Salt is lethal to crops typically grown on Delmarva — the corn, soybeans and wheat that become fodder for the region’s $5 ...
BATON ROUGE, La. (WAFB) - Aquifers deep underground supply the drinking water for most of the capital region. As the freshwater is pumped out of the ground, salt water begins to creep closer to those ...
According to the researchers, "severe saltwater intrusion will affect people's health, contaminate soil … cause crop harvest reduction, and economic loss on a wide scale." Furthermore ...
Saltwater intrusion from the sea up rivers has affected the Mekong Delta's freshwater supply more than a month earlier and more badly than normal, an agriculture ministry agency has reported.