(Phys.org)—The Jan. 17 issue of The New York Times celebrated "the remarkable feat of engineering" that kept the Mississippi River open to barge traffic despite extreme drought in the Midwest. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, ...
Environment
Jan 28, 2013
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The extensive system of levees along the Mississippi River has done much to prevent devastating floods in riverside communities. But the levees have also contributed to the loss of Louisiana's wetlands. By holding in floodwaters, ...
Environment
Oct 21, 2012
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South Florida is considered one of the most at-risk areas of the U.S. when it comes to sea-level rise. But what can the region learn from other areas facing similar challenges?
Environment
Mar 28, 2024
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A U.S. agency has agreed to an in-depth environmental study into whether dredging a Georgia shipping channel in the spring and summer would threaten rare sea turtles nesting on nearby beaches—a review demanded by conservationists ...
Ecology
May 8, 2023
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Drought upriver has left the Mississippi River so low and slow that salt water is creeping farther than usual along the bottom toward New Orleans and threatening drinking water, the Army Corps of Engineers said Wednesday.
Environment
Sep 29, 2022
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The company seeking to develop Pebble Mine in the headwaters of Bristol Bay has long promised that the controversial project would bring Alaska jobs, economic growth and tax revenue.
Environment
Oct 30, 2020
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A bird's eye look at the Florida Keys is all it takes to understand that little stands between the chain of islands and the sea.
Environment
Feb 27, 2020
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After 34 years on the endangered species list, a tiny Midwestern bird is ready to fly free of federal protection.
Plants & Animals
Oct 23, 2019
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In May 2011, when the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers used explosives to breach a levee south of Cairo, Ill., diverting the rising waters of the Mississippi and Ohio rivers to prevent flooding in the town, about 130,000 acres ...
Earth Sciences
Feb 18, 2014
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The Army Corps of Engineers says it has found electrical problems at the National Security Agency's $1.7 billion data center that could delay the new facility's long-awaited opening this fall in Utah.
Other
Oct 8, 2013
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