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Science for Environment Policy is a free news and information service published by Directorate-General Environment, European Commission. It is designed to help the busy policymaker keep up-to-date with the latest environmental research findings needed to design, implement and regulate effective policies. Quality environmental research for evidence-based policy. The fortnightly News Alert forms…

Improving crop productivity is a global priority. While intensive agriculture provides high yields, it also causes negative environmental impacts on air, water, and soil quality — such as soil acidification, habitat loss or pollution, fertiliser run-off and surface-water eutrophication — and resulting declines in biodiversity. Due to its essential role in supporting…

Nature Plants is an online-only, monthly journal publishing the best research on plants — from their evolution, development, metabolism and environmental interactions to their societal significance. All editorial decisions are made by a team of full-time professional editors. Scope Topics covered in the journal include: Agriculture Genetics Agronomy Genomics…

Improving crop productivity is a global priority. While intensive agriculture provides high yields, it also causes negative environmental impacts on air, water, and soil quality — such as soil acidification, habitat loss or pollution, fertiliser run-off and surface-water eutrophication — and resulting declines in biodiversity. Due to its essential role in supporting…

Large-scale, industrialized farming has contributed significantly to the increased global food supply to feed the fast-growing world population over the past few decades, but it also comes with severe threats to the environment. In particular, the excessive application of chemical fertilizer has led to large emissions of reactive nitrogen compounds into the atmosphere, where they become…

We recognize that COVID-19 has reduced the ability for authors, editors and referees to participate in the peer review process of Global Food Security. The editors and Elsevier staff remain fully committed to support publishing throughout this challenging time, while still remaining flexible and supportive to author, referee and editor needs. If you have any questions or concerns, please reach…