Crop prospects and food situation
The FAO Food Price Index was down for a third consecutive month in June, a decline mostly influenced by lower wheat, maize and palm oil prices that reflected ample supplies and improved global production
View ArticleMeasuring & mitigating water revenue variability: Understanding how...
As water utilities across North America undertake capital campaigns to finance the replacement and expansion of their systems, the need for confident revenue projections grows. Yet many water utilities
View ArticleStrong contributions of local background climate to urban heat islands
The urban heat island (UHI), a common phenomenon in which surface temperatures are higher in urban areas than in surrounding rural areas, represents one of the most significant human-induced changes to
View ArticleDiet change—a solution to reduce water use?
Water and land resources are under increasing pressure in many parts of the globe. Diet change has been suggested as a measure to contribute to adequate food security for the growing population. This...
View ArticleClimate change in Central and South America: recent trends, future...
This report investigates the climate of two target regions of the CGIAR Research Program on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security (CCAFS): Central and South America (CA and SA, respectively). The
View ArticleMortality in patients with HIV-1 infection starting antiretroviral therapy in...
High early mortality in patients with HIV-1 starting antiretroviral therapy (ART) in sub-Saharan Africa, compared to Europe and North America, is well documented. Longer-term comparisons between settings
View ArticleEnvironmental safety of the use of major surfactant classes in North America
This paper brings together over 250 published and unpublished studies on the environmental properties, fate, and toxicity of the four major, high-volume surfactant classes and relevant feedstocks. The
View ArticleHousehold cooking with solid fuels contributes to ambient PM2.5 air pollution...
Approximately 2.8 billion people cook with solid fuels. Research has focused on the health impacts of indoor exposure to fine particulate pollution. Here, for the 2010 Global Burden of Disease project
View ArticleClimate Change 2014 - Impacts, Adaptation and Vulnerability (Part B: Regional...
This full version of the IPCC Fifth Assessment Report Climate Change 2014: Impacts, Adaptation, and Vulnerability released on 16 October 2014 provides the most comprehensive look to date at the...
View ArticleEnergy efficiency in Central America: progress and action towards the...
The UN Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) has launched a study on energy efficiency (EE) in Central America. The publication analyzes the advances made by the region since
View ArticleUse of satellite observations for long-term exposure assessment of global...
In this study the researchers developed improved global exposure estimates of ambient PM2.5 mass and trend using PM2.5 concentrations inferred from multiple satellites.
View ArticleEmissions from pre-Hispanic metallurgy in the South American atmosphere
Metallurgical activities have been undertaken in northern South America (NSA) for millennia. However, it is still unknown how far atmospheric emissions from these activities have been transported. Since
View ArticleLand-use history alters contemporary insect herbivore community composition...
Past land use can create altered soil conditions and plant communities that persist for decades, although the effects of these altered conditions on consumers are rarely investigated. Using a large-scale
View Article2013 global forest products facts and figures
Global production of all major wood products continued to show steady growth in 2013 for the fourth consecutive year, according to new data published by FAO. While the production of industrial roundwood,
View ArticleAn index-based framework for assessing patterns and trends in river...
The global number of dam constructions has increased dramatically over the past six decades and is forecast to continue to rise, particularly in less industrialized regions. Identifying development...
View ArticleDistribution and Characterization of PM10 in City and Valley of Mexicali,...
The variability of the levels of atmospheric particulate matter PM10 and its composition is assessed in the rural and urban zones of Mexicali during fall and winter 2008-2009, using a low level volume
View ArticleMultidecadal variability of the continental precipitation annual amplitude...
As the water vapor content in the atmosphere scales with temperature, a warmer world is expected to feature an intensification of the hydrological cycle. Work to date has mainly focused on mean...
View ArticleAssociation between ambient air pollution and diabetes mellitus in Europe and...
Air pollution is hypothesized to be a risk factor for diabetes. Epidemiological evidence is inconsistent and has not been systematically evaluated.
View ArticleApplying water soft path analysis in small urban areas: four Canadian case...
Water soft paths begin from the vision that future water management has more to gain from reducing demand than from increasing supply. This article reviews three case studies of water soft path analysis
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