Upper Mississippi River freezes over less than ever, another sign life is changing
The data that Burdis and Jankowski are looking at is much newer, dating back about 30 years, but it shows a similar trend.
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The Lower Mississippi River’s largest ecosystem restoration project got the federal go-ahead. The next hurdle: funding
A first-of-its-kind project seeking to restore river ecosystems along 39 miles of the Lower Mississippi River has federal ...
Mississippi River Basin Panel visits IMMS to learn more on state’s marine environment
The panel, led by Mississippi River Basin Panel administrator Elizabeth Brown, works to prevent invasive species like algae from entering the region.
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UMN study strives to tackle Mississippi’s plastic debris
The Mississippi River flows directly, bringing any debris, into the Gulf of Mexico, which President Donald Trump recently renamed the Gulf of America. According to a study from the United Nations ...
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The Lower Mississippi River’s largest ecosystem restoration project got the federal go-ahead. The next hurdle: funding
The Hatchie-Loosahatchie Mississippi River Ecosystem Restoration ... which hampers a river’s natural meandering flow through a floodplain. “When you look at that floodplain, it is a dynamic ...
Southern California Hit by Destructive Debris Flows Caused by Heavy Rains
As the downpour intensified Thursday, the National Weather Service issued flash flood and severe thunderstorm warnings for a ...
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Despite new snow, Iowa experts predict ‘below normal’ spring flood risk
Rich Kinney, a warning coordination meteorologist with the National Weather Service Quad Cities, said the service considered ...
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Louisiana's coastal wetlands are disappearing. Meet the people who are doing something about it.
“We have more confidence in the way the water flows and what happens when we divert water out of the Mississippi River.” According to Willson, having younger students collaborate on research ...
What's an atmospheric river? A pineapple express? AP explains the weather phenomenon
Atmospheric rivers are long and relatively narrow bands of water vapor that form over an ocean and flow through the sky, ...
Evacuations issued in Southern California as heavy rain brings threat of debris flows in areas scarred by wildfires
Southern Californians evacuated their homes for the second time this year, but this time, it’s for heavy rain and debris ...