Plankton may be tiny, but they play an important role in the ocean. As the foundation of marine ecosystems, they support ocean food webs and help regulate Earth's climate by storing carbon. While lab studies have shown plankton ...
Coastal communities and marine wildlife could benefit from improved monitoring of nutrient pollution in UK waters, according to new research involving scientists at the University of Plymouth.
We've all felt the sting of guilt when fruit and vegetables go bad before we could eat them. Now, researchers from MIT and the Singapore-MIT Alliance for Research and Technology (SMART) have shown they can extend the shelf ...
When you test more than 200,000 soil samples in a year, you not only learn something about how Arkansans grow crops, gardens and lawns, but also the value of recommendations that result from soil test results.
Wetlands are essential ecosystems that provide a variety of ecological functions, including carbon sequestration, water purification, climate regulation, and biodiversity maintenance. As global warming intensifies, environmental ...
Results from a long-term field experiment shed new light on how grasslands can be restored for nature, the environment, and for farmers.
Tomatoes are rich in essential metabolites, but their amino acid content, particularly branched-chain amino acids (BCAAs), has changed significantly through domestication. BCAAs such as isoleucine, leucine, and valine are ...
When farmers apply pesticides to their crops, 30 to 50% of the chemicals end up in the air or soil instead of on the plants. Now, a team of researchers from MIT and Singapore has developed a much more precise way to deliver ...
Western diets make up most of South Africa's food systems. This displaces indigenous crops and edible forest plants.
High-starch algae are important in biofuel production, as a feed supplement in agriculture and as an efficient way to bind carbon dioxide. Researchers have now found a new method to control starch storage in algae—a finding ...
