A review of catalytic upgrading of bio-oil to engine fuels

PM Mortensen, JD Grunwaldt, PA Jensen… - Applied Catalysis A …, 2011 - Elsevier
As the oil reserves are depleting the need of an alternative fuel source is becoming
increasingly apparent. One prospective method for producing fuels in the future is …

Climate impacts on agriculture: implications for crop production

JL Hatfield, KJ Boote, BA Kimball, LH Ziska… - Agronomy …, 2011 - Wiley Online Library
Changes in temperature, CO2, and precipitation under the scenarios of climate change for
the next 30 yr present a challenge to crop production. This review focuses on the impact of …

Recent developments of molybdenum and tungsten sulfides as hydrogen evolution catalysts

D Merki, X Hu - Energy & Environmental Science, 2011 - pubs.rsc.org
Recent work shows that nanoparticulate and amorphous molybdenum and tungsten sulfide
materials are active catalysts for hydrogen evolution in aqueous solution. These materials …

Climate change, plant diseases and food security: an overview

S Chakraborty, AC Newton - Plant pathology, 2011 - Wiley Online Library
Global food production must increase by 50% to meet the projected demand of the world's
population by 2050. Meeting this difficult challenge will be made even harder if climate …

Losers and winners in coral reefs acclimatized to elevated carbon dioxide concentrations

KE Fabricius, C Langdon, S Uthicke… - Nature Climate …, 2011 - nature.com
Experiments have shown that ocean acidification due to rising atmospheric carbon dioxide
concentrations has deleterious effects on the performance of many marine organisms …

Systematic variation in the temperature dependence of physiological and ecological traits

AI Dell, S Pawar, VM Savage - Proceedings of the National …, 2011 - National Acad Sciences
To understand the effects of temperature on biological systems, we compile, organize, and
analyze a database of 1,072 thermal responses for microbes, plants, and animals. The …

Novel classes of antibiotics or more of the same?

ARM Coates, G Halls, Y Hu - British journal of pharmacology, 2011 - Wiley Online Library
The world is running out of antibiotics. Between 1940 and 1962, more than 20 new classes
of antibiotics were marketed. Since then, only two new classes have reached the market …

[图书][B] The third industrial revolution: how lateral power is transforming energy, the economy, and the world

J Rifkin - 2011 - books.google.com
" We are undergoing a historical transformation in the way we create and disseminate
energy. Together, Internet technology and the reality of renewable energy are creating a …

Soil biodiversity and carbon cycling: a review and synthesis of studies examining diversity–function relationships

UN Nielsen, E Ayres, DH Wall… - European Journal of …, 2011 - Wiley Online Library
Biodiversity and carbon (C) cycling have been the focus of much research in recent
decades, partly because both change as a result of anthropogenic activities that are likely to …

Disproportional risk for habitat loss of high‐altitude endemic species under climate change

T Dirnböck, F Essl, W Rabitsch - Global Change Biology, 2011 - Wiley Online Library
The expected upward shift of trees due to climate warming is supposed to be a major threat
to range‐restricted high‐altitude species by shrinking the area of their suitable habitats. Our …