September 09, 2010

Mississippi-500

Twisted History on the NPR Blog

Robert Krulwich of RadioLab, my favorite sciencey podcast, posted a fascinating short history of the transformation of the Mississippi river. Read the full story on Krulwich’s blog.

The Mississippi, like all great rivers, is constantly rearranging itself, filling in where it used to be, cutting new watery paths through fields, creating islands.

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