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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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...
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Atlas climático digital de la República Argentina
El Atlas Climático Digital de la República Argentina contiene una colección de mapas que representan la distribución...
New Members
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Patricia ChiversTricia -
Grey WarrenMotlow State Community/Technical College -
Susan JonesUniversity of Saskatchewan -
Godrej IHPGodrej IHP -
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 -
Emnet BerhaneEnvironmental Science and Technology
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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Local farmer, rancher shares personal connection to promote awareness for mental health ...
Feb 22, 2026 02:43 AM PST
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2026 TSSAA wrestling state championships in Division I photos - The Tennessean
Feb 22, 2026 01:35 AM PST
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Farmer rejects $15 million data center offer: 'It breaks my heart … the rest of every square ... - Fortune
Feb 22, 2026 01:17 AM PST
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Rodenticide Bill held over by Senate Ag | TheFencePost.com
Feb 22, 2026 12:42 AM PST
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Bennett Moves Up at USDA | Red River Farm Network
Feb 22, 2026 12:38 AM PST
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USDA recalls Trader Joe's chicken fried rice after glass found - Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
Feb 22, 2026 12:20 AM PST
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House Agriculture Committee Meets to Mark Up 2026 Farm Bill | Video - C-SPAN.org
Feb 22, 2026 12:00 AM PST
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Global leaders and businesses pore over fallout of more US tariff swoons - New Haven Register
Feb 21, 2026 11:53 PM PST
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NFA auction exceeds cash target, clears space for palay procurement
Feb 21, 2026 11:34 PM PST
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Aquaculture and Fisheries: A Largely Untapped Answer to Africa's Protein Shortfall
Feb 21, 2026 11:12 PM PST
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National Ag Law Center, NASDA Foundation team up for 2026 Mid-South ag and ...
Feb 21, 2026 10:32 PM PST
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Farm City Breakfast returns for 46th year, honors Tish Correa Osborne
Feb 21, 2026 10:21 PM PST
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Shriner Clinic Package - WIBW
Feb 21, 2026 09:27 PM PST
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OP-ED – Forecasting 2026 - The Carillon
Feb 21, 2026 09:19 PM PST
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US-Indonesia trade deal signals major push for agricultural exports and market access
Feb 21, 2026 09:04 PM PST
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'Snowman Protest' in Downtown Bozeman highlights warmer Montana winter - KBZK.com
Feb 21, 2026 08:20 PM PST
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France's Macron says U.S. court tariff ruling shows checks on power - CNBC
Feb 21, 2026 08:12 PM PST
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NCGA Releases New Report Warning of Pivotal Moment for U.S. Agriculture
Feb 21, 2026 07:45 PM PST
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One dead after overnight crash in NE Wichita - KWCH
Feb 21, 2026 07:42 PM PST
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Arkansas will get network of 20 weather stations by decade's end
Feb 21, 2026 06:04 PM PST