The global spread of vast forest plantations and agricultural monocultures are turning once diverse landscapes into areas of land supporting single plant species, with profound implications for our terrestrial water cycle, according to new research.

An international team of scientists, including experts from the University of Birmingham, has extended and improved methods used to calculate peak oil production to assess grain production in three US states, Nebraska, Texas and Kansas.

Many aquaculture producers in the United States don’t raise fish, despite the industry’s popular image of fish farming.

Did you know that the United States is recognized as a global leader in sustainable seafood? This includes both wild-caught and farmed.

River systems are essential resources for everything from drinking water supply to power generation – but these systems are also hydrologically complex, and it is not always clear how water flow data from various monitoring points relates to any specific piece of infrastructure.

The growing use of nitrogen fertilizers in the production of food worldwide is increasing concentrations of nitrous oxide in the atmosphere—a greenhouse gas 300 times more potent than carbon dioxide and which remains in the atmosphere longer than a human lifetime.

When a local grower wanted to make a change to his vineyard management strategy, he turned to Brock University’s Cool Climate Oenology and Viticulture Institute (CCOVI) for help.

Another stretch of intense heat has reinvigorated the state’s brutal 2020 fire season.

Although less than one per cent of all water in the world is freshwater, it is what we drink and use for agriculture.

Most of the sediment that flows into the Atlantic Ocean from the mouth of the river comes from thousands of miles upstream.