"All in all, the connection between a faraway African land and the shores of the United States point to one thing, as University of Maryland atmospheric scientist Hongbin Yu said of the study, which he co-authored. "This is a small world," said Hongbin Yu, who works at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center. "And we're all connected together.""

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”…the landscapes may stress the hopeful light of a new dawn or the dark threat of an approaching storm. These incredible illusions of space, solidity, texture, and light often assume the role of memento mori ("a memento of mortality")—a reminder that life is fleeting and that God is good, but his judgment is stern. Therefore sunny or overcast landscapes can signify, respectively, promise or menace." From National Gallery of Art on 17th Century Dutch Landscape Painting

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The first great compromise, whose effects are summarized by Engineer E. L. Corthell in a National Geographic article from December, 1897: "No doubt the great benefit to the present and two or three following generations accruing from a complete system of absolutely protective levees, excluding the flood waters entirely from the great areas of the lower delta country, far outweighs the disadvantages to future generations from subsidence of the Gulf delta lands below the level of the sea and their gradual abandonment due to this cause."

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"BUILDING LAND IN COASTAL LOUISIANA: Expert Recommendations for Operating a Successful Sediment Diversion that Balances Ecosystem and Community Needs"