Understanding how water moves through the Earth system is fundamental to predicting climate impacts and ensuring sustainable ...

This aerial image of the San Andreas Fault in the Carrizo Plain shows numerous curved drainages where fault slip has stretched stream channels to the left. Eventually, the channels get ‘reset’ when ...

Model of the lower Mississippi River at the River Center at Louisiana State University in Baton Rouge in October 2023. (Sabrina Canfield/ Courthouse News Service) BATON ROUGE, La. (CN) — Louisiana ...

Louisiana has lost about 2,000 square miles of coastline in the last 80 years according to estimates — an area about the size of Delaware. Coastal erosion and seawater damage have a lot to do with it.

While a wealth of nutrient export models exists, a knowledge gap persists regarding how climate and land-use changes ...

The Mississippi River—it’s a big deal, OK? The combined ports of South Louisiana and New ­Orleans move more cargo, ton for ton, than any other US port. So figuring out the Mississippi’s ...

The 80th Anniversary Celebration of the Mississippi River Basin Model will give visitors a rare opportunity to see what has been described as the largest hydraulic model in the world from 2 until 6 ...

River temperature is a critical variable that influences the physical, chemical, and biological functions of ecosystems. Climate change is predicted to increase river temperatures worldwide, adding ...

The invasion of nonnative species has widespread and detrimental effects on local and global ecosystems. These intruders often spread and multiply prolifically, displace native species, alter the ...

A high-resolution climate model is able to accurately capture the ribbons of moist air that sometimes escape the sodden tropics and flow toward the drier mid-latitudes, allowing scientists to ...