Smallholder dairy farms face enormous challenges in increasing milk production while mitigating greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, thereby enhancing climate resilience. The carbon footprint (CF) of smallholder milk production is expected to increase with increasing demand for dairy products under the business-as-usual scenario. This study estimates th...
Published in IOP Conference Series: Earth and Environmental Science
The lithium-ion battery is the source of renewable energy and the battery-operated vehicles are gradually replacing fossil fuel-based automobiles. Though Electric Vehicles (EVs) do not produce emissions through tailpipes, yet the issues pertaining to recycling of the lithium-ion batteries employed in EVs lead to environmental burdens. The EVs sale ...
In recent years, the demand for environmental sustainability has caused a great interest in finding novel polymer materials from natural resources that are both biodegradable and eco-friendly. Natural biodegradable polymers can displace the usage of petroleum-based synthetic polymers due to their renewability, low toxicity, low costs, biocompatibil...
Published in Environmental Research Letters
China plays an important role in the international trade of agricultural commodities. Considering the dynamic reactive nitrogen (Nr) losses of agricultural systems in China, a hypothesis was proposed that crop conversion in China would be correlated with the extent of crop trade, influencing Nr losses in agricultural systems. The objective of this ...
Heavy-duty trucks (HDTs) are responsible for considerable fuel consumption and greenhouse gas emissions (GHG) in the road transportation sector due to their heavier weight, and significantly more miles travelled in comparison with other vehicles. Regarding the climate change mitigation policies, HDTs need to become zero-emission vehicles. One of th...
Avocado consumption and trade are increasing worldwide, with North America and Europe being the main importing regions. Spain is the major European avocado producer (90% of the production), yet it only supplies 10% of the market. Consequently, more than 90% of the avocados consumed in Europe are imported from overseas, mainly from Chile and Peru. I...
Published in Environmental Science & Technology
Renewable natural gas (RNG) is being considered an alternative to fossil natural gas. This study finds that not all pathways for RNG production are carbon negative or neutral.
Reutilizar subproductos para el desarrollo de bloques de hormigón que sean más sostenibles y con mejores propiedades térmicas, para el sector de la edificación es una necesidad y buena alternativa a desarrollar en el sector construcción. Se realizó un análisis del ciclo de vida (ACV) a los bloques con y sin subproductos, a fin de cuantificar los be...
Published in Environmental science & technology
This study presents a life-cycle analysis of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions of biodiesel (fatty acid methyl ester) and renewable diesel (RD, or hydroprocessed easters and fatty acids) production from oilseed crops, distillers corn oil, used cooking oil, and tallow. Updated data for biofuel production and waste fat rendering were collected through i...
Published in Frontiers in Sustainability
L-tryptophan is a naturally occurring α-amino acid that is also purchased by consumers for medicinal and dietary purposes. L-tryptophan is also a starting point for synthesizing medical derivatives with antiplatelet aggregation and antibacterial activity. Beneficial direct use and subsequent synthetic product use were evaluated with respect to the ...
