Cuts to Mississippi levees could build new land in sinking delta

Wednesday, October 21, 2009 - 04:49 in Earth & Climate

Diverting sediment-rich water from the Mississippi River below New Orleans could generate new land in the river's delta in the next century that would equal almost half the acreage otherwise expected to disappear during that period, a new study shows...

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