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.
Large numbers of geese and pelicans have been found dead along the Mississippi River in eastern Iowa, and wildlife biologists aren’t sure what’s killing them.
The majority of state park staff being asked to move out of state-owned houses said the parks will be less safe and the public will have fewer services with no live-in rangers, managers and technicians.
The Iowa Department of Natural Resources is evicting park rangers and other staff from state-owned houses in 23 state parks because the agency doesn’t want to pay up to $1 million on repairs.
Even when the fish aren’t biting, remember advice from a friend: “You came here to fish, right”
Census data shows that in the three years since devastating 2019 floods submerged Pacific Junction in southwest Iowa, the town’s population has shrunk from 475 to less than 100. Now the question is whether it will remain a town.
The Iowa Department of Natural Resources is asking for the public’s help in identifying the person who shot a bald eagle in southeast Cedar Rapids on Jan. 9.
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has reached a settlement with three companies, including a Center Point diesel parts retailer, over installing or selling illegal devices that disable emission controls and allow a vehicle user to pollute the air.
Summit Carbon Solutions wants to use eminent domain to build a carbon dioxide pipeline through 30 Iowa counties in northern and western Iowa, according to a permit application filed last week with the Iowa Utilities Board.
The Iowa chapter of the Sierra Club hosted an online panel of first responders and victims of a 2020 CO2 pipeline explosion in western Mississippi.
As three companies are planning CO2 pipelines in Iowa, The Gazette looked at safety records for underground pipelines already in Linn and Johnson counties.
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