A team of scientists has shown that rice paddies in two of China's most important grain producing regions release soil nitrogen in strikingly ...

Corn is a colossal grain in the global food and feed chain, with the U.S. producing roughly 30% of the world's supply, or ...

Starting in about 2010, many towns on the Cape began trying to increase shellfish populations and credit them for their ...

Sawdust is only as garden-safe as its source. Clean, untreated wood is fine, but dust from painted, stained, pressure-treated ...

Ammonia is an essential chemical used across many industries worldwide. Beyond its traditional role as a fertilizer, it is ...

Oilseed rape growers are being advised to apply a nitrogen-sulphur combination, once conditions allow, to boost spring growth ...

Parasitic fungi alter the nitrogen cycle The IOW researchers analyzed the phytoplankton Dolichospermum, an ecologically important nitrogen-fixing cyanobacterium, and examined its susceptibility to ...

The broccoli life cycle is fascinating. And, of course, broccoli is tasty and highly nutritious. I grow regular broccoli and ...

Billions of cigarette butts end up on sidewalks, beaches, and gutters each year. They are small, easy to ignore, and hard to ...

Farmers around the world rely on nitrogen fertilizers to sustain crop production, but in many alkaline soils a large share of ...

Tiny plastic particles drifting through the oceans may be quietly weakening one of Earth’s most powerful climate defenses.