The dead zone, a stretch of oxygen-depleted water that forms annually off the Louisiana and Texas coasts, is caused primarily ...

The Union Pacific-Norfolk Southern merger should be approved. It would benefit riders, businesses, and the railway network.

NOAA-supported scientists announced today that this year's Gulf of Mexico "dead zone"—an area of low to no oxygen that can ...

Mississippi River basin residents worry about the environment and want change, study finds. But many don't know they're in the basin. Madeline Heim Milwaukee Journal Sentinel 0:05 ...

They surveyed more than 2,300 adult residents from the 10 states that border the Mississippi River, seeking to better understand what people know about environmental issues in the basin.

In Louisiana, 24.3% were aware they live in the Mississippi basin, the largest percentage of all basin states, but 53% didn't believe they did.

A bounty has been set on black carp in Oklahoma, but it might be hard for anglers to get their hands on a payout. Recently a program — Keep, Cool, Call — was expanded to Oklahoma. The program rewards ...

For the Mississippi River basin, Jill Trepanier, an associate professor at Louisiana State University studying weather and climate, is most concerned about the extreme variability in precipitation.

Corps to divert more of Mississippi River to the Atchafalaya Basin Extra water could spur sluggish crawfish season By RICHARD BURGESS Acadiana bureau Apr 25, 2013 2 min to read ...

The 80th Anniversary Celebration of the Mississippi River Basin Model will give visitors a rare opportunity to see what has been described as the largest hydraulic model in the world from 2 until ...

Lance Nacio, right, and deckhand Jorge Portillo harvest traps for blue crab in the Barataria Basin between the Mississippi and Atchafalaya rivers in Louisiana’s Terrebonne Parish on Jan. 23, 2024.