What is human well-being – and why does it matter for climate change mitigation?
Food and Water
Plasma-Processed Air To Keep Your Fruit and Veggies Fresh
Researchers present an experimental set-up which generates plasma processed air to wash and dry off fresh and fresh-cut produce.
Global Challenges: Editors’ Choice
The editors of Global Challenges share their favorite articles.
How Degradable are Biodegradable Polymers in Water?
The stability of biodegradable polymers in both fresh water and sea water is investigated to determine how degradable they really are.
Wastewater Irrigation: Past, Present and Future
With population growth and fast socio-economic development, water shortage is becoming a serious issue worldwide.
WIREs – Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews: Cover Articles featuring Physical, Life, and Social Sciences
The award-winning WIREs (Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews) series combines some of the most powerful features of encyclopedic reference works and review journals in an innovative online format. WIREs are designed to promote a cross-disciplinary research ethos while...
Throughfall Drop Size Distributions: A Review and Prospectus for Future Research
Whathappens under a tree, or in the forest, when it rains? The answer to this fundamental question has occupied generations of forest hydrologists, forest ecologists, and biogeochemists.
Understanding Loss from Climate Change, as if People Mattered
A look beyond predefined risk assessments, an explicit focus on value- and place-based priorities and decision making processes to access the impact on vulnerable communities at the center of analysis, to identify where, how, and when to target concrete efforts for risk reduction and prevent intolerable losses due to climate change.
Algae as a Sustainable Raw Material for Biodiesel Production
A recent Review takes an in-depth look at the current status and future prospects of supercritical transesterification.
Is Local Knowledge An Extractable Resource?
A team of Fulbright NEXUS researchers takes stock of the literature and charts a path forward for situating the ‘local’ in climate change adaptation. (Image credit: Pekchar/Fotolia)
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