Net-zero emissions chemical industry in a world of limited resources

P Gabrielli, L Rosa, M Gazzani, R Meys, A Bardow… - One Earth, 2023 - cell.com
The chemical industry is responsible for about 5% of global CO 2 emissions and is key to
achieving net-zero targets. Decarbonizing this industry, nevertheless, faces particular …

Recent advancement in water quality indicators for eutrophication in global freshwater lakes

K Suresh, T Tang, MTH Van Vliet… - Environmental …, 2023 - iopscience.iop.org
Eutrophication is a major global concern in lakes, caused by excessive nutrient loadings
(nitrogen and phosphorus) from human activities and likely exacerbated by climate change …

Safe and just Earth system boundaries

J Rockström, J Gupta, D Qin, SJ Lade, JF Abrams… - Nature, 2023 - nature.com
The stability and resilience of the Earth system and human well-being are inseparably
linked,–, yet their interdependencies are generally under-recognized; consequently, they …

Global trends of cropland phosphorus use and sustainability challenges

T Zou, X Zhang, EA Davidson - Nature, 2022 - nature.com
To meet the growing food demand while addressing the multiple challenges of exacerbating
phosphorus (P) pollution and depleting P rock reserves,,,,,,,,,,,,,–, P use efficiency (PUE, the …

[HTML][HTML] Greenhouse gas emissions from global production and use of nitrogen synthetic fertilisers in agriculture

S Menegat, A Ledo, R Tirado - Scientific Reports, 2022 - nature.com
The global agri-food system relies on synthetic nitrogen (N) fertilisation to increase crop
yields, yet the use of synthetic N fertiliser is unsustainable. In this study we estimate global …

Greenhouse gas emissions from nitrogen fertilizers could be reduced by up to one-fifth of current levels by 2050 with combined interventions

Y Gao, A Cabrera Serrenho - Nature Food, 2023 - nature.com
Food security relies on nitrogen fertilizers, but its production and use account for
approximately 5% of global greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. Meeting climate change …

Global mapping of crop-specific emission factors highlights hotspots of nitrous oxide mitigation

X Cui, F Zhou, P Ciais, EA Davidson, FN Tubiello… - Nature Food, 2021 - nature.com
Mitigating soil nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions is essential for staying below a 2° C warming
threshold. However, accurate assessments of mitigation potential are limited by uncertainty …

Energy and food security implications of transitioning synthetic nitrogen fertilizers to net-zero emissions

L Rosa, P Gabrielli - Environmental Research Letters, 2022 - iopscience.iop.org
By synthetically producing nitrogen fertilizers from ammonia (NH 3), the Haber–Bosch
process has been feeding humanity for more than one hundred years. However, current NH …

A precision compost strategy aligning composts and application methods with target crops and growth environments can increase global food production

S Zhao, S Schmidt, H Gao, T Li, X Chen, Y Hou… - Nature Food, 2022 - nature.com
Compost represents an important input for sustainable agriculture, but the use of diverse
compost types causes uncertain outcomes. Here we performed a global meta-analysis with …

[HTML][HTML] Responsible plant nutrition: A new paradigm to support food system transformation

A Dobermann, T Bruulsema, I Cakmak, B Gerard… - Global Food …, 2022 - Elsevier
The coming 10–20 years will be most critical for making the transition to a global food
system in which mineral nutrients in agriculture must be managed in a more holistic manner …