The global shift to renewable energy is imperative for preventing catastrophic climate
change, and wind energy is playing a leading role in meeting emissions reduction targets …

Energy is an integral part of society. The major US energy sources of fossil fuels (coal, oil,
natural gas); biofuels (ethanol); and wind are concentrated in grassland ecosystems of the …

Unconventional oil and gas development has expanded dramatically in the United States
during the last 15 years. This change in the energy industry has developed, modified, and …

Gas fracturing, which overcomes the limitation of hydraulic fracturing, is a potential
alternative technology for the development of unconventional gas and oil resources …

Abstract Nature-based solutions (NBS), understood as actions that use ecosystem
processes to address societal needs, can play important roles to future-proof river landscape …

With the dramatic development of photovoltaic power in China, its side effect on the
ecological system has generally been attention to and systematically studied. This paper …

New technologies and increasing energy demand have contributed to rapid expansion of
unconventional oil and gas development in the US in the past two decades. Quantifying the …

Despite increasing attention, the quantification of ecosystem services values in life cycle
assessment (LCA) remains nascent relative to other impact categories. In this analysis, we …

Development in wind energy technology and deployment of infrastructure reduces reliance
on fossil fuels and can further energy security goals. Wind energy, however, can conflict with …

The development of horizontal drilling and hydraulic fracking has led to an increase in oil
and natural gas extraction. Development of infrastructure to extract and transport these …