River barges are an efficient way to move crops — 15 barges can hold about as much grain as 1,000 semi-trucks. But low river ...

A map of the Mississippi River basin and the river’s major tributaries. (Annie Ropeik, Ag & Water Desk/Data via U.S.

Salt water is moving upriver from the Gulf of Mexico. Drought in the central United States has weakened the mighty river’s ...

For the third year in a row, extreme drought conditions in the Midwest are drawing down water levels on the Mississippi River ...

A freight ship heads south on the Mississippi River in southern Louisiana in June, 2024. Aerial support provided by ...

The water level of the Mississippi River is unusually low for the third straight year, forcing barge companies to put limits on how much cargo they can carry and cutting into farm profits ST ...

One of Harold Fisk’s famed 1944 maps of the Mississippi. You can find Boyce’s new book, The Great River, at your local bookstore or online. The 2018 study which attributed increased ...

LANSING, Iowa (KCRG) - The Iowa DOT says it’s closing the Mississippi River Bridge at Lansing for 30-minutes twice a day each workday, starting Tuesday. It’s to reduce vibration, and limit the ...

Work has begun on an underwater levee to block salt water advancing up the Mississippi River and threatening southeast Louisiana drinking water supplies for the third year in a row, the Army Corps ...

BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — An influx of salt water in the Mississippi River, which feeds southeastern Louisiana’s drinking water supplies, is once again creeping up the waterway. For the third ...