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A geologist's vibrant maps reveal how the Mississippi River has wandered across its valley, making it look like a colorful, winding serpent. These maps, created by Harold Fisk in 1944, document the ...
A map shared on X, TikTok, Facebook and Threads, among other platforms, in August 2024 claimed to show the Mississippi River and its tributaries.
It will take days for major floodwaters to work their way south through the Mississippi. Flooding will persist through April.
A dredging company began construction on Tuesday of a 1,500-foot-wide underwater levee designed to block a wedge of Gulf of Mexico saltwater from reaching public and industrial water supply intakes ...
Low flow in the Mississippi River is allowing saltwater from the Gulf of Mexico to push up the river, threatening drinking water supply.
The Mississippi River's floodplain forests are dying. The race is on to bring them back.
For centuries, America’s relationship with the Mississippi has been fraught. The river’s central location and impressive length make it a crucial shipping route, but its channel is naturally ...
Saltwater is swiftly pushing its way up the Mississippi River and is expected to contaminate most of the New Orleans public drinking water supply on Oct. 28. President Biden declared a state of ...
Unlike the wildfires that burn through forests and homes out west, forest loss in the Mississippi River floodplain doesn’t immediately impact many day-to-day lives, Meier said.