Over-fertilization of agricultural fields is a huge environmental problem.

A University of Otago study investigating chemicals in New Zealand waterways has found evidence of pesticides banned in some European countries present in agricultural streams.

A global team including scientists from The University of Western Australia has assembled the first genome of the field pea, which provides insight into how the legume evolved and will help aid future improvements of the crop.

Texas A&M researchers examined particulate organic matter and how it affects declining coral reefs in Hawaii.

Researchers say our current pattern without adapting to the changing environment continues to put people at risk by replicating community vulnerabilities.

A natural, sustainable alternative to pesticides that targets specific pests, without harming beneficial pollinators such as honeybees, is being developed with the help of researchers from the Institute for Sustainable Food at the University of Sheffield.

A newly published series of dates of grape harvest covering the past 664 years is the latest line of evidence confirming how unusual the climate of the past 30 years has been.

Soil scientists can’t possibly be everywhere at once to study every bit of soil across the planet. 

A new study on agricultural land use calls into question conclusions made by previous studies that recent land-use changes have caused the United States to take up more carbon than it emits.

Scientists report how increasing nutrients has caused harmful blooms in diverse waters.