NEW ORLEANS (WVUE) - Saltwater intrusion typically happens every year closer to the mouth of the Mississippi River. Some years, it can creep too far upstream when the river is low, which is what’s ...

The nonprofit organization, Wings2Water, is accepting grant applications for 2026.The group works to restore water quality in ...

Lane Simmons of the U.S. Geological Survey collects a water-quality sample at the Mississippi River at Baton Rouge, Louisiana (USGS 07374000). Credit: Scott Dennis, USGS. NOAA is forecasting this ...

The Louisiana Universities Marine Consortium has a goal of shrinking the zone to 1,900 square miles by 2035. A massive lifeless zone in the northern Gulf of Mexico is significantly smaller than ...

Scientists at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign can now differentiate between human-derived and hydrological ...

Since their introduction into the Mississippi River Basin by accident in the 1970s, invasive Asian carp have grown to pose one of the greatest economic and ecological challenges facing the river's ...

ST. LOUIS, Missouri, December 8, 2008 (ENS) - Conservation and agricultural groups announced a new initiative today that aims to reduce the polluting sediment and excess agricultural nutrients that ...

Scientists at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign can now differentiate between human-derived and hydrological contributions ...

The Gazette offers audio versions of articles using Instaread. Some words may be mispronounced. The Iowa Agriculture Water Alliance announced it has awarded this year’s Individual Impact Award to ...

The Figge Art Museum has opened a new exhibit exploring the shifting atmosphere of the Mississippi River watershed, the museum announced in a press release Tuesday. The exhibit, called "Kristin Quinn: ...