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 ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A unique display at the Pennsylvania Farm Show recreates rainfall to illustrate how much water gets lost to runoff and how much is ...

Fourteen students watched water spray over patches of soil outside Park Elementary School. As soon as water started collecting in jars alongside each patch on the rain simulator Monday, the students ...

Sauk County rainfall simulator shows farmers how rain impacts their fields If soils are left bare outside the growing season, rain can cause some of that soil to run off into local waterways.