Land use, or what humans use their land for like agriculture, residential, or industrial purposes, has a big impact on the water quality of a stream or lake. Impervious surfaces cause water to move ...

AMES, Iowa — The Iowa Learning Farm has the power to make it rain. Researchers at Iowa State University have developed a machine that simulates the impact of raindrops to various land surfaces when it ...

University of Wyoming researchers (from left) Mario Bretfeld, Yanyan Cheng and Fred Ogden perform a rainfall simulator experiment Dec. 1, 2016, to measure the effect of silvopastoral (wood pasture) ...