Agricultural Practices Found to Contribute to Bicarbonate in River
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Researchers have figured out why the amount of bicarbonate in the Mississippi has increased substantially in the last 50 years.
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Science & environment: Plastic pipes could pump water to bring up nutrients.
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By SIOBHAN GAFFNEY NEARLY one- third of the rivers and groundwater sources in Ireland are polluted by human, animal, farming and industrial waste, according to a nationwide survey.
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New research shows that prairie grasses grown using only moderate amounts of fertilizer on marginal land can produce significant amounts of ethanol
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Europeâs farmers are beginning to grow crops that can be turned into fuels meant to produce fewer emissions than gas or oil.
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By Matt Weiser, The Sacramento Bee, Calif.  Dec. 19--A new network of high-tech weather sensors is making the streams, tributaries and dams of the American River the country's most closely monitored water system.
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Measures to reduce emissions of methane from gas pipelines and farms are working, research suggests.
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Agribusinesses that have to meet new emissions standards may soon be able to turn their sprinklers on with a system that uses ammonia to run the pumps.
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Increases in carbon dioxide in the atmosphere have sparked concerns on how the planet is coping with greenhouse pollution. Scientists have detected record rises in carbon dioxide, the main
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By The Pueblo Chieftain, Colo.  Feb. 25--ROTATIONAL CROP fallowing, if done properly, can allow a farmer or group of farmers on an irrigation canal to lease water temporarily for much-needed income while holding on to the permanent water rights.
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University of Minnesota scientists recently reported research results  indicating that biofuels derived from grassland plants yield up to twice  as much energy, per unit of land, as corn-based ethanol does.
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Midwestern farmers welcome a new fertilizer additive that leaves a telltale fluorescent pink stain on the hands of anyone who touches it. Theft of anhydrous ammonia fertilizer, used to make methamphetamine, has become a major problem for farmers.
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Communities worldwide are finding ingenious ways of purifying water and getting the most out of their supplies.
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By Hernndez, Rufo Snchez; Chaparro, Vctor M Ordaz; Valdes, Gerardo Sergio Benedicto; Lpez, David J Palma; Boln, Judith Snchez  Wastes were collected (cocoa husk, sugarcane bagasse, sugarcane filter cake and bovine manure) in Tabasco State, Mxico.
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Work has started on a new nature centre next to a chemical plant in Barry.   The centre is being created at Cadoxton Ponds, alongside the Dow Corning chemical plan, on Cardiff Road, Barry.
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The growing number of deformed frogs in recent years is caused at least partly by runoff from farming and ranching, new research indicates.
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Robert D. Wall is too careful a scientist to say he's on the verge of a sensational discovery. But the soybean field where the Towson University anthropologist has been digging for more than a decade is yielding hints that someone camped there, on the banks of the Potomac River, as early as 14,000 B.C.