Five experts discussed the widespread impacts of extreme weather during an hour-long panel at Iowa Ideas 2022
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Five experts discussed the widespread impacts of extreme weather during an hour-long panel at Iowa Ideas 2022
The Nature Call: This recent outing was a win right from the start. Squirrels and the local woods aligned with my ambitions and pocketbook.
Wildside column: Pools 9 and 10 are among the best, but other places down stream work, too
Farmers’ adaptations to increased rainfall are changing how water moves across the landscape
As rainfall has increased — a symptom of our warming atmosphere — the frequency of flooding has intensified. Now, river-adjacent communities like Cedar Rapids are turning away from flood mitigation to instead make room for the water.
After floods hammered St. Louis and eastern Kentucky this summer, the Ag & Water Desk wanted to know: Is rainfall increasing in the Mississippi River basin? Here’s how we reported it.
A journalism partnership of more than 14 newsrooms — including The Gazette — asked climate scientists to analyze 50 years of rainfall patterns. They found that some parts of the U.S. now receive up to 8 more inches of rain each year than they did 50 years ago.
The report focuses only on releases from industry - not farm and animal feeding operations, which exacerbate the pollution problem.
Fall colors have already started appearing in the trees in Iowa, and the Iowa Department of Natural Resources says the time to go leaf watching is now.
The 2022 Iowa Climate Statement released Wednesday focused on trees and their help in mitigating flooding, heat and erosion
The U.S. Department of Agriculture spent $7.4 billion in payments to farmers between 2017 and 2020 through two of its biggest conservation programs, but very little of that money went to practices that help fight climate change, according to a report from the Environmental Working Group.
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