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The highest and lowest natural elevation in each of the 50 states
List Wire via Yahoo News· 8 hours agoBig Stone Lake: 966 feet. Tennessee (USA TODAY Network) Clingmans Dome: 6,643 feet. Mississippi ...
Corps closes Minneapolis locks to recreational boats due to highMississippi River flows
KARE 11 Minneapolis-St. Paul· 6 hours agoLower St. Anthony Falls Lock and Dam and Lock and Dam 1, located near Minnehaha Falls, remain open...
Could Mississippi River benefit from Chesapeake Bay’s strategy to improve water quality?
The Biloxi Sun Herald· 15 hours agoSluggish progress on reducing nutrient runoff into the Bay marks an inconvenient truth, but offers lessons for others seeking to clean their watersheds.
Giant river system that existed 40 million years ago discovered deep below Antarctic ice
Live Science via Yahoo News· 1 day agoUpon closer inspection, they recognized a strongly stratified pattern in the Eocene sand layer that...
Update: Flash flood warning expires in Rochester
Post-Bulletin, Rochester, Minn. via Yahoo News· 24 minutes agoJun. 21—ROCHESTER — As thunderstorms continue to roll into southeast Minnesota, the area remains under a flash flood watch until Saturday, June 22, 2024. The flood watch is in place until 1 ...
Not just a Gulf of Mexico problem: Mississippi River farm runoff pollutes upstream waters
The Biloxi Sun Herald· 2 days agoEditor’s note: This is the third in a five-story series that will examine the slow progress being made on reducing harmful agricultural runoff from the Mississippi
Louisiana bears the burden of Mississippi River runoff. Why doesn’t it push for solutions?
The Biloxi Sun Herald· 3 days agoThis summer’s “dead zone,” a low-oxygen area where the river empties into the sea, could span 5,827 square miles across the Gulf of Mexico. Louisiana has the power to call for change.
Gateway - Jalopnik
Jalopnik· 4 days agoAn intense drought through America’s heartland left 1,700 barges waiting for the Mississippi River to be dredged outside of Vicksburg, Mississippi ...
Gateway - The Root
The Root· 4 days agoNew Orleans has faced more than its fair share of environmental crises. On Friday, New Orleans Mayor LaToya Cantrell issued an emergency declaration warning that low water ...
New flood control plan for Pearl River would be far less expensive
The Clarion Ledger via Yahoo News· 3 days ago...July 11 — 11 a.m. at Slidell Municipal Auditorium, 2056 2nd St., Slidell, LA Thursday, July 11 —...
