Articles Tagged: Climate change

Climate change is redrawing the agricultural map of the United States. As corn becomes less economically viable with changing Midwestern weather patterns, farmers look to a more diverse future.

After regent Nancy Boettger warned Iowa State University last month to keep free speech in mind while teaching on the “politically charged topic” of climate science, she gave ISU a pair of books from the Nongovernmental International Panel on Climate Change — which denies the notion of human-induced climate change.

Brenna Bird pointed to several administrative rules that she said she’d challenge in court as Iowa’s attorney general, including plans to change the Waters of the U.S. rule.

State officials want to develop a drought plan that would include a trigger point to call for precautions, such as water rationing. Iowa has been ruled highly vulnerable to drought in part because crops are not irrigated.

Iowa’s nine coal-fired power plants produced about 24 percent of the energy in the state in 2020.

A NASA climate research scientist who has spent much of her career explaining how global food production must adapt to a changing climate was awarded the World Food Prize on Thursday.

In celebration of Earth Week, the Linn County Office of Sustainability invites the public to join in an engaging conversation on climate change and climate action. This in-person event is free and open to the public, and will be held Wednesday at 6 p.m.

Iowa lost some of its largest trees in the 2020 derecho. Given that climate change may increase frequency and strength of storms, how can we increase the odds future generations have big trees to enjoy?

Love them or hate the devices, the City Council is slated to consider keeping electric scooters and bikes. The city may OK a three-year contract extension with VeoRide for the device rental program with changes to address safety and clutter concerns.

America's coastline will see sea levels rise in the next 30 years by as much as they did in the entire 20th century, with major Eastern cities hit regularly with costly floods even on sunny days, a government report warns.

The American West’s megadrought deepened so much last year that it is now the driest in at least 1,200 years and is a worst-case climate change scenario playing out live, a new study finds.

Residents can participate in the city’s Sustainable Neighborhoods program to track their steps to go green, find more sustainability resources and get inspired by climate action around Cedar Rapids.

Applications are being accepted now for the committee, which will complete an annual greenhouse gas inventory for the county.

The City of Iowa City is one of 95 cities in the world recognized by the Climate Disclosure Project as a leader on environmental action and transparency.

Cattle are the top source of methane in agriculture. One cow can belch more than 200 pounds of methane each year, according to researchers at the University of California, Davis. There were about 3.7 million cattle and calves in Iowa as of January.