Combatting global grassland degradation

RD Bardgett, JM Bullock, S Lavorel… - Nature Reviews Earth & …, 2021 - nature.com
Grasslands are under severe threat from ongoing degradation, undermining their capacity to
support biodiversity, ecosystem services and human well-being. Yet, grasslands are largely …

Extreme weather and climate change: population health and health system implications

KL Ebi, J Vanos, JW Baldwin, JE Bell… - Annual review of …, 2021 - annualreviews.org
Extreme weather and climate events, such as heat waves, cyclones, and floods, are an
expression of climate variability. These events and events influenced by climate change …

Climate change and livestock production: a literature review

M Cheng, B McCarl, C Fei - Atmosphere, 2022 - mdpi.com
Globally, the climate is changing, and this has implications for livestock. Climate affects
livestock growth rates, milk and egg production, reproductive performance, morbidity, and …

Conceptual models of food choice: influential factors related to foods, individual differences, and society

PJ Chen, M Antonelli - Foods, 2020 - mdpi.com
Understanding individual food choices is critical for transforming the current food system to
ensure healthiness of people and sustainability of the planet. Throughout the years …

[HTML][HTML] Agriculture's contribution to climate change and role in mitigation is distinct from predominantly fossil CO2-emitting sectors

J Lynch, M Cain, D Frame… - Frontiers in sustainable …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Agriculture is a significant contributor to anthropogenic global warming, and reducing
agricultural emissions–largely methane and nitrous oxide–could play a significant role in …

Human impacts outpace natural processes in the Amazon

JS Albert, AC Carnaval, SGA Flantua, LG Lohmann… - Science, 2023 - science.org
Amazonian environments are being degraded by modern industrial and agricultural
activities at a pace far above anything previously known, imperiling its vast biodiversity …

Positive but variable effects of crop diversification on biodiversity and ecosystem services

D Beillouin, T Ben‐Ari, E Malézieux… - Global change …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Ecological theory suggests that biodiversity has a positive and stabilizing effect on the
delivery of ecosystem services. Yet, the impacts of increasing the diversity of cultivated crop …

Many risky feedback loops amplify the need for climate action

WJ Ripple, C Wolf, TM Lenton, JW Gregg, SM Natali… - One Earth, 2023 - cell.com
Many feedback loops significantly increase warming due to greenhouse gas emissions.
However, not all of these feedbacks are fully accounted for in climate models. Thus …

The deep soil organic carbon response to global change

CE Hicks Pries, R Ryals, B Zhu, K Min… - Annual Review of …, 2023 - annualreviews.org
Over 70% of soil organic carbon (SOC) is stored at a depth greater than 20 cm belowground.
A portion of this deep SOC actively cycles on annual to decadal timescales and is sensitive …

[HTML][HTML] The role of plant-based alternative foods in sustainable and healthy food systems: Consumption trends in the UK

C Alae-Carew, R Green, C Stewart, B Cook… - Science of the Total …, 2022 - Elsevier
A global transformation towards sustainable food systems is crucial for delivering on climate
change mitigation targets worldwide. In high-and middle-income settings, plant-based meat …