Editor’s note: This is the fifth in a five-story series that will examine the slow progress being made on reducing harmful agricultural runoff from the Mississippi River basin, which causes a ...

Doug Doughty feeds his livestock June 2 in Livingston County, Mo. In addition to his 1,200-acre crop operation, Doughty owns roughly 20 cattle, two horses and a collection of farm cats and dogs. He ...

The Mississippi River seen during a Lighthawk flight on Wednesday, April 24, 2024, in Missouri. Water from 31 states and two Canadian provinces drain into the Mississippi. Decades of data show nitrate ...

A third of Montana waterways are impaired by nutrient pollution. Environmental groups are petitioning the state to stop ...

An update of Louisiana's strategy to help reduce the low-oxygen “dead zone” in the Gulf of Mexico is being criticized as inadequate because of its reliance on a proposed project now in doubt and for ...

University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign researchers find designer biochar can inexpensively and sustainably remove up to 41% of dissolved phosphorus in farm drainage water. Zhou and his co-authors ...

A team of Johns Hopkins University seniors studying environmental health and engineering worked with the City of Baltimore to develop a nature-based solution to reduce nutrient pollution discharged ...

Red tide is a phenomenon that occurs when algae in the ocean reproduce rapidly and create a large concentration of red pigments in the water, giving it a reddish-brown hue. These algae, also known as ...

Peter Cruddas currently receives funding from Ofwat through their Innovation Fund for 'Alternative approaches to phosphorus removal on rural wastewater treatment works'. He has previously received ...

Imagine you love cherry cheesecake, and you’re happy to find out that your local bakery makes the delicious, decadent dessert every Saturday. But they only make a certain amount per week; after that, ...

Plans to allow housing developers in England and Wales to “offset” the river pollution caused by building new homes may not actually work, as they are often impractical and lack scientific evidence to ...