The government approved the building up pumps for Mississippi Delta flood control in 1941. More than eight decades later, a ...

Fertilizer that helps crops grow contains high levels of nitrogen and phosphorus. These nutrients run off the fields during rainstorms and end up in waterways leading to the Mississippi River.

In 2021, the researchers collected water and particle samples from the Wax Lake Delta, a key distributary of the Mississippi-Atchafalaya River Basin.

The Mississippi River/Gulf of Mexico Hypoxia Task Force oversees federal and state efforts to reduce the pollution of tributaries that flow into the Mississippi River with nutrients – nitrogen ...

In 2021, the researchers collected water and particle samples from the Wax Lake Delta, a key distributary of the Mississippi-Atchafalaya River Basin. At BC, the nitrogen isotopic composition of the ...

The report from the Upper Mississippi River Basin Association analyzed 30 years of data, finding that while water quality is generally improving, there are new problems emerging.

Moving and unforgettable, "Water Song" urges listeners to think about how they treat the natural resource, so vital for life on earth.

There's a centuries-long tradition of music inspired and transported by the Mississippi River. That tradition continues today.

Scientists reveal new information about the role humans have played in large-scale land loss in the Mississippi River Delta -- crucial information in determining solutions to the crisis.

The Mississippi River's floodplain forests are dying. The race is on to bring them back.

You could call it “Dead Zone East,” a 1,634-square-mile area of Gulf of Mexico bottom waters with dangerously low levels of oxygen on the east side of the Mississippi River.