Changing Weather Patterns Create New Challenges Climate change and variability - marked by rising temperatures, altered precipitation, and increased extreme weather - have significant impacts on ...

New research spotlights the challenge of growing food on a warming planet. Two recent studies — one historical and the other forward-looking — examine how rising temperatures have made and could ...

Rising levels of carbon dioxide stimulate photosynthesis, making crops grow and benefiting U.S. agriculture, according to a report by the U.S. Department of Energy. The report contradicts findings by ...

Women perform a bulk of the labour-intensive work of rice cultivation. Extreme weather increase their efforts and ...

Charles Rice, university distinguished professor of agronomy in the College of Agriculture at Kansas State University, was selected to serve on a National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medic ...

The planet's food system faces growing risks from climate change, a new study says. It's especially worrisome in the United States, where top crop production could drop by as much as 50% by 2100. The ...

There are varying opinions on the realities of climate change, which is backed by science. But at least one group of people ...

Each summer, more and more lake beaches are forced to close due to toxic algae blooms. While climate change is often blamed, new research suggests a more complex story: climate interacts with human ...

Israel’s Agriculture Ministry launched a strategic risk-monitoring system to protect food supply amid boycotts, climate change, and global crises. Israel's Agriculture and Food Security Ministry has ...

Climate change remains one of the most pressing challenges facing Nigeria today. The nation, situated in West Africa, is experiencing unprecedented environmental shifts that threaten its economy, ...