Olivia Smith, professor in the MSU Department of Horticulture and the Ecology, Evolution, and Behavior (EEB) Program, examined the social and environmental impact of integrated crop-livestock systems ...

Worldwide, farming is responsible for more than 20% of greenhouse gas emissions and uses more than 70% of all fresh water taken from rivers, lakes and groundwater. It's the leading driver of ...

They found that, even with improvements in agricultural productivity (due to technological improvements like new seed ...

Gu also noted that it requires further investigation to assess whether the discovered habitable planet truly possesses conditions suitable for Earth-like life. The research is jointly conducted by the ...

A new map uncovers the true impact of agriculture on Earth's systems, and why it's the most overlooked opportunity to improve ...

Global crop yields and food supplies may shrink dramatically due to climate change with major agricultural regions at risk.

Michael Grunwald, author of We Are Eating the Earth, on the flawed land-use math that's derailing climate progress and why ...

A “first of its kind" tool could help untangle the complex global web of food supply chains and make it more resilient to ...

Regardless of Musk's ambitions, leaving Planet Simple demands more than a rocket: We need a paradigm shift in how we understand our relationship with complex systems.

Publishing their findings in Nature, the researchers found that every 1-degree Celsius increase in global mean surface temperature (about 1.8 degrees Fahrenheit) could reduce the world’s ability to ...

The global food system faces growing risks from climate change, even as farmers seek to adapt, according to a new study in Nature.

(CN) — Climate change threatens to sharply reduce global food production, even as farmers adapt to new conditions, according to researchers in a study published Wednesday in the journal Nature.