Editor’s note: This is the second in a five-story series that will examine the slow progress being made on reducing harmful agricultural runoff from the Mississippi River basin, which causes a ...

Periods of high rainfall are also causing damage through the runoff of fertilizers from farmland into the Mississippi River. The runoff has increased in recent decades and is expected to continue ...

For the Mississippi River basin, Jill Trepanier, an associate professor at Louisiana State University studying weather and climate, is most concerned about the extreme variability in precipitation.

For the Mississippi River basin, Jill Trepanier, an associate professor at Louisiana State University studying weather and climate, is most concerned about the extreme variability in precipitation.

According to the report, more than 30 million acres of wetlands are planted with crops in the Mississippi River basin. This land is more prone to flooding and soil loss, as well as nutrient runoff ...

The Mississippi River basin lacks even a pollution quota, ... Agricultural runoff remains the driving contributor to water pollution in both the Chesapeake Bay and Mississippi River basin.

The Mississippi River Basin covers all or part of 31 states in the U.S, including Prairie du Chien, Wisconsin pictured here. Targeting conservation funds to the Mississippi River Watershed could ...

Given the challenges that come with coordinating nutrient quotas in the 64,000-square-mile Bay watershed, doing so across 1.2 million square miles in the Mississippi River basin — which ...

It was an alarming personal example of a massive problem far downstream as nitrates and other nutrients from agriculture runoff flow down the Mississippi River, eventually ending up in the Gulf of ...

Given the challenges that come with coordinating nutrient quotas in the 64,000-square-mile Bay watershed, doing so across 1.2 million square miles in the Mississippi River basin — which ...

The Fifth National Climate Assessment, released this month, warns of wide-ranging climate impacts throughout the United States.The implications for people and the environment in the Mississippi River ...