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Mississippi River mayors launch a new push for a legal agreement to manage the waterway
Legal agreements govern the Great Lakes and some river systems in the U.S., but the Mississippi River doesn’t have a compact.
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The flow of 17% of the world's rivers has surged in their upper reaches over the past 35 years, causing major floods
Scientists warn that some rivers are changing their flow at a rate of between 5% and 10% annually, altering ecosystems, ...
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Floods, insufficient water, sinking river deltas: Hydrologists map changing river landscapes across the globe
A new study has mapped 35 years of river changes on a global scale. The work has revealed significant effects on both downstream (44% decrease in water flow) and upstream (17% flow increase) rivers, ...
Scientists mapped the world’s rivers over 35 years. They found shocking changes
The flow of water through the planet’s nearly 3 million rivers is changing rapidly, with potentially drastic implications for ...
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Decades after it disappeared, wild rice is booming again on upper Mississippi River
If she closes her eyes, Danelle Larson can still remember how the stretch of Mississippi River in front of her looked as ...
The Latest: The famed Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris reopens to great fanfare
Notre Dame is reopening its doors for the first time since a fire five years ago nearly destroyed the beloved 12th-century ...