A journalist and a farmer visit three fields with different styles of cultivation — conventional, organic and no-till — to bury cotton underwear in each. Though this sounds like the beginning of a bad ...

An ongoing groundwater crisis in the Lower Umatilla Basin has long been linked to the local agricultural industry. Well into the third decade of this crisis, the industry says it should be part of the ...

Scientists discovered that bacteria commonly found in wastewater can break down plastic to turn it into a food source, a finding that researchers hope could be a promising answer to combat one of ...

CHICAGO (WLS) -- There's a dirty little secret lurking in your laundry. A single load of laundry sends 15 million microfibers through our waterways. Microfibers are tiny little strands of plastic that ...

Nitrogen is an essential element for living organisms, needed to build DNA, proteins and chlorophyll. Although nitrogen makes up nearly 80% of the air we breathe, it’s availability to plants and ...

Environmental issues have become one of the most discussed global challenges of the 21st century. Human activities have significantly changed natural ...

Editor's note: The following article is Part One of a three-part series relating to Iowa’s Nutrient Reduction Strategy. Iowa is one of 12 states that in 1998 formed the Mississippi River/Gulf of ...

William Wordsworth, the poet who believed nature to be humanity's greatest teacher, once wrote that a single impulse from the ...

From redevelopment, water supply to air pollution and traffic chaos, voters are looking for practical solutions rather than promises.| India News ...

Officials were directed to analyse contaminated water complaints received by the MCC over the past two years to identify ...