Explore where Acadia National Park is. Learn about its stunning map, unique geology shaped by glaciers, rich history, and key ...

But two new academic studies suggest the river diversion will likely outpace the rapid subsidence rate and build land faster than it sinks.

Mississippi River water levels are plummeting to an all-time low this week at Memphis in the wake of a sweltering summer and ongoing drought – setting a record for the second consecutive year ...

War artifacts are typically weapons and uniforms, but occasionally something so strange shows up, that even historians are at ...

During the 20th century, thousands of dams were built on Mississippi River tributaries stopping the flow of fine silt, clay and other sediment from reaching the delta and seafloor to offset erosion.

The research centers on the Mississippi below the Ohio River confluence, in Cairo, Ill. It uses river sediment records and tree rings from once-drowned oaks to infer past flow patterns and floods ...

Gov. Tony Evers signed a proclamation declaring June 2 National Mississippi River Day in Wisconsin, saying the river helps connect the state to the global economy.

To gauge where and when mudslides occur, the LSU team will map the seabed around Louisiana’s “bird’s foot,” or the part of the Mississippi River delta that splits into Southwest Pass ...

A river gauge marks near record low water levels on the Mississippi River at New Orleans. It's many feet lower than it typically would be and it's creating all sorts of problems.

Two stretches of the southern Mississippi River were reopened to commercial traffic over the weekend after dredging operations deepened the shipping channel near Memphis, Tennessee, and near Stack ...

Taming the Mighty Mississippi A picaresque tour of infrastructure reveals a struggle for control all along America’s great river, full of questions about what it once was, doubts about what it ...