In Galveston, sea levels could rise as much as 14 feet in the next 130 years under the most severe climate change scenario.
and concedes that people living on the island may one day be forced to abandon it. He remembers a whole row of beachfront houses that are gone due to damage from past storms.
A small loader pushes sand towards an area where residents and city leaders are trying to build back dunes between the beach and their city, on May 11, 2022, in Jamaica Beach on Galveston Island. / The city keeps cars from driving onto an area where they are trying to rebuild the dunes that help protect the city from the Gulf of Mexico, on May 11, 2022, in Jamaica Beach on Galveston Island.
Klay has no illusion she is saving the planet, but she wants to save this spot and its ecosystems. She hopes others will too. Wetlands are home to baby shrimp, crabs and fish. Wetlands and coastal prairie filter and slow water, and store carbon. They offer space for biodiversity. Klay wore a zebra-print dress on a June morning and offered a very different, but just as fervent golf cart tour. She grew up in the Florida Keys, she explained. Her dad was a shark biologist. Her husband is a NOAA biologist. Klay holds degrees in fine arts and marine biology.
Karla Klay, executive director of Artist Boat, shows the different landscapes on the organization’s property. / Karla Klay, executive director of Artist Boat, talks with a group of teenage summer campers about their experience on June 14, 2022, in Galveston.
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