10 votes By sending Mississippi river waters on a new course, engineers hope to build new land—and test ways to save a retreating coast Posted March 10 by boxer_dogs_dance Tags: water, usa.la, rivers, mississippi river, engineering, coastlines, marshland, sediment, author.warren cornwall, source.science, paywall https://www.science.org/content/article/rerouting-mississippi-river-could-build-new-land-and-save-retreating-coast