Cultivation of corn and soybeans in the United States reached record high levels following
the biofuels boom of the late 2000s. Debate exists about whether the expansion of these …

After decades of declining cropland area, the United States (US) experienced a reversal in
land use/land cover change in recent years, with substantial grassland conversion to …

The Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS) specifies the use of biofuels in the United States and
thereby guides nearly half of all global biofuel production, yet outcomes of this keystone …

Scientific Committee on Problems of the Environment grasslands, as well as by returning
fallow or abandoned croplands to production. Indirect LUC can occur when land currently …

In the US Corn Belt, a recent doubling in commodity prices has created incentives for
landowners to convert grassland to corn and soybean cropping. Here, we use land cover …

After decades of decline, croplands are once again expanding across the United States. A
recent spatially explicit analysis mapped nearly three million hectares of US cropland …

Recent expansion of croplands in the United States has caused widespread conversion of
grasslands and other ecosystems with largely unknown consequences for agricultural …

Agriculture is historically a dominant form of global environmental degradation, and the
potential for increased future degradation may be driven by growing demand for food and …

An understanding of the main drivers of land-use change is critical for policy
recommendations that aim to meet the challenge of food and environmental security over …

This study looks at the land use impact of the biofuels expansion on both the intensive and
extensive margin, and its environmental consequences. We link economic, geographical …