Impacts Photo by Gower Brown on Unsplash New Orleans seeks to avert crisis as saltwater nears the city A saltwater wedge is moving up the drought-drained Mississippi River, threatening public health in New Orleans and beyond.
Newsletter Photo by Gower Brown on Unsplash New Orleans seeks to avert crisis as saltwater nears the city A saltwater wedge is moving up the drought-drained Mississippi River, threatening public health in New Orleans and beyond.
Impactscommons.wikimedia.org Mississippi River water levels plummet to historic lows due to drought The Mississippi River, the nation’s most mythical waterway, has been strangled by months of drought, with water levels plummeting to historic lows.
Impactscommons.wikimedia.org Low Mississippi River has barges running aground, farmers’ crops piling up Harvest season is underway for crops such as soybeans and corn, but farmers’ yields are piling up. Near-historic low water levels on the Mississippi River are slowing down barges and driving up shipping costs.
Op-ed: “I’m sorry, I can’t hear you” — disabling environments in Cancer Alley and the Ohio River Valley
