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AMES, Iowa – Heavy rain events that occur only a few days a year can account for up to a third of the annual nitrogen runoff from farmland in the Mississippi River basin, according to a new study from ...

As climate change progresses, rising temperatures may impact nitrogen runoff from land to lakes and streams more than projected increases in total and extreme precipitation for most of the continental ...

AMHERST, Mass. (WWLP) – Researchers at UMass Amherst released a study on how fertilizer runoff from farm fields is releasing nitrogen into rivers and streams. The microbes in the water break the ...

An illustration shows how runoff from river basins leads to hypoxic "dead zones" in the Gulf of Mexico. An illustration shows how runoff from river basins leads to hypoxic "dead zones" in the Gulf of ...

Fertilizer pollution can have significant ripple effects in the food webs of streams and rivers, according to a new analysis of global data. The researchers also found some detection methods could ...

Some effects of extreme weather are visible – like half a million acres of flattened corn in Iowa left behind after a derecho that hit the Midwestern United States on Aug. 10. Other effects are harder ...

Prairie grasses blow in the wind Nov. 20 in a field near in northern Linn County. New conservation practices planned across the Middle Cedar River watershed will reduce an estimated 45 percent of ...

Tropical coastal ecosystems are among the most biodiverse areas on Earth. And they're also on the front lines of effects caused by human activity. That's why it's becoming increasingly important, ...