Wisconsin has one of the world's most important bodies of water right next door. Nope, we're not talking about Lake Michigan, or Lake Superior. We're talking about the Mississippi River. The river ...

In 1758, the French ethnographer Antoine-Simon Le Page du Pratz published The History of Louisiana, in which he wrote that the Mississippi River’s name meant “the ancient father of rivers.” Though his ...

The Norman 1858 map of the lower Mississippi River is a perfect example of the type of map which has become ‘hot’ in the last decade or so. It has an immediate connection with the history of the boom ...

The enormous Mississippi River, the 13th largest river in the world in terms of flow, occupies a central place in U.S. geography, economy and culture. The river is a huge part of the country's ...

Figure 1: Land change in the Mississippi River delta from 1932 to 2010. Figure 2: Linear regression model between elevation and carbon stock for the six vibracore sites. Figure 3: Linear regression ...

Photos and satellite imagery from the central United States show how the region’s worst drought in at least a decade has pushed the Mississippi River and its tributaries to drop to record lows this ...

The Mississippi River is considered the most endangered in the U.S. due to uncertainty over the Federal Emergency Management Agency's future, according to an environmental group based in Washington ...

The Mississippi River is a superhighway for American agricultural products, but a warm fall and extreme drought conditions have contributed to its water levels dropping to record lows. Special ...

A complex series of railways, roads, bridges and waterways connects U.S. farmers to the rest of the word, but this system is deteriorating and threatens U.S. agriculture’s leading global position.

In Vicksburg, Mississippi, this is the longest continuous stretch above flood stage since 1927. The Mississippi River at the Quad Cities saw its longest stretch above major flood stage ever recorded.

The Pearl River is expected to crest Monday as it reaches its third-highest water level after a long period of rain that has brought flooding to the Jackson, Mississippi, area, forcing road closures, ...