specifically in high-salinity soils. These findings could offer a way to increase food security for populations around the globe as salinity levels continue to rise due to environmental changes.

While environmental monitoring professionals are keeping track of aerosols, greenhouse gases, nutrients, PFAS and ...

They include the cations Ca+2, Mg+2, K+ as well as the anions Cl–, SO4-2, B0, and NO3–. Other salts that contribute to soil salinity include Na+, CO3-2, and HCO3–. Typically, NO3– and K+ are not high ...

Freshwater salinization is rising due to pollution and ocean intrusion, threatening water supplies, agriculture, and ...

but is also not an essential plant nutrient and can be toxic at lower levels than nutrients such as calcium. Issues with saline soils are well known in other parts of the world. The western United ...

It's hard to imagine that global warming would have much effect on the world's already hot deserts. But even small changes in temperature or precipitation could drastically impact plants and ...