Nearly a year after Iowa saw historic flooding and tornadoes, legislation proposed by Gov. Kim Reynolds would help fund and streamline the assistance process for rebuilding after natural disasters for impacted Iowans.
Research shows that across the globe, rivers that freeze are freezing later and melting earlier, and that includes the Mississippi. By the end of the century, one climate model suggests, the river may only reliably freeze near the Twin Cities — dramatically altering a way of life for the people and animals that use it farther downstream.
Proponent objects to Iowa permit given carbon capture pipeline
Average temperatures are warming at an accelerating rate, periods of wetness and dryness are more severe, and the Midwest -- once thought to be a haven from the effects of climate change -- is looking at an altered future way of life.
“As you drive across the Midwest, maybe in the next seven, eight, 10 years, you're going to see a lot of this out there,” said Cameron Sorgenfrey, an eastern Iowa farmer who has been growing newly developed short corn for several years, sometimes prompting puzzled looks from neighboring farmers. “I think this is going to change agriculture in the Midwest."
U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack, a former Iowa Democratic governor, held an “Investing in America” town hall Thursday in North Liberty where he highlighted efforts by President Joe Biden’s administration to create additional income opportunities for producers and entrepreneurs.
Decades after turkeys were reintroduced to Iowa and hunting returned, fewer hens and poults are surviving, which could spell trouble for the bird’s future.
U of I partnered with three other universities and the National Science Foundation to study extreme weather in Midwest agriculture
Iowa homeowners are losing their coverage as some insurance companies have pulled out of Iowa. As climate change produces more extreme weather, insurers are losing money on the claims that result from the more frequent hail, windstorms, tornadoes and derechos.
Bill would increase funding for conservation, but lacks climate-oriented IRA funding
New tax credit guidelines issued for producers of sustainable aviation fuel
Because of the changeable weather and the growing number of questions farmers, policymakers, journalists and others have about it, Iowa State University Extension & Outreach hired Madelyann Wuestenberg to be the agency’s first agricultural climatologist.
More intense flooding, drought and hotter temperatures are expected in the Quad-Cities in the coming decades as a result of climate change, according to a new report.
Also, Iowa attorney general celebrates stay of climate rule
UI instructor and nonprofit director Fred Meyer reveals new Earthmind programming for students
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