1. The Loss of the Mississippi Delta Swamps
The Mississippi Delta Swamp lands are disappearing about 25 square miles a year because the levees are making the water rush out past the delta swamps and barrier islands where the sediment is needed. Historically, some people benefited from the building of ... people and things are negatively impacted by the situation. All of the animals and plants that live in the delta swamps are losing their habitat at the rate of 25 square miles per year. If most of the land animals and plants go, then the marine life will either over-populate (if the animals go first) or starve (if the plants go ... ...
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