The Mississippi ... gets to the ocean, but it’s still there,” Wendt said. Here’s what to know about the study results, what’s next for reducing plastic and trash along the river and ...

New research shows that typically, less than 10% of land-building alluvium reaches the Bird’s Foot Delta region, the ...

The ocean is winning. Whatever the climate brings in a year, the Mississippi River keeps the score. This year’s saltwater intrusion “is the integration of all these environmental events that ...

Water levels on the Mississippi River are nearing historic lows for the second consecutive year, triggering a drinking water emergency in Louisiana as ocean water flows upstream, unimpeded by the ...

Water levels along the Mississippi River are plummeting for the second ... the threat of saltwater intrusion is growing in Louisiana as ocean water pushes north into drinking water systems ...

The company operates close to 100 river and ocean vessels, and 82% of its guests ... to design its first vessel purpose-built for the Mississippi River, aptly named Viking Mississippi.

It's a vital artery for life in Minnesota, running 2,350 miles across 10 states — a source for drinking water, plants, animals and recreation — but the mighty Mississippi River is vulnerable.

A tug with a barge makes its way through the channel on the Mississippi River near the Quad Cities ... to the Gulf and then to the ocean. "It may not look like a plastic beverage bottle by the ...