• Forage and Horses: Why It's Important and What are the Options?

  Published on June 22, 2016

  In this webcast, we'll discuss just why forage is important and more.

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  Michigan hop crop report week of May 29, 2025

  Published on June 2, 2025
  Hop bines are ready to take off with warmer temperatures on the way.

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  Winter injury to winter wheat in Michigan

  Published on January 31, 2017
  How will the recent warm temperatures impact winter survivability of your wheat crop?

• Northeast Michigan field crops regional report – Aug. 8, 2013

  Published on August 8, 2013
  Frequent rainfall and cool temperatures have enhanced pollination, but wheat is sprouting in the field.

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  Why are the strawberries so small this year?

  Published on June 13, 2017
  Across Michigan, strawberry growers are wondering why their fruit is so small.

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  Cherry leaf spot: Balancing the need to prevent early infections with bee safety

  Published on April 29, 2014
  Recommendations to balance a successful, early-season cherry leaf spot control and be mindful of honey bee colonies.

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  Drought conditions taking a toll on Michigan’s field crops

  Published on August 11, 2016
  Deepening drought conditions and adequate moisture in the western Corn Belt may cause a “double whammy” for some Michigan growers in 2016.

• Nature's contributions to human well-being under climate change: Evidence from Central and Eastern Madagascar

  Published on April 1, 2024
  Anthropogenic climate change has an unprecedented impact on ecosystems and their services, with severe consequences for human well-being, particularly for the marginalised and vulnerable members of society in the Global South. The well-being of commu...

• Causes And Consequences Of Environmental Degradation Along The Shatt Al-arab River: A Coupled Human And Natural Systems Chans Perspective

  Published on June 2, 2020
  The Shatt Al-Arab River region (SARR) in Iraq was an economically important area for food production. By the 1970s the environment of this region had begun to deteriorate, and since then the SARR has suffered from severe human- and natural-induced pr...

• Identifying Urban Agriculture Needs and Challenges for the Implementation of Green Labeling in Xochimilco, Mexico

  Published on July 11, 2022
  The current global situation with a dominant economic development model producing social inequality, increment and intensification of urbanization has generated severe environmental degradation and an associated increase in the likelihood of pandemic...

• Saltwater intrusion and sea level rise threatens U.S. rural coastal landscapes and communities

  Published on March 1, 2024
  The United States (U.S.) coastal plain is subject to rising sea levels, land subsidence, more severe coastal storms, and more intense droughts. These changes lead to inputs of marine salts into freshwater-dependent coastal systems, creating saltwater...

• Research on the legal system of economic-ecological synergistic compensation in carbon neutral marine cities with a background in big data

  Published on August 28, 2024
  With the increasingly severe global carbon emissions problem and the serious threat ecosystems face, carbon neutrality has gradually attracted widespread attention. This study provides an in-depth analysis of practical cases of international carbon n...

• How can massive ecological restoration programs interplay with social-ecological systems? A review of research in the South China karst region

  Published on February 10, 2022
  Exploring the cost-effective pathways for restoring ecosystems is a fundamental aspect for scientific communities and policy-makers aiming for a sustainable future. The South China karst region has experienced severe environmental degradation because...

• Wildfire risk science facilitates adaptation of fire-prone social-ecological systems to the new fire reality

  Published on February 1, 2020
  Large and severe wildfires are an observable consequence of an increasingly arid American West. There is increasing consensus that human communities, land managers, and fire managers need to adapt and learn to live with wildfires. However, a myriad o...

• Grassland Subsidies Increase the Number of Livestock on the Tibetan Plateau: Why Does the Payment for Ecosystem Services Policy Have the Opposite Outcome?

  Published on June 1, 2021
  The Grassland Ecological Protection Award Policy was implemented to address severe grassland degradation in China. This policy utilizes grassland subsidies as an incentive to control the number of livestock and has become the largest payment for ecos...

• A framework for selecting and designing policies to reduce marine plastic pollution in developing countries

  Published on July 1, 2020
  The polluting of marine ecosystems with plastics is both a global and a local problem with potentially severe consequences for wildlife, economic activity, and human health. It is a problem that originates in countries' inability to adequately manage...

• Beyond slash-and-burn: The roles of human activities, altered hydrology and fuels in peat fires in Central Kalimantan, Indonesia

  Published on May 1, 2020
  Near-annual landscape-scale fires in Indonesia's peatlands have caused severe air pollution, economic losses, and health impacts for millions of Southeast Asia residents. While the extent of fires across the peatland surface has been widely attribute...

• Spruce problems are probably caused by more than a single agent

  Published on July 15, 2011
  While many are concerned about potential spruce injury from Imprelis herbicide, two fungal infections are increasingly causing dieback in Michigan spruce in recent years.

• Southwest Michigan fruit regional report – September 11, 2012

  Published on September 11, 2012
  Grape harvest is moving swiftly with high quality grapes.

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  West central Michigan small fruit regional report – June 4, 2015

  Published on June 5, 2015
  Managing blueberry insects and diseases at winter-damaged blueberry fields can lead to difficult decisions.