Glaciers and ice caps can no longer capture meltwater

Report enables better-informed planning decisions to respond to food crises in a more timely, global, and coordinated way

The research team took a close look at a 2012-2013 drought and flood cycle that affected much of the Midwestern U.S., leading to a nitrogen spike in surface water

"This flooding will threaten $5 billion of taxable real estate; flood nearly 30 miles of roadway; and impact pedestrians, commercial and recreation activities, tourism, transportation, and infrastructure," said researcher

The mustard plant is similar to oilseed rape in many ways

Although agricultural improvements have boosted food production in the past 50 years, drought and salinization threaten more than half of the planet’s arable land

Fertilizers, animal waste, changes to atmospheric chemistry and warming soils all tied to increased ammonia over US, Europe, China, and India

Modeling and data analysis done by researchers at the Georgia Institute of Technology suggest that sea ice and snowfall changes have shifted China's winter monsoon, helping create stagnant atmospheric conditions that trap pollution over the country's major population and industrial centers

Deeper soil layers more sensitive to warming than previously thought, Berkeley Lab scientists find

According to researcher, some producers say they are seeing less light-colored syrups historically classified as "fancy grade" and more dark and amber syrups during warm years