Reassessing the environmental impacts of sugarcane ethanol production in Brazil to help meet sustainability goals

S Filoso, JB do Carmo, SF Mardegan, SRM Lins… - … and Sustainable Energy …, 2015 - Elsevier
The potential for sugarcane ethanol from Brazil to mitigate GHG emissions is undeniable,
but the way that ethanol is produced during the agricultural and industrial phases will …

Are remote sensing evapotranspiration models reliable across South American ecoregions?

DCD Melo, JAA Anache, VP Borges… - Water Resources …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Many remote sensing‐based evapotranspiration (RSBET) algorithms have been proposed
in the past decades and evaluated using flux tower data, mainly over North America and …

[HTML][HTML] Hydrological trade-offs due to different land covers and land uses in the Brazilian Cerrado

JAA Anache, E Wendland… - Hydrology and Earth …, 2019 - hess.copernicus.org
Farmland expansion in the Brazilian Cerrado, considered one of the largest agricultural
frontiers in the world, has the potential to alter water fluxes on different spatial scales …

The impact of climate change and climate extremes on sugarcane production

S Flack‐Prain, L Shi, P Zhu, HR da Rocha… - GCB …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Sugarcane production supports the livelihoods of millions of small‐scale farmers in
developing countries, and the bioenergy needs of millions of consumers. Yet, future …

[HTML][HTML] Water and energy fluxes from a woodland savanna (cerrado) in southeast Brazil

OMR Cabral, HR da Rocha, JH Gash… - Journal of Hydrology …, 2015 - Elsevier
Study region The area of woodland savanna (cerrado) is located in southeast Brazil (21°
36′ to 44′ S, 47° 34′ to 41′ W). Study focus The cerrado sensu-stricto savanna …

Runoff, soil loss, and sources of particulate organic carbon delivered to streams by sugarcane and riparian areas: An isotopic approach

TF Gomes, M Van de Broek, G Govers, RWC Silva… - Catena, 2019 - Elsevier
Soil erosion leads to land degradation and translocation of soil particles together with
associated particulate organic carbon (POC) and nutrients, thereby influencing the global …

Fertirrigation with low-pressure multi-gate irrigation systems in sugarcane agroecosystems: A review

A Garcia-Saldana, C Landeros-Sanchez… - Pedosphere, 2019 - Elsevier
There are very few studies on the application of fertilizers through irrigation water
(fertirrigation) using a multi-gate irrigation system in sugarcane AES. Through fertirrigation …

The sustainability of a sugarcane plantation in Brazil assessed by the eddy covariance fluxes of greenhouse gases

OMR Cabral, HC Freitas, SV Cuadra… - Agricultural and Forest …, 2020 - Elsevier
The sustainability of sugarcane farming for biofuel has recently become a subject of debate,
because its expansion may contribute significantly to global climate change mitigation. Here …

[HTML][HTML] Hydrological impacts of ethanol-driven sugarcane expansion in Brazil

AS Duden, PA Verweij, YV Kraak, LPH van Beek… - Journal of …, 2021 - Elsevier
Ethanol production in Brazil is projected to double between 2012 and 2030 in order to meet
increased global demand, resulting in the expansion of sugarcane cultivation. Sugarcane …

Understanding the land surface phenology and gross primary production of sugarcane plantations by eddy flux measurements, MODIS images, and data-driven …

F Xin, X Xiao, OMR Cabral, PM White Jr, H Guo, J Ma… - Remote Sensing, 2020 - mdpi.com
Sugarcane (complex hybrids of Saccharum spp., C4 plant) croplands provide cane stalk
feedstock for sugar and biofuel (ethanol) production. It is critical for us to analyze the …