Matthew D. Porter, J. Malia Andrus, Nicholas A. Bartolerio, Luis F. Rodriguez, Yuanhui Zhang, Julie L. Zilles, Angela D. Kent Microbial Ecology, Vol. 70, No. 3 ...

Excess nitrogen from agricultural and urban lands is contaminating groundwater, streams, lakes and estuaries, where it causes harmful algal blooms and contributes to fish kills. Cost-effective ...

WAVERLY — A new bioreactor will reduce nitrates in tile water draining off Tom Manson's corn field just off Highway 63 northeast of Waverly. Sampling tile water before it flows into the bioreactor and ...

Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The First Church of Christ, Scientist, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The church publishes the ...

Aquaculture, or fish farming, is one of the fastest growing sectors of agriculture in the world today. However, farmers in the United States who wish to capitalize on this momentum face regulatory ...

Beneath fields of corn and soybeans across the U.S. Midwest lies an unseen network of underground pipes. These systems, which are known as tile drainage networks, channel excess water out of soil and ...

ARGENTA -- Something different was being planted on John Heller’s farmland Friday. No crops were involved, but thousands of wood chips were placed in a massive hole to help create the first ...

Bioreactors are passive filtration systems that can reduce nitrate losses from farm fields. Most bioreactors are simple pits filled with wood chips; bacteria on the wood chips remove 25 to 45 percent ...

In the Gulf of Mexico is an ecological dead zone, caused by algal blooms at the mouth of the Mississippi River. Warmer ocean temperatures provide the perfect conditions for algae to grow out of ...