Walk through Iowa today and you'll see endless cornfields stretching to the horizon. What you won't see is what's ...

Jo Handelsman, Obama’s former science advisor, explains why more farms are experiencing erosion, and how it reduces crop yields. The following is an excerpt from A World Without Soil: The Past, ...

Wildfires are devastating events that destroy forests, burn homes and force people to leave their communities. They also have ...

A research team proposes a method to calculate, compare and communicate how different crops affect the loss of agricultural soil, with the aim of raising awareness of this problem and promoting ...

Many southeastern Wisconsin residents woke to a downpour early last week. More than two inches fell before 1 p.m. in Milwaukee, which broke a record last set in 1913 for rainfall in a single February ...

DES MOINES, Iowa — An environmental expert is warning the state that the ethanol boom may pollute streams in the coming years and contribute to global warming. Rick Cruse, director of Iowa State ...