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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U.S. butterfly population declined 22 percent in two decades
Experts say the drop in abundance is largely due to chemical use, habitat loss and a warming climate
Forest Service is cutting down more trees, despite their ability to sequester carbon
Environmental advocates challenge national timber target
Louisiana’s wetlands store massive amounts of carbon. They also contribute to emissions when lost.
Louisiana’s wetlands are vital carbon storage centers, but destroying these reservoirs can accelerate harmful emissions that accelerate global warming,
Bogs sink carbon dioxide ‘like no ecosystem on Earth,’ but many are at risk of being drained
Bogs_RADIO0:00/2221× Peat bogs sequester a massive amount of the earth's carbon dioxide. But even as
An ecosystem engineer’s vision: mock beaver dams to restore Wisconsin wetlands
Beaver-inspired structures could limit flooding and benefit wildlife habitat, but the state permitting is arduous.
Decades after it disappeared, wild rice is booming again on the upper Mississippi River
SHELBY, Wisconsin — If she closes her eyes, Danelle Larson can still remember how the stretch of Mississippi River in front
For decades, the government banned hemp. Now, it’s funding hemp research to fight climate change
Lincoln University in Missouri is heading a USDA-funded project researching the commodity, but its prohibition created high hurdles for getting the crop off the ground.
Community volunteers play crucial role in studying water quality in Mississippi River basin
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — A new policy brief from the United Nations argues that citizen science is crucial to global water
It’s not a matter of if but when: Midwest states in constant state of preparation for next big earthquake along New Madrid fault
New Madrid, MO — A small earthquake brought tremors across the Tennessee, Kentucky, and Missouri border last weekend, a reminder that
Oh snap, they’re back! Kansas is releasing giant snapping turtles into waterways in an effort to bring back the endangered species
An aura of excitement filled the air near the Neosho River in Kansas on a hot September morning. State wildlife
Gulf ‘dead zone’ is larger than average this year, the size of New Jersey
Due largely to lagging runoff prevention efforts in the Midwest, the low-oxygen area in the Gulf of Mexico is bigger than expected this year, imperiling marine life across nearly 4 million acres.
‘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.
