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![The Barrier Islands off the Gulf Coast are threatened by coastal land loss.](/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/TBBSStudyMap_USACE-272x192.png)
Crossing the Barrier
Above: The Barrier Islands off the Gulf Coast are threatened by coastal land loss. A Louisiana university overcame a barrier facing scientific research of coastal land loss—with a UAS. “We are losing an acre of coastline every 30 minutes,” says Dr. Gary LaFleur Jr., associate professor of biological sciences at Nicholls State University in Louisiana. And...