A natural alternative to pesticides may be hiding in a misunderstood plant compound — but it could come at an environmental cost.

To build healthier food systems, we need better food data. A new research shows where the gaps are—and how innovations like PTFI are helping to close them.

Of the forest lost so far this century, roughly a third was destroyed to make room for farms, a new analysis finds. 

Droughts are usually blamed on a lack of rain, but a team led by researchers at the School of Geography and the Environment has shown that there’s something else at work: the atmosphere itself is demanding more water out of the soil, rivers, and plants.

Every year during the growing season, thousands of pilots across the country climb into small planes loaded with hundreds of pounds of pesticides and fly extremely close to the ground at upward of 140 miles an hour, unloading their cargo onto rows of corn, cotton, and soybeans.

For the first time, researchers have demonstrated in an intact plant a long-contested process that allows some plants to rebound from extended drought.

One of Earth's most common nanomaterials is facilitating breakthroughs in tackling climate change: clay.

New research has found that those who consume a diverse range of foods rich in flavonoids, such as tea, berries, dark chocolate, and apples, could lower their risk of developing serious health conditions and have the potential to live longer.

New research from Colorado State University and Cornell University shows that the presence of solar panels in Colorado’s grasslands may reduce water stress, improve soil moisture levels and – particularly during dry years – increase plant growth by about 20% or more compared to open fields.

Ozone pollution is a global environmental concern that not only threatens human health and crop production, but also worsens global warming.