Identifying global hotspots of agricultural expansion into non-forest ecosystems
Harris, N. L. et al. Global maps of twenty-first century forest carbon fluxes. Nat. Clim. Change 11, 234–240…
Increasing risk of mass human heat mortality if historical weather patterns recur
Data We draw weekly mortality data from the Eurostat database (data code ‘demo_r_mweek3’). Different regions make data available…
Global greenhouse gas emissions mitigation potential of existing and planned hydrogen projects
Our work quantifies the life cycle GHG emissions and emission reduction potential of roughly 2,000 announced hydrogen production…
Irrigation-induced land water depletion aggravated by climate change
Crops and Drops (FAO, 2002). Siebert, S. et al. A global data set of the extent of irrigated…
Doubling of the global freshwater footprint of material production over two decades
Steffen, W., Grinevald, J., Crutzen, P. & McNeill, J. The Anthropocene: conceptual and historical perspectives. Philos. Trans. R.…
Balancing simplicity and complexity through corporate emissions benchmarking
The diversity of corporate actors and decarbonization pathways necessitates methodological approaches that can accommodate differences while preventing companies…
Artificial light is drowning out the Moon: here is what city bright lights are doing to humans and other species
Many city slickers may find it hard to comprehend, but the moon used to be the brightest source…
Shifting Sediments: Rivers as an Architectural and Cultural Catalyst
Urban Regeneration of Brahmaputra Riverfront / atArchitecture. Image © Avneesh Tiwari Share Share Facebook Twitter Mail Pinterest Whatsapp…
E-Waste Per Capita: Europe Leads the World
By ZeroHedge – Oct 20, 2025, 1:00 PM CDT
On average, every person worldwide generates about 8…
The carbon hoofprint of cities is shaped by geography and production in the livestock supply chain
The study deploys and expands the FoodS3 model to estimate the carbon hoofprint of 3,531 US cities. Our…
Benchmarking greenhouse gas emissions from US wastewater treatment for targeted reduction
Facilities inventory development We integrated multiple national datasets to compile an inventory of wastewater treatment facilities in the…
Global loss of mountain vegetated landscapes and its impact on biodiversity conservation
Mapping global mountain vegetated landscapes We first mapped MVL in 2000 as a base map from which to…