Mississippi River diversions will produce new land, but slowly, Tulane study says

Mississippi River diversions will produce new land, but slowly, Tulane study says 04/18/2018 02:15 PM EDT Although river diversions that bring land building sediment to shrinking coastlands are the best solution to sustaining portions of the Mississippi Delta, rate of land building will likely be dwarfed by the rate of wetland loss, a new Tulane University study says. Full story at https://news.tulane.edu/pr/mississippi-river-diversions-will-produce-new-land-slowly-tulane-study-says Source Tulane University This is an NSF News From the Field item. Follow NSF:  This email was sent using GovDelivery Communications Cloud on behalf of: National Science Foundation Update · 2415 Eisenhower Avenue, Alexandria, VA 22314 · 703-292-5111