Nitrogen footprints: past, present and future

JN Galloway, W Winiwarter, A Leip… - Environmental …, 2014 - iopscience.iop.org
The human alteration of the nitrogen cycle has evolved from minimal in the mid-19th century
to extensive in the present time. The consequences to human and environmental health are …

Nitrogen footprints: Regional realities and options to reduce nitrogen loss to the environment

H Shibata, JN Galloway, AM Leach, LR Cattaneo… - Ambio, 2017 - Springer
Nitrogen (N) management presents a sustainability dilemma: N is strongly linked to energy
and food production, but excess reactive N causes environmental pollution. The N footprint …

Substantial nitrogen pollution embedded in international trade

A Oita, A Malik, K Kanemoto, A Geschke… - Nature …, 2016 - nature.com
Anthropogenic emissions of reactive nitrogen to the atmosphere and water bodies can
damage human health and ecosystems,. As a measure of a nation's contribution to this …

Groundwater nitrate response to sustainable nitrogen management

B Hansen, L Thorling, J Schullehner, M Termansen… - Scientific Reports, 2017 - nature.com
Throughout the world, nitrogen (N) losses from intensive agricultural production may end up
as undesirably high concentrations of nitrate in groundwater with a long-term impact on …

Carbon, nitrogen and water footprints of organic rice and conventional rice production over 4 years of cultivation: A case study in the Lower North of Thailand

N Arunrat, S Sereenonchai, W Chaowiwat, C Wang… - Agronomy, 2022 - mdpi.com
An integrated method is required for comprehensive assessment of the environmental
impacts and economic benefits of rice production systems. Therefore, the objective of this …

Environmental impact food labels combining carbon, nitrogen, and water footprints

AM Leach, KA Emery, J Gephart, KF Davis, JW Erisman… - Food policy, 2016 - Elsevier
The environmental impact of the production and consumption of food is seldom depicted to
consumers. The footprint of food products provides a means for consumers to compare …

Life cycle assessment of urine diversion and conversion to fertilizer products at the city scale

SP Hilton, GA Keoleian, GT Daigger… - Environmental …, 2020 - ACS Publications
Urine diversion has been proposed as an approach for producing renewable fertilizers and
reducing nutrient loads to wastewater treatment plants. Life cycle assessment was used to …

Effects of an environmental tax on meat and dairy consumption in Sweden

S Säll, M Gren - Food policy, 2015 - Elsevier
This study evaluated the environmental impacts of introducing an environmental tax on meat
and dairy consumption in Sweden. Three meat products (beef, pork and chicken), four dairy …

Carbon footprint and land use of oat and faba bean protein concentrates using a life cycle assessment approach

H Heusala, T Sinkko, N Sözer, E Hytönen… - Journal of cleaner …, 2020 - Elsevier
There is a need to find sustainable alternative protein sources in order to meet the
increasing protein demand of the growing population. Legumes such as faba beans are …

Review on life cycle inventory: methods, examples and applications

S Islam, SG Ponnambalam, HL Lam - Journal of cleaner production, 2016 - Elsevier
Life cycle inventory (LCI) is the crucial phase of Life cycle assessment (LCA) which deals
with the quantification and accumulation of a system inputs and outputs data. The three main …