Soil structure and microbiome functions in agroecosystems

M Hartmann, J Six - Nature Reviews Earth & Environment, 2023 - nature.com
Soil microbiomes drive key functions in agroecosystems, determining soil fertility, crop
productivity and stress tolerance. The microbiome is intricately linked with soil structure …

Beating the urban heat: Situation, background, impacts and the way forward in China

BJ He, J Wang, J Zhu, J Qi - Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, 2022 - Elsevier
This paper reviews urban heat (UrHT) challenges following the SBAR (situation,
background, assessment and recommendation) framework. The results indicate that …

21 世纪初中国土地利用变化的空间格局与驱动力分析

刘纪远, 张增祥, 徐新良, 匡文慧, 周万村, 张树文… - 地理学报, 2009 - cqvip.com
在全球环境变化研究中, 以土地利用与土地覆盖动态为核心的人类-环境耦合系统研究逐渐成为
土地变化科学(LCS) 研究的新动向. 基于覆盖中国21 世纪初5 年间隔的遥感卫星数据获取的1km …

[HTML][HTML] Global maps of cropland extent and change show accelerated cropland expansion in the twenty-first century

P Potapov, S Turubanova, MC Hansen, A Tyukavina… - Nature Food, 2022 - nature.com
Spatiotemporally consistent data on global cropland extent is essential for tracking progress
towards sustainable food production. In the present study, we present an analysis of global …

[HTML][HTML] Global impacts of future urban expansion on terrestrial vertebrate diversity

G Li, C Fang, Y Li, Z Wang, S Sun, S He, W Qi… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
Rapid urban expansion has profound impacts on global biodiversity through habitat
conversion, degradation, fragmentation, and species extinction. However, how future urban …

Agricultural intensification and climate change are rapidly decreasing insect biodiversity

PH Raven, DL Wagner - Proceedings of the National …, 2021 - National Acad Sciences
Major declines in insect biomass and diversity, reviewed here, have become obvious and
well documented since the end of World War II. Here, we conclude that the spread and …

[HTML][HTML] Artificial intelligence, systemic risks, and sustainability

V Galaz, MA Centeno, PW Callahan, A Causevic… - Technology in …, 2021 - Elsevier
Automated decision making and predictive analytics through artificial intelligence, in
combination with rapid progress in technologies such as sensor technology and robotics are …

Agrochemicals interact synergistically to increase bee mortality

H Siviter, EJ Bailes, CD Martin, TR Oliver, J Koricheva… - Nature, 2021 - nature.com
Global concern over widely documented declines in pollinators,–has led to the identification
of anthropogenic stressors that, individually, are detrimental to bee populations …

[HTML][HTML] Patterns in soil microbial diversity across Europe

M Labouyrie, C Ballabio, F Romero, P Panagos… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
Factors driving microbial community composition and diversity are well established but the
relationship with microbial functioning is poorly understood, especially at large scales. We …

Massive soybean expansion in South America since 2000 and implications for conservation

XP Song, MC Hansen, P Potapov, B Adusei… - Nature …, 2021 - nature.com
A prominent goal of policies mitigating climate change and biodiversity loss is to achieve
zero deforestation in the global supply chain of key commodities, such as palm oil and …