Nitrogen from agricultural production is a major cause of pollution in the Mississippi River Basin and contributes to large dead zones in the Gulf of Mexico.

Satellite images capture extent of salt production in India.

Researchers show agricultural development leading to increased risk of soil liquification.

The roots of plants can do a lot of things: They grow in length to reach water, they can bend to circumvent stones, and they form fine root hairs enabling them to absorb more nutrients from the soil.

The contrast is staggering. On one side of a narrow track is cool, moist rainforest, stretching northwest for hundreds of kilometers through the almost intact Xingu indigenous reserve. 

Tiny phytoliths provide strength and structure to plants, but School of Arts and Sciences researchers also want to know if they pose a health or environmental risk when burned.

Has anyone ever told you to eat a banana when you have a muscle cramp or eye twitch? 

The 2019 GAP Report examines the pivotal role of agricultural productivity – increasing crop and livestock production using existing or fewer inputs – in achieving global goals for environmental sustainability, economic development, and improved nutrition.

Researchers found that governance and economic indicators were related to trajectories of mariculture production.

A class of Simon Fraser University graduate students initiated a pro-active move this summer to improve the Fraser River’s habitat for salmon.