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OCEAN CARBON SINKS AND INTERNATIONAL CLIMATE POLICY [PDF]

Terrestrial sinks have entered the Kyoto Protocol as offsets for carbon sequestration, but ocean sinks have escaped attention. Ocean sinks are as unexplored and uncertain as were the terrestrial sinks at the time of negotiation.
Richard S.J. Tol, Katrin Rehdanz, Patrick Wetzel   +2 more
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Coping With Production Risk: Effects of Sown Plant Diversity on the Attractiveness of Crop Insurance in Grasslands

Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Increased frequency of extreme weather events, particularly droughts, threatens grassland farming by destabilizing yields and farms' economic viability. We examine, theoretically and through numerical simulations, how sown plant diversity (natural insurance) influences the attractiveness of indemnity and drought index insurance (formal ...
Nicolas Alou, Sergei Schaub, Martin Quaas, Robert Finger   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Functionalization of Polymer-Wrapped Silver Nanoclusters and Potential Applications as Antimicrobial Mask Materials

ACS Omega, 2023
Sai Ge, Yamei Han, Manluan Sun, Jianguo Zhao, Guibin Ma   +4 more
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Hemp Cultivation and Crop Diversification: Implications for Ecosystem Services in Kentucky

Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study examines the ecosystem benefits of expanding hemp cultivation by assessing its impact on crop diversity. Using scenario‐based simulations and fixed‐effect panel regressions with county‐level data in Kentucky, we find that increased hemp acreage tends to enhance crop diversity, improving water quality and bird diversity.
Yunsun Park, Seong D. Yun, Brandy E. Phipps, Tyler Mark, Craig Schluttenhofer   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Assessing the Uncertainty of Land Based Carbon Sequestration: A Parameter Uncertainty Analysis with a Global Land Use Model [PDF]

This paper analyzes the effect of uncertainty in several key parameters on the marginal costs of carbon sequestration in forests. These parameters include the land supply elasticity, which governs the conversion of land from agriculture to forests and ...
Kim, Yoon Hyung, Sohngen, Brent
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Seasonal Variations of Community Structure and Functional Genes of Synechococcus in the Subtropical Coastal Waters: Insights from FACS and High-Throughput Sequencing

Microorganisms
Synechococcus plays a pivotal role in the marine biogeochemical cycle. Advances in isolation techniques and high-throughput sequencing have expanded our understanding of the diversity of the Synechococcus community.
Zhenzhen Song, Ting Zhang, Yantao Liang, Andrew Mcminn, Min Wang, Nianzhi Jiao, Tingwei Luo   +6 more
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Voluntary Collective Action to Address Growing Agricultural Challenges in Two Countries: Experimental Insights and Commonalities

Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT We conducted two framed field economic experiments with citrus farmers in Florida, United States and soybean farmers in Argentina to investigate their willingness to coordinate pest and weed management efforts. Despite the contrast between these two agricultural contexts, we find striking behavioral commonalities.
Ariel Singerman, Sergio H. Lence
wiley   +1 more source

Integrating Perennial Groundcover in Corn and Soybean Acres: Impacts on U.S. Agriculture

Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Sustainable agricultural practices such as cover cropping can improve soil health, water quality, and carbon sequestration, yet U.S. adoption remains limited due to economic and operational barriers. We evaluate market and economic impacts of integrating perennial groundcover into U.S.
Sagar Dahal, Amani Elobeid, John Crespi
wiley   +1 more source

ECONOMICS OF AGRICULTURAL SOIL CARBON SEQUESTRATION IN THE NORTHERN PLAINS [PDF]

Under the Kyoto protocol of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change the United States is charged with reducing emissions of greenhouse gases to seven percent below their 1990 levels by the period 2008-2012. These reductions could be met
Elliott, Edward T., Paustian, Keith H., Capalbo, Susan M., Mooney, Sian, Antle, John M.   +4 more
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Interfacial solar evaporation for zero liquid discharge desalination

Communications Materials
Interfacial solar evaporation is a sustainable and effective method that uses solar energy to produce freshwater. As this technology continues to develop, the ability of interfacial solar evaporators to tolerate high salt concentrations and achieve ...
Jiarong Yao, Qiuyue Zhong, Jin Zhang, Jianguo Zhao, Zhenxing Wang   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source