Others along the river worry the issue goes far beyond fishing. Newspaper columnist Kelley Williams, who owns 9,000 acres of ...

Intensification of brown color in surface waters has been observed over several decades in many areas. We examined a 64-yr daily record (1947–2010) of visual water color, a measure of chromophoric ...

NEW ORLEANS, La. — When Hurricane Ida hit Louisiana as a Category 4 storm on Sunday, it temporarily reversed the flow of the Mississippi River. Ricky Boyette, a spokesman for the U.S. Army Corps of ...

The fabled Tower Rock walkway has defied expectations and emerged from the Mississippi River's depths, triggering worries among water experts.

Facts about the Mississippi River are highlighted. Journalist Boyce Upholt talked about his experience traveling on the river.

Rivers usually flow from higher level to lower level. But due to natural factors like strong tides, floods or storms, it is ...

As politicians argue over just how much land the Mid-Barataria Sediment Diversion could build along a rapidly sinking coast, geologist Alex Kolker regularly makes the 65-mile drive down from New ...