A permafrost research site in Sweden. The boardwalk is submerged due to permafrost thaw flooding. Image courtesy of Nicole Raab. As the planet has warmed, scientists have long been concerned about the potential for harmful greenhouse gasses to seep out of thawing...
Editor’s note: This story was adapted from a press release originally published by Stanford University. The huge, long-lasting wildfires that have become increasingly common in recent years can cause changes in soil chemistry that affect water contamination, air...
A sorghum field in Africa. Photo courtesy of Alberto Miti. There’s an empty grain sack emblazoned with a logo from a Senegalese farm cooperative tacked to the wall in Geoff Morris’ Colorado State University office. Morris, an associate professor of crop quantitative...
Maps depicting water use and emissions from irrigation pumping included in a new paper published in the journal Nature Communications. Irrigation pumping on U.S. farmland accounts for approximately 16% of all greenhouse gas emissions from energy use in agriculture,...
Earthworms are important drivers of global food production, contributing to approximately 6.5% of grain yield and 2.3% of legumes produced worldwide each year, according to new work published by Colorado State University scientists in the journal Nature...
Sometimes to go forward, you must go back. Ecology Ph.D. candidate Aaron Prairie A new study from Colorado State University’s Department of Soil and Crop Sciences found that regenerative practices — including integrating crop and livestock systems — were successful...
