By Madeline Heim, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, and Delaney Dryfoos, The Lens The Mississippi River is the nation’s most ...

The remains of a Mosasaurus hoffmannii, commonly known as a giant mosasaur, have been found in the Mississippi River, resembling a gigantic aquatic dragon from the Late Cretaceous, capable of ...

The continental inflow of fresh water is very limited by the regional semi-arid climate countryside and small river drainage basins. The regional tides are semi-diurnal, ranging between 1.5 and 3 m.

The Mississippi River Basin represents North America’s largest drainage system, encompassing all or parts ... which is being depleted at rates far exceeding natural recharge. USGS data indicates that ...

In a remarkable feat of community effort, the Noon river in Bundelkhand's Jalaun district is being revived after years of desiccation. Local residents restored 14 km of the drainage basin ...

Pipe maker Advanced Drainage Systems Inc. is buying Illinois-based River Valley Pipe LLC to expand in the stormwater and agriculture markets in the Midwest. Terms were not disclosed but publicly ...

MEMPHIS, Tenn. (WMC) - Back on May 8th, 1925, Tom Lee saved over 30 people after a steamboat overturned on the Mississippi River. Quincy Morris, the Executive Director of Klondike Smokey City CDC, ...

World leaders signed the Paris Agreement in 2015, which was an international treaty that promised to limit global warming to preferably below 2.7 F (1.5 C) and well below 3.6 F (2 C). Earth is now ...

CLINTON, Iowa — The U.S. 30 bridge that crosses over the Mississippi River from Clinton, Iowa, into southern Fulton, Illinois, will be closed due to maintenance. According to the Iowa Department ...

PLAQUEMINES PARISH, La. — Response crews have contained the source of oil and natural gas spilling from an unused well near the mouth of the Mississippi River. "We were able to successfully cut ...

The 12 River Basin Development Authorities (RBDAs) have pledged to boost the Federal Government’s food security efforts by forming stronger partnerships and adopting modern agricultural technologies.