The implications for people and the environment in the Mississippi River basin are extreme, but experts stress that it is not too late to slow the worsening effects.

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Climate change-fueled hurricanes and sea-level rise get a lot of attention, but Mississippi River Basin communities also are experiencing the effects of global warming.

The focus of the visit was the algae bloom that occurred in the Mississippi Sound after the Corps of Engineers opened the Bonnet Carre Spillway in Louisiana to prevent flooding.

How big is the Mississippi River Basin? The Mississippi River basin encompasses parts of 31 states and two Canadian provinces and is over 1,245,000 square miles in size.

Much of the Mississippi River basin is getting wetter, according to a new analysis of federal data, while rainfall events are becoming more intense.

Climate change-fueled hurricanes and sea-level rise get a lot of attention, but Mississippi River Basin communities also are experiencing the effects of global warming.

The Mississippi River basin is getting wetter as climate change brings era of extreme rain, floods By Bryce Gray, St. Louis Post-Dispatch and Connor Griffin, The Courier Journal Oct 11, 2022 ...