Global predictions of primary soil salinization under changing climate in the 21st century

Autor: Amirhossein Hassani, Adisa Azapagic, Nima Shokri

Publikováno v: Nature Communications, Vol 12, Iss 1, Pp 1-17 (2021)

Excess salt accumulation in the root zone causes soil salinization influencing soil health, biodiversity and food security. Authors used machine learning algorithms to predict global scale soil salinization under changing climate in the 21st century.

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Assessing the Environmental Sustainability of Electricity Generation in Turkey on a Life Cycle Basis

Autor: Burcin Atilgan, Adisa Azapagic

Publikováno v: Energies, Vol 9, Iss 1, p 31 (2016)

Turkey’s electricity mix is dominated by fossil fuels, but the country has ambitious future targets for renewable and nuclear energy. At present, environmental impacts of electricity generation in Turkey are unknown so this paper represents a first

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An environmental and economic sustainability assessment of coffee production in the UK

Autor: Piya Gosalvitr, Rosa M. Cuéllar-Franca, Robin Smith, Adisa Azapagic

Publikováno v: Gosalvitr, P, Cuéllar-Franca, R M, Smith, R & Azapagic, A 2023, ' An environmental and economic sustainability assessment of coffee production in the UK ', Chemical Engineering Journal . https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cej.2023.142793

With around two billion cups consumed daily worldwide, the coffee industry faces pressures to improve its sustainability. Focusing on the UK as the fifth largest coffee consumer in Europe, this paper presents for the first time a life cycle environme

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https://research.manchester.ac.uk/en/publications/9968d70c-b336-42c6-88f2-a3d86b214f91

Integrating process modelling and sustainability assessment to improve the environmental and economic sustainability in the cheese industry

Autor: Adisa Azapagic, Rosa Cuéllar-Franca, Piya Gosalvitr, Robin Smith

Publikováno v: Sustainable Production and Consumption. 28:969-986

This paper combines process design and modelling with life cycle sustainability assessment to identify opportunities for improving the environmental and economic performance in the cheese industry. Considering both the production and consumption pers

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https://doi.org/10.1016/j.spc.2021.07.022

Environmental sustainability of negative emissions technologies: A review

Autor: Harish Kumar Jeswani, Djasmine Mastisya Saharudin, Adisa Azapagic

Publikováno v: Jeswani, H K, Saharudin, D M & Azapagic, A 2022, ' Environmental sustainability of negative emissions technologies: A review ', Sustainable Production and Consumption, vol. 33, pp. 608-635 . https://doi.org/10.1016/j.spc.2022.06.028

Negative emissions technologies (NETs) are expected to play a significant role in mitigating climate change. However, there are also concerns that a large scale deployment of NETs may cause various environmental impacts due to the use of land, water

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https://doi.org/10.1016/j.spc.2022.06.028