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European Environment Agency
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About: European Environment Agency is a government organization based out in Copenhagen, Denmark. It is known for research contribution in the topics: European union & Climate change. The organization has 147 authors who have published 257 publications receiving 14052 citations. The organization is also known as: EEA & European Environmental Agency.
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McGill University1, University of Washington2, The Nature Conservancy3, City University of New York4, European Environment Agency5, Goethe University Frankfurt6, Food and Agriculture Organization7, University of Yamanashi8, Umeå University9, University of Greifswald10, World Wide Fund for Nature11, University of New Hampshire12
TL;DR: Despite the recognized importance of reservoirs and dams, global datasets describing their characteristics and geographical distribution are largely incomplete as mentioned in this paper, which makes it difficult to perform advanced assessments of dams and reservoirs.
Abstract: Despite the recognized importance of reservoirs and dams, global datasets describing their characteristics and geographical distribution are largely incomplete. To enable advanced assessments of th ...
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TL;DR: In this paper, a new annual estimate of anthropogenic global and regional sulfur dioxide emissions has been constructed spanning the period 1850-2005 using a bottom-up mass balance method, calibrated to country-level inventory data.
Abstract: . Sulfur aerosols impact human health, ecosystems, agriculture, and global and regional climate. A new annual estimate of anthropogenic global and regional sulfur dioxide emissions has been constructed spanning the period 1850–2005 using a bottom-up mass balance method, calibrated to country-level inventory data. Global emissions peaked in the early 1970s and decreased until 2000, with an increase in recent years due to increased emissions in China, international shipping, and developing countries in general. An uncertainty analysis was conducted including both random and systemic uncertainties. The overall global uncertainty in sulfur dioxide emissions is relatively small, but regional uncertainties ranged up to 30%. The largest contributors to uncertainty at present are emissions from China and international shipping. Emissions were distributed on a 0.5° grid by sector for use in coordinated climate model experiments.
823 citations
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University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign1, Centre national de la recherche scientifique2, Earth System Research Laboratory3, University of Colorado Boulder4, Forschungszentrum Jülich5, European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts6, Max Planck Society7, International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis8, National Center for Atmospheric Research9, National Institute for Environmental Studies10, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory11, European Environment Agency12, VU University Amsterdam13, Utrecht University14, Netherlands Environmental Assessment Agency15
TL;DR: In this article, several different inventories of global and regional anthropogenic and biomass burning emissions are assessed for the 1980-2010 period, including the ACCMIP historical emissions developed in support of the simulations for the IPCC AR5 assessment.
Abstract: Several different inventories of global and regional anthropogenic and biomass burning emissions are assessed for the 1980-2010 period. The species considered in this study are carbon monoxide, nitrogen oxides, sulfur dioxide and black carbon. The inventories considered include the ACCMIP historical emissions developed in support of the simulations for the IPCC AR5 assessment. Emissions for 2005 and 2010 from the Representative Concentration Pathways (RCPs) are also included. Large discrepancies between the global and regional emissions are identified, which shows that there is still no consensus on the best estimates for surface emissions of atmospheric compounds. At the global scale, anthropogenic emissions of CO, NOx and SO2 show the best agreement for most years, although agreement does not necessarily mean that uncertainty is low. The agreement is low for BC emissions, particularly in the period prior to 2000. The best consensus is for NOx emissions for all periods and all regions, except for China, where emissions in 1980 and 1990 need to be better defined. Emissions of CO need better quantification in the USA and India for all periods; in Central Europe, the evolution of emissions during the past two decades needs to be better determined. The agreement between the different SO2 emissions datasets is rather good for the USA, but better quantification is needed elsewhere, particularly for Central Europe, India and China. The comparisons performed in this study show that the use of RCP8. 5 for the extension of the ACCMIP inventory beyond 2000 is reasonable, until more global or regional estimates become available. Concerning biomass burning emissions, most inventories agree within 50-80%, depending on the year and season. The large differences between biomass burning inventories are due to differences in the estimates of burned areas from the different available products, as well as in the amount of biomass burned. © 2011 Springer Science+Business Media B.V.
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TL;DR: This paper introduces urban land teleconnections as a conceptual framework that explicitly links land changes to underlying urbanization dynamics and examines several environmental “grand challenges” and discusses how the concept could help research communities frame scientific inquiries.
Abstract: This paper introduces urban land teleconnections as a conceptual framework that explicitly links land changes to underlying urbanization dynamics. We illustrate how three key themes that are currently addressed separately in the urban sustainability and land change literatures can lead to incorrect conclusions and misleading results when they are not examined jointly: the traditional system of land classification that is based on discrete categories and reinforces the false idea of a rural–urban dichotomy; the spatial quantification of land change that is based on place-based relationships, ignoring the connections between distant places, especially between urban functions and rural land uses; and the implicit assumptions about path dependency and sequential land changes that underlie current conceptualizations of land transitions. We then examine several environmental “grand challenges” and discuss how urban land teleconnections could help research communities frame scientific inquiries. Finally, we point to existing analytical approaches that can be used to advance development and application of the concept.
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TL;DR: In this paper, the authors assessed total external environmental and health costs of modern agriculture in the UK and calculated the annual total external costs of UK agriculture in 1996 to be £2343 m (range for 1990-1996: £1149-3907 m), equivalent to £208/ha of arable and permanent pasture.
583 citations
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Name | H-index | Papers | Citations |
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Alberto Ortiz | 90 | 775 | 73752 |
Melissa Leach | 61 | 211 | 15624 |
Anne Gobin | 29 | 94 | 3199 |
Jacqueline McGlade | 27 | 61 | 4243 |
Hans-Martin Füssel | 22 | 39 | 5929 |
Lorenzo Solari | 22 | 54 | 1033 |
Xenia Trier | 21 | 41 | 1575 |
Sven Schade | 21 | 85 | 1645 |
J. van Aardenne | 21 | 28 | 5735 |
Annemarie Bastrup-Birk | 20 | 45 | 1694 |
Luca Coscieme | 18 | 46 | 761 |
Stefan Speck | 18 | 38 | 1313 |
Markus Erhard | 17 | 27 | 5071 |
Frank Wugt Larsen | 15 | 16 | 1845 |
Lorenzo Benini | 14 | 20 | 1066 |