Plastic-coated fertilizers used on farms are emerging as a major but hidden source of ocean microplastics. A new study found ...

The U.S. Department of Energy had a vision: Slash in half the amount of a potent greenhouse gas that enters the atmosphere when growing corn and sorghum for biofuel. That gas — nitrous oxide — mostly ...

Corn is a key source of biofuel. Fertilizing it releases a potent greenhouse gas into the air, so the federal government had approved research to grow the crop with less nitrogen. The funding is now ...