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View article: Contribution of Anaerobic Digesters to Emissions Mitigation and Electricity Generation Under U.S. Climate Policy
Contribution of Anaerobic Digesters to Emissions Mitigation and Electricity Generation Under U.S. Climate Policy Open
Livestock husbandry in the U.S. significantly contributes to many environmental problems, including the release of methane, a potent greenhouse gas (GHG). Anaerobic digesters (ADs) break down organic wastes using bacteria that produce meth…
View article: Data and monitoring needs for a more ecological agriculture
Data and monitoring needs for a more ecological agriculture Open
Information on the life-cycle environmental impacts of agricultural production is often limited. As demands grow for increasing agricultural output while reducing its negative environmental impacts, both existing and novel data sources can…
View article: Producer and consumer responsibility for greenhouse gas emissions from agricultural production—a perspective from the Brazilian Amazon
Producer and consumer responsibility for greenhouse gas emissions from agricultural production—a perspective from the Brazilian Amazon Open
Greenhouse gases from the combination of land use change and agriculture are responsible for the largest share of global emissions, but are inadequately considered in the current set of international climate policies. Under the Kyoto proto…
View article: Carbon payback times for crop-based biofuel expansion in the tropics: the effects of changing yield and technology
Carbon payback times for crop-based biofuel expansion in the tropics: the effects of changing yield and technology Open
Biofuels from land-rich tropical countries may help displace foreign petroleum imports for many industrialized nations, providing a possible solution to the twin challenges of energy security and climate change. But concern is mounting tha…
View article: Our share of the planetary pie
Our share of the planetary pie Open
STEM PhDs increasingly contribute to commercial science, such as patenting. We analyze faculty's role in training STEM PhD students as new inventors on patents at leading research universities, emphasizing the drivers of gender differences…
View article: From Miami to Madison: Investigating the relationship between climate and terrestrial net primary production
From Miami to Madison: Investigating the relationship between climate and terrestrial net primary production Open
The 1973 “Miami Model” was the first global‐scale empirical model of terrestrial net primary productivity (NPP), and its simplicity and relative accuracy has led to its continued use. However, improved techniques to measure NPP in the fiel…