Barataria Sediment Diversion. The project was the largest single ecosystem restoration effort in U.S. history and the ...

Louisiana is officially canceling a $3 billion coastal restoration project funded by the Deepwater Horizon oil spill ...

Wikimedia Commons/Middleton, Strobridge & Co., lithographer; Mathews, Alfred Edward, 1831-1874, artist The 47-day Siege of ...

Parts of New Orleans, including its international airport, are sinking nearly 2 inches per year, according to a new study. Wetlands and parts of the city's levee system are sinking, too.

A geologist's vibrant maps reveal how the Mississippi River has wandered across its valley, making it look like a colorful, winding serpent. These maps, created by Harold Fisk in 1944, document the ...

The Mississippi River is the nation’s most endangered river, a national conservation group says, because of federal plans to cut flood relief programs as severe weather threats grow. American Rivers, ...

New research shows that typically, less than 10% of land-building alluvium reaches the Bird’s Foot Delta region, the southernmost reach of the river, where it meets the Gulf.

Above the Head of Passes, substantial amounts of sediment carried by the Mississippi River are lost through both natural and man-made channels, such as the rapidly expanding Neptune Pass near Buras, ...

Today, the mighty Mississippi River carries more than a million cubic feet of water through our state every second. It is a force of nature unmatched, unstoppable and deeply woven into the story ...

The Mississippi River is the nation's most endangered river, a national conservation group says, because of federal plans to cut flood relief programs as severe weather threats grow.