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TOPIC PORTALS FROM SCIENCE IN CONTEXT
ARTICLES
BACKGROUND
- Mississippi River Basin
- Eutrophication
- Erosion
- Flooding
- Science World Magazine (2020): Rising Waters: Despite Human Effort to Tame the Mighty Mississippi River, Record Floods Just Keep Coming
- Minnesota Public Radio: Too Much Sediment in Upper Mississippi River
- Washington Post (2018): The Mississippi River Hasn't Flooded This Much in 500 Years (Cites a study!)
- New York Times (2019): Mississippi Flooding in Summer 2019
- USGS: Floods: Things to Know
SOLUTIONS
- Eutrophication
- Erosion
- Flooding
Dams, Levees, & Reservoirs
- Gale Encyclopedia of Science: Dams
- UXL Encyclopedia of Weather and Natural Disasters: Levee
- Gale Environmental Encyclopedia: Reservoir
Ecosystems Impacted by Flooding/Ecosystems that aid in Flood Prevention
- Gale Environmental Encyclopedia: Urban Runoff
- UXL Encyclopedia of Weather and Natural Disasters: Coastal Resilience
- Restoring Ecosystems May Be the Answer to Flood Prevention
- Environmental Encyclopedia: Wetlands
- Environmental Encyclopedia: Riparian Lands