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Take a listen to this week's radio segment - Climate change and Iowa's wood turtle. Think Iowa’s changing climate is harmless? Iowa’s endangered wood turtle would beg to differ – if it had vocal chords, that is. This is the Iowa Environmental Focus. Iowa’s wood turtle is just one of many species in decline, due to…
(Des Moines) Iowans can expect more extreme weather like the 2012 drought thanks to changes in the climate caused by greenhouse gases. That’s according to a statewide group of Iowa scientists who believe that Iowans should act now to reduce economic costs due to climate change “In a warmer climate, wet years get wetter and…
Listen to this week's radio segment on how climate change affects plant and animal movement. People aren’t the only ones adapting to climate change – plants and animals are too. They are on the move. This is the Iowa Environmental Focus. As temperatures grow warmer, some plants and animals in our hemisphere are heading north,…