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Gulf Research Program Awards $22 Million to Launch New ‘Mississippi River Delta Transition Initiative’ Consortium

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 ...
The Yazoo Herald

University Launches Scholars Program to Tackle Gulf South Challenges

As one of the newest campuses in the Gulf Scholars Program, the University of Mississippi is working to prepare students to address some of the Gulf South's most pressing environmental and social ...
WAPT

Mississippi River pollution grows 'dead zone' in Gulf

IS FIRM - THE AUGUST 12TH DEADLINE FOR A TRADE DEAL WITH CHINA COULD BE PUSHED BACK. THE GULF'S "DEAD ZONE" - AN AREA WHERE FISH AND SEA LIFE CAN'T SURVIVE - IS GETTING BIGGER, THANKS TO POLLUTION ...
WWNO

Under new EPA rule, protections would dry up for wetlands across the Mississippi River basin

The new rule, proposed Nov. 17, is the latest in a convoluted, decades-long fight over which streams and wetlands qualify as ...
AOL

Gulf of America ‘dead zone’ shrank sharply in 2025, scientists say

(The Center Square) − The Gulf of America's "dead zone" has shrunk significantly this summer, with scientists measuring a hypoxic area of just over 4,400 square miles — roughly a third smaller than ...
Los Angeles Times

Lower Mississippi River Reopens After Accident

The lower Mississippi River was partially reopened to heavy ships after salvage crews moved a sunken vessel that had been blocking the river’s only deep opening into the Gulf of Mexico. Traffic was ...
The Advocate

Mississippi River spillways have kept Louisiana dry and safe. That may no longer be enough.

The infrastructure along the Mississippi River has long protected the New Orleans area from catastrophic flooding. But a list ...