Global change—a term that encompasses climate change and phenomena such as changes in land use or environmental pollution—is ...

A rice growing experiment with saline-alkali soil has beaten expectations, laying the foundation for commercialization, Chinese scientists announced Thursday. Four types of rice registered an ...

Impacts of biological amendments, including waste-derived amendments that underpin soil health and agricultural sustainability ...

When farmland is returned to the wild, it shows a striking ability to hold onto the carbon that built up in farm soils over time, retaining this stock for 30 years or more, a unique, long-term study ...

An international team of researchers has mapped a new way forward to monitor the health of the planet by listening to the ...

To meet economic and environmental demands for nine billion human beings in the next few decades, humanity is being challenged to continue to substantially increase production of food derived from ...

New research shows tropical forests can recover twice as fast after deforestation when their soils contain enough nitrogen.

Free-riders: In a group setting, it is common for some students (especially weaker students and quiet or shy students) to step back and let the other group members do the work and contribute answers.