Dec 9, 2022
Sinking Island (2007)
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Sinking Island (2007)
I’m playing Amerzone for the first time. I have played Syberia 1,2 &3 and Sinking Island. I love Benoit Sokal’s games for the beautiful scenery and whimsical steampunk contraptions. Even though Amerzone was the first of his games and the graphics are a bit grainier than we at accustomed to, it is still beautiful. ❤️
A Special Report On The Oceans Rise Because Of Climate Change In Louisiana’s Atchafalaya And Terrebonne Basins
While oceans rise because of climate change, the world’s river deltas — home to seafood nurseries and more than 300 million people -- are sinking and shrinking. Originally reported By: By JANET McCONNAUGHEY Associated Press
A Special Report From The Associated Press On The Oceans Rise Because Of Climate Change In Louisiana's Atchafalaya And Terrebonne Basins
Erosion, sinking land, and sea rise from climate change have killed the Louisiana woods where a 41-year-old Native American chief played as a child. Not far away in the Mississippi River delta system, middle-school students can stand on islands that emerged when they were born.
Using state-of-the-art airborne systems that include boats and mud-slogging work on islands, making a $15 million, five-year study - investment on the areas adjacent to areas affected in the Louisiana Delta.
Collected data now allows researchers from NASA and nearly a dozen universities across the United States access to computer models that, when coupled with satellite information, will enable them to learn quickly which parts of the Louisianna Delta are dwindling. And the ones capable of being saved over those that are lost causes.
Lead scientist Marc Simard of NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory perspective is straightforward -
"If you have to choose between saving an area and losing another instead of losing everything, you want to know where to put your resources to work to save the livelihood of people living there,"
Louisiana holds 40% of the nation's wetlands, but they're disappearing fast -- losing about 2,000 square miles (5,180 square kilometers) of the state since the 1930s. That's about 80% of the nation's wetland losses, according to the U.S. Geological Survey.
Professor of Oceanography and Coastal Sciences at Louisianna Robert Twilley tells the Associated Press -
"I've been working here for 15 years, and one of the most challenging parts about working in a delta is you can only touch one tiny piece of it at any one time and understand one little bit of it."
NASA states on the Delta-X project website:
Mississippi River drains 41% of the continental United States, collecting 150 million tons (130 million metric tons) of sediment per year. But, mainly because of flood-prevention levees, most sediment shoots into the Gulf of Mexico rather than settling in wetlands.
"Deltas are the babies of the geological timescale. They are very young and fragile, in a delicate balance of sinking and growing,"
Louisiana is considering two projects that would divert Atchafalaya River sediment to build land in the Terrebonne Basin, but such decisions are more than a year away, says the state Coastal Restoration and Preservation Authority
Research planes and boats went out in March and April 2021 and will go out again in the fall for the second set of measurements. And two international satellites are scheduled for launch next year, each carrying one of the two kinds of radar used over Louisiana.
NASA reports these efforts are to gauge how plants affect water movement, long-wavelengths of L-band radar can measure water level changes in open and vegetated channels. And high-frequency Ka-band radar can measure the surface height of open water, showing how it slopes -- and where it's moving.
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MIKE ISLAND, La. (AP) — Erosion, sinking land and sea rise from climate change have killed the Louisiana woods where a 41-year-old Native Am
Originally reported By: By JANET McCONNAUGHEY Associated Press
Some drawings I made based of Benoit Sokal’s Games: Syberia, Sinking Island and Amerzone.
My Facebook Art Page: https://www.facebook.com/II-Art-812857835531149/
Hello again everybody, our latest review for Sinking Island by Microids, Anuman Interactive and White Birds Productions is done!
This game has been a fairly fun experience but it's not the best investigation style adventure that I've ever played. The beginning of the game is really repetitive and you'll hear the same questions asked over and over again throughout the beginning with little to no diversity in dialogue which makes things very annoying after a while.
The game does have some great art work as expected from Benoit Sokal but the story has a lot of drawbacks unfortunately. It might be worth looking into if you're a big fan of investigation style adventures but for many people it'll likely be a game to miss.
Thanks for reading folks and happy gaming!
-Shaun Meyers (Kyo Akiara)
Good morning everybody, here's our second set of screenshots from my playthrough of Sinking Island by Microids, White Birds Productions and Anuman Interactive.
I'm currently writing up our review for the game as of posting this set of screenshots and since I don't want to spoil the review, I won't post too much about it just yet.
Happy gaming folks!
-Shaun Meyers (Kyo Akiara)
Good morning everybody, here's our latest gameplay video.
This time I'm playing the point and click adventure game Sinking Island by Benoit Sokal, Microids and Anuman Interactive.
The video showcases the first 20 minutes of the game starting with your arrival on the island, the investigation into the crime scene and the questioning of a couple of residents on the island.
Happy gaming folks and thanks for watching.
-Shaun Meyers (Kyo Akiara)