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Missouri has strong potential for expanded tree nut agroforestry, particularly in regions where perennial systems could improve land-use efficiency, reduce erosion risk, and diversify farm income. Alley cropping offers a flexible framework for integrating tree nuts into existing agricultural systems without displacing current enterprises, thereby helping to defray establishment costs and reduce barriers to perennial transition...
Organic matter production, recycling, and burial processes temporally fluctuate across the Clarion-Clipperton Zone (CCZ) in the Eastern Tropical Pacific. Between 2019 and 2022, we conducted pelagic and benthic surveys in Nauru Ocean Research Inc. contract area D (NORI-D) in the southeast CCZ to establish environmental baseline conditions. Here, we synthetise the natural ranges of variability in physicochemical and biogeochemic...
Terrestrial and marine species are exhibiting distributional shifts due to climate change and resource availability. As food webs are impacted, some species have moved into areas of increased human activity, encountering anthropogenic hazards. A coastal marine species that undertakes a long migration between breeding and foraging ranges, the Eastern North Pacific (ENP) population of gray whales ( Eschrichtius robustus ) is esp...
The persistence and range expansion of non-native invasive species is in part due to their genetic potential for adaptation in new environments, often associated with reduced competition or predation. The success of a non-native population can be dependent on the initial number of colonising individuals and their genetic diversity, either through the initial introduction or subsequently via multiple introductions across time a...
Past and future wheat yield losses in France’s breadbasketNARA Subscribed
A techno-economic review of direct air capture of moisture processes: sustainable versus energy-intensive methodsNARA Subscribed
One of the biggest challenges that the world faces today is the availability of fresh and potable water in arid, semi-arid, and deprived regions. This is a challenge that concerns not only economic development but also social development spanning several UN SDGs. This article presents a detailed critical and systematic review of the technologies for producing industrial and potable water. Emphasis is made on direct air capture...
Macroalgal beds are increasingly recognised as nursery habitats for coral reef fish; however, the extent to which they are used as a source of food and/or a refuge from predation remains largely unexplored. Here, we investigate the distribution, feeding behaviour, diet, and predation risk for juvenile rabbitfish in macroalgal habitats on Orpheus Island, Great Barrier Reef. Visual surveys revealed that juvenile and adult Siganu...
The influence of Sargassum biomass and thallus density on the recruitment of coral reef fishesNARA Subscribed
A habitat’s structural complexity is a key determinant of the recruitment and composition of associated communities. While the influence of the physical structure of corals on coral reef fish recruitment is well studied, the significance of other benthic components, like macroalgae, remains unclear. We used experimental patches of the canopy-forming macroalga Sargassum to assess the influence of macroalgal complexity, which wa...
Using high-frequency monitoring data to quantify city-wide suspended-sediment load and evaluate TMDL goalsNARA Subscribed
Excess sediment is a common reason water bodies in the USA become listed as impaired resulting in total maximum daily loads (TMDL) that require municipalities to invest millions of dollars annually on management practices aimed at reducing suspended-sediment loads (SSLs), yet monitoring data are rarely used to quantify SSLs and track TMDL progress. A monitoring network was created to quantify the SSL from the City of Roanoke,...
The extreme 2016 wheat yield failure in FranceNARA Subscribed
France suffered, in 2016, the most extreme wheat yield decline in recent history, with some districts losing 55% yield. To attribute causes, we combined the largest coherent detailed wheat field experimental dataset with statistical and crop model techniques, climate information, and yield physiology. The 2016 yield was composed of up to 40% fewer grains that were up to 30% lighter than expected across eight research stations...
Prolonging survival in good health is a fundamental societal goal. However, the leading determinants of disability-free survival in healthy older people have not been well established. Data from ASPREE, a bi-national placebo-controlled trial of aspirin with 4.7 years median follow-up, was analysed. At enrolment, participants were healthy and without prior cardiovascular events, dementia or persistent physical disability. Disab...
Modelling climate change impacts on maize yields under low nitrogen input conditions in sub‐Saharan AfricaNARA Subscribed
Smallholder farmers in sub‐Saharan Africa (SSA) currently grow rainfed maize with limited inputs including fertilizer. Climate change may exacerbate current production constraints. Crop models can help quantify the potential impact of climate change on maize yields, but a comprehensive multimodel assessment of simulation accuracy and uncertainty in these low‐input systems is currently lacking. We evaluated the impact of varyin...
Climate change impact and adaptation for wheat proteinNARA Subscribed
Wheat grain protein concentration is an important determinant of wheat quality for human nutrition that is often overlooked in efforts to improve crop production. We tested and applied a 32‐multi‐model ensemble to simulate global wheat yield and quality in a changing climate. Potential benefits of elevated atmospheric CO 2 concentration by 2050 on global wheat grain and protein yield are likely to be negated by impacts from ri...
Historical deposits of Alexandrium catenella resting cysts in the sediments of Queen Charlotte Sound, New ZealandNARA Subscribed
In 2011, a large repository of resting cysts of the toxic dinoflagellate Alexandrium catenella was discovered in the sediments of the Onapua/Opua inlet located off Tory Channel, Queen Charlotte Sound. The inlet is a potential source of infection for other areas, such as the major mussel‐growing areas of Port Underwood and Pelorus Sound. This study aimed to establish whether the dinoflagellate was a new arrival in the Sounds or...