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Highlights from the article: Just now in Maine, Portland typically tops the list of best cities with "great restaurants, scenery, and schools", writes Marina Schauffler of the Portland Press Herald. However, she notes, "The city's bustling Old Port, much of it built on fill, is highly vulnerable to sea-level rise and storm surge" and "parts of the gateway Bayside neighborhood are even lower in elevation than the Maine State Pier along Portland's waterfront". Keenan has studied the impact of climate change on cities around the world, notably Copenhagen, Hong Kong, and Miami. Iqaluit is well positioned to take advantage of a climate change-inspired push north.

The article discusses the ecological aspects of Louisiana river delta, focusing on aging of the ecosystem of the delta, and mentions ecological succession in the Wax Lake Delta, and presents views of ecologist Robert Twilley on the same.