Kansas Public Radio36m
Low Mississippi River levels are again making it more expensive to transport crops in the Midwest
River barges are an efficient way to move crops — 15 barges can hold about as much grain as 1,000 semi-trucks. But low river ...
Mississippi River water levels are dangerously low—which is trouble for both farmers and supply chains
Climatologists say it could be part of a larger trend. For the third year in a row, extreme drought conditions in the Midwest ...
The Atlantic3d
To Understand Mississippi, I Went to Spain
Mississippi didn’t make itself; it was shaped by far-flung investors and speculators, by a river of global capital ... the ...
WRKF14h
Mississippi River mayors agree to unify ports from the Corn Belt to the coast
Mayors from 10 states along the Mississippi River convened in Louisiana’s capital this week to announce a cooperative ...
New Hampshire Public Radio5d
Outside/In: The Mississippi Cyborg
One of Harold Fisk’s famed 1944 maps of the Mississippi. You can find Boyce’s new book, The Great River, at your local bookstore or online. The 2018 study which attributed increased ...
Newsday2d
Brackish water creeping up the Mississippi River may threaten Louisiana's drinking supply
BATON ROUGE, La. — An influx of salt water in the Mississippi River, which feeds southeastern Louisiana's drinking water supplies, is once again creeping up the waterway. For the third year in a ...
WWNO1d
Saltwater intrusion on Mississippi River requires another sill to protect drinking water
Construction has begun on a saltwater sill near Myrtle Grove to help mitigate the effects of saltwater intrusion up the ...
ABC News9d
The Mississippi River is running low again. It’s a problem for farmers moving beans and grain
The water level of the Mississippi River is unusually low for the third straight year, forcing barge companies to put limits on how much cargo they can carry and cutting into farm profits ST ...
The Advocate1d
Mississippi River mayors meet in Baton Rouge, outline goals for next president
Mayors meeting in Baton Rouge say drought policy and funding to address drinking water issues needed for Mississippi River ...
ABC Kcrg 92d
Intermittent closures of the Mississippi River Bridge at Lansing
LANSING, Iowa (KCRG) - The Iowa DOT says it’s closing the Mississippi River Bridge at Lansing for 30-minutes twice a day each workday, starting Tuesday. It’s to reduce vibration, and limit the ...