Creating New Land Near New Orleans

In a new, long-term plan that stretches about 100 years into the future, engineers write that diverting the sediment-rich waters from the Mississippi River towards New Orleans could result in important, new stretches of land being created around the city over the next century. The river'... [ read more >> ]

As the Mississippi River enters the Gulf of Mexico, it deposits its load of sediment in a delta

View of the lower Mississippi River delta below New Orleans, with predictions for new land

A view of the Wax Lake Delta in 2005, with a hindcast of shoreline position

Image comment: A view of the Wax Lake Delta in 2005, with a hindcast of shoreline position
Image credits: AGU / EOS

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A view of the Wax Lake Delta in 2005, with a hindcast of shoreline position