This drone image shows the last 4 miles (6 kilometers) of Loomis Pass, a constructed channel that branches several times along its path from the Mississippi River. The foreground shows approximately ...

The Mississippi River's Bird's Foot Delta, a vital ecological and economic region, faces rapid deterioration because of ...

NEW ORLEANS -- Mississippi River ships and barges carry over 500 million tons of cargo through the Southwest Pass shipping channel at the river's end to reach major ports that handle 18% of U.S.

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. NEW ORLEANS, La. – ...

The bird's foot delta in 2015. Photo provided by Weeks Marine Inc./Patrick M. Quigley -- Sean Duffy, executive director of the Big River Coalition. Researchers prepare to launch a drone to map wetland ...

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — There’s mud — lots of it — flowing down the Mississippi River and washing out into the Gulf of Mexico every day. Now, in an effort to help stave off the catastrophic loss of the ...

The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine are private, nonprofit institutions that provide expert advice on some of the most pressing challenges facing the nation and world. Our ...

NEW ORLEANS — Authorities still don't know what caused the Main Pass Oil Gathering pipeline on the floor of the Gulf of Mexico to lose 1.1 million gallons of oil, or even where the leak began along a ...

A major new initiative will investigate the future of Louisiana's Bird's Foot Delta, the disappearing wisps of land where the Mississippi River meets the Gulf of Mexico, holding wide-ranging ...