BACKGROUND Cellulosic biofuels offer environmental benefits not available from grain-
based biofuels and are a cornerstone of efforts to meet transportation fuel needs in a future …

For the development of commercial biochar projects, reliable data on biochar production
technologies is needed. For this purpose, peer-reviewed scientific articles on carbonization …

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 …

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 …

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 …

Legislation on biofuels production in the USA and Europe, is directing food crops towards
the production of grain-based ethanol,, which can have detrimental consequences for soil …

Planting the perennial biomass crop Miscanthus in the UK could offset 2–13 Mt oil eq. yr− 1,
contributing up to 10% of current energy use. Policymakers need assurance that upscaling …

A balanced assessment of ecosystem services provided by agriculture requires a systems-
level socioecological understanding of related management practices at local to landscape …

Human reliance on insect pollination services continues to increase even as pollinator
populations exhibit global declines. Increased commodity crop prices and federal subsidies …

Over the past century, agricultural landscapes worldwide have increasingly been managed
for the primary purpose of producing food, while other diverse ecosystem services …