Louisiana Considered: Fifth Anniversary Of 2016 South Louisiana Floods, Possibility Of Clay Under Polar Caps Of Mars

By Adam Vos

Published August 19, 2021 at 6:37 PM CDT

Flooding in Gonzales, Louisiana, August 2016

LSU Law Center: Climate Change and Policy Project Director Ed Richards discusses causes of the August 2016 floods that devastated southeast Louisiana and explains how we can compare the magnitude of those floods to other historical floods.
Tulane University planetary science researcher Dr. Jennifer Whitten explains her research showing that what was previously believed to be liquid water under the surface of Mars’ polar ice caps is more likely to be clay than water.

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Adam is responsible for coordinating WRKF's programming and making sure everything you hear on the radio runs smoothly. He is Newscast Editor for the WRKF/WWNO Newsroom. Adam is also the Baton Rouge-based host for Louisiana Considered, our daily regional news program, and is frequently the local voice afternoons on All Things Considered.

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