Agriculture and Environmental Sciences Community Portal
Welcome – From the Editor
Welcome to the MERLOT Agriculture and Environmental Sciences Portal, an educational resource for teaching and learning. Use this portal to discover online learning materials, MERLOT members, journals, professional organizations, and news in your discipline.
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The Habitable Planet is a multimedia course for high school teachers and adult learners interested in studying environmental science. The Web site provides access to course content and activities developed by leading scientists and researchers in the field.
New Materials
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AGRIBUSINESS STRATEGY, ORGANIZATION, AND EXECUTION
Overview: Agribusiness Strategy, Organization, and Execution is built from the ground up to treat food and agriculture as...
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Urban & Regional Planning | Cities, Land Use, Transport and Liveability – Prep4Uni.online
A student-friendly guide to urban and regional planning: how cities grow, how land use decisions are made, how transport...
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Creative AI for STEM Toolkit
The Creative AI for STEM Toolkit is a free, classroom ready suite of GPT tools for undergraduate STEM general education...
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Effective leadership, management and development of people working in agriculture and agri-food: supporting new entrants from non-agricultural backgrounds: PROJECT OVERVIEW, TEACHING RESOURCES & CASE STUDIES
This research project considered how to successfully support diversification of employment within agriculture and...
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Environment and Community Field Methods and Community-Based Research
The California State University and MERLOT have partnered to showcase how and why faculty have adopted Open Educational...
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Critical Relationship between Technology and Society
It explores the relationship between technology and society, examining how they shape each other and evolve together. The...
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Give Earth A Chance; A Collaborative Game for Our Shared Future
Give Earth A Chance (GEAC) is a free collaborative board game where players face real-world challenges together, building...
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Carbon Credit Markets for Farmers and Ranchers: An Overview
Carbon credit markets give farmers and ranchers a chance to gain extra income by using sustainable practices that pull...
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Saving Biodiversity as the Climate Changes
This is an undergraduate textbook focusing on wildlife and ecosystem conservation, meant to replace traditional...
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Methods of Teaching Agriculture, third edition
Methods of Teaching Agriculture, 3rd edition is a 406-page methods-of-teaching book. It provides a clear and concise...
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Navigating Our Way to Solutions in Marine Conservation
Navigating Our Way reflects the broader insights and diverse voices revolutionizing marine conservation. This volume...
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Climate Stripes: Make Your Own
Website provides the instructions and Google Sheets spreadsheets to allow you to make your own climates stripes for...
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Farm Goals in Conflict
oals and values of both farm and nonfarm groups have important bearing on current and future policies and organization of...
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An Anthology of Global Risk
This anthology brings together a diversity of key texts in the emerging field of Existential Risk Studies. It serves to...
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Crop Wild Relatives and their Use in Plant Breeding
Crop wild relatives (CWR) provide genetic diversity that may not be available in current cultivated varieties. The novel...
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Etosha Pan to the Skeleton Coast: Conservation Histories, Policies and Practices in North-west Namibia
Etosha Pan to the Skeleton Coast examines the conservation histories and concerns of one of southern Africa’s most iconic...
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Cyanobacteria: Model Microorganisms and Beyond
Cyanobacteria(formerly called blue-green algae) are bacteria that have chlorophyl. They can live in many different...
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Rhythmic gene expression in plants is crucial for symbiosis with nutrient-providing bacteria, study finds
Legumes such as beans get their nitrogen from nitrogen fixing bacteria called rhizobia which convert air nitrogen N₂ into...
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Biological Degradation of Plastics and Microplastics: A Recent Perspective on Associated Mechanisms and Influencing Factors
Microplastics and plastic pollution are major ecological issues. Part of the reason why plastic has a hard time being...
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Oil Biodegradation and Bioremediation: A Tale of the Two Worst Spills in U.S. History
There have been many oil spills in the ocean, and using microbes to clean them up is something that is being developed,...
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An Introduction to Waste Management and Circular Economy
This introductory textbook provides an essential interdisciplinary guide to waste management and circular economy. It...
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Climate Change Sheetslets: Interactive Animated Google Sheets Spreadsheets
Interactive animated Google Sheets spreadsheets, Sheetslets, illustrating a variety of dynamic climate concepts. These...
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A Country of Shepherds: Cultural Stories of a Changing Mediterranean Landscape
This book draws on the life stories told by shepherds, farmers, and their families in the Andalusian region in Spain to...
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An Interactive Text for Food and Agricultural Marketing
An Interactive Text for Food and Agricultural Marketing is intended to be the primary textbook for a University of...
New Members
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Grey WarrenMotlow State Community/Technical College -
Susan JonesUniversity of Saskatchewan -
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Carrie ClemonsBlue Ridge Community and Technical College -
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Garome ShifarawMattu University Bedele Campus -
Nina TipovaUniversity of National and World Economy -
Mike NaylorWindward Community College -
Soriya RinRoyal University of Agriculture -
Mom SengRoyal University of Agriculture -
Sarah BowlesSanta Rosa Junior College -
Andrew IrvingThe Covenant School -
Nazima BegumOsmania University, Hyderabad -
Robert UlloCalifornia State University, Fresno -
JAMIE FRANCIS RAYSERGIA SORIANO ESTEBAN INTEGRATED SCHOOL II -
Jerry SpencerGilba Solutions Pty Ltd
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Kerry BrenoWhitworth University -
RUNA TARANNUMnone -
Anthony RossEnvironmental & Public Health International
Materials by Discipline
- Agriculture and Bio Engineering (59)
- Agriculture Education (84)
- Agriculture, Environment, & Development Economics (135)
- Animal Sciences (100)
- Environment and Natural Resources (293)
- Food science (215)
- Plant Sciences (232)
Professional Organizations
- American Association for Agricultural Education
- American Dairy Science Association
- American Agricultural Economics Association
- American Society of Animal Science
- American Society of Agronomy
- American Society of Agricultural and Biological Engineers
- National Association of Ag Education
- Crop Science Society of America
- Society of Range Management
- Institute of Food Technologists
- Society of American Foresters
- The Wildlife Society
Agriculture & Environmental Sciences on the Web
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Texas A&M names Brooke Rollins' son Head Yell Leader for 2026-27 - Houston Chronicle
Apr 09, 2026 05:23 AM PDT
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Mizzou transfer student tackles involvement in student organizations
Apr 09, 2026 05:06 AM PDT
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SEADLING founder Simon Davis on bringing long-term economic benefit to SEA's seaweed farmers
Apr 09, 2026 03:06 AM PDT
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Forage 2026 | USDA-ARS National Laboratory for Genetic Resources Preservation - The Fence Post
Apr 09, 2026 02:29 AM PDT
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Integrating Fuzzy Decision‐Making and Blockchain for Stakeholder Collaboration in Organic ...
Apr 09, 2026 02:07 AM PDT
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Solar-powered circular desalination agriculture enabled by amyloid fibril-based bioevaporators
Apr 08, 2026 11:51 PM PDT
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DeKalb County bust seizes 120 pounds of marijuana and almost $5 million in illegal hemp ...
Apr 08, 2026 11:46 PM PDT
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From 'sustainable' to 'regenerative' agriculture: What's in a name? - Phys.org
Apr 08, 2026 10:30 PM PDT
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Obituary | Irvin T. Omtvedt | Nebraska Today
Apr 08, 2026 10:20 PM PDT
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Agriculture Business Instructor, Full-time Tenure Track (BC) - Chronicle of Higher Education
Apr 08, 2026 09:31 PM PDT
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HERd Management: Sharing your agriculture story: Tips for getting started | Ag Proud
Apr 08, 2026 09:11 PM PDT
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Ecological and Reproductive Consequences of Endocrine-Disrupting Chemicals in ...
Apr 08, 2026 09:05 PM PDT
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Screenshot 2026-04-08 at 11.46.34 AM - Food Tank
Apr 08, 2026 08:44 PM PDT
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Biodiversity and Climate Action in Agriculture and Food Systems: Opportunities for Building ...
Apr 08, 2026 07:43 PM PDT
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EPA, State of Maryland Renew Commitment to Agriculture Through Memorandum of Understanding
Apr 08, 2026 07:30 PM PDT
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Cristina Bowerman | FAO Goodwill Ambassadors
Apr 08, 2026 06:07 PM PDT
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House Committee on Agriculture Chairman Glenn “G.T.” Thompson | The Ripon Society
Apr 08, 2026 05:53 PM PDT
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Reintroduced bill aims to help agriculture impacted by drought | Video | kdrv.com
Apr 08, 2026 05:40 PM PDT
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UF/IFAS Raises $13000 for UF Therapeutic Horticulture Program via Flavors of Florida
Apr 08, 2026 05:35 PM PDT
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AgriLife Extension Horticulture Series begins April 23 in Kerrville
Apr 08, 2026 04:54 PM PDT