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New York Times: When people think of the Mississippi River, they might have visions of Mark Twain and old steamboats. But few Americans understand the vast amounts of shipping traffic that still makes its way up and down the river, part of the world’s largest navigable inland waterway.
As I write in The Times, a Midwestern drought has caused the dwindling of the mighty river in recent months. The phenomenon cannot necessarily be ascribed to climate change – no individual weather event can be.
Still, shifting......
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Drought Points Up Critical Role of Waterways
Posted by Washington Post: Juliet Eilperin on January 18th, 2013
Posted in Water Conservation