The Mississippi ... bottle by the time it gets to the ocean, but it's still there," Wendt said. Here's what to know about the study results, what's next for reducing plastic and trash along the ...

The Diamond Lady, a once-majestic riverboat, rests with smaller boats in mud at Riverside Park Marina in Martin Luther King Jr. Riverside Park along the Mississippi River on October 19 ...

Barges carrying shipped goods couldn't pass through the low levels of water without getting stuck in the mud. Some experts were concerned that supply chain issues on the Mississippi River could ...

Then the Great Creator instructed crawfish to dive down and bring up a bit of mud. Geologists tell a similar tale, though their sculptor is the Mississippi River: For thousands of years ...

including sand and mud that never reaches Louisiana. NASA scientists estimate that the Mississippi River annually carries about 500 million tons of sediment to the Gulf of Mexico. Locked in a ...

Heavy rainfall related to Hurricane Helene has helped slow the advance of salt water pushing up the Mississippi River and New Orleans area drinking water is still forecast to remain safe from the ...