Louisiana’s saltwater wedge is a slow-motion disaster

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By Jake BittleOct 3, 2023, 4:29 pm243 pts
The Mississippi River is a connected system. If farms dump fertilizer into the river’s tributaries in Ohio, that waste ends up in the Gulf of Mexico. If heavy rains make the river’s level rise in Illinois, it puts pressure on flood levees in Arkansas. And if a hot, dry summer sweeps across the Midwest,…

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