Publications & Products
2026
Zhang, Y., & Collins, A. L. (2026). CO2 Equivalent Energy Use Profiles on Intensive Farms Across England and the Potential for Nitrogen Management to Support the Transition to Reduced Carbon Agriculture. Food and Energy Security, 15(5), e70329. https://doi.org/10.1002/fes3.70329
Almaraz, M., Sun, X., Davidson, E. A., Zhang, X., Galloway, J. N., & Raymond, P. A. (2026). Fluxes and imbalances in the modern global nitrogen cycle. Nature Reviews Earth & Environment, 7(10), 656–671. https://doi.org/10.1038/s43017-026-00821-y
Nelson, A., Byun, J. S., Davidson, E. A., Dobermann, A., Dou, Y., Fregene, M., Koo, J., Oberthür, T., Rosa, L., & Thornton, P. (2026). Where does decentralised green nitrogen fit in Africa’s fertiliser resilience strategy? Food Security. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12571-026-01707-z
Tang, C., Ahire, D., Zagalskaya, A., Ghosh, A., Wang, A., Hang, Y., Chen, X., Haddadnezhad, M., Wang, Y., & Wu, N. (2026). Stabilization of oxygen vacancies and enhancement of photocatalytic nitrogen fixation in antimony molybdate via cobalt/iron co-doping. Chemical Engineering Journal, 180400. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cej.2026.180400
Houser, M., Fisher, K. A., Fife, A., Bunn, A., & McHenry, J. (2026). Evaluating conservation incentive programs: Piloting a novel approach to enabling farmer behavior change. Journal of Rural Studies, 124, 104192. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jrurstud.2026.104192
Wang Y., Gu B., Zhang X. (2026) Shifting U.S.−China trade from feed to food reduces global agricultural nitrogen loss and greenhouse gas emissions. Nitrogen Cycling, 2: e024 https://doi.org/10.48130/nc-0026-0011
Rath, D., R. Opitz, M. Kaplan, A. Woodley, A. Huddell, B. Buma, A. Riaz, C. Nevison, C. Smith, D. Kanter, E.A. Davidson, E. Kort, C. Kelly, D. Brown, G. Plant, J. Deng, K. Sun, E. Stuchiner, K. Todd-Brown, M. Houser, R.R. Gurung, M. Hong, P. Vadas, R. Thompson, S. Garvey, S. Ogle, S.E. Brown, X. Zhang, N. Reinke, J. Franch. (2026) Scientific Roadmap for Advancing Agricultural Nitrous Oxide MMRV and Modeling. OSF Registries. https://doi.org/10.17605/OSF.IO/RT63B
Zhang, Y. & Collins, A.L. (2026) Temporal evolution of the environmental footprints of intensive farming across England. PLoS One, 21(4): e0346664. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0346664
Granger, S. J., Upadhayay, H. R., Mead, A. & Collins, A. L. (2026) Can large-scale climate patterns predict nitrate export mechanisms from agricultural land? Chemosphere, 402. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chemosphere.2026.144923
Wang, Y., Zhang, X., Spiegal, S. & Davidson, E.A. (2026) A framework for estimating manure nitrogen balance and recycling potential for current and future conditions in the USA. Nature Food. https://doi.org/10.1038/s43016-026-01312-5
Davidson, E. & Raghuram, N. (2026). Green ammonia presents an opportunity to advance energy and food system sustainability in India. Communications Sustainability, 1, 14. https://doi.org/10.1038/s44458-025-00013-7
LeClaire, et al. (2026). Green Ammonia in US Agriculture: Policy Pathways to Decarbonize Fertilizer Production and Empower Rural Communities. https://niccee.org/innovation-platform/policy-briefs/
Sturtevant, J., Kyle, P., Zhang, X., Wolfram, P., & Niazi, H. (2026). Global Food Security Impacts of Ammonia Market Shocks [Repository]. Zenodo. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.18432623
Zhang, Y. & Collins, A. (2026) Rothamsted Fertiliser Emissions Scenarios Tool (R-FEST). https://doi.org/10.23637/rothamsted.00033662
Y. Zhang & A. L. Collins (2026). MAP-EI: Mapping Environmental Drivers for Inhibitor Efficacy. https://niccee.org/information-hub/map-ei/
2025
Batool, M., Sarrazin, F. J., Zhang, X., Musolff, A., Nguyen, T. V., Attinger, S., & Kumar, R. (2025). Scenario analysis of nitrogen surplus typologies in Europe shows that a 20% fertilizer reduction may fall short of 2030 EU Green Deal goals. Nature Food, 6(8), 787–798. https://doi.org/10.1038/s43016-025-01210-2
Garvey, S. M., Davidson, E. A., Wagner-Riddle, C., Collins, A., Houser, M., Li, T., MacDonald, G. K., Tenuta, M., Kanter, D., Kyle, P., Wu, N., Congreves, K. A., Wang, Y., Cardenas, L., & Zhang, X. (2025). Emerging opportunities and research questions for green ammonia adoption in agriculture and beyond. Nature Reviews Clean Technology, 1(1), 10–11. https://doi.org/10.1038/s44359-024-00012-2
Vishwakarma, S., Zhang, X., & Lyubchich, V. (2025). Unveiling the drivers contributing to global wheat yield shocks through quantile regression. Artificial Intelligence in Agriculture, 15(3), 564–572. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.aiia.2025.03.004
Zhang, Y., & Collins, A. L. (2025). Global warming potential of farming systems across England: Possible mitigation and co-benefits for water quality and biodiversity. Agronomy for Sustainable Development, 45(2), 22. https://doi.org/10.1007/s13593-025-01015-4
Zhang, Y., Hawkins, J., Sint, H., & Collins, A. L. (2025). Derived datasets of daily weather, near surface soil status, flow rates and concentrations of nitrogen species from the North Wyke farm platform, England. Data in Brief, 59, 111324. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.dib.2025.111324
2024
Bruulsema, T. & Nigon, L. (2024). Fertilizer Industry Innovations Supporting Climate Mitigation. Crops & Soils Mag.
Davidson, E. A. & Gu, B. (2024). Chapter 5. Implementing Nitrous Oxide Abatement Measures. Global Nitrous Oxide Assessment, edited by D. R. Kanter and A. R. Ravishankara, United Nations Environment Programme and Food and Agriculture Organization. https://doi.org/10.59117/20.500.11822/46562
Kanter, D. R., & Zhang, 2024. Chapter 3. Nitrous Oxide Scenarios and Abatement Measures. Global Nitrous Oxide Assessment, edited by D. R. Kanter and A. R. Ravishankara, United Nations Environment Programme and Food and Agriculture Organization. https://doi.org/10.59117/20.500.11822/46562
Zhang, X., Sabo, R., Rosa, L., Niazi, H., Kyle, P., Byun, J.S., Wang, Y., Yan, X., Gu, B. and Davidson, E.A. (2024). Nitrogen management during decarbonization. Nature Reviews Earth & Environment. https://doi.org/10.1038/s43017-024-00586-2
Zou, T., Davidson, E.A., Sabo, R.D., MacDonald, G.K. and Zhang, X. (2024). Disparities in nitrogen and phosphorus management across time and space: a case study of the Chesapeake Bay using the CAFE framework. Environmental Research Letters. https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-9326/ad786c
NICCEE Funding Acknowledgement
When citing research supported by NICCEE in any publication (e.g., papers, posters, presentations), please use the following acknowledgement:
This work was supported by the Global Nitrogen Innovation Center for Clean Energy and the Environment (NICCEE), which is jointly funded by the US National Science Foundation (NSF) under award no. 2330502, the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC-CRSNG) under award no. ALLRP 585018 – 23, UK Research and Innovation–Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (UKRI-EPSRC) under award no. EP/Y025776/1.