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Could the Mississippi River benefit from Chesapeake Bay’s strategy to improve water quality?
The Gazette· 7 hours agoDespite the program’s best efforts, the region has missed two deadlines for nitrogen and phosphorus...
Giant river system that existed 40 million years ago discovered deep below Antarctic ice
Live Science via Yahoo News· 12 hours agoUpon closer inspection, they recognized a strongly stratified pattern in the Eocene sand layer that...
Not just a Gulf problem: Mississippi River farm runoff pollutes upstream waters
The Gazette· 7 hours agoUpstream communities are starting to see costs of the Gulf’s dead zone problem as their own drinking...
Dubuque park, campground to remain closed at least through Fourth of July
telegraphherald.com· 4 hours agoDubuque’s Miller Riverview Park and Campground will remain closed to campers and pedestrians until further notice due to high Mississippi River levels.
Hwy 41 in Chaska to close due to Minnesota River flooding
KMSP· 3 days agoThe Minnesota Department of Transportation will temporarily close Highway 41 this week at the...
Early white settlers were witness to early Sheboygan County Native American villages
The Sheboygan Press via Yahoo News· 24 hours agoAt...wigwams, some twelve or fifteen in number, extending from the mouth up to high ground or...
Louisiana bears the burden of Mississippi River runoff. Why doesn’t it push for solutions?
Biloxi Sun Herald via Yahoo News· 2 days agoThis summer’s “dead zone,” a low-oxygen area where the river empties into the sea, could span 5,827...
Flood watch: St. Paul closing roads, Stillwater holding emergency meeting as more rain forecast
Pioneer Press, St. Paul, Minn. via Yahoo News· 14 hours agoWith a weather forecast soaked with yet more showers and storms through Saturday, the Twin Cities is...
Impact of rainfall on river levels
WEAU Eau Claire· 1 day agoSo far this month, the National Weather Service reports June’s precipitation numbers are more than an inch and a half higher than average. After quite a...
California and National Drought Summary for June 18, 2024, 10 Day Weather Outlook, and California...
Sierra Sun Times· 21 hours agoThere were big changes in the Drought Monitor depiction of dryness and drought this week compared to last, primarily across the contiguous U.S. east of the Mississippi < ...