Careful engineering of low, plant-covered hills along shorelines can mitigate tsunami risks with less disruption of coastal life and lower costs compared to seawalls.

If warming continues unabated in the Midwest, in 50 years we can expect the best conditions for corn and soybean production to have shifted from Iowa and Illinois to Minnesota and the Dakotas, according to Penn State researchers.

Most of the world’s fertilizer is produced in large manufacturing plants, which require huge amounts of energy to generate the high temperatures and pressures needed to combine nitrogen and hydrogen into ammonia.

The Stillwater Complex in the Beartooth Mountains contains a mineral that closely resembles the most common mineral on the surface of the Moon.

The area of agricultural land that will require irrigation in future could be up to four times larger than currently estimated, a new study has revealed.

If no significant rain falls in May 2020, the country could face a drought for the third summer in a row.

The global demand and consumption of agricultural crops is increasing at a rapid pace.

Ecologists urge greater discussion on consequences of range-shifting species.

Climate change creates extreme weather patterns that are especially challenging for people in developing countries and can severely impact agricultural yield and food security. 

Replacing half of all animal-based foods in the U.S. diet with plant-based alternatives could reduce climate-altering greenhouse gas emissions 1.6 billion metric tons by 2030, according to a new study by researchers at the University of Michigan and Tulane University.