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Engineering, Environmental
Jinyang Wang, Pete Smith, Kristell Hergoualc'h, Jianwen Zou
Summary: Based on research findings, the sensitivity of N2O emissions in tea plantations is influenced by soil acidity and climate factors. Tea plantations significantly contribute to N2O emissions in the agricultural sector globally, and the intensity of greenhouse gas emissions per unit yield is higher compared to other upland cereals. Implementing climate-smart practices in Chinese tea plantations can reduce emissions equivalent to one-third of the global total, highlighting the importance of targeted measures for achieving global temperature control targets.
RESOURCES CONSERVATION AND RECYCLING
(2022)
Article
Geosciences, Multidisciplinary
Alison R. Marklein, Deanne Meyer, Marc L. Fischer, Seongeun Jeong, Talha Rafiq, Michelle Carr, Francesca M. Hopkins
Summary: This study developed a spatially explicit database of dairies in California, calculating CH4 emissions based on operating permits and California-specific reports, and estimated the impact of mitigation strategies. The results show that implementing digesters at existing or planned 106 dairies in California will significantly reduce CH4 emissions.
EARTH SYSTEM SCIENCE DATA
(2021)
Article
Environmental Sciences
Suhui Ma, Biao Zhu, Guoping Chen, Xiaofeng Ni, Luhong Zhou, Haojie Su, Qiong Cai, Xiao Chen, Jiangling Zhu, Chengjun Ji, Yide Li, Jingyun Fang
Summary: Land-use change has significant impacts on soil organic carbon storage and microbial residue C accumulation in the tropics. Secondary forest has higher SOC than primary forest, but no difference in microbial residue C concentration, suggesting slow microbial-derived C accrual during secondary succession. Prunus salicina plantation and tea plantation have lower SOC than secondary forest, with lower fungal and total residue C concentrations in the tea plantation, indicating microbial-derived C loss following forest conversion. Litter standing crop affects microbial residue C concentration by regulating fungal biomass and hydrolytic enzyme activities.
SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT
(2022)
Article
Multidisciplinary Sciences
Angel Hsu, Xuewei Wang, Jonas Tan, Wayne Toh, Nihit Goyal
Summary: Since the Paris Agreement in 2015, cities have been actively taking climate actions, but the lack of emissions data has hindered the evaluation of their performance. This study uses machine learning to predict and explore trends in city-level mitigation by utilizing spatial data and self-reported emissions data.
NATURE COMMUNICATIONS
(2022)
Article
Multidisciplinary Sciences
Eilidh J. Forster, John R. Healey, Caren Dymond, David Styles
Summary: The study shows that commercial conifer forests can achieve up to 269% more greenhouse gas mitigation than semi-natural forests over 100 years. The growth rate of the forests is the most important factor affecting greenhouse gas mitigation, and typically, harvesting stands have higher mitigation effects compared to unharvested stands.
NATURE COMMUNICATIONS
(2021)
Review
Materials Science, Multidisciplinary
Li-yuan Liu, Hong-guang Ji, Xiang-feng Lu, Tao Wang, Sheng Zhi, Feng Pei, Dao-lu Quan
Summary: The impact of greenhouse gas emissions on mining activities is significant and worrisome. The mining industry is a major contributor to greenhouse gases, with emissions released directly and indirectly. Climate change affects mineral production directly, and assessing GHG emissions through inventory models is crucial for monitoring gas release from mines.
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF MINERALS METALLURGY AND MATERIALS
(2021)
Article
Environmental Sciences
Yanjing Hu, Hui Zhang, Yang Lv, Binbin Ying, Yixiang Wang
Summary: Thinning and replanting have significant effects on soil N2O and CH4 fluxes in plantation forests, with no significant differences observed between different species.
SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT
(2022)
Article
Environmental Sciences
Daniel James Lundberg, Jimin Kim, Dorsa Parviz, Michael S. Strano
Summary: This article introduces the concept of methanotrophic material as an engineering solution for treating methane as a potent greenhouse gas source. It evaluates the ability to convert methane using currently published activity data and provides a case study on reducing methane emissions from a characteristic VAM stream. The study shows that appropriately designed systems can significantly reduce methane emissions and suggests incorporating formaldehyde as a reactive intermediate in coating materials.
ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH LETTERS
(2023)
Article
Multidisciplinary Sciences
Tibisay Perez, Sintana E. Vergara, Whendee L. Silver
Summary: Food waste is a significant contributor to greenhouse gas emissions in landfills. Composting food waste has the potential to reduce emissions, but there is a lack of data on commercial-scale emissions and their drivers. This study measured methane, nitrous oxide, and carbon dioxide emissions during food waste composting and found that the emission factors were primarily driven by redox and watering events. The overall emission factor for food waste composting was lower than landfilling, suggesting that composting can help mitigate emissions.
SCIENTIFIC REPORTS
(2023)
Article
Environmental Studies
FengSheng Chien, Ka Yin Chau, Muhammad Sadiq
Summary: Climate degradation is a global issue, and addressing it requires focusing on climate change mitigation technologies and the efficient use of natural resources. This study examines the impact of climate mitigation technology (renewable energy production and consumption) and natural resource management (natural resource rent and depletion) on climate change (greenhouse gas emissions) in China. The findings show that renewable energy output, consumption, natural resource rent, and depletion are negatively associated with greenhouse gas emissions in China, while industrialization and population growth have a positive association. This research provides guidance for policymakers in formulating regulations related to climate change using mitigation technologies and optimizing natural resource usage.
Article
Multidisciplinary Sciences
Adrian Foong, Prajal Pradhan, Oliver Froer, Juergen P. Kropp
Summary: Understanding emissions flow with trade is crucial for effective climate action. Trade-adjusted emission accounting can target producers, consumers, and traders more effectively. As food consumption moves away from producer regions, accounting for emissions embodied in trade becomes more important. The study finds that emissions are dependent on a country's consumption patterns and agricultural emission intensities relative to trading partners.
NATURE COMMUNICATIONS
(2022)
Article
Forestry
Enhui Wang, Ning Yuan, Shaofeng Lv, Xiaoping Tang, Gang Wang, Linlin Wu, Yufeng Zhou, Guomo Zhou, Yongjun Shi, Lin Xu
Summary: This study examined the effects of biochar-based fertilizer treatment on soil greenhouse gas emissions in a bamboo plantation. The results showed that biochar-based fertilizer treatment reduced soil nitrous oxide emissions, while chemical fertilizer and mixed fertilizer treatments increased emissions. Additionally, biochar-based fertilizer treatment and mixed fertilizer treatment increased soil methane uptake, while chemical fertilizer treatment had no significant effect. The study also found that different treatments affected greenhouse gas emissions by changing soil carbon and nitrogen pools.
Review
Plant Sciences
Arminda Moreira de Carvalho, Douglas Rodrigues de Jesus, Thais Rodrigues de Sousa, Maria Lucrecia Gerosa Ramos, Cicero Celio de Figueiredo, Alexsandra Duarte de Oliveira, Robelio Leandro Marchao, Fabiana Piontekowski Ribeiro, Raissa de Araujo Dantas, Lurdineide de Araujo Barbosa Borges
Summary: New agricultural practices in the Cerrado biome have led to changes in soil carbon stocks. The replacement of native vegetation by crops decreased soil carbon stocks in the top 30cm, but increased carbon stocks in the 0-100cm layer. This systematic review highlights the potential of low-carbon agriculture in the Brazilian Cerrado.
Article
Hospitality, Leisure, Sport & Tourism
Jean Paul Ceron, Ghislain Dubois
Summary: The development of tourism in emerging countries is expected to increase greenhouse gas emissions globally, with aviation emissions posing a major challenge. This paper examines the prospects of using sugarcane ethanol to alleviate this issue, with scenarios suggesting a 100% domestic and 25% international biofuel use in aviation by 2050.
CURRENT ISSUES IN TOURISM
(2021)
Article
Green & Sustainable Science & Technology
Katja Oehmichen, Stefan Majer, Daniela Thraen
Summary: Biomethane is seen as a sustainable way to reduce greenhouse gas emissions in the transport sector, with EU instruments like RED II and EU ETS playing important roles in promoting its production and emission reduction. Under the RED II framework, biomethane production from manure shows lower GHG mitigation costs, while considering the GHG reduction potential from non-ETS agricultural sector helps unlock unused emission reduction potentials.
Article
Soil Science
Khin Thuzar Win, Keiki Okazaki, Naoko Ohkama-Ohtsu, Tadashi Yokoyama, Yoshinari Ohwaki
BIOLOGY AND FERTILITY OF SOILS
(2020)
Article
Remote Sensing
Rei Sonobe, Yuhei Hirono, Ayako Oi
REMOTE SENSING LETTERS
(2020)
Article
Multidisciplinary Sciences
Aung Zaw Oo, Yasuhiro Tsujimoto, Njato Mickael Rakotoarisoa, Kensuke Kawamura, Tomohiro Nishigaki
SCIENTIFIC REPORTS
(2020)
Article
Microbiology
Yu Takahashi, Hirotsugu Fujitani, Yuhei Hirono, Kanako Tago, Yong Wang, Masahito Hayatsu, Satoshi Tsuneda
FRONTIERS IN MICROBIOLOGY
(2020)
Article
Multidisciplinary Sciences
Hiroto Yamashita, Rei Sonobe, Yuhei Hirono, Akio Morita, Takashi Ikka
SCIENTIFIC REPORTS
(2020)
Article
Agronomy
Aung Zaw Oo, Shigeto Sudo, Tamon Fumoto, Kazuyuki Inubushi, Keisuke Ono, Akinori Yamamoto, Sonoko D. Bellingrath-Kimura, Khin Thuzar Win, Chellappan Umamageswari, Kaliappan Sathiya Bama, Marimuthj Raju, Koothan Vanitha, Palanisamy Elayakumar, Venkatachalam Ravi, Vellaisamy Ambethgar
Article
Multidisciplinary Sciences
Hiroto Yamashita, Rei Sonobe, Yuhei Hirono, Akio Morita, Takashi Ikka
Summary: Spectroscopic sensing, combined with machine learning algorithms, allows for non-destructive estimation of free amino acids, catechins, and caffeine in tea leaves. The combination of de-trending pre-processing and Cubist algorithms consistently outperformed other combinations, with most values of performance to deviation ratio exceeding acceptable thresholds. Sensitivity analysis indicated important hyperspectral regions for accurate estimation.
SCIENTIFIC REPORTS
(2021)
Article
Environmental Sciences
Yuhei Hirono, Tomohito Sano, Sadao Eguchi
Summary: This study evaluated changes in nitrogen flows in green tea production and consumption in Japan, finding that the VNF value decreased from 54.5 in 1991 to 30.8 in 2016. This decrease was primarily due to the increased NUE in plantations and the higher consumption of ready-to-drink tea products, leading to an improved efficiency of nitrogen intake for consumers from green tea.
ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND POLLUTION RESEARCH
(2021)
Article
Agronomy
Khin Thuzar Win, Keiki Okazaki, Taiichiro Ookawa, Tadashi Yokoyama, Yoshinari Ohwaki
Summary: The application of bio-inoculant and biochar can positively impact crop growth and soil fertility, with effects varying depending on the mode of nitrogen fertilization. When used with basal nitrogen fertilization, biochar and bio-inoculant can increase microbial biomass carbon and nitrogen levels. Additionally, biochar can decrease the NO3--N concentration in surface floodwater.
ARCHIVES OF AGRONOMY AND SOIL SCIENCE
(2022)
Article
Agronomy
Khin Thuzar Win, Satoru Maeda, Michie Kobayashi, Chang-Jie Jiang
Summary: The study demonstrates that silicon application can effectively reduce the severity of red crown rot in soybean roots, while also increasing water and nitrogen uptake as well as root and shoot growth. This strategy can be used as an effective means to control red crown rot in soybeans.
Article
Plant Sciences
Michie Kobayashi, Khin Thuzar Win, Chang-Jie Jiang
Summary: Soybean plants infected with Calonectria ilicicola exhibit typical symptoms of root rot and leaf chlorosis and necrosis. However, the pathogen is only detected in the roots and stem base, indicating organ-specific infection. The stems resist C. ilicicola infection through both pre- and post-invasion defense layers. Transcriptomic analysis reveals that the stems activate stress response genes and pathways related to amino acid metabolism upon C. ilicicola infection.
FRONTIERS IN PLANT SCIENCE
(2022)
Article
Multidisciplinary Sciences
Khin Thuzar Win, Michie Kobayashi, Fukuyo Tanaka, Kasumi Takeuchi, Aung Zaw Oo, Chang-Jie Jiang
Summary: This study evaluated the potential antifungal activity of 13 bacterial strains and found that volatile organic compounds (VOCs) produced by three Pseudomonas strains exhibited strong inhibitory activity against the pathogen causing soybean red crown root rot (RCR). Greenhouse soil inoculation tests confirmed the effectiveness of these bacterial strains in reducing the severity of RCR.
SCIENTIFIC REPORTS
(2022)
Article
Environmental Sciences
Aung Zaw Oo, Akinori Yamamoto, Keisuke Ono, Chellappan Umamageswari, Masayoshi Mano, Koothan Vanitha, Palanisamy Elayakumar, Shoji Matsuura, Kaliappan Sathiya Bama, Marimuthu Raju, Kazuyuki Inubushi, Shigeto Sudo, Naoko Saitoh, Sachiko Hayashida, Venkatachalam Ravi, Vellaisamy Ambethgar
Summary: The lowland tropical triple-cropping rice system has unique characteristics that affect the hydrological, nutrient, and atmospheric environments. This study observed the ecosystem carbon and water dynamics of a triple-cropping rice paddy in southern India over 2 years. The results showed that the GPP and RE were highest in the wet season, and that water-saving techniques should be targeted on the dry season and summer rice seasons.
SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT
(2023)
Article
Plant Sciences
Aung Zaw Oo, Hidetoshi Asai, Khin Thuzar Win, Junichiro Marui, Hiroki Saito
Summary: This study examined the effects of phytic acid concentration in black and white rice seeds on seedling vigor. The results showed that high phytic acid concentration in black rice seeds enhanced seedling growth and phosphorus uptake. Low phytic acid concentration in black rice seeds reduced seedling vigor in phosphorus-deficient soils. These findings provide important guidance for black rice cultivation.
PHYSIOLOGIA PLANTARUM
(2023)
Article
Plant Sciences
Hanna Nishida, Yoshikazu Shimoda, Khin Thuzar Win, Haruko Imaizumi-Anraku
Summary: Most plants interact with soil microorganisms as they grow. Root nodule symbiosis between legumes and rhizobia is a well-known plant-microbe interaction in the soil. However, there is a lack of nondestructive observation methods for monitoring the interactions between rhizobia and soil-grown roots. In this study, a live imaging system called RhizoFrame was developed, which combines fluorescent rhizobia with a transparent soil-filled container to enable tracking of nodulation processes while preserving spatial information about roots, rhizobia, and soil. This system is expected to enhance the study of plant-microbe interactions in the soil.
JOURNAL OF PLANT RESEARCH
(2023)
