National Weather Service claims 2019 flooding could cause record-breaking damage
The historic flooding that has been devastating the Midwest may be just the beginning of an ongoing trend. Last...
Louisiana wants to divert the Mississippi River to restore its coast
Of all the states dealing with global warming, Louisiana may have been hit the hardest. According to NPR, Louisiana...
New Orleans' $14.5 billion rebuilt levees won't fight a Category 5 hurricane
An often-repeated truth about Hurricane Katrina is that the events of August 29, 2005 were not a natural disaster...
Architect team weaves the Mississippi River's only waterfall into Minneapolis' urban fabric
The powerful St. Anthony's Falls is credited as the birthplace of Minneapolis, a city that used hydropower to become...
Sam Fox School's Dynamic Bird Blind Blends into an Avian Paradise
Washington University's school of architecture teamed up with the Audubon Center at Riverlands and the U.S. Army...
Gulf of Mexico Dead Zone to Triple in Size this Year, NOAA Warns
Every year runoff carried by the Mississippi River creates a "dead zone" in the Gulf of Mexico - and this year...
Environmental Groups Sue EPA over Gulf of Mexico "Dead Zone"
The Oil Industry isn't the only culprit in the slow destruction of the Gulf of Mexico — environmental groups...
Invasive Species Threat Inspires Jeanne Gang to Reimagine Chicago's South Side
When an environmental problem arises and the Army Corps of Engineers fails to act, leave it to an architect to...
Six Years After Katrina, Tropical Storm Lee Hits the Gulf Coast
Almost exactly six years after Hurricane Katrina slammed New Orleans, producing one of the worst natural disasters...
