News tagged with mississippi river basin
Scientists developing poison pill for Asian carp
Biologist Jon Amberg has spent the last two years obsessed with fish guts, laboring over a singular challenge: Develop a poison pill that will kill Asian carp and leave other fish unscathed.
Apr 03, 2012 |
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Dead zones in Gulf caused, in part, by farm drainage
(PhysOrg.com) -- The tile drainage systems in upper Mississippi farmlands -- from southwest Minnesota to across Iowa, Illinois, Indiana and Ohio -- are the biggest contributors of nitrogen runoff into the ...
Nov 24, 2010 |
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Tile drainage directly related to nitrate loss
Tile drainage in the Mississippi Basin is one of the great advances of the 19th and 20th centuries, allowing highly productive agriculture in what was once land too wet to farm. In fact, installation of new ...
Sep 27, 2010 |
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EPA, Army Corps urged to consider separating Great Lakes, river basin
The once-radical idea of somehow plugging the Chicago Sanitary and Ship Canal to stop the flow of unwanted species from spilling between the Great Lakes and Mississippi River basin is quickly picking up political support.
Dec 21, 2009 |
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The Mighty Mississippi Basin and Gulf Suffocating: Inertia Not An Option
The Water Science and Technology Board, (WTSB), Division on Earth and Life Sciences of the National Research Council has released for publication its study for improving water quality in the Mississippi River ...
Jul 27, 2009 |
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Water monitor eyes farm runoff in Gulf of Mexico
(AP) -- A clean water expert at Auburn University hopes a new project that enlists middle and high school students will help reduce farm runoff that is a growing pollution threat to the Gulf of Mexico.
Apr 10, 2009 |
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