The future of plant genetic resources and their stewards is bright and filled with new technologies.

A statewide survey of Vermont residents showed residents and property owners are more likely to adopt stormwater management practices after experiencing flooding or erosion.

Virtual 360-degree tour showcases Rutgers partnership on artificial reef built in New Jersey.

Five centuries of over-exploitation has halved mammal populations in South America’s Atlantic Forest – according to new research from the University of East Anglia.

Consumers need to stop demanding shark fin soup and other products in the absence of robust laws and sustainable practices regulating shark overfishing, research co-authored by the Sea Around Us initiative at UBC has found.

The “California and China: Leadership for a Low Carbon Future” conference at Berkeley highlighted collaboration on climate change.

Researchers at Chalmers University of Technology, Sweden, have identified two main challenges for renewable biofuel production from cheap sources. Firstly, lowering the cost of developing microbial cell factories, and secondly, establishing more efficient methods for hydrolysis of biomass to sugars for fermentation. Their study was recently published in the journal Nature Energy.

Global agriculture is facing unprecedented challenges. It’s estimated that the world’s population will reach 9.1 billion by 2050 with an ever expanding middle class.

Nearly one-third of the world’s farms have adopted more environmentally friendly practices while continuing to be productive, according to a global assessment by 17 scientists in five countries.

Promising to solve an environmental problem may initially worsen it, according to researchers.