Scientists have documented increased rainfall in the Mississippi River Basin, as well as extreme droughts. “In April, down here, we experienced the fastest rise that I’ve ever seen,” Ruskey ...

Scientists have documented increased rainfall in the Mississippi River Basin, as well as extreme droughts. “In April, down here, we experienced the fastest rise that I’ve ever seen,” Ruskey ...

For people who live along the river, the Mississippi is “a creative force” that sculpts the landscape and rejuvenates the people who experience it up close.

He and his team of guides lead tours of the river in wooden dugout canoes, paddling like French pioneers from the 17th century and Indigenous people long before them. Since leaving his native Colorado ...

After Hurricane Katrina in 2005, FEMA was very quick to open the Mississippi River to commerce, Ricchiuti said. It's unlikely a state would be able to handle the majority of that burden.

A new study by University of South Florida researchers shows warmer, lighter fresh water flowing into the Gulf in the path of Hurricane Idalia may have helped intensify it from a Category 1 to a ...

To John Ruskey, the Mississippi River is “a creative force” that sculpts the landscape and rejuvenates the people who experience it up close. Canoeing the 'mighty queen' Mississippi River | 90 ...

The so-called mega-study launched in 2023 was intended to last five years and address a wide range of issues key to shipping, floods and drinking water, among many others.

Longtime river pilot Mark Delesdernier will be honored with the equivalent of a lifetime achievement award, when LeBoeuf Bros. Towing christens a new tugboat in his honor on Saturday.

A potential corridor for a new Mississippi River bridge south of Baton Rouge would bisect and partially destroy an old-growth cypress forest in Iberville Parish, which some experts have identified ...