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Climate Cast ®
Paul Huttner and Ngoc Bui

Record low levels of the Mississippi River cause major problems for grain

Barge traffic drastically slows as drought depletes one of America's longest rivers

Low water levels on the lower Mississippi River
The unusually low water level in the lower Mississippi River has caused some barges to get stuck in the muddy river bottom, resulting in delays.
Rogelio V. Solis | AP

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The Mississippi River reached record lows in the southern U.S. this fall, causing major problems for the 60% of U.S. grain harvest that’s typically shipped down America’s largest river.

Climate expert Jeff Masters wrote about this for Yale Climate Connections and he joins Climate Cast to share more on the wide-reaching impacts of this drought.

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