NOLA.com

The Mississippi River breaks free in this part of Louisiana. A new project will look at solutions.

Managing the river's breaks, or crevasses, is of high importance, affecting issues ranging from saltwater intrusion to global ...
JSTOR Daily

Long-term water color and flow trends in the Mississippi River Headwaters, 1944–2010

Intensification of brown color in surface waters has been observed over several decades in many areas. We examined a 64-yr daily record (1947–2010) of visual water color, a measure of chromophoric ...
koaa

Ida caused Mississippi River to temporarily flow backwards as hurricane hit Louisiana

NEW ORLEANS, La. — When Hurricane Ida hit Louisiana as a Category 4 storm on Sunday, it temporarily reversed the flow of the Mississippi River. Ricky Boyette, a spokesman for the U.S. Army Corps of ...
The Columbian

To save a dying swamp, Louisiana aims to restore the Mississippi River’s natural flow

GARYVILLE, La. (AP) — Louisiana has long relied on a vast levee system to rein in the Mississippi River and protect surrounding communities from flooding. But cutting off the natural flow of the river ...
The Advocate

Mammoth break in Mississippi's banks south of New Orleans is building new land, study says

A mammoth break in the Mississippi River’s banks far south of New Orleans is building substantial amounts of new land in a heavily eroded part of the coast, a new study finds, adding to the debate ...
The Business Journals

Isaac's surge forced Mississippi River to flow backward

Hurricane Isaac caused the Mississippi River to flow backwards when it crashed ashore Tuesday. The storm surge and strong winds from Hurricane Isaac caused the ...