Naturalised species, which are not native but have established themselves in new locations, could spread even further in many parts of the world, new research shows.

Biochar, a charcoal made from heating discarded organic materials such as crop residues, offers a path to lowering atmospheric carbon dioxide (CO2) at a time when climate scientists warn that urgent action is needed limit CO2 in the atmosphere.

Agriculture is one of the hardest human activities to decarbonize; people must eat, but the land-use practices associated with growing crops account for roughly a quarter of global greenhouse gas emissions. 

Over the past decades, Brazil has become the world’s leading soybean producer, as well as the leading consumer of pesticides.

The ongoing El Niño is disrupting rainfall patterns across the planet, with mixed consequences for food production.

The nutrients available from seafood could drop by 30 per cent for low-income countries by the end of the century due to climate change, suggests new UBC research.

Stanford Medicine researchers and their colleagues have identified simple food swaps that, if adopted universally, could reduce the nation’s food-related carbon footprint by more than a third. The changes are also more healthy.

Opening a clamshell of berries and seeing them coated in fuzzy mold is a downer.

An international coalition of climate scientists says in a paper published today that the Earth’s vital signs have worsened beyond anything humans have yet seen, to the point that life on the planet is imperiled.

A UK survey has shown significant public support for more nature in their towns and cities.