Greenhouse gas mitigation by agricultural intensification
2010 study by Stanford University that seeks to quantify the effects of fertilizers and higher crop yields on greenhouse-gas emissions.
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2010 study by Stanford University that seeks to quantify the effects of fertilizers and higher crop yields on greenhouse-gas emissions.
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2010 study by Harvard, Princeton, the University of Adelaide, and the National University of Singapore on the environmental impact of a large set of countries.
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2010 study by Nature Conservancy Center for Science and Public Policy on depletion across 18 Arizona watersheds and possible mitigation strategies.
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2008 UC Santa Barbara and the University of Hawaii study on the effects of catch-share systems and their potential to reduce overfishing.
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2010 Brooklyn College paper on the lessons that could inform future policy-making to avoid the repeat of similar crises.
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2010 study published in Nature magazine on the change in the level of oceanic phytoplankton activity over the last 100 years.
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2010 study in the Journal of the American Medical Association on the impact of the Deepwater Horizon oil spill on the health of area residents and workers.
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2009 study by the Harris School of Public Policy on the effects of participation in the Food Stamp program on recipients’ health
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2010 study from UC Irvine and Queen’s University examining the effects of public-place smoking laws on smoking prevalence and second-hand smoke exposure.
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2010 report by the American Public Health Association examining the external costs that automotive-transportation systems impose.
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