Joshua Rosenberg, The Lens

Drought conditions continue to pose shipping challenges on Mississippi River, officials hopeful for winter relief

June to October was the 11th-driest such five-month stretch in 128 years for the Upper Missouri and Upper Mississippi basins, according to the National Weather Service.

By Joshua Rosenberg, The Lens

/ 1 Dec 2022

Drought conditions continue to pose shipping challenges on Mississippi River, officials hopeful for winter relief

WHEN IT RAINS: Your questions, answered

The Mississippi River Basin Ag & Water Desk answers your questions about flooding and increased rainfall across the region.

By Joshua Rosenberg, The Lens

/ 5 Oct 2022

Research seeks ways to grow solar and crops together in the skeptical Corn Belt

Researchers want to know how co-locating solar and crops — a practice known as "agrivoltaics" — could benefit farmers and be a salve to a growing strain in the Corn Belt, where rural residents and towns are pushing back on solar projects that can often take farmland out of production.

By Sarah Bowman, Indianapolis Star, Brittney J. Miller, The Gazette and Joshua Rosenberg, The Lens

/ 20 Sep 2022

Research seeks ways to grow solar and crops together in the skeptical Corn Belt

'Dead Zone' smaller than expected, but bigger than desired

The so-called dead zone where the Mississippi River dumps into the Gulf of Mexico, an area of low oxygen that cannot sustain life, clocked in at 3,275 square miles this year — below the recent average and smaller than what was previously predicted, but almost twice the target goal set by the Gulf of

By Joshua Rosenberg, The Lens

/ 4 Aug 2022

Drought conditions continue to pose shipping challenges on Mississippi River, officials hopeful for winter relief

WHEN IT RAINS: Your questions, answered

Research seeks ways to grow solar and crops together in the skeptical Corn Belt

'Dead Zone' smaller than expected, but bigger than desired

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