Global greenhouse gas emissions from animal-based foods are twice those of plant-based foods

X Xu, P Sharma, S Shu, TS Lin, P Ciais, FN Tubiello… - Nature food, 2021 - nature.com
Agriculture and land use are major sources of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions but
previous estimates were either highly aggregate or provided spatial details for subsectors …

A large but transient carbon sink from urbanization and rural depopulation in China

X Zhang, M Brandt, X Tong, P Ciais, Y Yue, X ** the deforestation footprint of nations reveals growing threat to tropical forests
NT Hoang, K Kanemoto - Nature Ecology & Evolution, 2021 - nature.com
Deforestation, a significant threat to biodiversity, is accelerated by global demand for
commodities. Although prior literature has linked deforestation to global supply chains, here …

[HTML][HTML] Sentinel-2 data for land cover/use map**: A review

D Phiri, M Simwanda, S Salekin, VR Nyirenda… - Remote sensing, 2020 - mdpi.com
The advancement in satellite remote sensing technology has revolutionised the approaches
to monitoring the Earth's surface. The development of the Copernicus Programme by the …

Evaluating trends, profits, and risks of global cities in recent urban expansion for advancing sustainable development

C Zhong, H Guo, I Swan, P Gao, Q Yao, H Li - Habitat International, 2023 - Elsevier
In recent decades, the world has witnessed a remarkable surge in urban expansion, leading
to profound consequences for the global climate, biodiversity, and ecological environment …

Map** global urban boundaries from the global artificial impervious area (GAIA) data

X Li, P Gong, Y Zhou, J Wang, Y Bai… - Environmental …, 2020 - iopscience.iop.org
Urban boundaries, an essential property of cities, are widely used in many urban studies.
However, extracting urban boundaries from satellite images is still a great challenge …