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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Invasive carp are surging in the Mississippi River. Will people and pets eat them?
Midwestern states are spending millions every year to prevent a giant, goggle-eyed fish from invading rivers and lakes. But
Louisiana tribes restore river cane to preserve their culture and the environment
As one of the few bamboos native to North America, river cane was once common across the Southeast – but its habitat has declined by an estimated 98% since European settlement.
‘Dead zone’ in the Gulf of Mexico predicted to be bigger than average this summer
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric administration is predicting the dead zone in the Gulf of Mexico will be 5% larger than average this summer.
Upper Mississippi River flooding offers relief after ongoing drought in the south
Upstream flooding along the upper Mississippi may bring downstream benefits and alleviate summer drought, according to meteorologists. A group of
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
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.
‘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
For a century, this upper Mississippi River refuge has been an ecological oasis. What comes next?
MINNESOTA CITY, Minn. — Sabrina Chandler spent much of her life on the other end of the Mississippi River. Growing up