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Nutrient pollution fouls lakes and bays with algae, killing fish and threatening public health. Progress curbing it has been slow, mainly because of farm pollution.
Farmers are contending with huge spikes in fertilizer prices. The Biden administration is paying US companies to boost synthetic fertilizer production, but there are other, more sustainable options.
Cleaning up the Great Lakes was a big job when the US and Canada undertook it in 1972. Today it’s far more challenging.
The inside of story of a pioneering programme to convert nitrogen into microalgae that can generate sustainable animal feed.
Any climate gains from Japan’s shift will be wiped out entirely unless Australia moves to zero-emissions ammonia production.
Months not eating or moving don’t result in muscle wasting and loss of function for animals that hibernate. New research found gut microbes help their hosts hold onto and use nitrogen to build proteins.
If we want to reduce carbon emissions and preserve planetary ecosystems, we need to protect our soils.
Legumes have a superpower: they can convert nitrogen in the air into a form plants can use to grow.
A lack of policy has allowed industrial chicken farms to multiply in certain parts of the UK – with a lack of consideration of the environmental and social impacts.
Scientists need to know how much we can rely on the land to offset our emissions.
A new study finds more deciduous trees like aspen are growing in after severe fires in the region, and that has some unexpected impacts.
Harmful algae blooms are an increasing problem in Florida. Once nutrients are in the water to fuel them, little can be done to stop the growth, and the results can be devastating for marine life.
The spread of tawny crazy ants may be driven, in part, by their need for calcium. The calcium-rich limestone bedrock of the lower U.S. Midwest may provide ideal conditions for populations to explode.
If rolled out worldwide, our method could replace a quarter of all the synthetic nitrogen fertiliser used in agriculture.
New research shows that one-third of yearly nitrogen runoff from Midwest farms to the Gulf of Mexico occurs during a few heavy rainstorms. New fertilizing schedules could reduce nitrogen pollution.
Agriculture is the dominant cause for the increasing N₂O concentrations. Emissions must be reduced if we hope to stabilise Earth’s climate.
You might think the more oxygen you breathe in the better. But too much oxygen can make you sick.
It’s painfully clear nature is buckling under the weight of farming’s demands. There’s another way – but it involves accepting nature’s limits.
Storing more carbon in soil helps slow climate change and makes croplands more productive. But there are two kinds of soil carbon that are both important, but function very differently.
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Professor Emeritus of Environment and Sustainability, University of Michigan
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Professor, University of Maryland, Baltimore
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Research fellow, The University of Melbourne
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Professor, The University of Melbourne
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Chair Professor in Sustainability, Lancaster University
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Professor of Global Change, Queensland University of Technology
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Professor of Regional Economic Development, School of Business and Law, CQUniversity Australia
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Director, Technology Development, The Plant Accelerator, University of Adelaide
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Chief Research Scientist, Climate Science Centre, CSIRO Oceans and Atmosphere; Executive Director, Global Carbon Project, CSIRO
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Soil Scientist, Australian Centre for International Agricultural Research
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Emeritus Professor, Faculty of Science, University of Nottingham
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Lecturer in Ecosystem Ecology, University of Oxford
