Maqsood Mansur, graduate teaching assistant, assistant professor Julia Hopkins and professor Qin Jim Chen, have published a study investigating if “depth increase in a navigational channel in an estuarine region results in the amplification of the inland penetration of storm surge, thereby increasing the flood vulnerability,” concluding “that even the most conservative scenario of [sea-level rise] will cause an approximately 51% increase in flooded area in … the deepest ship channel.”

Find “Estuarine Response to Storm Surge and Sea-Level Rise Associated with Channel Deepening: A Flood Vulnerability Assessment of Southwest Louisiana, USA” and the full list of authors in Natural Hazards.