For the past few decades, the trees that grow in the Mississippi River ... water to run off the landscape faster are likely factors. The result is mass stretches of dead trees that can no longer ...

The Mississippi River basin has seen both droughts ... winter across the upper basin means there's little to no melting snow to cause water levels in the Mississippi and its tributaries to rise ...

Or how much water flows through the river? How about where it is the widest? Take a look at these facts and make yourself a river expert in no time. The Mississippi begins at Minnesota’s Lake ...

For the third consecutive year, historically low water levels on the lower Mississippi River are impacting the supply chain. While it isn’t translating into lost export business for the U.S., it ...

The Mississippi River functions as a water superhighway, transporting around $500 million tons of goods each year. Infrastructure to keep shipping running smoothly is costly, and one adjustment in ...

A logjam of ships, tugboats and barges due to low water levels on the Mississippi River is threatening to grind trade of grains, fertilizer and other goods to a halt, Bloomberg reports. Ingram ...

Flood control along the Mississippi River is a central piece of a newly passed federal law — work that advocates believe is critical as the river basin sees more frequent and severe extreme ...