A close look at the frozen Mississippi River in Moline, Illinois.

Winter Storm Fern left more than 150,000 without power in Mississippi and 140,000 outage reports remain Tuesday as more ...

A new study says river deltas around the world aren’t just disappearing because of rising seas, but because the land itself ...

The Mississippi landscape is known for being coastal, expansive, and, well, flat. But don’t let that fool you; hidden away in ...

I’d heard the warnings before heading out. I chose to ignore them. What I found on the Mississippi River made me understand why people were so serious about going alone. Some places demand more ...

The narratives detailed in Pearce’s maps center the knowledge, experiences and histories of Indigenous people in North ...

In some states the wind chill may fall below -50 F.

A new global analysis suggests that the stability of many river deltas may be changing in ways that are largely invisible from the ground. By examining subtle shifts in land elevation, researchers ...

A new study published in Nature finds human-driven land sinking now outpaces sea-level rise in many of the world’s major delta systems, threatening more than 236 million people.

A study finds major river deltas like the Ganga-Brahmaputra are sinking faster than rising sea levels, amplifying flood risk for 236 million people. Groundwater withdrawal, reduced river sediment, and ...

In some states the wind chill may fall below -50 F.

In some states the wind chill may fall below -50 F.