Mountain ecosystem research has come to the forefront as regions of exceptional biodiversity, unique ecological dynamics, and ...

Food, feed, fiber, and bioenergy: The demand for agricultural raw materials is rising. How can additional cultivation areas be reconciled with nature conservation? Researchers have developed a ...

New, groundbreaking research shows how, at a local scale, agricultural research and development led to improved crop varieties that resulted in global benefits to the environment and food system ...

A new scientific report lays bare the stark impacts of land-system change and land degradation on planetary health, while also offering solutions to these problems. The report was published on the eve ...

Screenshot from Google Earth that shows the Ozark mountains, streams, and surrounding landscape The figure set could be broken up between two class periods, used in one class period, or within a lab ...

Ogden, Fred and Stallard, Robert F. 2013. "Land use effects on ecosystem service provisioning in tropical watersheds, still and important unsolved problem." Proceedings of the National Academy of ...

Jim Abeles and Kat Topaz had a dream: to get out of the rat race and become farmers. But the couple, who both used to work in publishing and tech, didn’t realize how hard it would be to make a living ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... The Colorado legislature is poised to pass a suite of marquee land-use reform measures that promise to reshape housing development along the Front Range, ...