Mississippi Delta Could Vanish Soon, Scientists Warn
The Bird's Foot Delta, a crucial ecological and economic hub, faces an uncertain future amid rising seas and dwindling sediment.
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LSU, Tulane partner up to research impacts of Mississippi River Delta erosion on communities
BATON ROUGE, La. (BRPROUD) — As the Mississippi Delta erodes, a partnership between LSU and Tulane is researching how much these disappearing communities will change if nothing is done.
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One City, Three Ways: New Orleans, Louisiana
The Big Easy has plenty of round-the-clock fun to offer for gastronomes, culture connoisseurs, and history buffs.
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With EPA support, the Corps is moving forward with flood relief project for Mississippi Delta
A 19,000 cubic-feet-per second, or cfs, pumping station in Louisiana cost roughly $1 billion to build over a decade ago, and the Corps is proposing a 25,000 cfs station for the South Delta. Corps ...
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The Largest River Delta In USA Could Soon Be Lost To The Sea
Today, it’s estimated that a football field of land becomes open water every 100 minutes in Louisiana. It’s all too clear what’s at stake if the Mississippi River Delta is allowed to ...
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Head’s up: USGS alerts Mississippi, Louisiana residents to upcoming low-level airplane flights
Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... Residents in Southwest Mississippi and Southeast Louisiana should expect to see ...
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Carbon credits sales from north Louisiana forests begin; 20,000 acres set aside to offset greenhouse gases
The project sets aside 20,000 acres of hardwood bottomland forests inside the Mississippi River Delta of northeastern ...
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Revised forecast: Potential of heavy snow across much of Mississippi. See projections
The Delta could see slight accumulations. "Confidence is increasing in impactful snowfall accumulation across much of central and south Mississippi and northeast Louisiana on Tuesday," the NWS said.