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A map of the dead zone in the Gulf of Mexico in 2018 depicts low-oxygen areas in red, orange, and yellow off the coast of Louisiana.
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Gulf Dead Zone Looms Large in 2019

Mary Caperton Morton, Science Writer by Mary Caperton Morton 11 July 201927 January 2023

A new forecast predicts widespread hypoxia after a wet Midwest spring.

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Secrets from the New Madrid Seismic Zone’s Quaking Past

Rachel Crowell, Science Writer by Rachel Crowell 9 April 20198 December 2022

High-resolution lidar topography reveals a long history of ancient earthquakes.

The Mississippi River with the Fort St. Philip Crevasse complex shown to the right.
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Rethinking the River

by A. S. Kolker, A. M. Dausman, M, A. Allison, G. L. Brown, P. Y. Chu, K. de Mutsert, C. E. Fitzpatrick, J. R. Henkel, D. Justic, B. A. Kleiss, E. McCoy, E. Meselhe and C. P. Richards 19 June 201819 September 2023

The Mississippi River and its delta and plume provide insights into research-informed approaches to managing river-dominated coastal zones.

The 1927 flood on the Lower Mississippi River was one of the most destructive in U.S. history.
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Reimagining a Fatal Flood

Kate Wheeling, freelance science writer by Kate Wheeling 17 March 20162 March 2023

Researchers use high-resolution simulations to reexamine the rainfall events that led to one of the most destructive floods in U.S. history.

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