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Assessment of the Long-Term Impacts of Climate Change on Alfalfa Production in California
(2022-06-01)
Alfalfa is a crucial feed-supplier for California’s livestock and dairy industries, which are among the most profitable commodities in the state. Alfalfa production is projected to be impacted by climate change due to ...
A Technology Model for Optimizing a Sustainable Steelmaking Process
(2022-10-11)
Primary steel production based on iron ore, and currently on fossil carbon carriers, is highly greenhouse gas (GHG) emission intensive. Nevertheless, the dominant production route is very energy efficient. Relevant progress ...
Mitigating Imported Vegetable Dependency in the United Arab Emirates through Indoor Farms: The Financial and Environmental Impact
(2022-03-10)
The world’s population is projected to increase by 30% in 2050, to 9.5 billion persons. This will require 60% more food to be produced than is done today, all in the face of inevitable increases in the price of water, ...
Cost Benefit Analysis Using Monte Carlo Simulations on Regenerative Agricultural Practices of Growing Processing Tomatoes in California’s Central Valley
(2022-10-06)
Conventional agriculture has damaged the world’s soils and rendered future food supplies uncertain, while climate change has worsened water scarcity in many regions. Regenerative agriculture practices are considered to be ...
Shark Fishing in the Indian Seas: A Quantitative Risk Assessment of the Impacts of Longline Fishing on the Sustainability of Regional Shark Populations
(2019-08-24)
This project endeavored to provide a formative, contemporaneously applicable, and fully quantitative baseline of a significant component of the shark harvest produced by the nation of India, namely, the longline bycatch ...
Phytoremediation of the Des Plaines River
(2022-04-21)
The problem of contaminated waterways is an inclusive issue. A 2018 United States water quality survey showed nearly half of the rivers and streams, and more than one-third of lakes are polluted and unfit for swimming, ...
Utilizing an Agentic Capacity Index to Measure Human Agency
(2023-05-03)
This paper proposes a method to measure human agency and discusses its relationship to sustainable development and ecological economics. Society is confronting a rapidly changing natural world, with important implications ...
The Underground Economy: Regenerative Farming’s Hidden Economic, Ecological, and Social Value
(2022-05-12)
The world’s agriculture is dominated by industrial agricultural practices that rely heavily on fossil fuels and chemical inputs. As a result, agriculture is responsible for a hefty 23-37% of the world’s greenhouse gas ...
Remote Sensing Methods for Assessing Abrupt Land Cover Change —A Case Study of the Central Luangwa Valley in Zambia
(2022-05-12)
Abstract
I examined how abrupt land cover change can be detected, measured, and evaluated via accessible platforms using varied methods applicable to the non remote sensing (RS) specialized analyst. Analysis with free ...
Analysis of Impacts and Trade-offs from Changes to Short-Haul Business Travel Policies in Europe to Reduce Greenhouse Gas Emissions
(2023-10-11)
This research contributes to the identification and understanding of key criteria
important for business travel decision-making and policy implementation, as well as
improved understanding of the potential effectiveness ...