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At the mouth of the Mississippi, Louisiana bears the burden of upstream runoff. Why doesn’t it push for solutions?
The Atchafalaya River siphons off 30% of the Mississippi ... not just tweaking.” At the mouth of the Mississippi, Louisiana bears the burden of upstream runoff. Why doesn’t it push for solutions?
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Huge study on Mississippi River's future paused due to lack of funding from Trump administration
The so-called mega-study launched in 2023 was intended to last five years and address a wide range of issues key to shipping, ...
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As the Mississippi River plunges, the Army Corps is building a 1,500-foot-wide levee to keep salt water out of drinking water
These two impacts of the climate crisis are literally clashing against one another in Louisiana at the mouth of the Mississippi River, where low flow is allowing saltwater from the Gulf of Mexico ...
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Tracking the Sediment Carried by the Muddy Mississippi
New research shows that typically, less than 10% of land-building alluvium reaches the Bird’s Foot Delta region, the ...
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Trump administration cuts could impact efforts to shrink Gulf ‘dead zone’
The annual forecast for the Gulf “dead zone” at the mouth of the Mississippi River the will be about average in size this ...
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As saltwater flows up the Mississippi River again, the region looks for permanent solutions
Hurricanes that hit Louisiana with massive rainfall directly aren’t a source of relief, either. Flow levels at the mouth of the Mississippi aren’t controlled by local rainfall, but by the amount of ...
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Recalling 40 years ago: Life at the mouth of the Mississippi River – a Louisiana paradise now lost
This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. On this airing of The Great Outdoors, host ...
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FIRST ALERT: Tropical Storm Francine expected to hit Louisiana coast as hurricane
A storm surge warning has been issued from east of High Island, Texas to the mouth of the Mississippi River in Louisiana and Vermillion Bay. A hurricane warning has been issued for the Louisiana ...
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Salt Water Again Moves Upstream in Weakened Mississippi River, Endangering Drinking Water
Communities in Plaquemines Parish, at the mouth of the Mississippi River in southern Louisiana, are on alert yet again as salt water threatens to spoil their drinking water supply for a third ...
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At the mouth of the Mississippi, Louisiana bears the burden of upstream runoff. Why doesn’t it push for solutions?
Louisiana could petition the EPA to declare sections of the Mississippi River or the Gulf of Mexico as impaired, which would allow for the creation of an enforceable limit on nutrients entering ...
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As saltwater flows up the Mississippi River for a third year, the region looks for permanent solutions
Just off the Mississippi River in southeast Louisiana, an 18-wheeler trailer ... unable to push back against saltwater at its mouth. Previously, this only happened about once per decade.
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Louisiana bears the burden of Mississippi River runoff. Why doesn’t it push for solutions?
Louisiana could petition the EPA to declare sections of the Mississippi River or the Gulf of Mexico as impaired, which would allow for the creation of an enforceable limit on nutrients entering ...