Climate change is one of the most serious threats to the future of our planet. It affects every corner of the globe, including the US Midwest, where sustainable ecosystems and natural resources face ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Drought impacts on a corn field. (Photo by Preston Keres/USDA) Not all farmers and ranchers will agree in a discussion about ...

Not all farmers and ranchers will agree in a discussion about climate change, but it would be difficult to find a Midwest producer who did not value climate-related data addressing drought, ...

Year after year, the same 15 million acres across Illinois, Iowa, Minnesota and Wisconsin are planted with corn. Each August, the fibrous green leaves in those fields reach eye level. And each ...

Factors as far away as the Caribbean Sea and as nearby as the cornfields of Iowa can bring on that muggy, sticky feeling. For people with certain health conditions, it’s more than an annoyance. Joy ...

DAVENPORT, Iowa — The Mississippi River, which gushed into downtown Davenport at record levels two weeks ago, has finally retreated toward its banks. Left behind: A truck-size hole in the temporary ...

A lifeguard watches swimmers cooling off at a St. Louis-area pool. Summer afternoon temperatures have cooled off in the middle of the country in recent decades. But hotter nights and winters are still ...

New weather patterns brought on by climate change will require updated farming practices, effective water management, and innovative pest and disease management in the Midwest and around the globe.

Amid predictions of climate change driving up temperatures and causing more extreme heat in the Midwest, a new study led in part by University of Maryland researchers has found that growing one ...