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.

Home / News / Environmental News The Mississippi River basin is getting wetter as climate change brings era of extreme rain, floods Data analysis shows some parts of the U.S. receive up to 8 more ...

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.

BOOTHVILLE – Just off the Mississippi River in southeast Louisiana, an 18-wheeler trailer filled with white cylinders whirred as workers prepared to turn the machine off for the day. The truck houses ...

For the third year in a row, extreme drought conditions in the Midwest are drawing down water levels on the Mississippi River, raising prices for companies that transport goods downstream and ...

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

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 ...

After July's floods, the Mississippi River Basin Ag & Water Desk — a journalism partnership that includes more than 14 newsrooms — asked climate data nonprofit Climate Central to analyze 50 ...