Biofuel potential in Mexico
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Article: Tsao, C-C. et al. (2012). Increased estimates of air-pollution emissions from Brazilian sugar-cane ethanol. Nature Climate Change 2: 53-57. Background: Burning sugar cane fields prior to...
View ArticleIdentifying global warming potential of biofuels based on their rotation periods
Article: Cherubini, F. et al. (2011). CO2 emissions from biomass combustion for bioenergy: atmospheric decay and contribution to global warming. GCB Bioenergy. Background: Bioenergy from biomass...
View ArticleCarbon accounting of forest bioenergy and stand thinning
Article: Hudiburg, T.W. et al. (2011). Regional carbon dioxide implications of forest bioenergy production. Nature Climate Change: 1-5. Background: Forests are valuable carbon sinks, since atmospheric...
View ArticleGlobal potential for increasing biofuel crop yields/acre
Article: Fargione, J. (2012). Boosting biofuel yield. Nature Climate Change 1: 445-446. Background: One of the main concerns with biofuel production centers on land use change; if we convert natural...
View ArticleUnderstanding the impacts of aerosols on clouds and precipitation
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View ArticleImpact of biomass-derived and other aerosols on climate
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View ArticleEstimation of the Total Bioenergy Potential of the U.S.
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View ArticleE85 found to be holistically worse for the environment than gasoline
Article: Yang et al. (2012). Replacing gasoline with corn ethanol results in significant environmental problem-shifting. Environmental Science & Technology. Background: E85 is an ethanol fuel blend...
View ArticleThe Midwest U.S. land-use change predicted for 2020 biofuel targets
Article: Mehaffey, M. et al. (2012). Midwest U.S. landscape change to 2020 driven by biofuel mandates. Ecological Application 22: 8-19. Background: As a result of current energy policy stipulated by...
View ArticleWill Biofuels Continue to Confound Progress Toward Land Conservation?
Article: Jesse H. Ausubel, et al. Peak Farmland and the Prospect for Land Sparing. Population and Development Review 38 (Supplement): 217-238 (2012) Background: Even as the world grows more populous...
View ArticleThe [Photosynthetic Inefficiency] of Biofuels
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View ArticleWhich Factors Significantly Influence LCA GHG Emission Estimates?
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View ArticleCan cellulosic ethanol be price competitive with gasoline in near future?
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View ArticleBioenergy Roundup: February 2014
A monthly roundup of journal articles on bioenergy and the environment by Amy Elvidge. Worldview: China must protect high quality arable land Xiangbin Kong | Nature News, February 6 2014 (Vol. 506,...
View ArticleBioenergy Roundup: March 2014
A monthly roundup of journal articles on bioenergy and the environment compiled by Amy Elvidge. Regional Allocation of Biomass to U.S. Energy Demands under a Portfolio of Policy Scenarios Mullins K, et...
View ArticleBioenergy Roundup: April 2014
A monthly roundup of journal articles on bioenergy and the environment by Amy Elvidge. Life Cycle Water Footprints of Nonfood Biomass Fuels in China Zhang, Cie and Huang | Environmental Science and...
View ArticleBioenergy Roundup: May 2014
A monthly roundup of journal articles on bioenergy and the environment by Amy Elvidge. Greater sensitivity to drought accompanies maize yield increase in the US Midwest Lobell, Roberts, et al. |...
View ArticleBioenergy Roundup: June 2014
A monthly roundup of journal articles on bioenergy and the environment by Amy Elvidge. Spatially robust estimates of biological nitrogen (N) fixation imply substantial human alteration of the tropical...
View ArticleBioenergy Roundup: July 2014
A monthly roundup of journal articles on bioenergy and the environment by Amy Elvidge. Impacts of policy on GHG emissions and economics of biodiesel production Olivetti, et al. | Environmental...
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