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Pollinators throughout the world are experiencing declines due to habitat degradation, pesticide exposure, disease, and climate change. Although pollinators and the services they provide to agriculture are not the primary focus of carbon farming, numerous carbon storage practices, such as the hedgerows shown here, can be adapted to benefit pollinators without diminishing climate outcomes or economic benefits to farmers (see Sardiñas et al., page 104). Photo: Will Suckow.
Due to ongoing climate change, widespread wildfires are predicted to increase over time in California. New research findings suggest that land managers can use strategic livestock grazing to reduce fuel loads in grasslands, which could help lower fire hazards (see Ratcliff et al., page 60). Photo credit: © Andreistanescu, Dreamstime.com.
While the Salton Sea was a relatively stable ecosystem for most of the 20th century, recent agricultural-to-urban water transfers have caused significant impacts on the region’s ecology. This special issue of California Agriculture features review articles that highlight what recent research can say about the changing Salton Sea ecosystem and its environmental and human health–related impacts, and identify areas in which further scientific research is needed to better inform policy. Photo: Richard Trible, Istockphoto.com
Volume 76, Number 4