When pollution gets bad enough in the rivers supplying Iowa's largest city with drinking water, it costs Des Moines around ...

An update of Louisiana's strategy to help reduce the low-oxygen “dead zone” in the Gulf of Mexico is being criticized as inadequate because of its reliance on a proposed project now in doubt and for ...

The nation’s rivers and streams remain stubbornly polluted with nutrients that contaminate drinking water and fuel a gigantic dead zone for aquatic life in the Gulf of Mexico, according to a recently ...

Flowers grown on inexpensive floating platforms can help clean polluted waterways, over 12 weeks extracting 52 percent more phosphorus and 36 percent more nitrogen than the natural nitrogen cycle ...

Turfgrass maintenance is a critical component of urban, residential and recreational landscapes. Efficient nutrient management is pivotal in sustaining turfgrass health, enhancing soil structure and ...

Braided channels of the Mississippi River near the Quad Cities are pictured Sept. 18. Flight support provided by LightHawk. Iowa is one of 33 states that fuel algae blooms that starve aquatic life of ...

NOTICE: The project that is the subject of this report was approved by the Governing Board of the National Research Council, whose members are drawn from the councils of the National Academy of ...

MACH Engineering reports that industrial water pollution remains a significant issue in the U.S., with many businesses ...

Algae blooms in bodies of water, like this duck week on a pond, can be caused by fertilizer runoff. Courtesy Johnson County Extension After conducting a soil test, home gardeners are often raring to ...

Warming winters in Iowa are increasing nitrate pollution in drinking water, costing Des Moines thousands daily and posing ...