water Last updated Aug 13, 2008 Grist Magazine: Storm Front and Center
Collection of stories on environmental aspects of Hurricane Katrina. Topics include journalists' coverage of connections between climate change and the hurricane, opinions about global warming and hurricanes, planning for disasters, environmental justice concerns, the area along the Mississippi River in Louisiana (known as "Cancer Alley") that is "home to more than 140 oil refineries and chemical plants," and more. http://www.grist.org/article/katrina3/ Topics: Environment, Home & Housing, Hurricane Katrina, Pollution, Science, Weather Last updated Sep 14, 2009 Hurricanes Growing Fiercer With Global Warming
This July 2005 press release describes a study that concludes that "hurricanes have grown significantly more powerful and destructive over the last three decades due in part to global warming." Includes a link to the website of the MIT meteorology professor "who warns that this trend could continue." The professor's site includes a link to the article about the study and to related material. From the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/2005/hurricanes.html Topics: Environment, Hurricane Katrina, Pollution, Weather Last updated Sep 2, 2005 La MER: Louisiana Marine Educational Resources
Teaching resources on Louisiana marine and coastal environment topics, such as marshes, estuaries, wetlands, coastal ecology, native fish, manatees, exotic species (including nutria and zebra mussels), and more. From the Louisiana Sea Grant College Program. http://lamer.lsu.edu Topics: Animals, Biology, Education, Environment, Hurricane Katrina, Water Last updated Sep 14, 2005 The Lake Pontchartrain Basin Research Program (PBRP)
"The PBRP is a diverse team of researchers and staff at Southeastern Louisiana University dedicated to stabilizing and restoring the Lake Pontchartrain Basin ecosystem." The website provides reports on the status of research on Louisiana's coastal forests and marshes, pollution in the Lake Pontchartrain Basin, and birds, fish, amphibians and reptiles, insects, mammals, and plants in the area. http://www2.selu.edu/orgs/pbrp/ Topics: Economics, Geography, Hurricane Katrina, Water Last updated Aug 29, 2006 The Lost City of New Orleans?
This 2000 article discusses how pumping water out of New Orleans is causing it to sink, and that it is "sinking faster than many realize and could be under water within 50 years." Topics addressed include the system of levees, drainage canals, the decline of marshland near the city, and related insurance matters. From Risk & Insurance Magazine. http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m0BJK/is_15_11/ai_68642805/pg_1 Topics: Environment, Hurricane Katrina, U.S. History By Place, Water, Weather Last updated Jun 7, 2007 Louisiana Coastal Facts
Fact sheet about Louisiana's coastal land loss, population, commerce, energy production statistics, and coastal restoration projects. Includes a brief but excellent bibliography and links to related sites. From the Louisiana Department of Natural Resources, Office of Coastal Restoration and Management. http://dnr.louisiana.gov/crm/coastalfacts.asp Topics: Environment, Geography, Hurricane Katrina, Water Last updated Jun 14, 2006 Louisiana Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ)
Find post-Hurricane Katrina information on topics such as debris removal, facilities approved to accept portable wastewater, and information for reporting an environmental hazard or incident. "The Department's mission is to provide service to the people of Louisiana through comprehensive environmental protection in order to promote and protect health, safety and welfare while considering sound policies regarding employment and economic development." http://www.deq.louisiana.gov/portal/ Topics: Environment, Hurricane Katrina, Water, Weather Last updated Jul 16, 2007 Mississippi River Basin & Gulf of Mexico Hypoxia
This website focuses on the Mississippi River Basin (which "includes numerous subbasins and watersheds in addition to those of the main stem of the Mississippi River") and the Gulf of Mexico, and the environmental effects to the area due to hypoxia, "an absence of oxygen reaching living tissues." Includes resources on the subbasins of the Mississippi River Basin, maps, and updates on federal government actions in the area. From the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). http://www.epa.gov/msbasin/ Topics: Geography, Hurricane Katrina, Pollution, Water Last updated Sep 2, 2005 Mississippi River Facts
Facts and figures about this North American river, including length, width, depth, elevation, sediment load, water supply, commerce, and wildlife in the area. From the National Park Service (NPS), Mississippi National River and Recreation Area. http://www.nps.gov/miss/riverfacts.htm Topics: Geography, Hurricane Katrina, Water Last updated May 5, 2008 Naled for Mosquito Control
Fact sheet from the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) on naled, "an organophosphate (OP) insecticide that ... is used primarily for controlling adult mosquitoes." Discusses risks to human and environmental health from naled, which was used as an aerial spray in New Orleans in September 2005 following Hurricane Katrina. http://www.epa.gov/pesticides/health/mosquitoes/naled4mosquitoes.htm Topics: Gardening, Home & Housing, Home & Housing, Hurricane Katrina, Insects & Arachnids Last updated Aug 29, 2006 National Register Evaluation of New Orleans Drainage System, Orleans Parish, Louisiana
1999 report about the history of "the modern New Orleans drainage system [which] represents a unique technological solution to natural conditions that have played an important role in the settlement and expansion of the city. The system was designed in 1895, and construction of the system began in 1897." The report recommends selected pumping stations be considered individually eligible for nomination to the National Register of Historic Places. Includes a bibliography and numerous images. http://www.mvn.usace.army.mil/pao/history/NO_Drainage/NewOrleansDrainage.htm Topics: Hurricane Katrina, U.S. History By Place, Water, Weather Last updated Sep 14, 2005 Natural Hazards Observer
This publication "covers current disaster issues; new international, national, and local disaster management, mitigation, and education programs," and related topics. Includes articles such as "What if Hurricane Ivan Had Not Missed New Orleans?" (November 2004) and "Sea-Level Rise and Coastal Disasters: Lessons from the East Coast and New Orleans" (March 2002). Archives go back to 1996. From the Natural Hazards Center at the University of Colorado at Boulder. http://www.colorado.edu/hazards/o/ Topics: Hurricane Katrina, War and Peace: Resources on Iraq, Weather Last updated Sep 4, 2005 Nature's Revenge: Louisiana's Vanishing Wetlands
"Every year, a chunk of land almost the size of Manhattan turns into open water in Louisiana." This 2002 American RadioWorks series looks at "one of the worst and least-publicized environmental disasters in America's history." Discusses warnings by activists and environmentalists, ideas to save the wetlands (including flooding the area with water from the Mississippi River), and hurricane risk for New Orleans. Includes audio and transcripts from the program. http://americanradioworks.publicradio.org/features/wetlands/ Topics: Environment, Hurricane Katrina Last updated Sep 5, 2005 NIEHS Hurricane Response
Serves to "track environmental hazards following natural and man-made disasters, focus medical and environmental response and recovery resources in areas of greatest need and function as a testbed for technologies that will help advance environmental health sciences research." Features documents, Geographic Information System (GIS) maps, and related Web links. From the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS), U.S. National Institutes of Health (NIH). http://www.niehs.nih.gov/research/resources/hurricane/ Topics: Hurricane Katrina, Weather Last updated Nov 26, 2007 NPR: Katrina & Recovery
Compilation of news stories about the immediate effects of Hurricane Katrina on Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, and the rest of the U.S. Topics include the rescue of survivors, efforts to return the floodwaters to Lake Pontchartrain, cost to insurers, the tapping of strategic oil reserves, and displaced students. Includes links to charitable organizations. From National Public Radio (NPR). http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=1093 Topics: Hurricane Katrina Last updated Sep 9, 2009 Subsidence and Sea Level Rise in Louisiana
Report on "subsidence, or land sinking, [which] is one of the main causes of coastal erosion and land loss in Louisiana and the surrounding Gulf states." Discusses issues such as wetlands loss, threat to coastal populations ("as much as 50 percent of the Louisiana's population lives in coastal areas of elevations of three feet or less"), and plans for monitoring and coastal restoration. From the magazine of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). http://www.magazine.noaa.gov/stories/mag101.htm Topics: Environment, Hurricane Katrina Last updated Sep 2, 2005 U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA): Agriculture Street Landfill
"This web page provides background information and details about the Agriculture Street Landfill Superfund Project in New Orleans" that began in 1998. Includes updates on water sampling and other EPA activities related to flood cleanup after Hurricane Katrina of this Superfund site that housed "debris and waste resulting from cleanup efforts in the aftermath of Hurricane Betsy" and that was found to have "elevated levels of lead, arsenic and carcinogenic polyaromatic hydrocarbons (cPAHs)." http://www.epa.gov/earth1r6/6sf/sfsites/default.htm Topics: Hurricane Katrina, Pollutants & Toxic Substances, U.S. History By Place, Weather Last updated Sep 20, 2005 Washing Away
This 2002 investigative report from the New Orleans Times-Picayune looked at the possible effects of a hurricane in South Louisiana. Discusses coastal erosion, the levee system in New Orleans, potential problems with evacuating the city in event of a hurricane, insurance, building codes, concerns with the Army Corps of Engineers flood protection projects, and many other topics. Includes images, graphics, and animations. http://www.nola.com/hurricane/?/washingaway/ Topics: Hurricane Katrina, War and Peace: Resources on Iraq, Weather Last updated Apr 3, 2006 |
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