Perpignan – The Isle de Jean-Charles, on the coast of Louisiana in the United States, is on course to disappear within two generations as a result of climate change and oil extraction. Since the 1950s almost 98 percent of the island has been swallowed by the salty waters of the Gulf of Mexico – a phenomenon being documented by French photographer Sandra Mehl.
"What touched me enormously was not only bearing witness to the effects of global warming, but also showing what is disappearing and preserving the memory of what once was," Mehl told RFI, who's been photographing its sinking since 2016.
