Search Results - "HASTINGS, Astley"

A critical review of the impacts of cover crops on nitrogen leaching, net greenhouse gas balance and crop productivity by Abdalla, Mohamed, Hastings, Astley, Cheng, Kun, Yue, Qian, Chadwick, Dave, Espenberg, Mikk, Truu, Jaak, Rees, Robert M., Smith, Pete

“…Cover crops play an increasingly important role in improving soil quality, reducing agricultural inputs and improving environmental sustainability. The main…”
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Lifetime greenhouse gas emissions from offshore hydrogen production by Davies, Abigail J., Hastings, Astley

“…With a limited global carbon budget, it is imperative that decarbonisation decisions are based on accurate, holistic accounts of all greenhouse gas (GHG)…”
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Emissions of methane from northern peatlands: a review of management impacts and implications for future management options by Abdalla, Mohamed, Hastings, Astley, Truu, Jaak, Espenberg, Mikk, Mander, Ülo, Smith, Pete

“…Northern peatlands constitute a significant source of atmospheric methane (CH4). However, management of undisturbed peatlands, as well as the restoration of…”
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An approach to assessing subsea pipeline-associated mercury release into the North Sea and its potential environmental and human health impact by von Hellfeld, Rebecca, Hastings, Astley

“…Mercury is a naturally occurring heavy metal that has also been associated with anthropogenic sources such as cement production or hydrocarbon extraction…”
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Extending Miscanthus Cultivation with Novel Germplasm at Six Contrasting Sites by Kalinina, Olena, Nunn, Christopher, Sanderson, Ruth, Hastings, Astley F S, van der Weijde, Tim, Özgüven, Mensure, Tarakanov, Ivan, Schüle, Heinrich, Trindade, Luisa M, Dolstra, Oene, Schwarz, Kai-Uwe, Iqbal, Yasir, Kiesel, Andreas, Mos, Michal, Lewandowski, Iris, Clifton-Brown, John C

“…Miscanthus is a genus of perennial rhizomatous grasses with C4 photosynthesis which is indigenous in a wide geographic range of Asian climates. The sterile…”
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Achieving Net Zero Emissions Requires the Knowledge and Skills of the Oil and Gas Industry by Hastings, Astley, Smith, Pete

“…The challenge facing society in the 21st century is to improve the quality of life for all citizens in an egalitarian way, providing sufficient food, shelter,…”
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The development of a new crop growth model SwitchFor for yield mapping of switchgrass by Liu, Yanmei, Hastings, Astley, Chen, Shaolin, Faaij, Andre

“…Switchgrass is a promising energy crop has the potential to mitigate global warming and energy security, improve local ecology and generate profit. Its…”
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The potential for land sparing to offset greenhouse gas emissions from agriculture by Lamb, Anthony, Green, Rhys, Bateman, Ian, Broadmeadow, Mark, Bruce, Toby, Burney, Jennifer, Carey, Pete, Chadwick, David, Crane, Ellie, Field, Rob, Goulding, Keith, Griffiths, Howard, Hastings, Astley, Kasoar, Tim, Kindred, Daniel, Phalan, Ben, Pickett, John, Smith, Pete, Wall, Eileen, zu Ermgassen, Erasmus K. H. J., Balmford, Andrew

“…Reducing agricultural emissions during times of increasing food demand is a challenge. Research, using the UK as an example, now shows the technical mitigation…”
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Uncertainty of modelled bioenergy with carbon capture and storage due to variability of input data by Shepherd, Anita, Martin, Mike, Hastings, Astley

“…Uncertainty is inherent in modelled projections of bioenergy with carbon capture and storage (BECCS), yet sometimes treated peripherally. One source of…”
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The environmental and financial implications of expanding the use of electric cars - A Case study of Scotland by Milev, George, Hastings, Astley, Al-Habaibeh, Amin

“…•The paper presents a novel case study on the effect of utilising electric cars.•Electric cars will cause further carbon emission production via the…”
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A Spatially Explicit Evaluation of the Economic Performance of a Perennial Energy Crop on the Marginal Land of the Loess Plateau and China by Liu, Yanmei, Hastings, Astley, Chen, Shaolin, Faaij, André

“…The Loess Plateau, with a large area of marginal land, holds the potential to produce 62–106 Tg per year of switchgrass biomass; however, the economic…”
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The impact of soil salinity on the yield, composition and physiology of the bioenergy grass Miscanthus × giganteus by Stavridou, Evangelia, Hastings, Astley, Webster, Richard J., Robson, Paul R. H.

“…High salinity land may provide an alternative resource for the cultivation of dedicated biomass crops for renewable energy and chemicals, thus avoiding…”
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Soil Organic Carbon Significantly Increases When Perennial Biomass Plantations Are Reverted Back to Annual Arable Crops by Martani, Enrico, Ferrarini, Andrea, Hastings, Astley, Amaducci, Stefano

“…The cultivation of perennial biomass crops (PBCs) on marginal lands is necessary to provide feedstock for the bio-based EU economy and accrue environmental…”
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Is OSPAR 98/3 science-based politics or politics-based science? by Paces, Nicole, Davies, Abigail J., Hastings, Astley

“…Man-made structures in the marine environment such as offshore Oil & Gas infrastructure are known to provide a hard substrate that enables ecosystems to…”
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Uncertain effectiveness of Miscanthus bioenergy expansion for climate change mitigation explored using land surface, agronomic and integrated assessment models by Littleton, Emma W., Shepherd, Anita, Harper, Anna B., Hastings, Astley F. S., Vaughan, Naomi E., Doelman, Jonathan, Vuuren, Detlef P., Lenton, Timothy M.

“…Large‐scale bioenergy plays a key role in climate change mitigation scenarios, but its efficacy is uncertain. This study aims to quantify that uncertainty by…”
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Greenhouse Gas Emissions from Decommissioning Manmade Structures in the Marine Environment; Current Trends and Implications for the Future by Davies, Abigail J., Hastings, Astley

“…The decommissioning of manmade structures in the marine environment causes large volumes of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions to be released. Current GHG…”
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Energy production from municipal solid waste in low to middle income countries: a case study of how to build a circular economy in Abuja, Nigeria by Dickson, Emmanuel Mela, Hastings, Astley, Smith, Jo

“…The volume of municipal solid waste produced in many cities in low to middle income countries exceeds the capacity of handling facilities causing environmental…”
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Energy crops: current status and future prospects by SIMS, RALPH E.H, HASTINGS, ASTLEY, SCHLAMADINGER, BERNHARD, TAYLOR, GAIL, SMITH, PETE

“…Energy crops currently contribute a relatively small proportion to the total energy produced from biomass each year, but the proportion is set to grow over the…”
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Projections of global and UK bioenergy potential from Miscanthus × giganteus—Feedstock yield, carbon cycling and electricity generation in the 21st century by Shepherd, Anita, Littleton, Emma, Clifton‐Brown, John, Martin, Mike, Hastings, Astley

“…In this article, we modify bioenergy model MiscanFor investigating global and UK potentials for Miscanthus × giganteus as a bioenergy resource for carbon…”
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Novel Miscanthus Germplasm-Based Value Chains: A Life Cycle Assessment by Wagner, Moritz, Kiesel, Andreas, Hastings, Astley, Iqbal, Yasir, Lewandowski, Iris

“…In recent years, considerable progress has been made in miscanthus research: improvement of management practices, breeding of new genotypes, especially for…”
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