Researchers, patients optimistic in fight against alpha-gal syndrome
A support group and a lab in the St. Louis area provide resources for people with the allergy to mammal products — and evidence that its effects can be reversed.
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Heat & floods return to the nation's largest watershed
'Danger season': Heat, floods return to the basin
Heavy rainfall in upper Midwest causes evacuations, bridge collapses, potential dam failure
The governors of Iowa, Minnesota and South Dakota have all issued emergency declarations as heavy rains that began late last
Farm to Trouble: A new series on slow progress curbing the runoff that fuels the ‘dead zone’
'Not even close': What more can we do to stem the flow of farm runoff choking the Gulf?
Not just a Gulf problem: Mississippi River farm runoff pollutes upstream waters
Worsening local effects on health and recreation in states like Minnesota and Wisconsin are spurring action on problems that also cause the Gulf of Mexico’s chronic “dead zone.”
Could the Mississippi River benefit from Chesapeake Bay’s strategy to improve water quality?
Sluggish progress on reducing nutrient runoff into the Bay marks an inconvenient truth, but offers lessons for others seeking to clean their watersheds.
At the mouth of the Mississippi, Louisiana bears the burden of upstream runoff. Why doesn’t it push for solutions?
This summer’s “dead zone,” a low-oxygen area where the river empties into the sea, could span 5,827 square miles across the Gulf of Mexico. Louisiana has the power to call for change.
As conservation lags, so does progress in slashing Gulf’s ‘dead zone’
One year away from a federal deadline to reduce nutrient runoff into the Gulf of Mexico by 20%, increases in tile drainage, livestock and fertilizer use have made success unlikely.
“We should have a sense of urgency”: Drainage tile drives nutrient pollution
Agricultural drainage tile, a system used by farmers to increase crop yields, is a main contributor to excess nutrients in waterways.
Farm to Trouble: A new series on slow progress curbing the runoff fueling the Gulf's 'dead zone'
Our latest collaborative project, free to republish, looks at the farming practices -- and overlooked solutions -- that pump fertilizer runoff into the Gulf of Mexico, causing a persistent "dead zone" and more impacts upstream.
A 'Great River' reading list, plus our latest story
'The Great River' & more Mississippi River reads
‘Precision ag’ promised a farming revolution. It’s coming, just slowly
ST. LOUIS – For 20 years, Pablo Sobron sought a better way to learn exactly what was in the soil, rock
