American farmers are expected to plant several million fewer acres of corn in 2026 than they did in 2025, as the closure of ...

Nitrogen fertilizers are applied to crops to increase yield, but some of that nitrogen is lost to the atmosphere in the form of ammonia. Ammonia is a major air pollutant linked to numerous health ...

Ammonia rarely makes headlines, but much of modern life depends on it. The compound of nitrogen and hydrogen is the key ingredient in the fertilizers that help feed roughly half of the world’s ...

A new electrochemical system simultaneously converts plant-derived materials and nitrate pollutants into valuable industrial ...

Scientists at the University of California, Davis, have developed wheat plants that stimulate the production of their own fertilizer, opening the path toward less air and water pollution worldwide and ...

An international team of scientists has revealed high levels of toxic metals in global phosphate fertilizers using a isotopic variants of the element strontium as a tracer to uncover metals in soil, ...

Progress is being made toward voluntary goals to reduce nitrogen loads into the Mississippi River and Gulf of Mexico, but the “dead zone” in the Gulf is projected to be larger than average this year.

Lawmakers are advancing AB 2447 to impose enforceable nitrogen limits by 2030, while water regulators are considering a more flexible approach. Environmental advocates argue strict limits are ...

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