There have always been changes to the River Delta as it slowly shifts back and forth across Louisiana’s coastline. “Say it would take 2000 years for one of these old deltas to go away.

Louisiana on Thursday canceled a $3 billion repair of disappearing Gulf coastline, funded by the 2010 Deepwater Horizon oil ...

The Mid-Barataria Sediment Diversion Project was officially canceled on July 17 in an announcement by the Louisiana Trustee Implementation Group.

BURAS, La. (WVUE) - If there is one thing constant about Louisiana’s Mississippi River Delta, it’s that the delta is constantly changing. The operator of Delta Discovery Tours mixes science ...

This summer’s “dead zone,” a low-oxygen area where the river empties into the sea, could span 5,827 square miles across the Gulf of Mexico. Louisiana has the power to call for change.

Louisiana has long relied on a vast levee system to rein in the Mississippi River and protect surrounding communities from flooding. But cutting off the natural flow of the river with man made ...

The Maurepas Swamp river reintroduction project is seen prior to a groundbreaking ceremony in Garyville, Louisiana, on Dec. 3. The project is intended to replenish the forested wetland by ...

This summer’s “dead zone,” a low-oxygen area where the river empties into the sea, could span 5,827 square miles across the Gulf of Mexico. Louisiana has the power to call for change.

Murky, sediment-rich Mississippi River water mixes with fresh saltwater in the Gulf of Mexico. Nutrient runoff from 41% of the United States flows down the Mississippi, creating a “dead zone.” ...

The growing Wax Lake Delta provided data for the now-stalled Mid-Barataria sediment diversion, which is designed to rebuild wetlands in nine parishes along the Louisiana Gulf Coast.

CYPREMORT POINT, La. — Thomas Olander has watched his shrimp catch shrink over the last 15 years. It’s not just the abundance of Louisiana shrimp; Olander said the average size of the ...

As climate change compounds the threats of water scarcity, extreme weather and wildfires on California’s resources, World ...