Scientists have developed a new edge-of-field water-treatment system that reduces the load of excess nutrients washing into waterways from farm drainage systems. Their method combines a woodchip ...

The latest report from the Environmental Protection Agency’s Hypoxia Task Force concludes farmers and ranchers are making progress in reducing nitrogen runoff in the Mississippi River watershed, but ...

The research team, led by Illinois Sustainable Technology Center research scientist Wei Zheng, left, and ISTC postdoctoral researcher Hongxu Zhou, added a “designer biochar” water-treatment component ...

This release is available in Chinese. MADISON, WI, June 14th, 2010 – Nutrient runoff from livestock manure is a common source of agricultural pollution. Looking for an uncommon solution, a team of ...

Algae floats on the surface of Lake Erie's Maumee Bay in Oregon, Ohio, Sept. 15, 2017. The Great Lakes have endured a lot the past century, from supersized algae blobs to invasive mussels and ...

CLEVELAND, Ohio – Ohio and Michigan are behind their goals of reducing phosphorus runoff into Lake Erie and significant changes are needed to attack the problem, according to a new study led by the ...

The Everglades are a treasured part of South Florida's environment and critical habitat for countless plant and animal species. New numbers show efforts to reduce the number of excess nutrients ...

In 2010, Wisconsin enacted new rules to limit the amount of phosphorus flowing into its waterways. It was, and remains, one of the most stringent set of regulations in the country to address the ...

For a quarter century, farmers in western Palm Beach County have consistently exceeded requirements to cut harmful nutrients that flow in runoff to the fragile Everglades, including a 68% reduction ...

Fred Yoder found that applying nitrogen-infused fertilizer to his fields three times in a growing season instead of all at once helped his crops use the nutrient more efficiently, and less nitrogen ...