Northern Gulf threaten by climate change

Barry Labruzzo’s shrimp boat that he and Justin Smith use for trips of up to five days. (Photo by  Joe Rizzo/LSU Manship School News Service)
As Hurricane Ida rapidly grew in strength, crabbers Stacia Johnson and Justin Smith were left with just three days to relocate their $100,000 supply of crab traps. Knowing the traps could be severely damaged or stolen if left on land, the siblings dropped their traps in the Biloxi Marsh, said a prayer and evacuated to Arkansas. Days later, unsure how many traps would be left, they found that not…

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