As the Louisiana coast disappears, the Mississippi River’s newest channel is building much-needed land

Grist
By Lina TranJun 17, 2022, 10:45 am311 pts
About 55 miles southeast of New Orleans, just before the leg of the Mississippi River splits into its three-toed foot of a delta, a crack in the river’s east bank has swollen into a massive channel. Over the past several years, it’s continued to expand, diverting more and more water from its parent river…

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