Environment & Agriculture

Those big orange cans at FIFA Fan Festival? A Kansas City nonprofit put them there to help deal with organic waste from the massive sporting event.

The National Weather Service has lost hundreds of employees since President Donald Trump took office, and its severe storm forecasts may be suffering. Two tornado outbreaks this year, one in Kansas, took forecasters by surprise. Some meteorologists warn that further cuts will create a new cluster of blind spots.

Meteorologists confirmed tornadoes in Franklin County, Kansas and Linn County, Missouri. The Kansas City metro area went under tornado watch around 6:30 p.m., before lightning storms and rain rolled in.

Weighing bear cubs and measuring teeth are part of Nate Bowersock’s regular workday with the Missouri Department of Conservation.

Environmental researchers have released a new map that shows a staggering correlation between glyphosate use and cancer rates in Iowa.

Environmental scientists are pushing back on an executive order signed by President Donald Trump, requiring farmers to use the herbicide glyphosate to protect the nation's food supply.

When construction on a reservoir project in Caldwell County stalled roughly 18 months ago it put decades of effort and planning in limbo, but construction is set to resume this spring, possibly bringing the much-anticipated water resource to the region by 2028.

More people participating in the citizen science project Globe At Night could help fill gaps in what astronomers know about the extent of skyglow.

Scientists in the middle of the country told Harvest Public Media that 2025 was a year of major changes and uncertainty.