WHEN IT RAINS pt. 4: Nearly 100 years after the Great Mississippi River Flood of 1927, some towns want to make room for increasing water instead of holding it back. What will a warmer future look like? northernpublicradio.org/wnij-news/2022… / 📸 St. Louis District

More from WHEN IT RAINS ☔️ We answer your Qs about increased rain and flooding: investigatemidwest.org/2022/10/05/whe… How our team reported this series: investigatemidwest.org/2022/10/05/whe… Editors - you can run this series, right now, for free. DM or email [email protected]. / 📸 The Gazette

Keep your eyes on this series, "When it rains" from Mississippi River Basin Ag & Water Desk Report for America Society of Environmental Journalists (SEJ) Harvest Public Media The Mississippi River basin is getting wetter as climate change brings era of extreme rain, floods news.stlpublicradio.org/health-science…

communities in the Mississippi River basin are getting more rain - so they're adapting. excellent reporting from the Mississippi River Basin Ag & Water Desk team! #ClimateCrisis #MississippiRiver NPR npr.org/2022/10/18/112…

Read reporting from our collaborative climate series #whenitrains in NPR, and listen for the radio piece during All Things Considered on Weds. By Eva ሄዋን, Juanpablo Ramirez-Franco and many more: npr.org/2022/10/18/112… Report for America Mizzou Journalism

"Even with the Heartland's climate change-induced increases in rainfall, droughts like this one are another symptom of climate change, related to those same shifting rainfall patterns." @giffin_connor reports in Courier Journal: courier-journal.com/story/news/loc…

is there an effort in Nola to rename Audubon Park? dailymemphian.com/section/opinio…

"But there’s growing awareness of the harm [road salt] can cause to freshwater resources – wreaking havoc on aquatic life, disrupting ecosystems, making its way into groundwater and corroding pipes." via Madeline Heim, Mississippi River Basin Ag & Water Desk, MinnPost minnpost.com/other-nonprofi…

Midwest states, often billed as climate havens, suffer summer of smoke, drought, heat nola.com/news/environme…

It's been a weird summer in the Mississippi River basin - wildfire smoke, worsening drought, humid heat. We want to know - how is extreme weather affecting you? Take our quick survey & please share: forms.gle/VnquVuYvrxfgjx… 📷 Haze in Cedar Rapids, Iowa via The Gazette

The Mississippi River watershed covers more than half the country - and it’s entering a new era of extreme weather. Our new series digs into these trends and how communities are responding in a #ChangingBasin. investigatemidwest.org/a-changing-bas… 🧵Some of the stories so far...

We're thrilled to share the 11 new Report for America partner newsrooms that will expand the Ag & Water Desk in 2024. Our collaborative will now have journalists at 20+ outlets. Apply now for reporting positions in these newsrooms & read on to learn more! 🧵agwaterdesk.org/2023/12/07/new…

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The spring flood forecast in a parched upper Mississippi River basin flood is a sharp contrast to last year's swollen river. From our Madeline Heim of Journal Sentinel: minnpost.com/other-nonprofi… #wiwx #mnwx #iawx #ilwx

I’m in DC covering the Mississippi River Cities & Towns Capitol Meeting for Mississippi River Basin Ag & Water Desk. This year’s focus is on increasing investment during the second half of the Bi-Partisan Infrastructure Act and Inflation Reduction Act to protect & restore this important riverine region.

In December, the Mississippi River Cities & Towns Initiative announced the development of a new insurance pilot program with the goal of creating a resilience fund for cities to deal with damage from climate disasters. The Lens thelensnola.org/2023/12/15/mis…

The Lens Mayors Mitch Reynolds of La Crosse, WI and Stacy Kinder of Cape Girardeau, MO spoke about the Mississippi River Plastic Pollution Initiative, launched in 2018, which found that 75% of marine debris tracked in the river is plastic. Mississippi River Basin Ag & Water Desk

How Bennet Goldstein reported his latest story about "poopspotting" with AI & satellites, plus more stories in our latest newsletter -- subscribe: mailchi.mp/agwaterdesk/ne…

Mayors from 10 states along the Mississippi River gathered in D.C. last week to lobby for funding to protect and restore one of the world’s most important working rivers. Mississippi River Basin Ag & Water Desk The Lens Report for America MRCTI thelensnola.org/2024/03/13/cli…

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