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Kemarau RA, Sakawi Z, Eboy OV, Anak Suab S, Ibrahim MF, Rosli NNB, Md Nor NNF. Planetary boundaries transgressions: A review on the implications to public health. ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH 2024; 260:119668. [PMID: 39048067 DOI: 10.1016/j.envres.2024.119668] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/24/2024] [Revised: 06/09/2024] [Accepted: 07/21/2024] [Indexed: 07/27/2024]
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This literature review systematically examines the impacts of violating planetary boundaries from 2009 to 2023, emphasizing the implications for human health. Planetary boundaries define safe operational limits for Earth's systems, and their transgression poses significant threats to environmental stability and public health. This paper reviews extensive research on the health effects of breaches in these boundaries, including climate change, biodiversity loss, freshwater use, and aerosol loading. The review integrates findings from numerous studies, providing a critical overview of health impacts across various global regions. The analysis underscores the intricate links between planetary boundaries breaching impacts, highlighting urgent policy and governance challenges. The study's outcomes aim to inform policymakers, businesses, and communities, promoting sustainable development and resilience in the face of escalating global challenges.
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- Ricky Anak Kemarau
- Earth Observation Centre, Institute of Climate Change, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, 43600, Bangi, Selangor, Malaysia.
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- Earth Observation Centre, Institute of Climate Change, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, 43600, Bangi, Selangor, Malaysia
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- Geography Program, Faculty of Social Science and Humanities, Universiti Malaysia Sabah, 88400, Kota Kinabalu, Sabah, Malaysia
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- Graduate School of Environmental Science, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, 060-0810, Japan
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- Environmental Health Research Centre, Institute for Medical Research, National Institutes of Health, 40170, Shah Alam, Selangor, Malaysia
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- Center for STEM Enculturation Faculty of Education, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, Selangor, Malaysia
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- Geography Section, School Distance Learning, Universiti Sains Malaysia, Jalan Universiti, 11700, Gelugor, Penang, Malaysia
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Zhang X, Guo Z, Xu J, Huang C, Dang H, Mu W, Zhang L, Hou S, Huang N, Li C, Ding Y, Sun R, Li X, He G, Liu J, Siddique KHM, Wang Z. Nutrient requirements determined by grain yield and protein content to optimize N, P, and K fertilizer management in China. THE SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT 2024; 946:174187. [PMID: 38936741 DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2024.174187] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/06/2024] [Revised: 06/19/2024] [Accepted: 06/20/2024] [Indexed: 06/29/2024]
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Nutrient requirement for crop growth, defined as the amount of nutrient that crops take up from soil to produce a specific grain yield, is a key parameter in determining fertilizer application rate. However, existing studies primarily focus on identifying nitrogen (N), phosphorus (P), and potassium (K) requirements solely in relation to grain yield, neglecting grain protein content, a crucial index for wheat grain quality. Addressing this gap, we conducted multi-site, multi-cultivar, and multi-year field trials across three ecological regions of China from 2016 to 2020 to elucidate variations in nutrient requirements for grain yield and grain protein. The research findings revealed that wheat grain yield ranged from 4.1 to 9.3 Mg ha-1 (average 6.9 Mg ha-1) and grain protein content ranged from 98 to 157 g kg-1 (average 127 g kg-1) across the three regions. Notably, the N requirement exhibited a nonlinear correlation with the wheat grain yield but a linear increase with increasing grain protein, while the P and K requirements positively correlated with grain yield and protein content. Regression models were formulated to determine the nutrient requirements (MENR), enabling the prediction of N, P, and K requirements for leading cultivars with varying grain yields and protein contents. Implementing nutrient requirements based on MENR projections resulted in substantial reductions in fertilizer rates: 22.0 kg ha-1 N (10.7 %), 9.9 kg ha-1 P (20.2 %), and 8.1 kg ha-1 K (16.3 %). This translated to potential savings of 0.4 Mt. N, 0.23 Mt. P, and 0.17 Mt. K, consequently mitigating 5.5 Mt. CO2 greenhouse-gas emission and yielding an economic benefit of 0.8 billion US$ annually in China. These findings underscore the significance of considering grain yield and protein content in estimating nutrient requirements for fertilizer recommendations to realize high-yielding, high-protein wheat production, and minimize overfertilization and associated environmental risks.
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- Xuemei Zhang
- Key Laboratory of Plant Nutrition and Agri-environment in Northwest China, Ministry of Agriculture/College of Natural Resources and Environment, Northwest A&F University, Yangling 712100, Shaanxi, China; State Key Laboratory of Crop Stress Biology in Arid Areas, Northwest A&F University, Yangling 712100, Shaanxi, China
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- College of Agronomy and Biotechnology, Hebei Key Laboratory of Crop Stress Biology, Hebei Normal University of Science and Technology, Qinhuangdao 066000, Hebei Province, China
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- Key Laboratory of Plant Nutrition and Agri-environment in Northwest China, Ministry of Agriculture/College of Natural Resources and Environment, Northwest A&F University, Yangling 712100, Shaanxi, China; State Key Laboratory of Crop Stress Biology in Arid Areas, Northwest A&F University, Yangling 712100, Shaanxi, China
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- Key Laboratory of Plant Nutrition and Agri-environment in Northwest China, Ministry of Agriculture/College of Natural Resources and Environment, Northwest A&F University, Yangling 712100, Shaanxi, China; State Key Laboratory of Crop Stress Biology in Arid Areas, Northwest A&F University, Yangling 712100, Shaanxi, China
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- Key Laboratory of Plant Nutrition and Agri-environment in Northwest China, Ministry of Agriculture/College of Natural Resources and Environment, Northwest A&F University, Yangling 712100, Shaanxi, China; State Key Laboratory of Crop Stress Biology in Arid Areas, Northwest A&F University, Yangling 712100, Shaanxi, China
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- Key Laboratory of Plant Nutrition and Agri-environment in Northwest China, Ministry of Agriculture/College of Natural Resources and Environment, Northwest A&F University, Yangling 712100, Shaanxi, China; State Key Laboratory of Crop Stress Biology in Arid Areas, Northwest A&F University, Yangling 712100, Shaanxi, China
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- Key Laboratory of Plant Nutrition and Agri-environment in Northwest China, Ministry of Agriculture/College of Natural Resources and Environment, Northwest A&F University, Yangling 712100, Shaanxi, China; State Key Laboratory of Crop Stress Biology in Arid Areas, Northwest A&F University, Yangling 712100, Shaanxi, China
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- Department of Chemistry, Southern University of Science and Technology, Shenzhen 518055, China
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- Key Laboratory of Plant Nutrition and Agri-environment in Northwest China, Ministry of Agriculture/College of Natural Resources and Environment, Northwest A&F University, Yangling 712100, Shaanxi, China; State Key Laboratory of Crop Stress Biology in Arid Areas, Northwest A&F University, Yangling 712100, Shaanxi, China
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- College of Resources and Environment, Yunnan Agricultural University, Kunming 650201, China
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- Key Laboratory of Plant Nutrition and Agri-environment in Northwest China, Ministry of Agriculture/College of Natural Resources and Environment, Northwest A&F University, Yangling 712100, Shaanxi, China; State Key Laboratory of Crop Stress Biology in Arid Areas, Northwest A&F University, Yangling 712100, Shaanxi, China
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- Key Laboratory of Plant Nutrition and Agri-environment in Northwest China, Ministry of Agriculture/College of Natural Resources and Environment, Northwest A&F University, Yangling 712100, Shaanxi, China; State Key Laboratory of Crop Stress Biology in Arid Areas, Northwest A&F University, Yangling 712100, Shaanxi, China
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- Key Laboratory of Plant Nutrition and Agri-environment in Northwest China, Ministry of Agriculture/College of Natural Resources and Environment, Northwest A&F University, Yangling 712100, Shaanxi, China; State Key Laboratory of Crop Stress Biology in Arid Areas, Northwest A&F University, Yangling 712100, Shaanxi, China
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- Key Laboratory of Plant Nutrition and Agri-environment in Northwest China, Ministry of Agriculture/College of Natural Resources and Environment, Northwest A&F University, Yangling 712100, Shaanxi, China; State Key Laboratory of Crop Stress Biology in Arid Areas, Northwest A&F University, Yangling 712100, Shaanxi, China
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- Key Laboratory of Plant Nutrition and Agri-environment in Northwest China, Ministry of Agriculture/College of Natural Resources and Environment, Northwest A&F University, Yangling 712100, Shaanxi, China; State Key Laboratory of Crop Stress Biology in Arid Areas, Northwest A&F University, Yangling 712100, Shaanxi, China
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- The UWA Institute of Agriculture, The University of Western Australia, Perth, WA 6001, Australia
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- Key Laboratory of Plant Nutrition and Agri-environment in Northwest China, Ministry of Agriculture/College of Natural Resources and Environment, Northwest A&F University, Yangling 712100, Shaanxi, China; State Key Laboratory of Crop Stress Biology in Arid Areas, Northwest A&F University, Yangling 712100, Shaanxi, China.
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Xiao Y, Liu W, Zhang F, Zhu Y, Zhao P. A modified approach of the agricultural grey water footprint considering the nitrogen fixation effect of crops in China. ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION (BARKING, ESSEX : 1987) 2024; 357:124457. [PMID: 38945196 DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2024.124457] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/31/2023] [Revised: 05/03/2024] [Accepted: 06/25/2024] [Indexed: 07/02/2024]
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The rapidly growing demand for food in human societies has led to the extensive use of fertilizers, significantly contributing to water pollution. Grey water footprints (GWF) serve as a crucial method for measuring Non-point Source (NPS) pollution, particularly in agriculture. Traditional assessments of agricultural GWF neglect biologically fixed nitrogen and the use of organic fertilizers. This research proposed a modified method to assess the GWF of Chinese agriculture from 2000 to 2020, considering the impact of Nitrogen fixation in crops and the use of organic fertilizer. We also analyzed the determinants of Agricultural Nitrogen Fixation Intensity (ANFI) using the Logarithmic Mean Divisia Index (LMDI) method to better understand factors influencing agricultural GWF. Our findings include (1) Grain cereals (e.g., maize, rice, and wheat) significantly contribute to nitrogen fixation in crop organs, accounting for 87.7%, whereas the other six economic crops contribute the rest of 12.3%. Human wastes account for Nitrogen emissions for 1.40%, and emissions by livestock product, red meat contributes 16.26%, while white meat, eggs, and milk collectively contribute 82.34%. (2) Across China, there is an overestimation of GWF by 22.4 hundred million m3 per year, about 5.13% of the total GWF measured by traditional methods. It appears that the overestimation of GWF in plain regions with more arable land tends to be somewhat more pronounced compared to plateau and coastal municipalities. Biotechnological advancements in the capacity of nitrogen fixation for key crops (e.g., maize, wheat, rice) can alleviate agricultural water pollution. The modified methodology provides a robust scientific basis for a more precise application of GWF assessments, highlighting the substantial overestimation by traditional methods in China.
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- Yuedong Xiao
- School of Economics, Beijing Institute of Technology, Beijing, 100081, PR China
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- School of Economics, Beijing Institute of Technology, Beijing, 100081, PR China.
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- School of Management, Chongqing University of Technology, Chongqing, 400054, PR China
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- School of Economics, Beijing Institute of Technology, Beijing, 100081, PR China
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- Institute of Mountain Hazards and Environment, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Chengdu, 610299, PR China
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Plön S, Andra K, Auditore L, Gegout C, Hale PJ, Hampe O, Ramilo-Henry M, Burkhardt-Holm P, Jaigirdar AM, Klein L, Maewashe MK, Müssig J, Ramsarup N, Roussouw N, Sabin R, Shongwe TC, Tuddenham P. Marine mammals as indicators of Anthropocene Ocean Health. NPJ BIODIVERSITY 2024; 3:24. [PMID: 39256530 DOI: 10.1038/s44185-024-00055-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/20/2024] [Accepted: 07/19/2024] [Indexed: 09/12/2024]
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The current state of marine mammal populations reflects increasing anthropogenic impacts on the global Ocean. Adopting a holistic approach towards marine mammal health, incorporating healthy individuals and healthy populations, these taxa present indicators of the health of the overall Ocean system. Their present deterioration at the animal, population and ecosystem level has implications for human health and the global system. In the Anthropocene, multiple planetary boundaries have already been exceeded, and quiet tipping points in the Ocean may present further uncertainties. Long and short-term monitoring of marine mammal health in the holistic sense is urgently required to assist in evaluating and reversing the impact on Ocean Health and aid in climate change mitigation.
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- S Plön
- Stellenbosch Institute for Advanced Study (STIAS), Stellenbosch, South Africa.
- Forschungsinstitut für Philosophie Hannover (FIPH), Hannover, Germany.
- Hanse Wissenschaftskolleg (HWK), Delmenhorst, Germany.
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- Department of Biological Sciences, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa
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- Department of Biological Sciences, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa
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- School of Politics and International Relations, University of Nottingham, Nottingham, UK
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- Department for the History of Science, Technology & Medicine, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK, USA
- Hanse-Wissenschaftskolleg, Institute for Advanced Study, Delmenhorst, Germany
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- Museum für Naturkunde, Leibniz-Institut für Evolutions- und Biodiversitätsforschung, Berlin, Germany, Invalidenstraße 43
- Institut für Geologische Wissenschaften, Fachrichtung Paläontologie, Freie Universität Berlin, Berlin, Germany, Malteserstr. 74-100
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- Department of Biological Sciences, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa
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- Department of Environmental Sciences, MGU, University of Basel, Basel, Switzerland
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- Department of Biological Sciences, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa
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- European School of Governance (EUSG), Berlin, Germany
- International Federation for Systems Research, Vienna, Austria
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- Department of Oceanography, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa
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- The Biological Materials Group, Department of Biomimetics, HSB - City University of Applied Sciences, Bremen, Germany
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- Department of Oceanography, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa
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- Bayworld Centre for Research and Education (BCRE), Gqeberha, South Africa
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- Natural History Museum (NHM), London, UK
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- Department of Biological Sciences, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa
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Feng Y, Song Y, Song C, Yao X, Zhu M, Liu J, Chen N. Nitrogen inputs promote wetland carbon dioxide and nitrous oxide emissions in China: a meta-analysis. ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND POLLUTION RESEARCH INTERNATIONAL 2024:10.1007/s11356-024-34877-4. [PMID: 39242491 DOI: 10.1007/s11356-024-34877-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/09/2024] [Accepted: 08/27/2024] [Indexed: 09/09/2024]
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Nitrogen is the most limiting nutrient in wetland ecosystems. Changing in nitrogen nutrient status has a great effect on wetland carbon and nitrogen cycling. However, there is much uncertainty as to wetland greenhouse gas emissions response to nitrogen inputs in China. In this study, we synthesized 177 paired observations from 27 studies of greenhouse gases emissions related to nitrogen additions across wetland in China. The results showed nitrogen inputs significantly contributed to wetland carbon dioxide (CO2) and nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions but had no significant effect on methane (CH4). We further analyze the relationship between greenhouse gases emissions and soil properties, climate factors under nitrogen inputs. Regression analyses introducing explanatory variables showed that high nitrogen inputs (12 g N m-2 yr-1-24 g N m-2 yr-1) contributed more significantly to wetland CO2 and N2O emissions. Compared to other wetland types, alpine peatlands have a greater impact on CO2 and N2O emissions following nitrogen input. In addition, high altitude (> 1500 m and ≤ 3500 m) could promote wetland CO2 and N2O emissions more significantly after nitrogen input, but ultra-high altitude (> 3500 m) reduced CO2 emissions. CO2 and N2O emissions were more significantly promoted when mean annual temperature (MAT) was positive, and CO2 emissions increased with increasing mean annual precipitation (MAP). Wetland CO2 emissions can be significantly promoted when soil is acidic, while N2O emissions can be significantly promoted when soil is alkaline. N2O emissions increased with increasing of soil total nitrogen (TN) and soil organic carbon (SOC) contents. These findings highlight the characteristics of wetland greenhouse gas emissions following nitrogen input, and improve our ability to predict greenhouse gas emissions and help meet carbon neutrality targets.
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- Yisong Feng
- College of Geographic Science and Tourism, Jilin Normal University, Siping, 136000, China
- Key Laboratory of Wetland Ecology and Environment, Northeast Institute of Geography and Agroecology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Changchun, 130102, China
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- Key Laboratory of Wetland Ecology and Environment, Northeast Institute of Geography and Agroecology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Changchun, 130102, China.
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- Key Laboratory of Wetland Ecology and Environment, Northeast Institute of Geography and Agroecology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Changchun, 130102, China
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- Key Laboratory of Wetland Ecology and Environment, Northeast Institute of Geography and Agroecology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Changchun, 130102, China
- University of Chinese Academy Sciences, Beijing, 100049, China
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- Key Laboratory of Wetland Ecology and Environment, Northeast Institute of Geography and Agroecology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Changchun, 130102, China
- University of Chinese Academy Sciences, Beijing, 100049, China
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- College of Geographic Science and Tourism, Jilin Normal University, Siping, 136000, China
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- Institute of Applied Ecology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shenyang, 110016, China
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McCormack J, Noble C, Rutherford S, Ross LJ, Bialocerkowski A. Integrating the sustainable development goals into health professions' curricula: using the nominal group technique to guide their contextualisation. BMC MEDICAL EDUCATION 2024; 24:972. [PMID: 39237919 PMCID: PMC11378502 DOI: 10.1186/s12909-024-05968-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/08/2024] [Accepted: 08/28/2024] [Indexed: 09/07/2024]
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BACKGROUND To embed the Sustainable Development Goals in health profession education, educators must contextualise them to their profession and geographical region. This study used the nominal group technique to contextualise the SDGs for Australian nutrition and dietetics tertiary education programs by determining the specific knowledge, skills, and values required for graduating dietitians to practise sustainably. METHODS In 2022, 23 experts in food and sustainability attended a group session that employed the nominal group technique to discuss the Sustainable Development Goals knowledge, skills, and values Australian dietetic students should develop. After the group session, participants ranked the Sustainable Development Goals according to their perceived level of importance for student dietitians. These data were analysed using multi-methods, including a summation of the rankings, directed qualitative content analysis and reflexive thematic analysis. RESULTS The three highest-priority Sustainable Development Goals identified were (1) Zero Hunger, (2) Good Health and Well-Being, and (3) Responsible Consumption and Production, which were then considered with the qualitative findings. The main categories that were generated from the content analysis reflected the broad knowledge, skills, and values student dietitians should develop. The preliminary codes provided specific details for each of the main categories. The thematic analysis generated two additional themes: the importance of Indigenous ways of knowing, being and doing, and authentic experiential learning activities. CONCLUSIONS The method employed for this study provides a useful framework for health professions to contextualise the Sustainable Development Goals to their profession and geographical region. For this study, the ranking process and the qualitative data analysis enabled the Sustainable Development Goals to be reframed in a way that would be meaningful for dietetic educators and students and demonstrate the interrelatedness of the goals. The direct qualitative content analysis and reflexive thematic analysis identified the knowledge, skills, and values student dietitians should develop.
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- Joanna McCormack
- School of Health Sciences and Social Work, Griffith University, Gold Coast, Australia.
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- Academy for Medical Education, Medical School, The University of Queensland, Herston, Australia
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- School of Medicine and Dentistry, Griffith University, Gold Coast, Australia
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- School of Exercise and Nutrition Sciences, Queensland University of Technology, Kelvin Grove, Australia
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Dudgeon D, Strayer DL. Bending the curve of global freshwater biodiversity loss: what are the prospects? Biol Rev Camb Philos Soc 2024. [PMID: 39221642 DOI: 10.1111/brv.13137] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/09/2024] [Revised: 08/21/2024] [Accepted: 08/22/2024] [Indexed: 09/04/2024]
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Freshwater biodiversity conservation has received substantial attention in the scientific literature and is finally being recognized in policy frameworks such as the Global Biodiversity Framework and its associated targets for 2030. This is important progress. Nonetheless, freshwater species continue to be confronted with high levels of imperilment and widespread ecosystem degradation. An Emergency Recovery Plan (ERP) proposed in 2020 comprises six measures intended to "bend the curve" of freshwater biodiversity loss, if they are widely adopted and adequately supported. We review evidence suggesting that the combined intensity of persistent and emerging threats to freshwater biodiversity has become so serious that current and projected efforts to preserve, protect and restore inland-water ecosystems may be insufficient to avert substantial biodiversity losses in the coming decades. In particular, climate change, with its complex and harmful impacts, will frustrate attempts to prevent biodiversity losses from freshwater ecosystems already affected by multiple threats. Interactions among these threats will limit recovery of populations and exacerbate declines resulting in local or even global extinctions, especially among low-viability populations in degraded or fragmented ecosystems. In addition to impediments represented by climate change, we identify several other areas where the absolute scarcity of fresh water, inadequate scientific information or predictive capacity, and a widespread failure to mitigate anthropogenic stressors, are liable to set limits on the recovery of freshwater biodiversity. Implementation of the ERP rapidly and at scale through many widely dispersed local actions focused on regions of high freshwater biodiversity and intense threat, together with an intensification of ex-situ conservation efforts, will be necessary to preserve native freshwater biodiversity during an increasingly uncertain climatic future in which poorly understood, emergent and interacting threats have become more influential. But implementation of the ERP must be accompanied by measures that will improve water, energy and food security for humans - without further compromising the condition of freshwater ecosystems. Unfortunately, the inadequate political implementation of policies to arrest widely recognized environmental challenges such as climate change do not inspire confidence about the possible success of the ERP. In many parts of the world, the Anthropocene future seems certain to include extended periods with an absolute scarcity of uncontaminated surface runoff that will inevitably be appropriated by humans. Unless there is a step-change in societal awareness of - and commitment to - the conservation of freshwater biodiversity, together with necessary actions to arrest climate change, implementation of established methods for protecting freshwater biodiversity may not bend the curve enough to prevent continued ecosystem degradation and species loss.
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- David Dudgeon
- Division of Ecology & Biodiversity, School of Biological Sciences, The University of Hong Kong, Pokfulam, Hong Kong SAR, China
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- Cary Institute of Ecosystem Studies, P.O. Box AB, Millbrook, NY 12545, USA
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Lv M, Chen J, Ma M, Huang P, Wu S. Diminished storage capacity of ponds caused by sedimentation weakens their nitrogen removal efficiency. WATER RESEARCH 2024; 261:121987. [PMID: 38955036 DOI: 10.1016/j.watres.2024.121987] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/07/2024] [Revised: 06/12/2024] [Accepted: 06/20/2024] [Indexed: 07/04/2024]
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Though their small size, ponds play a disproportionately crucial role in eliminating nitrogen (N) transporting to downstream freshwaters. As significant water infrastructures, ponds are non-sustainable due to loss of storage capacity resulting from sedimentation. However, the effects of pond sedimentation on N removal is widely neglected in landscape N processing. The NUFER (Nutrient flows in Food chains, Environment and Resources use) model was employed to estimate N runoff from 1960 to 2018. We reconstructed the dynamic of number and storing capacity of about 14 million ponds due to construction and sedimentation from 1960 to 2018, projecting these trends into the year 2060. Our approach incorporated first-order kinetic reactions, including water residence time (HRT), to estimate N removal of ponds, utilizing data 6 monitoring ponds and 81 ponds from literature studies. Our analysis reveals a fourteen-fold increase in N runoff over the past six decades, rising from 0.8 Mt N in 1960 to 11.4 Mt N in 2018. Due to the initial rapid expansion of ponds, N removal by ponds increased from 6.4 % in 1960 to 13.6 % in 1990. Sedimentation is prevalent in ponds, particularly in small ponds with a sedimentation accumulation rate of 2.96 cm yr-1. Pond sedimentation, which reduces HRT, resulted in a decrease in pond N removal percentage to 11.2 % in 2018 and a projected 7.4 % by the year 2060, assuming similar sediment accumulation rates persist in the future. Overall, our findings underscore the non-negligible role of ponds as landscape nodes in N cycling. Urgent mitigation measures are needed to extend the lifetime of existing ponds and sustain their critical role in water quality management.
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- Mingquan Lv
- State Key Laboratory of Lake and Watershed Water Safety, Chongqing Institute of Green and Intelligent Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Chongqing 401122, China.
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- State Key Laboratory of Lake and Watershed Water Safety, Chongqing Institute of Green and Intelligent Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Chongqing 401122, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Lake and Watershed Water Safety, Chongqing Institute of Green and Intelligent Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Chongqing 401122, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Lake and Watershed Water Safety, Chongqing Institute of Green and Intelligent Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Chongqing 401122, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Lake and Watershed Water Safety, Chongqing Institute of Green and Intelligent Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Chongqing 401122, China
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Jansen A, Wang R, Behrens P, Hoekstra R. Beyond GDP: a review and conceptual framework for measuring sustainable and inclusive wellbeing. Lancet Planet Health 2024; 8:e695-e705. [PMID: 39243785 DOI: 10.1016/s2542-5196(24)00147-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/21/2023] [Revised: 05/28/2024] [Accepted: 06/20/2024] [Indexed: 09/09/2024]
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Policy making has long focused on economic growth as measured by gross domestic product (GDP), diverting attention from sustainable wellbeing for all. Despite high-quality proposals to go beyond GDP, their integration into policy and societal discourse remains limited. A new UN initiative, Valuing What Counts, provides an opportunity for establishing and institutionalising global measurement of metrics beyond GDP, a crucial step to enable a transition into a safe and just space for humanity. Here, we inform this process by consolidating 50 years of literature on Beyond GDP metrics, addressing three core challenges. First, we resolve the lack of interdisciplinary collaboration by integrating five scientific schools of thought in one measurement approach. Second, we alleviate confusion arising from numerous Beyond GDP alternatives, offering a structured analysis of 65 metrics, delineating their measurement objectives. Finally, we bridge the divide between scientific proposals and country-specific approaches. We unite country-specific needs with a standardised and interdisciplinary measurement approach, presenting a dashboard for sustainable and inclusive wellbeing.
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- Annegeke Jansen
- Institute of Environmental Sciences, Leiden University, Leiden, Netherlands.
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- Institute of Environmental Sciences, Leiden University, Leiden, Netherlands
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- Institute of Environmental Sciences, Leiden University, Leiden, Netherlands
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- Institute of Environmental Sciences, Leiden University, Leiden, Netherlands
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Boćkowski MD, Tusznio J, Rechciński M, Blicharska M, Akhshik A, Grodzińska-Jurczak M. Ecosystem Services Approach in Turnicki National Park Planning: Factors Influencing the Inhabitants' Perspectives on Local Natural Resources and Protected Areas. ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT 2024; 74:547-563. [PMID: 39020116 PMCID: PMC11306527 DOI: 10.1007/s00267-024-02016-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/09/2024] [Accepted: 07/08/2024] [Indexed: 07/19/2024]
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Despite changing paradigms in nature conservation, protected areas, such as national parks, remain key tools for nature conservation. Today, protected areas are perceived as socio-ecological systems, therefore using an ecosystem services approach may help in their designation. Here, we focus on the planned Turnicki National Park located in the far eastern part of the Polish Carpathian Mountains and conflict between proponents of the park establishment and local stakeholders. We used an ecosystem services-driven questionnaire survey among local communities to analyze interactions between the perception of ecosystem services and opinions about national parks, and the role of social and economic status in shaping these opinions. We found links between opinions towards national parks and other factors: age, life span in a municipality, level of education, and an average net income. Respondents who perceived benefits from nature were more positive towards national parks in general and the Turnicki National Park specifically; however, those who prioritized provisioning services were more skeptical. Also, we distinguished four Fuzzy-Set Qualitative Comparative Analysis models which describe factors shaping opinions on national parks, respectively. The study has shown that the ecosystem services lens perspective can help in exploring the factors crucial while establishing the protected areas in specific social and economic context. The main implication for the study is careful consideration of the role of national park to protect the local environment in harmony with social needs and economic development.
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- Institute of Environmental Sciences, Jagiellonian University, Kraków, Poland
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- Institute of Environmental Sciences, Jagiellonian University, Kraków, Poland
- Institute of Geography and Spatial Management, Jagiellonian University, Kraków, Poland
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- Natural Resources and Sustainable Development, Department of Earth Sciences, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden
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- Institute of Environmental Sciences, Jagiellonian University, Kraków, Poland
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Bukhari SA. In what ways might the concept of 'planetary health' lead us to think differently about contemporary global challenges? How could the resulting insights promote the changing of current practices? Med Confl Surviv 2024; 40:306-315. [PMID: 39092931 DOI: 10.1080/13623699.2024.2382825] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 08/04/2024]
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- Sayed Adam Bukhari
- Faculty of Life Sciences & Medicine, King's College London, London, England
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De Keyser E, Rowe T, Giacomella L, Jasiński D, Mathijs E, Vranken L. Combining life-cycle assessment and linear programming to optimize social fertilizer costs. JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT 2024; 369:122225. [PMID: 39216350 DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvman.2024.122225] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/17/2024] [Revised: 07/29/2024] [Accepted: 08/14/2024] [Indexed: 09/04/2024]
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This paper focuses on the role of fertilizers within regional nutrient cycles. Bio-based fertilizers can contribute to regional nutrient circularity, but the question remains whether production and consumption of bio-based fertilizers is beneficial to the farmer and the environment. Therefore, both farmers' private costs and environmental externalities should be taken into account. We formulate a farm-level multi-objective optimization model by considering a range of fertilizers, their costs and the environmental consequences associated with their production and use. The cost-minimization approach is applied to a conceptualized Flemish leek farmer aiming to safeguard nutrient uptake while being constrained by nutrient standards and the availability of on-farm residues. Our results suggest that mineral fertilizers have an important role in the fertilizer mix despite their environmental externalities. Nevertheless, there is also a role for bio-based fertilizers. These results have implications for farmers and policymakers wishing to internalize fertilizer externalities.
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- Erika De Keyser
- KU Leuven, Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Division of Bioeconomics, Celestijnenlaan 200E, 3001, Leuven, Belgium.
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- KU Leuven, Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Division of Bioeconomics, Celestijnenlaan 200E, 3001, Leuven, Belgium
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- KU Leuven, Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Division of Bioeconomics, Celestijnenlaan 200E, 3001, Leuven, Belgium
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- Particula Group Ltd, a/ Tina Ujevića 9, 51000, Rijeka, Croatia; PLM Sustainability Consulting, 76-032, Mielno, Poland
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- KU Leuven, Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Division of Bioeconomics, Celestijnenlaan 200E, 3001, Leuven, Belgium
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- KU Leuven, Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Division of Bioeconomics, Celestijnenlaan 200E, 3001, Leuven, Belgium
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Hatley GA, Pahlow M, Bello-Mendoza R, Gutiérrez-Ginés MJ. Identifying leverage points using material flow analysis to circularise resources from urban wastewater and organic waste. JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT 2024; 369:122215. [PMID: 39213855 DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvman.2024.122215] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/25/2023] [Revised: 08/08/2024] [Accepted: 08/12/2024] [Indexed: 09/04/2024]
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Anthropogenic systems are synonymous with linear economies that cause widespread resource waste and environmental degradation. Urban areas are hotspots for this behaviour due to their high population density and resource consumption. Changing this situation is limited by the lack of a holistic but sufficiently detailed understanding of system units where resource waste occurs. The objectives of this study were: (1) to develop and apply a model of the material and substance (nitrogen, phosphorus, and carbon) flows of organic waste and wastewater systems at a local scale, taking Christchurch, New Zealand, as a study case, and (2) to identify leverage points within the system to achieve resource circularisation. Results show that groundwater, infiltrated water, and industrial wastewater are the predominant material flows into the system. Nitrogen and phosphorus inputs predominantly come from food products, detergents, green waste, and industrial wastewater. The Christchurch wastewater system is a prime example of a linear economy, where ∼66 % of the nitrogen and ∼63 % of the phosphorus entering the wastewater system is discharged to the ocean. Leakage from the water supply system reduces water resource efficiency, while water infiltration into the wastewater network inflates the quantity of wastewater treated at the centralised treatment plant, limiting nutrient recovery. In the compost facility, 86 % of the waste is composted, with 33% of the nitrogen and all the phosphorus exiting as compost, while ∼66 % of the nitrogen treated exits through volatilisation. The remaining 14 % of the organic waste entering the treatment plant is deemed unsuitable for composting and is landfilled. The material and substance flow analysis allowed the identification of flows with leverage points in the system where there are opportunities to reduce, reuse, or recover materials and substances to encourage circularisation. These flows include food products, detergents, unsuitable materials for composting, domestic water supply leakages, wastewater network infiltration, and wastewater treatment plant's nutrient recovery.
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- Gregory A Hatley
- Institute of Environmental Science and Research, Christchurch, New Zealand
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- Department of Civil and Natural Resources Engineering, University of Canterbury, Christchurch, New Zealand
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- Department of Civil and Natural Resources Engineering, University of Canterbury, Christchurch, New Zealand
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- Institute of Environmental Science and Research, Christchurch, New Zealand; School of Earth and Environment, University of Canterbury, Christchurch, New Zealand.
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Maric F, Plaisant M, Richter R. Advancing the deliberate implementation of the concept of sustainability and its alternatives in physical therapy research, practice, and education. Physiother Theory Pract 2024:1-15. [PMID: 39186496 DOI: 10.1080/09593985.2024.2395486] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/08/2024] [Revised: 07/30/2024] [Accepted: 08/14/2024] [Indexed: 08/28/2024]
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BACKGROUND Sustainability has become a ubiquitous imperative across all sectors of society, including healthcare. Building on the broader discourse on sustainable development, sustainability is used in relation to social, ecological, and economic concerns with varying degrees of emphasis and often related to a sense of durability. OBJECTIVE To provide a detailed analysis of the concept of sustainability in current physical therapy literature and advance its deliberate future implementation. METHODS Setting out from a critical exposition of prevalent models of sustainability, we conducted a critical discourse analysis to (1) examine the implementation of the concept of sustainability in physical therapy academic literature and (2) critically evaluate its hitherto use in light of the broader discourse surrounding sustainability. RESULTS Our analysis identified a focus on the cost-effectiveness of healthcare interventions, and the use of so-called "weak" and "strong sustainability" models in the physical therapy literature. Other models and the broader critical discourse surrounding sustainability are only gradually finding their way into physical therapy literature. CONCLUSION Physical therapy lacks comprehensive exploration of both general and profession-specific understandings of sustainability. Nuanced engagement with sustainability and its alternatives is necessary to ensure its meaningful implementation in physical therapy research, education, and practice.
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- Filip Maric
- Department of Health and Care Sciences, UiT The Arctic University of Norway, Tromsø, Norway
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- Faculty of Health, Security and Society, HFU Furtwangen University, Freiburg, Germany
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- Faculty of Health, Security and Society, HFU Furtwangen University, Freiburg, Germany
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Thomson T, Ellis JI, Fusi M, Prinz N, Lundquist CJ, Bury SJ, Shankar U, Cary SC, Pilditch CA. Effects of catchment land use on temperate mangrove forests. THE SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT 2024; 940:173579. [PMID: 38823713 DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2024.173579] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/16/2023] [Revised: 05/25/2024] [Accepted: 05/25/2024] [Indexed: 06/03/2024]
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Human land use changes are threatening the integrity and health of coastal ecosystems worldwide. Intensified land use for anthropogenic purposes increases sedimentation rates, pollutants, and nutrient concentrations into adjacent coastal areas, often with detrimental effects on marine life and ecosystem functioning. However, how these factors interact to influence ecosystem health in mangrove forests is poorly understood. This study investigates the effects of catchment human land use on mangrove forest architecture and sedimentary attributes at a landscape-scale. Thirty sites were selected along a gradient of human land use within a narrow latitudinal range, to minimise the effects of varying climatic conditions. Land use was quantified using spatial analysis tools with existing land use databases (LCDB5). Twenty-six forest architectural and sedimentary variables were collected from each site. The results revealed a significant effect of human land use on ten out of 26 environmental variables. Eutrophication, characterised by changes in redox potential, pH, and sediment nutrient concentrations, was strongly associated with increasing human land use. The δ15N values of sediments and leaves also indicated increased anthropogenic nitrogen input. Furthermore, the study identified a positive correlation between human land use and tree density, indicating that increased nutrient delivery from catchments contributes to enhanced mangrove growth. Propagule and seedling densities were also positively correlated with human land use, suggesting potential recruitment success mechanisms. This research underpins the complex interactions between human land use and mangrove ecosystems, revealing changes in carbon dynamics, potential alterations in ecosystem services, and a need for holistic management approaches that consider the interconnectedness of species and their environment. These findings provide essential insights for regional ecosystem models, coastal management, and restoration strategies to address the impacts of human pressures on temperate mangrove forests, even in estuaries that may be relatively healthy.
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- Timothy Thomson
- University of Waikato, School of Science, Tauranga, New Zealand.
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- University of Waikato, School of Science, Tauranga, New Zealand
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- Dove Marine Laboratory, School of Natural and Environmental Sciences, Newcastle University, Newcastle-upon-Tyne 1NE 7RU, United Kingdom
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- University of Waikato, School of Science, Tauranga, New Zealand
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- National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research, Hamilton, New Zealand; School of Environment, University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand
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- National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research, Wellington, New Zealand
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- National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research, Christchurch, New Zealand
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- School of Science, University of Waikato, Hamilton, New Zealand
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Saliu F, Becchi A, Montalbetti E, Isa V, Gatti T, Riseri D, Lasagni M, Galli P, Seveso D. Application of marine sponges for biomonitoring active pharmaceutical ingredients (APIs) in coral reefs. Optimization of an SPME and ESI-LC-MS/MS method. MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN 2024; 207:116867. [PMID: 39182405 DOI: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2024.116867] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/22/2024] [Revised: 08/14/2024] [Accepted: 08/15/2024] [Indexed: 08/27/2024]
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Chemical pollution is a threat to coral reefs. To preserve them, it is crucial to monitor novel contaminants and assess the related risks. The occurrence of active pharmaceutical ingredients (APIs) in coral reefs has been poorly investigated until now. Under this light, we tested the use of the marine sponge Cf. Hyrtios as bio-monitors and conducted a pilot study in the Faafu Atoll (Maldives). Analyses were carried out by in vivo solid-phase microextraction (SPME) and liquid chromatography (LC) electrospray ionization (ESI) tandem mass spectrometry (MS/MS). Twelve APIs were selected for method optimization. Limits of quantitation (LOQs) were in the 0.6 and 2.5 ng/g range, accuracy between 86.5 % and 104.7 %, and precision between 3.0 % and 14.9 %. All the sponges located in the inner reefs resulted contaminated with at least one API. Gabapentin and Carbamazepine displayed the highest detection rates, while Ketoprofen had the highest concentration (up to 15.7 ng/g).
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- Francesco Saliu
- Department of Earth and Environmental Science, University of Milano Bicocca, Piazza della Scienza 1, 20126 Milano, Italy.
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- Department of Earth and Environmental Science, University of Milano Bicocca, Piazza della Scienza 1, 20126 Milano, Italy
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- Department of Earth and Environmental Science, University of Milano Bicocca, Piazza della Scienza 1, 20126 Milano, Italy; MaRHE Center (Marine Research and High Education Center), Magoodhoo Island, Faafu Atoll, Maldives
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- Department of Earth and Environmental Science, University of Milano Bicocca, Piazza della Scienza 1, 20126 Milano, Italy; MaRHE Center (Marine Research and High Education Center), Magoodhoo Island, Faafu Atoll, Maldives; Costa Edutainment SpA - Acquario di Genova, Area Porto Antico, Ponte Spinola, 16128 Genoa, Italy
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- Department of Earth and Environmental Science, University of Milano Bicocca, Piazza della Scienza 1, 20126 Milano, Italy
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- Department of Earth and Environmental Science, University of Milano Bicocca, Piazza della Scienza 1, 20126 Milano, Italy
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- Department of Earth and Environmental Science, University of Milano Bicocca, Piazza della Scienza 1, 20126 Milano, Italy
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- University of Dubai, Dubai, P.O. Box 14143, United Arab Emirates
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- Department of Earth and Environmental Science, University of Milano Bicocca, Piazza della Scienza 1, 20126 Milano, Italy; MaRHE Center (Marine Research and High Education Center), Magoodhoo Island, Faafu Atoll, Maldives
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Daas MC, Vellinga RE, Pinho MGM, Boer JMA, Verschuren WMM, van der Schouw YT, Van't Veer P, Biesbroek S. The role of ultra-processed foods in plant-based diets: associations with human health and environmental sustainability. Eur J Nutr 2024:10.1007/s00394-024-03477-w. [PMID: 39180555 DOI: 10.1007/s00394-024-03477-w] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/14/2023] [Accepted: 07/31/2024] [Indexed: 08/26/2024]
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PURPOSE Investigate the associations of ultra-processed foods (UPF) in healthful (hPDI) and unhealthful (uPDI) plant-based diets with all-cause mortality, greenhouse gas emissions (GHGE), and blue water consumption (BWC). METHODS Analyses were based on 35,030 participants (20-70 years; 74% females) from the EPIC-NL cohort who were followed up from 1993 to 1997 through 2014. Plant-based diet indices (hPDI and uPDI) and UPF consumption were calculated from a validated FFQ, assessed at baseline. Cox proportional hazard and multiple linear regression models were used to estimate associations between combined quartiles of the PDI indices and UPF consumption. RESULTS With lower hPDI and higher UPF diets as the reference, we observed the following. Risk estimates of all-cause mortality were 0.98 (95% CI: 0.83, 1.16) for lower UPF consumption, 0.86 (95% CI: 0.68, 1.08) for higher hPDI, and 0.78 (95% CI: 0.66, 0.89) for combined higher hPDI and lower UPF consumption. Results with the uPDI were inconclusive. Mean differences in GHGE and BWC were 1.4% (95% CI: 0.3, 2.4) and 1.6% (95% CI: -0.5, 3.7) for lower UPF consumption, -7.4% (95% CI: -8.6, -6.4) and 9.6% (95% CI: 7.2, 12.0) for higher hPDI, and - 6.8% (95% CI: -7.4, -6.1) and 13.1% (95% CI: 11.6, 14.8) for combined higher hPDI and lower UPF consumption. No apparent conflict between environmental impacts was observed for the uPDI; GHGE and BWC were lower for higher uPDI scores. CONCLUSION Mortality risk and environmental impacts were mostly associated with the amount of plant-based foods and to a lesser extent UPF in the diet. Shifting to a more healthful plant-based diet could improve human health and reduce most aspects of environmental impact (GHGE, but not BWC) irrespective of UPF consumption.
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- Merel C Daas
- Division of Human Nutrition and Health, Wageningen University & Research, P.O. Box 17, Wageningen, 6700 AA, The Netherlands.
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- Division of Human Nutrition and Health, Wageningen University & Research, P.O. Box 17, Wageningen, 6700 AA, The Netherlands
- Centre for Prevention, Lifestyle and Health, National Institute for Public Health and the Environment (RIVM), Antonie van Leeuwenhoeklaan 9, Bilthoven, 3721 MA, The Netherlands
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- Copernicus Institute of Sustainable Development, Utrecht University, Princetonlaan 8a, Utrecht, 3584 CB, The Netherlands
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- Centre for Prevention, Lifestyle and Health, National Institute for Public Health and the Environment (RIVM), Antonie van Leeuwenhoeklaan 9, Bilthoven, 3721 MA, The Netherlands
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- Centre for Prevention, Lifestyle and Health, National Institute for Public Health and the Environment (RIVM), Antonie van Leeuwenhoeklaan 9, Bilthoven, 3721 MA, The Netherlands
- Julius Center for Health Sciences and Primary Care, University Medical Center Utrecht, Universiteitsweg 100, Utrecht, 3584 CG, The Netherlands
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- Julius Center for Health Sciences and Primary Care, University Medical Center Utrecht, Universiteitsweg 100, Utrecht, 3584 CG, The Netherlands
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- Division of Human Nutrition and Health, Wageningen University & Research, P.O. Box 17, Wageningen, 6700 AA, The Netherlands
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- Division of Human Nutrition and Health, Wageningen University & Research, P.O. Box 17, Wageningen, 6700 AA, The Netherlands
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Atwoli L, H Baqui A, Benfield T, Bosurgi R, Godlee F, Hancocks S, Horton R, Laybourn-Langton L, Monteiro CA, Norman I, Patrick K, Praities N, Rikkert MGO, Rubin EJ, Sahni P, Smith R, Talley NJ, Turale S, Vázquez D. Call for emergency action to limit global temperature increases, restore biodiversity and protect health. Eur J Hosp Pharm 2024; 31:387-389. [PMID: 34483128 PMCID: PMC11347243 DOI: 10.1136/ejhpharm-2021-003026] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/13/2021] [Accepted: 08/16/2021] [Indexed: 11/04/2022] Open
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- Journal of Health, Population and Nutrition, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
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- International Journal of Nursing Studies, London, UK
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- National Medical Journal of India, New Delhi, India
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- International Nursing Review, Geneva, Switzerland
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- Pan American Journal of Public Health, Washington, DC, USA
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Perez-Mercado LF, Simha P, Moreira AP, Paulo PL, Vinnerås B. Circular fertilisers combining dehydrated human urine and organic wastes can fulfil the macronutrient demand of 15 major crops. THE SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT 2024; 951:175655. [PMID: 39173754 DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2024.175655] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/23/2024] [Revised: 08/01/2024] [Accepted: 08/18/2024] [Indexed: 08/24/2024]
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This study evaluated the potential for combining dehydrated human urine with one other form of organic waste to create circular fertilisers tailored to meet the macronutrient demand of 15 major crops cultivated globally. Through a reverse blending modelling approach, data on 359 different organic wastes were used to identify 38 fertiliser blends. Materials found to be particularly suitable as blending materials were various biochars and ashes, due to their low nitrogen and high phosphorus and/or potassium content, and byproduct concentrates, due to their high phosphorus content, since the nitrogen content of human urine is disproportionately higher than its phosphorus content. Several organic wastes were suitable for fertilising more than one crop. The macronutrient content of the simulated fertiliser blends was comparable to that of blended inorganic fertilisers, but only a few blends precisely matched the macronutrient demand of crops. Fertilising crops with some simulated fertilisers would potentially result in excess application of one or more macronutrients, and thus overfertilisation. For organic wastes with data available on their content of six or more heavy metals, it was found that the simulated fertilisers generally met European Union regulations on use of fertilisers of organic origin in agriculture. Overall, these findings suggest that fertiliser blends combining dehydrated human urine and organic wastes, both of which are widely available globally, could replace inorganic blended fertilisers in agriculture. Such recycling would help the global food system and water sector transition to circularity and promote better management of plant-essential nutrients in society.
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- Luis Fernando Perez-Mercado
- Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Department of Energy and Technology, Box 7032, SE-750 07 Uppsala, Sweden; Centro de Aguas y Saneamiento Ambiental (CASA), Universidad Mayor de San Simon, Calle Sucre y Parque Latorre, Cochabamba, Bolivia
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- Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Department of Energy and Technology, Box 7032, SE-750 07 Uppsala, Sweden.
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- Federal University of Mato Grosso do Sul, Faculty of Engineering, Architecture and Urbanism, and Geography, Av. Costa e Silva, S/N, Cidade Universitária, Campo Grande, MS, Brazil
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- Federal University of Mato Grosso do Sul, Faculty of Engineering, Architecture and Urbanism, and Geography, Av. Costa e Silva, S/N, Cidade Universitária, Campo Grande, MS, Brazil
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- Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Department of Energy and Technology, Box 7032, SE-750 07 Uppsala, Sweden
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Wang S, Wang J, Fang C, Chen X, Liang J, Liu Y, Gao S, Hubacek K, Liu X, Zhou C, Shan Y, Feng K, Liu Z, Hong C, Davis SJ. International Trade Reshapes the Decoupling of Emissions from Economic Growth. ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY 2024; 58:14662-14674. [PMID: 39109806 DOI: 10.1021/acs.est.4c03995] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 08/21/2024]
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Efforts to stabilize the global climate change while also continuing human development depend upon "decoupling" economic growth from fossil fuel CO2 emissions. However, evaluations of such decoupling have typically relied on production-based emissions, which do not account for emissions embodied in international trade. Yet international trade can greatly change emissions accounting and reshape the decoupling between emissions and economic growth. Here, we evaluate decoupling of economic growth from different accounts of emissions in each of the 159 countries and analyze the drivers of decoupling. We find that between 1995 and 2015, although 29 countries exhibited strong decoupling of territorial emissions (growing economies and decreasing emissions), only 19 countries achieved economic growth while their consumption-based emissions decreased. Most developed countries have achieved decoupling of emissions related to domestic goods and services, but have not achieved decoupling of emissions related to imported goods and services. The U-test confirms that the domestic component of consumption-based emissions exhibits a stronger decoupling trend from gross domestic product (GDP) growth than consumption-based emissions, and emissions from imports continue to rise with GDP per capita without a corresponding decline, providing a statistical validation of the decoupling analysis. Moreover, in the countries where economic growth and consumption-based emissions are most decoupled, a key driver is decreasing emissions intensity due to technological progress─and especially reductions in the intensity of imported goods and services. Our results reveal the importance of assessing decoupling using consumption-based emissions; successful decoupling may require international cooperation and coordinated mitigation efforts of trading partners.
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- Shaojian Wang
- School of Urban Design, School of Resource and Environmental Sciences, Wuhan University, Wuhan 430072, China
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- School of Geography and Planning, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou 510006, China
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- Institute of Geographic Sciences and Natural Resources Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, China
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- Department of Geographical Sciences, University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland 20742, United States
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- School of Geography and Planning, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou 510006, China
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- College of Urban and Environmental Sciences, Peking University, Beijing 100871, China
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- School of Geography and Planning, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou 510006, China
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- Integrated Research on Energy, Environment and Society (IREES), Energy and Sustainability Research Institute Groningen (ESRIG), University of Groningen, Groningen 9747 AG, The Netherlands
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- School of Geography and Planning, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou 510006, China
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- School of Geography and Planning, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou 510006, China
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- School of Geography, Earth & Environmental Sciences, University of Birmingham, Birmingham B152TT, England
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- Department of Geographical Sciences, University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland 20742, United States
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- Department of Earth System Science, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China
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- Institute of Environment and Ecology, Shenzhen International Graduate School, Tsinghua University, Shenzhen 518055, China
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- Department of Earth System Science, Stanford Doerr School of Sustainability, Stanford University, Stanford, California 94305, United States
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Wang J, Li X, Li Y, Shi Y, Xiao H, Wang L, Yin W, Zhu Z, Bian H, Li H, Shi Z, Seybold H, Kirchner JW. Transport Pathways of Nitrate in Stormwater Runoff Inferred from High-Frequency Sampling and Stable Water Isotopes. ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY 2024. [PMID: 39152914 DOI: 10.1021/acs.est.4c02495] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 08/19/2024]
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Storm events can mobilize nitrogen species from landscapes into streams, exacerbating eutrophication and threatening aquatic ecosystems as well as human health. However, the transport pathways and storm responses of different nitrogen forms remain elusive. We used high-frequency chemical and isotopic sampling to partition sources of stormwater runoff and determine transport pathways of multiple nitrogen forms in an agricultural catchment. Bayesian mixing modeling reveals shallow subsurface water as the dominant source of stormwater runoff, contributing 74% of the water flux and 72, 71, and 79% of total nitrogen (TN), total dissolved nitrogen (TDN), and nitrate (NO3-N), respectively. Groundwater, by contrast, contributed 11% of stormwater runoff and 21, 22, and 17% of TN, TDN, and NO3-N, respectively. The remaining 14% of stormwater runoff can be attributed to rainwater, which contains much less TN, TDN, and NO3-N. Surprisingly, during storm events, the dominant nitrogen form was NO3-N rather than dissolved organic nitrogen. Antecedent conditions and runoff characteristics have an important influence on nitrogen loads during storm events. Our results provide insight into hydrological mechanisms driving nitrogen transport during storm events and may help in developing catchment management practices for reducing nitrogen pollution in aquatic ecosystems.
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- Jian Wang
- State Environmental Protection Key Laboratory of Soil Health and Green Remediation, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan 430070, China
- Department of Environmental System Sciences, ETH Zürich, Zürich 8092, Switzerland
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- State Environmental Protection Key Laboratory of Soil Health and Green Remediation, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan 430070, China
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- Hubei Provincial Water Saving Research Center, Hubei Water Resources Research Institute, Wuhan 430070, China
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- State Environmental Protection Key Laboratory of Soil Health and Green Remediation, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan 430070, China
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- State Environmental Protection Key Laboratory of Soil Health and Green Remediation, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan 430070, China
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- State Environmental Protection Key Laboratory of Soil Health and Green Remediation, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan 430070, China
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- Changjiang Water Resources Protection Institute, Wuhan 430051, China
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- Changjiang Water Resources Protection Institute, Wuhan 430051, China
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- Soil and Water Conservation Monitoring Center, Danjiangkou 442700, China
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- Soil and Water Conservation Monitoring Center, Danjiangkou 442700, China
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- State Environmental Protection Key Laboratory of Soil Health and Green Remediation, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan 430070, China
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- Department of Environmental System Sciences, ETH Zürich, Zürich 8092, Switzerland
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- Department of Environmental System Sciences, ETH Zürich, Zürich 8092, Switzerland
- Swiss Federal Research Institute WSL, Birmensdorf 8903, Switzerland
- Department of Earth and Planetary Science, University of California, Berkeley, California 94720, United States
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Yang S, Ma Y, Gao J, Wang X, Weng F, Zhang Y, Xu Y. Exploring the response and prediction of phytoplankton to environmental factors in eutrophic marine areas using interpretable machine learning methods. THE SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT 2024; 951:175600. [PMID: 39159687 DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2024.175600] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/24/2024] [Revised: 08/10/2024] [Accepted: 08/15/2024] [Indexed: 08/21/2024]
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Coastal marine areas are frequently affected by human activities and face ecological and environmental threats, such as algal blooms and climate change. The community structure of phytoplankton-primary producers in marine ecosystems-is highly sensitive to environmental factors, such as temperature, salinity, and nutrients. However, traditional methods for exploring the relationship between phytoplankton communities and environmental factors in eutrophic marine areas are limited by various factors. Therefore, this study employed interpretable machine learning models, integrating high-dimensional data analysis and complex system modeling, to quantitatively and thoroughly analyze the dynamic relationship between phytoplankton communities and environmental variables in high-frequency samples collected over 53 weeks from eutrophic marine areas. The cell abundance of phytoplankton exhibited a distinct "two-peak pattern" variation. Interpretable machine learning model analysis revealed the dynamic contributions of different environmental factors during changes in the phytoplankton community structure. The results showed that temperature was a key environmental factor that affected phytoplankton growth during peak periods. In addition, the contribution of salinity increased during the second peak in phytoplankton abundance, highlighting its central role in the ecological dynamics of this phase. During green tide outbreaks, particularly in Area 01, the contributions of factors such as temperature and salinity increased, whereas those of phosphates and silicates decreased, indicating that green tide outbreaks substantially altered the nutritional dynamics of the ecosystem. Furthermore, different phytoplankton species, such as Skeletonema costatum, Thalassiosira spp., and Nitzschia spp., exhibit varying responses to environmental factors. Hence, the predictions made using random forest and generalized additive models for phytoplankton cell abundance in two marine areas revealed complex nonlinear relationships between environmental factors, such as temperature, salinity, and phytoplankton abundance.
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- Shimin Yang
- College of Marine Life Sciences, Ocean University of China, Qingdao 266003, China.
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- College of Marine Life Sciences, Ocean University of China, Qingdao 266003, China.
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- College of Marine Life Sciences, Ocean University of China, Qingdao 266003, China
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- College of Marine Life Sciences, Ocean University of China, Qingdao 266003, China
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- National Institute for Data Science in Health and Medicine, Xiamen University, Xiamen 361005, China; Data Mining Research Center, Xiamen University, Xiamen 361005, China
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- MOE Key Laboratory of Marine Genetics and Breeding, College of Marine Life Sciences, Ocean University of China, Qingdao 266003, China
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- MOE Key Laboratory of Marine Genetics and Breeding, College of Marine Life Sciences, Ocean University of China, Qingdao 266003, China.
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Shuai C, Liao C, Qu S, Chen X, Zhao B, Zou JP, Xu M. Scaling of development indicators in countries and its origin. iScience 2024; 27:110497. [PMID: 39148715 PMCID: PMC11325361 DOI: 10.1016/j.isci.2024.110497] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/23/2024] [Revised: 04/05/2024] [Accepted: 07/10/2024] [Indexed: 08/17/2024] Open
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Population-normalized indicators (e.g., GDP per capita), under the assumption of the indicators scaling linearly with population, are ubiquitously used in national development performance comparison. This assumption, however, is not valid because it may ignore agglomeration effect resulting from nonlinear interactions in socioeconomic systems. Here, we present extensive empirical evidence showing the sub-linear scaling rather than the presumed linear scaling between population and multiple indicators of national development performance. We then develop a theoretical framework based on the scaling rule observed in cities to explore the origin of scaling in countries. Finally, we demonstrate that urbanization plays a pivotal role in transforming national development from limited sub-linear growth to unlimited super-linear growth. This underscores the significance of urbanization in achieving sustained growth and elevating human living standards at the national level. Our findings have the potential to inform policies aimed at promoting equitable inter-country comparison and achieving sustainable development in countries.
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- Chenyang Shuai
- School of Management Science and Real Estate, Chongqing University, Chongqing, China
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- Department of Global Development, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, USA
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- School of Management and Economics, Beijing Institute of Technology, Beijing, China
- Center for Energy & Environmental Policy Research, Beijing Institute of Technology, Beijing, China
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- College of Economics and Management, Southwest University, Chongqing, China
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- School for Environment and Sustainability, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA
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- Key Laboratory of Jiangxi Province for Persistent Pollutants Control and Resources Recycle, Nanchang Hangkong University, Nanchang, Jiangxi, China
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- School of Environment, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China
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Richter A, Loss J, Kuhn DA, Moosburger R, Mensink GBM. Evaluating the diet in Germany with two indices focusing on healthy eating and planetary healthy eating using nationwide cross-sectional food intake data from DEGS1 (2008-2011). Eur J Nutr 2024:10.1007/s00394-024-03476-x. [PMID: 39147914 DOI: 10.1007/s00394-024-03476-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/12/2023] [Accepted: 07/31/2024] [Indexed: 08/17/2024]
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PURPOSE To improve sustainability, adjustments to current diets are necessary. Therefore, limited planetary resources are considered within the healthy reference diet proposed by the EAT-Lancet Commission. The agreement with nationwide food intake was evaluated with two indices which reflect this reference and German food intake recommendations. METHODS A healthy eating index (HEI-MON) reflecting the dietary guidelines of the German nutrition society and a planetary healthy eating index (PHEI-MON) reflecting the healthy reference diet were developed, with scores from 0 to 100. Both indices were applied to data from a nationally representative sample of the German population aged 18-79 years for which data from a 53-item food frequency questionnaire are available. RESULTS Mean scores for the indices were 53 for HEI-MON and 39 for PHEI-MON. A better adherence to either guideline could be found among women, persons of older age as well as persons with higher education level. The sub-scores for HEI-MON showed high agreement with the recommendations for side dishes, fruit/nuts, (processed) meat and cereals, but low agreement with the recommendations for free sugar and vegetables/legumes. PHEI-MON sub-scores were highest for poultry, fruits and potatoes, and lowest for nuts, red meat and legumes. High scores in one index do not necessarily correspond to high scores in the other index. Individuals with more plantbased diets had higher scores in both indices, while high sugar and meat consumption led to lower scores. CONCLUSIONS More plant-based diets are crucial for individual and planetary health. Both indices reflect such diets which consider already health and sustainability aspects. At an individual level, the scores for both indices may differ considerably, but overall there is a huge potential in the population to adapt to a diet more in line with both guidelines.
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- Almut Richter
- Department of Epidemiology and Health Monitoring, Robert Koch Institute, Berlin, Germany.
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- Department of Epidemiology and Health Monitoring, Robert Koch Institute, Berlin, Germany
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- Department of Epidemiology and Health Monitoring, Robert Koch Institute, Berlin, Germany
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- Department of Epidemiology and Health Monitoring, Robert Koch Institute, Berlin, Germany
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- Department of Epidemiology and Health Monitoring, Robert Koch Institute, Berlin, Germany
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Zentgraf I, Hoffmann M, Augustin J, Buchen-Tschiskale C, Hoferer S, Holz M. Effect of mineral and organic fertilizer on N dynamics upon erosion-induced topsoil dilution. Heliyon 2024; 10:e34822. [PMID: 39144998 PMCID: PMC11320320 DOI: 10.1016/j.heliyon.2024.e34822] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/21/2024] [Revised: 05/26/2024] [Accepted: 07/17/2024] [Indexed: 08/16/2024] Open
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Erosion-induced topsoil dilution strongly affects cropland biogeochemistry and is associated with a negative effect on soil health and crop productivity. While its impact on soil C cycling has been widely recognized, there is little information about its impact on soil N cycling and N fertilizer dynamics. Here, we studied three factors potentially influencing N cycling and N fertilizer dynamics in cropping systems, namely: 1.) soil type, 2.) erosion-induced topsoil dilution and 3.) N fertilizer form, in a full-factorial pot experiment using canola plants. We studied three erosion affected soil types (Luvisol, eroded Luvisol, calcaric Regosol) and performed topsoil dilution in all three soils by admixing 20 % of the respective subsoil into its topsoil. N fertilizer dynamics were investigated using either mineral (calcium ammonium nitrate) or organic (biogas digestate) fertilizer, labeled with 15N. The fertilizer 15N recovery and the distribution of the fertilizer N in different soil fractions was quantified after plant maturity. Fertilizer N dynamics and utilization were influenced by all three factors investigated. 15N recovery in the plant-soil system was higher and fertilizer N utilization was lower in the treatments with diluted topsoil than in the non-diluted controls. Similarly, plants of the organic fertilizer N treatments took up significantly less fertilizer N in comparison to mineral fertilizer treatments. Both topsoil dilution and organic fertilizer application promoted 15N recovery and N accumulation in the soil fractions, with strong differences between soil types. Our study reveals an innovative insight: topsoil dilution due to soil erosion has a negligible impact on N cycling and dynamics in the plant-soil system. The crucial factors influencing these processes are found to be the choice of fertilizer form and the specific soil type. Recognizing these aspects is essential for a precise and comprehensive assessment of the environmental continuum, emphasizing the novelty of our findings.
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- Isabel Zentgraf
- Leibniz Center for Agricultural Landscape Research (ZALF) e.V., Group of Isotope Biogeochemistry and Gas Fluxes, Eberswalder Str. 84, 15374, Müncheberg, Germany
- Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Thaer-Institute of Agricultural and Horticultural Sciences, Invalidenstraße 42, 10099, Berlin, Germany
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- Leibniz Center for Agricultural Landscape Research (ZALF) e.V., Group of Isotope Biogeochemistry and Gas Fluxes, Eberswalder Str. 84, 15374, Müncheberg, Germany
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- Leibniz Center for Agricultural Landscape Research (ZALF) e.V., Group of Isotope Biogeochemistry and Gas Fluxes, Eberswalder Str. 84, 15374, Müncheberg, Germany
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- Thünen Institute of Climate-Smart Agriculture, Federal Research Institute for Rural Areas, Forestry and Fisheries, Bundesallee 65, 38116, Braunschweig, Germany
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- Leibniz Center for Agricultural Landscape Research (ZALF) e.V., Group of Isotope Biogeochemistry and Gas Fluxes, Eberswalder Str. 84, 15374, Müncheberg, Germany
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- Leibniz Center for Agricultural Landscape Research (ZALF) e.V., Group of Isotope Biogeochemistry and Gas Fluxes, Eberswalder Str. 84, 15374, Müncheberg, Germany
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Smith JN, Yapp L, Kipouros T. Very rapid decarbonization of primary care: could learning from COVID pandemic help us prepare? Fam Pract 2024; 41:623-625. [PMID: 36651692 DOI: 10.1093/fampra/cmac143] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/19/2023] Open
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- James N Smith
- Public Health Education Group, Department of Public Health and Primary Care, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom
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- Public Health Education Group, Department of Public Health and Primary Care, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom
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- Engineering Design Centre, Department of Engineering, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom
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Shi C, Zhuang N, Li Y, Xiong J, Zhang Y, Ding C, Liu H. Identifying factors influencing reservoir eutrophication using interpretable machine learning combined with shoreline morphology and landscape hydrological features: A case study of Danjiangkou Reservoir, China. THE SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT 2024; 951:175450. [PMID: 39134270 DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2024.175450] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/04/2024] [Revised: 07/31/2024] [Accepted: 08/09/2024] [Indexed: 08/17/2024]
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Reservoir nearshore areas are influenced by both terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems, making them sensitive regions to water quality changes. The analysis of basin landscape hydrological features provides limited insight into the spatial heterogeneity of eutrophication in these areas. The complex characteristics of shoreline morphology and their impact on eutrophication are often overlooked. To comprehensively analyze the complex relationships between shoreline morphology and landscape hydrological features, with eutrophication, this study uses Danjiangkou Reservoir as a case study. Utilizing Landsat 8 OLI remote sensing data from 2013 to 2022, combined with a semi-analytical approach, the spatial distribution of the Trophic State Index (TSI) during flood discharge periods (FDPs) and water storage periods (WSPs) was obtained. Using Extreme Gradient Boosting (XGBoost) and SHapley Additive exPlanations (SHAP), explained the relationships between landscape composition, landscape configuration, hydrological topography, shoreline morphology, and TSI, identified key factors at different spatial scales and validated their reliability. The results showed that: (1) There is significant spatial heterogeneity in the TSI distribution of Danjiangkou Reservoir. The eutrophication levels are significant in the shoreline and bay areas, with a tendency to extend inward only during the WSPs. (2) The importance of landscape composition, landscape configuration, hydrological topography, and shoreline morphology to TSI variations during the FDPs are 25.12 %, 29.6 %, 23.09 %, and 22.19 % respectively. Besides shoreline distance, the Landscape Shape Index (LSI) and Hypsometric Integral (HI) are the two most significant environmental variables overall during the FDPs. Forest and grassland areas become the most influential factors during the WSPs. The influence of landscape patterns and hydrological topography on TSI varies at different spatial scales. At the 200 m riparian buffer zone, the increase in cropland and impervious areas significantly elevates eutrophication levels. (3) Morphology complexity, shows a noticeable threshold effect on TSI, with complex shoreline morphology increasing the risk of eutrophication.
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- Chenyi Shi
- Faculty of Resources and Environmental Science, Hubei University, Wuhan 430062, China; Hubei Key Laboratory of Regional Development and Environmental Response, Hubei University, Wuhan 430062, China
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- Faculty of Resources and Environmental Science, Hubei University, Wuhan 430062, China
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- Faculty of Resources and Environmental Science, Hubei University, Wuhan 430062, China
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- Ecological Environment Monitoring Center Station of Hubei Province, Wuhan 430071, China
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- Ecological Environment Monitoring Center Station of Hubei Province, Wuhan 430071, China
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- Faculty of Resources and Environmental Science, Hubei University, Wuhan 430062, China
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- Faculty of Resources and Environmental Science, Hubei University, Wuhan 430062, China; Hubei Key Laboratory of Regional Development and Environmental Response, Hubei University, Wuhan 430062, China.
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Malmqvist E, Oudin A. Bridging disciplines-key to success when implementing planetary health in medical training curricula. Front Public Health 2024; 12:1454729. [PMID: 39165783 PMCID: PMC11333318 DOI: 10.3389/fpubh.2024.1454729] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/25/2024] [Accepted: 07/29/2024] [Indexed: 08/22/2024] Open
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Planetary health is being or should be added to medical training curricula in accordance with association consensus. Several articles published in recent years have addressed concern on the implementation, and the challenges that can occur if not addressed properly. This scoping narrative literature review focuses on planetary health as a concept, as well as challenges and suggested solutions to address these challenges. Planetary health is an important concept and needs to be addressed in all medical training. We found that one main challenge is implementation without ensuring the right competences and resources. Medically trained teachers set out to understand and teach complex natural and social systems. At some institutions the time allocated to teach planetary health is limited or non-existent. Case studies and student led teaching are solutions suggested, while other argue that true interdisciplinarity by inviting experts are more in line with what we expect from other subjects. In conclusion, the roots of planetary health, the enormous health risks at stake and nature of the subject requires medical training to adopt a true inter/trans-disciplinary approach to succeed. It might not be expected for all students to become planetary health experts, but all need a general understanding of the most important aspects and values.
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- Ebba Malmqvist
- Division of Occupational and Environmental Medicine, Lund University, Lund, Sweden
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- Division of Occupational and Environmental Medicine, Lund University, Lund, Sweden
- Division of Sustainable Health, Umeå University, Umeå, Sweden
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de Paz JM, Ramos C, Visconti F. NITIRSOIL: A model that balances complexity with prediction uncertainty for improving nitrogen fertilization in agriculture. JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT 2024; 366:121746. [PMID: 38986375 DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvman.2024.121746] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/16/2024] [Revised: 06/19/2024] [Accepted: 07/03/2024] [Indexed: 07/12/2024]
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Mismanagement of the nitrogen (N) fertilization in agriculture leads to low N use efficiency (NUE) and therefore pollution of waters and atmosphere due to NO3- leaching, and N2O and NH3 emissions. The use of N simulation models of the soil-plant system can help improve the N fertilizer management increasing NUE and decreasing N pollution issues. However, many N simulation models lack balance between complexity and uncertainty with the result that they are not applied in actual practice. The NITIRSOIL is a one-dimensional transient-state model with a monthly time step that aims at addressing this lack in the estimation of, mainly, dry matter yield (DMY), crop N uptake (Nupt), soil mineral N (Nmin), and NO3- leaching in agricultural fields. According to its global sensitivity analysis for horticulture, the NITIRSOIL simulations of the aforementioned outputs mostly depend on the critical N dilution curve, harvest index, dry matter fraction, potential fresh yield and nitrification coefficients. According to its validation for 35 nitrogen fertilization trials with 11 vegetables under semi-arid Mediterranean climate in Eastern Spain, the NITIRSOIL presents indices of agreement between 0.87 and 0.97 for the prediction of total dry matter, DMY, Nupt, NO3- leaching and soil Nmin at crop season end. Therefore, the NITIRSOIL model can be used in actual practice to improve the sustainability of the N management in, particularly horticulture, due to the balance it features between complexity and prediction uncertainty. For this aim, the NITRISOIL can be used either on its own, or in combination with "Nmin" on-site N fertilization recommendation methods, or even could be implemented as the calculation core of decision support systems.
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- José Miguel de Paz
- Instituto Valenciano de Investigaciones Agrarias, Centro para el Desarrollo de la Agricultura Sostenible, Carretera CV-315, Km 10.7, 46113, Moncada, València, Spain
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- Instituto Valenciano de Investigaciones Agrarias, Centro para el Desarrollo de la Agricultura Sostenible, Carretera CV-315, Km 10.7, 46113, Moncada, València, Spain
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- Instituto Valenciano de Investigaciones Agrarias, Centro para el Desarrollo de la Agricultura Sostenible, Carretera CV-315, Km 10.7, 46113, Moncada, València, Spain; Centro de Investigaciones Sobre Desertificación-CIDE (CSIC, UVEG, GVA), Departamento de Ecología y Cambio Global, Carretera CV-315, Km 10.7, 46113, Moncada, València, Spain.
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Rose KC, Ferrer EM, Carpenter SR, Crowe SA, Donelan SC, Garçon VC, Grégoire M, Jane SF, Leavitt PR, Levin LA, Oschlies A, Breitburg D. Aquatic deoxygenation as a planetary boundary and key regulator of Earth system stability. Nat Ecol Evol 2024; 8:1400-1406. [PMID: 39009849 DOI: 10.1038/s41559-024-02448-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/02/2023] [Accepted: 05/02/2024] [Indexed: 07/17/2024]
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Planetary boundaries represent thresholds in major Earth system processes that are sensitive to human activity and control global-scale habitability and stability. These processes are interconnected such that movement of one planetary boundary process can alter the likelihood of crossing other boundaries. Here we argue that the observed deoxygenation of the Earth's freshwater and marine ecosystems represents an additional planetary boundary process that is critical to the integrity of Earth's ecological and social systems, and both regulates and responds to ongoing changes in other planetary boundary processes. Research on the rapid and ongoing deoxygenation of Earth's aquatic habitats indicates that relevant, critical oxygen thresholds are being approached at rates comparable to other planetary boundary processes. Concerted global monitoring, research and policy efforts are needed to address the challenges brought on by rapid deoxygenation, and the expansion of the planetary boundaries framework to include deoxygenation as a boundary helps to focus those efforts.
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- Kevin C Rose
- Department of Biological Sciences, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY, USA.
- Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY, USA.
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- Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of California, Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz, CA, USA
- Center for Marine Biodiversity and Conservation, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA, USA
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- Departments of Microbiology and Immunology and Earth, Ocean, and Atmospheric Sciences, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
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- Department of Biology, University of Massachusetts Dartmouth, North Dartmouth, MA, USA
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- CNRS-Laboratoire d'Etudes en Géophysique et Océanographie Spatiales, Toulouse, France
- CNRS - Institut de Physique du Globe de Paris, Paris, France
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- MAST-FOCUS, Department of Astrophysics, Geophysics and Oceanography, University of Liège, Liège, Belgium
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- Department of Natural Resources and the Environment, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, USA
- Cornell Atkinson Center for Sustainability, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, USA
- Department of Biology, University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, IN, USA
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- Institute of Environmental Change and Society, University of Regina, Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada
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- Center for Marine Biodiversity and Conservation, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA, USA
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Unar-Munguía M, Cervantes-Armenta MA, Rodríguez-Ramírez S, Bonvecchio Arenas A, Fernández Gaxiola AC, Rivera JA. Mexican national dietary guidelines promote less costly and environmentally sustainable diets. NATURE FOOD 2024; 5:703-713. [PMID: 39107420 DOI: 10.1038/s43016-024-01027-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/29/2023] [Accepted: 07/08/2024] [Indexed: 08/25/2024]
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The 2023 Mexican Healthy and Sustainable Dietary Guidelines (HSDG 2023) were developed to include all dimensions of sustainability. Here we compare the environmental impact and cost of diets based on the HSDG 2023, current diets and the Mexican-adapted EAT healthy reference diet. Diets following HSDG 2023 are 21% less expensive, require 30% less land to be produced and have 34% less carbon emissions than current diets-particularly in Mexico City and other urban areas with higher prevalence of Westernized diets. This is driven by reduced animal-source food, especially red meat, and ultra-processed foods. In south-rural areas, the water footprint and cost of diets following HSDG 2023 were higher than those of current diets owing to increased intake of nuts, fruits and vegetables not offset by lower meat consumption (which is already close to recommendations). Diet environmental impact and cost could be further reduced with the Mexican-adapted EAT healthy reference diet compared with the HSDG 2023.
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- Mishel Unar-Munguía
- Center for Health and Nutrition Research, National Institute of Public Health, Cuernavaca, Mexico
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- Center for Health and Nutrition Research, National Institute of Public Health, Cuernavaca, Mexico
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- Center for Research in Population Health, National Institute of Public Health, Cuernavaca, Mexico
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Li B, Han L, Li L. Construction of ecological security pattern in combination with landslide sensitivity: A case study of Yan'an City, China. JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT 2024; 366:121765. [PMID: 39029175 DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvman.2024.121765] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/26/2024] [Revised: 05/31/2024] [Accepted: 07/04/2024] [Indexed: 07/21/2024]
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The ecological security pattern can harmonize the relationship between natural environmental protection and socio-economic development. This study proposes a regional ecological security pattern optimization framework by integrating theory and practice with landslide sensitivity and landscape structure. Using Yan'an City as an example, this study optimizes the landscape layout of preliminary ecological sources. The landslide sensitivity index is generated using the information value model and then used to adjust the ecological resistance surface. The Minimum Cumulative Resistance (MCR) approach is used to extract ecological corridors, locate ecological nodes utilizing circuit theory, and outline crucial ecological control areas. The results demonstrate: (1) the ecological sources are primarily composed of forestlands, with a total area of 2,352.2400 km2, concentrated in the southwest, central, and southeast regions. The optimal landscape granularity for the source patches is 600 m. (2) Yan'an is divided into four landslide sensitivity level zones: extremely high, high, medium, and low, with the overall landslide sensitivity of the region being high. (3) The highest ecological resistance is observed in built-up land and the lowest in forestland. The total number of ecological corridors is 26, avoiding most of the highly sensitive areas of landslides. (4) The number of ecological pinch points is 61, while the ecological barrier points amounted to 54. The critical ecological control areas consist mainly of cropland, forestland, and grassland, and differentiated restoration strategies are proposed to address their unique characteristics. The findings of the research can offer scientific guidance for the practice of ecological security protection in geohazard-prone areas.
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- Bolin Li
- School of Land Engineering, Chang'an University, North Yanta Road, Xi'an, 710064, Shaanxi, China.
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- School of Land Engineering, Chang'an University, North Yanta Road, Xi'an, 710064, Shaanxi, China; Shaanxi Key Laboratory of Land Consolidation, North Yanta Road, Xi'an, 710064, Shaanxi, China.
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- College of Geological Engineering and Geomatics, Chang'an University, North Yanta Road, Xi'an, 710064, Shaanxi, China.
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Martela F. Being as Having, Loving, and Doing: A Theory of Human Well-Being. PERSONALITY AND SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY REVIEW 2024:10888683241263634. [PMID: 39056545 DOI: 10.1177/10888683241263634] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 07/28/2024]
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ACADEMIC ABSTRACT Stronger theory on the nature of human well-being is needed, especially as well-being indicators are increasingly utilized in policy contexts. Building on Erik Allardt, who argued that a theory of well-being is, in essence, a theory of human nature, I propose four modes of existence each capturing one dimension central to human well-being: Having recognizes humans as biological creatures requiring certain material resources for survival. Loving captures human social nature and our dependence on others for well-being. Doing highlights the active and agentic nature of human existence. Being acknowledges humans as experiencing their existence. Each mode of existence gives rise to a few more specific needs, and a full assessment of human well-being requires both subjective and objective indicators tapping into these needs. The proposed theory integrates psychological well-being research with sociological and philosophical traditions and contributes to debates about how the progress of nations and sustainability should be measured. PUBLIC ABSTRACT Well-being is something we all value individually, and it is also a key political goal. Accordingly, how we define and measure well-being influences what physicians, managers, policy-makers, politicians, and international organizations aim to improve through their work. Better theories of well-being make better measurement of well-being possible, which makes possible more effective and evidence-based advancement of human well-being. In this spirit, the present article argues that there are four fundamental dimensions to human well-being: Having highlights that as biological creatures, we have physical needs, loving highlights human social needs, doing highlights that we are active and agentic beings with goals and strivings, and being highlights that we feel and evaluate our lives. To assess well-being, we need measures tapping into all four of these dimensions. And to assess the sustainability of well-being, we need to examine how to provide well-being for all humanity while remaining within planetary boundaries.
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Romero E, Beusen AHW, Bouwman AF, Einarsson R, Garnier J. Nitrogen in agri-food systems and the environment: Next steps to a sustainable future. THE SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT 2024:174555. [PMID: 39004522 DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2024.174555] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 07/16/2024]
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- Estela Romero
- Global Ecology Unit, CREAF, Campus UAB, Bellaterra, Spain; Dept. of Evolutionary Biology, Ecology and Environmental Sciences (BEECA), University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain.
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- Department of Earth Sciences, Faculty of Geosciences, Utrecht University, Utrecht, the Netherlands; PBL Netherlands Environmental Assessment Agency, the Hague, the Netherlands
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- Department of Earth Sciences, Faculty of Geosciences, Utrecht University, Utrecht, the Netherlands
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- Department of Energy and Technology, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Uppsala, Sweden
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Zhuang Y, Liu X, Zhou J, Sheng H, Yuan Z. Multidirectional Fate Path Model to Connect Phosphorus Emissions with Freshwater Eutrophication Potential. ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY 2024; 58:11675-11684. [PMID: 38952298 DOI: 10.1021/acs.est.4c01205] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 07/03/2024]
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Excessive anthropogenic phosphorus (P) emissions put constant pressure on aquatic ecosystems. This pressure can be quantified as the freshwater eutrophication potential (FEP) by linking P emissions, P fate in environmental compartments, and the potentially disappeared fraction of species due to increase of P concentrations in freshwater. However, previous fate modeling on global and regional scales is mainly based on the eight-direction algorithm without distinguishing pollution sources. The algorithm fails to characterize the fate paths of point-source emissions via subsurface pipelines and wastewater treatment infrastructure, and exhibits suboptimal performance in accounting for multidirectional paths caused by river bifurcations, especially in flat terrains. Here we aim to improve the fate modeling by incorporating various fate paths and addressing multidirectional scenarios. We also update the P estimates by complementing potential untreated point-source emissions (PSu). The improved method is examined in a rapidly urbanizing area in Taihu Lake Basin, China in 2017 at a spatial resolution of 100 m × 100 m. Results show that the contribution of PSu on FEP (62.6%) is greater than that on P emissions (58.5%). The FEP is more spatially widely distributed with the improved fate modeling, facilitating targeted regulatory strategies tailored to local conditions.
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- Yujie Zhuang
- State Key Laboratory of Pollution Control and Resource Reuse, School of the Environment, Nanjing University, Nanjing 210023, P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Pollution Control and Resource Reuse, School of the Environment, Nanjing University, Nanjing 210023, P. R. China
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- Institute of Environmental Sciences (CML), Leiden University, 2300 RA Leiden, The Netherlands
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- Key Laboratory of Watershed Geographic Sciences, Nanjing Institute of Geography and Limnology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Nanjing 210008, P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Pollution Control and Resource Reuse, School of the Environment, Nanjing University, Nanjing 210023, P. R. China
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Bui LP, Pham TT, Wang F, Chai B, Sun Q, Hu FB, Lee KH, Guasch-Ferre M, Willett WC. Planetary Health Diet Index and risk of total and cause-specific mortality in three prospective cohorts. Am J Clin Nutr 2024; 120:80-91. [PMID: 38960579 PMCID: PMC11251201 DOI: 10.1016/j.ajcnut.2024.03.019] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/12/2023] [Revised: 03/16/2024] [Accepted: 03/22/2024] [Indexed: 07/05/2024] Open
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BACKGROUND In 2019, the EAT-Lancet Commission proposed a healthy dietary pattern that, along with reductions in food waste and improved agricultural practices, could feed the increasing global population sustainably. We developed a Planetary Health Diet Index (PHDI) to quantify adherence to the EAT-Lancet reference diet. OBJECTIVES We aimed to assess associations between PHDI and total and cause-specific mortality in 3 prospective cohorts of males and females in the United States. METHODS We followed 66,692 females from the Nurses' Health Study (1986-2019), 92,438 females from the Nurses' Health Study II (1989-2019), and 47,274 males from the Health Professionals Follow-up Study (1986-2018) who were free of cancer, diabetes, and major cardiovascular diseases at baseline. The PHDI was calculated every 4 y using a semiquantitative food frequency questionnaire. Hazard ratios (HRs) were calculated using multivariable proportional-hazards models. RESULTS During follow-up, we documented 31,330 deaths among females and 23,206 among males. When comparing the highest with the lowest quintile of PHDI, the pooled multivariable-adjusted HRs were 0.77 [95% confidence interval (CI): 0.75, 0.80] for all-cause mortality (P-trend < 0.0001). The PHDI was associated with lower risk of deaths from cardiovascular diseases (HR: 0.86; 95% CI: 0.81, 0.91), cancer (HR: 0.90; 95% CI: 0.85, 0.95), respiratory diseases (HR: 0.53; 95% CI: 0.48, 0.59), and neurodegenerative diseases (HR: 0.72; 95% CI: 0.67, 0.78). In females, but not males, the PHDI was also significantly associated with a lower risk of deaths from infectious diseases (HR: 0.62; 95% CI: 0.51, 0.76). PHDI scores were also associated inversely with greenhouse gas emissions and other environmental impacts. CONCLUSIONS In 3 large United States-based prospective cohorts of males and females with up to 34 y of follow-up, a higher PHDI was associated with lower risk of total and cause-specific mortality and environment impacts.
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- Linh P Bui
- Department of Nutrition, Harvard TH Chan School of Public Health, Boston, MA, United States; Research Advancement Consortium in Health, Hanoi, Vietnam
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- Research Advancement Consortium in Health, Hanoi, Vietnam; Department of Epidemiology, Harvard TH Chan School of Public Health, Boston, MA, United States; College of Health Sciences, VinUniversity, Hanoi, Vietnam; Department of Physiology, Hanoi Medical University, Hanoi, Vietnam
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- Department of Nutrition, Harvard TH Chan School of Public Health, Boston, MA, United States
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- Channing Division of Network Medicine, Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, United States
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- Department of Nutrition, Harvard TH Chan School of Public Health, Boston, MA, United States; Department of Epidemiology, Harvard TH Chan School of Public Health, Boston, MA, United States; Channing Division of Network Medicine, Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, United States
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- Department of Nutrition, Harvard TH Chan School of Public Health, Boston, MA, United States; Department of Epidemiology, Harvard TH Chan School of Public Health, Boston, MA, United States; Channing Division of Network Medicine, Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, United States
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- Department of Nutrition, Harvard TH Chan School of Public Health, Boston, MA, United States; Department of Epidemiology, Harvard TH Chan School of Public Health, Boston, MA, United States; Department of Biostatistics, Harvard University TH Chan School of Public Health, Boston, MA, United States
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- Department of Nutrition, Harvard TH Chan School of Public Health, Boston, MA, United States; Channing Division of Network Medicine, Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, United States; Department of Public Health and Novo Nordisk Foundation Center for Basic Metabolic Research, Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark
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- Department of Nutrition, Harvard TH Chan School of Public Health, Boston, MA, United States; Department of Epidemiology, Harvard TH Chan School of Public Health, Boston, MA, United States.
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Yao Y, Lan K, Graedel TE, Rao ND. Models for Decarbonization in the Chemical Industry. Annu Rev Chem Biomol Eng 2024; 15:139-161. [PMID: 38271623 DOI: 10.1146/annurev-chembioeng-100522-114115] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/27/2024]
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Various technologies and strategies have been proposed to decarbonize the chemical industry. Assessing the decarbonization, environmental, and economic implications of these technologies and strategies is critical to identifying pathways to a more sustainable industrial future. This study reviews recent advancements and integration of systems analysis models, including process analysis, material flow analysis, life cycle assessment, techno-economic analysis, and machine learning. These models are categorized based on analytical methods and application scales (i.e., micro-, meso-, and macroscale) for promising decarbonization technologies (e.g., carbon capture, storage, and utilization, biomass feedstock, and electrification) and circular economy strategies. Incorporating forward-looking, data-driven approaches into existing models allows for optimizing complex industrial systems and assessing future impacts. Although advances in industrial ecology-, economic-, and planetary boundary-based modeling support a more holistic systems-level assessment, more efforts are needed to consider impacts on ecosystems. Effective applications of these advanced, integrated models require cross-disciplinary collaborations across chemical engineering, industrial ecology, and economics.
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- Yuan Yao
- Center for Industrial Ecology, Yale School of the Environment, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut, USA;
- Chemical and Environmental Engineering, Yale School of Engineering and Applied Science, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut, USA
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- Center for Industrial Ecology, Yale School of the Environment, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut, USA;
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- Center for Industrial Ecology, Yale School of the Environment, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut, USA;
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- Yale School of the Environment, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut, USA
- International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis, Laxenburg, Austria
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Milana M, van Asselt ED, van der Fels-Klerx HJ. The chemical and microbiological safety of emerging alternative protein sources and derived analogues: A review. Compr Rev Food Sci Food Saf 2024; 23:e13377. [PMID: 38865251 DOI: 10.1111/1541-4337.13377] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/09/2024] [Revised: 05/08/2024] [Accepted: 05/17/2024] [Indexed: 06/14/2024]
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Climate change and changing consumer demand are the main factors driving the protein transition. This shift toward more sustainable protein sources as alternatives to animal proteins is also reflected in the rapid upscaling of meat and dairy food analogues. Such changes could challenge food safety, as new food sources could result in new and unexpected food safety risks for consumers. This review analyzed the current knowledge on chemical and microbiological contamination of emerging alternative protein sources of plant origin, including soil-based (faba bean, mung bean, lentils, black gram, cowpea, quinoa, hemp, and leaf proteins) and aquatic-based (microalgae and duckweeds) proteins. Moreover, findings on commercial analogues from known alternative protein sources were included. Overall, the main focus of the investigations is on the European context. The review aimed to enable foresight approaches to food safety concerning the protein transition. The results indicated the occurrence of multiple chemical and microbiological hazards either in the raw materials that are the protein sources and eventually in the analogues. Moreover, current European legislation on maximum limits does not address most of the "contaminant-food" pairs identified, and no legislative framework has been developed for analogues. Results of this study provide stakeholders with a more comprehensive understanding of the chemical and microbiological safety of alternative protein sources and derived analogues to enable a holistic and safe approach to the protein transition.
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- M Milana
- Wageningen Food Safety Research (WFSR), Wageningen University & Research, Wageningen, The Netherlands
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- Wageningen Food Safety Research (WFSR), Wageningen University & Research, Wageningen, The Netherlands
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- Wageningen Food Safety Research (WFSR), Wageningen University & Research, Wageningen, The Netherlands
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Cremin E, Ladd CJT, Balke T, Banerjee S, Bui LH, Ghosh T, Large A, Thi Van Le H, Nguyen KV, Nguyen LX, Nguyen TTN, Nguyen V, Pal I, Szabo S, Tran H, Sebesvari Z, Khan SA, Renaud FG. Causes and consequences of tipping points in river delta social-ecological systems. AMBIO 2024; 53:1015-1036. [PMID: 38613747 PMCID: PMC11101396 DOI: 10.1007/s13280-023-01978-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/20/2023] [Revised: 11/30/2023] [Accepted: 12/26/2023] [Indexed: 04/15/2024]
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The sustainability of social-ecological systems within river deltas globally is in question as rapid development and environmental change trigger "negative" or "positive" tipping points depending on actors' perspectives, e.g. regime shift from abundant sediment deposition to sediment shortage, agricultural sustainability to agricultural collapse or shift from rural to urban land use. Using a systematic review of the literature, we show how cascading effects across anthropogenic, ecological, and geophysical processes have triggered numerous tipping points in the governance, hydrological, and land-use management of the world's river deltas. Crossing tipping points had both positive and negative effects that generally enhanced economic development to the detriment of the environment. Assessment of deltas that featured prominently in the review revealed how outcomes of tipping points can inform the long-term trajectory of deltas towards sustainability or collapse. Management of key drivers at the delta scale can trigger positive tipping points to place social-ecological systems on a pathway towards sustainable development.
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- Emilie Cremin
- School of Social and Environmental Studies, The University of Glasgow, Dumfries Campus, Rutherford/McCowan Building, Crichton University Campus, Dumfries, DG1 4ZL, Scotland, UK.
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- School of Geography and Earth Science, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, UK
- University of Swansea, Swansea, UK
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- School of Geography and Earth Science, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, UK
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- School of Oceanographic Studies, Jadavpur University, Kolkata, India
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- VNU-Central Institute for Natural Resources and Environmental Studies (VNU-CRES), Vietnam National University (VNU), Hanoi, Vietnam
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- School of Oceanographic Studies, Jadavpur University, Kolkata, India
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- School of Geography, Politics and Sociology, Newcastle University, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK
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- VNU-Central Institute for Natural Resources and Environmental Studies (VNU-CRES), Vietnam National University (VNU), Hanoi, Vietnam
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- Research Center for Rural Development, An Giang University, An Giang, Vietnam
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- Research Center for Rural Development, An Giang University, An Giang, Vietnam
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- VNU-Central Institute for Natural Resources and Environmental Studies (VNU-CRES), Vietnam National University (VNU), Hanoi, Vietnam
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- Disaster Preparedness, Mitigation and Management, Asian Institute of Technology, Pathum Thani, Thailand
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- Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology, Dhaka, Bangladesh
- Department of Development and Sustainability, Dongguk University, Seoul, South Korea
- Ostrom Center for the Advanced Study in Natural-Resource-Governance, Pathum Thani, Thailand
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- Can Tho University, Can Tho, Vietnam
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- United Nations University, Institute for Environment and Human Security, Bonn, Germany
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- Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology, Dhaka, Bangladesh
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- School of Social and Environmental Studies, The University of Glasgow, Dumfries Campus, Rutherford/McCowan Building, Crichton University Campus, Dumfries, DG1 4ZL, Scotland, UK
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Vidaurre R, Bramke I, Puhlmann N, Owen SF, Angst D, Moermond C, Venhuis B, Lombardo A, Kümmerer K, Sikanen T, Ryan J, Häner A, Janer G, Roggo S, Perkins AN. Design of greener drugs: aligning parameters in pharmaceutical R&D and drivers for environmental impact. Drug Discov Today 2024; 29:104022. [PMID: 38750927 DOI: 10.1016/j.drudis.2024.104022] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/12/2024] [Revised: 04/24/2024] [Accepted: 05/08/2024] [Indexed: 05/20/2024]
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Active pharmaceutical ingredients (APIs) in the environment, primarily resulting from patient excretion, are of concern because of potential risks to wildlife. This has led to more restrictive regulatory policies. Here, we discuss the 'benign-by-design' approach, which encourages the development of environmentally friendly APIs that are also safe and efficacious for patients. We explore the challenges and opportunities associated with identifying chemical properties that influence the environmental impact of APIs. Although a straightforward application of greener properties could hinder the development of new drugs, more nuanced approaches could lead to drugs that benefit both patients and the environment. We advocate for an enhanced dialogue between research and development (R&D) and environmental scientists and development of a toolbox to incorporate environmental sustainability in drug development.
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- Institute for Sustainable Chemistry, Leuphana University of Lüneburg, Lüneburg, Germany
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- Novartis Pharma AG, Biomedical Research, Basel, Switzerland
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- Centre for Safety of Substances and Products, National Institute for Public Health and the Environment (RIVM), Bilthoven, the Netherlands
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- Centre for Health Protection, National Institute for Public Health and the Environment (RIVM), Bilthoven, the Netherlands
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- Laboratory of Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry, Department of Environmental Health Sciences, Istituto di Ricerche Farmacologiche Mario Negri IRCSS, Milano, Italy
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- Institute for Sustainable Chemistry, Leuphana University of Lüneburg, Lüneburg, Germany
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- Faculty of Pharmacy, Drug Research Program, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland
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- EHSS Shared Services, GSK, Stevenage, UK
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- Group Safety, Security, Health & Environmental Protection (SHE), F. Hoffmann-La Roche Ltd, Basel, Switzerland
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- Novartis Pharma, Global HSE, Barcelona, Spain
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- Novartis Pharma AG, Biomedical Research, Basel, Switzerland
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Wang F, Xiang L, Sze-Yin Leung K, Elsner M, Zhang Y, Guo Y, Pan B, Sun H, An T, Ying G, Brooks BW, Hou D, Helbling DE, Sun J, Qiu H, Vogel TM, Zhang W, Gao Y, Simpson MJ, Luo Y, Chang SX, Su G, Wong BM, Fu TM, Zhu D, Jobst KJ, Ge C, Coulon F, Harindintwali JD, Zeng X, Wang H, Fu Y, Wei Z, Lohmann R, Chen C, Song Y, Sanchez-Cid C, Wang Y, El-Naggar A, Yao Y, Huang Y, Cheuk-Fung Law J, Gu C, Shen H, Gao Y, Qin C, Li H, Zhang T, Corcoll N, Liu M, Alessi DS, Li H, Brandt KK, Pico Y, Gu C, Guo J, Su J, Corvini P, Ye M, Rocha-Santos T, He H, Yang Y, Tong M, Zhang W, Suanon F, Brahushi F, Wang Z, Hashsham SA, Virta M, Yuan Q, Jiang G, Tremblay LA, Bu Q, Wu J, Peijnenburg W, Topp E, Cao X, Jiang X, Zheng M, Zhang T, Luo Y, Zhu L, Li X, Barceló D, Chen J, Xing B, Amelung W, Cai Z, Naidu R, Shen Q, Pawliszyn J, Zhu YG, Schaeffer A, Rillig MC, Wu F, Yu G, Tiedje JM. Emerging contaminants: A One Health perspective. Innovation (N Y) 2024; 5:100612. [PMID: 38756954 PMCID: PMC11096751 DOI: 10.1016/j.xinn.2024.100612] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/13/2024] [Accepted: 03/10/2024] [Indexed: 05/18/2024] Open
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Environmental pollution is escalating due to rapid global development that often prioritizes human needs over planetary health. Despite global efforts to mitigate legacy pollutants, the continuous introduction of new substances remains a major threat to both people and the planet. In response, global initiatives are focusing on risk assessment and regulation of emerging contaminants, as demonstrated by the ongoing efforts to establish the UN's Intergovernmental Science-Policy Panel on Chemicals, Waste, and Pollution Prevention. This review identifies the sources and impacts of emerging contaminants on planetary health, emphasizing the importance of adopting a One Health approach. Strategies for monitoring and addressing these pollutants are discussed, underscoring the need for robust and socially equitable environmental policies at both regional and international levels. Urgent actions are needed to transition toward sustainable pollution management practices to safeguard our planet for future generations.
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- Fang Wang
- State Key Laboratory of Soil and Sustainable Agriculture, Institute of Soil Science, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Nanjing 210008, China
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Soil and Sustainable Agriculture, Institute of Soil Science, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Nanjing 210008, China
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
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- Department of Chemistry, Hong Kong Baptist University, Hong Kong, China
- HKBU Institute of Research and Continuing Education, Shenzhen Virtual University Park, Shenzhen, China
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- Technical University of Munich, TUM School of Natural Sciences, Institute of Hydrochemistry, 85748 Garching, Germany
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- School of Resources & Environment, Northeast Agricultural University, Harbin 150030, China
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- Climate, Air Quality Research Unit, School of Public Health and Preventive Medicine, Monash University, Melbourne, VIC, Australia
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- Faculty of Environmental Science & Engineering, Kunming University of Science & Technology, Kunming 650500, China
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- Ministry of Education Key Laboratory of Pollution Processes and Environmental Criteria, College of Environmental Science and Engineering, Nankai University, Tianjin 300350, China
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- Guangdong Key Laboratory of Environmental Catalysis and Health Risk Control, School of Environmental Science and Engineering, Institute of Environmental Health and Pollution Control, Guangdong University of Technology, Guangzhou 510006, China
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- Ministry of Education Key Laboratory of Environmental Theoretical Chemistry, South China Normal University, Guangzhou, Guangdong 510006, China
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- Department of Environmental Science, Baylor University, Waco, TX, USA
- Center for Reservoir and Aquatic Systems Research (CRASR), Baylor University, Waco, TX, USA
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- School of Environment, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China
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- School of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14853, USA
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- Key Laboratory of Microbial Technology for Industrial Pollution Control of Zhejiang Province, Zhejiang University of Technology, Hangzhou 310014, China
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- School of Environmental Science and Engineering, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai 200240, China
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- Laboratoire d’Ecologie Microbienne, Universite Claude Bernard Lyon 1, UMR CNRS 5557, UMR INRAE 1418, VetAgro Sup, 69622 Villeurbanne, France
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- Department of Plant, Soil and Microbial Sciences, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI 48824, USA
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- Institute of Organic Contaminant Control and Soil Remediation, College of Resources and Environmental Sciences, Nanjing Agricultural University, Weigang Road 1, Nanjing 210095, China
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- Environmental NMR Centre and Department of Physical and Environmental Sciences, University of Toronto Scarborough, 1265 Military Trail, Toronto, ON M1C 1A4, Canada
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- Ministry of Education Key Laboratory of Pollution Processes and Environmental Criteria, College of Environmental Science and Engineering, Nankai University, Tianjin 300350, China
- State Key Laboratory of Pollution Control and Resource Reuse, School of the Environment, Nanjing University, Nanjing 210093, China
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- Department of Renewable Resources, University of Alberta, 442 Earth Sciences Building, Edmonton, AB T6G 2E3, Canada
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- Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Chemical Pollution Control and Resources Reuse, School of Environmental and Biological Engineering, Nanjing University of Science and Technology, Nanjing 210094, China
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- Materials Science & Engineering Program, Department of Chemistry, and Department of Physics & Astronomy, University of California-Riverside, Riverside, CA, USA
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- Shenzhen Key Laboratory of Precision Measurement and Early Warning Technology for Urban Environmental Health Risks, School of Environmental Science and Engineering, Southern University of Science and Technology, Shenzhen 518055, China
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- Key Laboratory of Urban Environment and Health, Institute of Urban Environment, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Xiamen 361021, China
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- Department of Chemistry, Memorial University of Newfoundland, 45 Arctic Avenue, St. John’s, NL A1C 5S7, Canada
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- Key Laboratory of Agro-Forestry Environmental Processes and Ecological Regulation of Hainan Province, School of Ecological and Environmental Sciences, Hainan University, Haikou 570228, China
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- School of Water, Energy and Environment, Cranfield University, Cranfield MK43 0AL, UK
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- State Key Laboratory of Soil and Sustainable Agriculture, Institute of Soil Science, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Nanjing 210008, China
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
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- Key Laboratory of Surficial Geochemistry, Ministry of Education, School of Earth Sciences and Engineering, Nanjing University, Nanjing 210023, China
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- Institute for Ecological Research and Pollution Control of Plateau Lakes, School of Ecology and Environmental Science, Yunnan University, Kunming 650504, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Soil and Sustainable Agriculture, Institute of Soil Science, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Nanjing 210008, China
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
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- Jiangsu Provincial Key Lab for Organic Solid Waste Utilization, Jiangsu Collaborative Innovation Center for Solid Organic Waste Resource Utilization, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing 210095, China
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- Graduate School of Oceanography, University of Rhode Island, Narragansett, RI, USA
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- Ministry of Education Key Laboratory of Environmental Theoretical Chemistry, South China Normal University, Guangzhou, Guangdong 510006, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Soil and Sustainable Agriculture, Institute of Soil Science, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Nanjing 210008, China
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
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- Environmental Microbial Genomics, UMR 5005 Laboratoire Ampère, CNRS, École Centrale de Lyon, Université de Lyon, Écully, France
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- State Key Laboratory of Soil and Sustainable Agriculture, Institute of Soil Science, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Nanjing 210008, China
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
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- Department of Renewable Resources, University of Alberta, 442 Earth Sciences Building, Edmonton, AB T6G 2E3, Canada
- Department of Soil Sciences, Faculty of Agriculture, Ain Shams University, Cairo 11241, Egypt
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- Ministry of Education Key Laboratory of Pollution Processes and Environmental Criteria, College of Environmental Science and Engineering, Nankai University, Tianjin 300350, China
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- Applied Biology and Chemical Technology, Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Soil and Sustainable Agriculture, Institute of Soil Science, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Nanjing 210008, China
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
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- Shenzhen Key Laboratory of Precision Measurement and Early Warning Technology for Urban Environmental Health Risks, School of Environmental Science and Engineering, Southern University of Science and Technology, Shenzhen 518055, China
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- Guangdong Key Laboratory of Environmental Catalysis and Health Risk Control, School of Environmental Science and Engineering, Institute of Environmental Health and Pollution Control, Guangdong University of Technology, Guangzhou 510006, China
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- Institute of Organic Contaminant Control and Soil Remediation, College of Resources and Environmental Sciences, Nanjing Agricultural University, Weigang Road 1, Nanjing 210095, China
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- Faculty of Environmental Science & Engineering, Kunming University of Science & Technology, Kunming 650500, China
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- Environmental Microbiome Engineering and Biotechnology Laboratory, Center for Environmental Engineering Research, Department of Civil Engineering, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China
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- Department of Biological and Environmental Sciences, University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg, Sweden
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- Key Laboratory of Geographic Information Science of the Ministry of Education, School of Geographic Sciences, East China Normal University, Shanghai 200241, China
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- Department of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB T6G 2E3, Canada
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- Department of Plant, Soil and Microbial Sciences, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI 48824, USA
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- Section for Microbial Ecology and Biotechnology, Department of Plant and Environmental Sciences, University of Copenhagen, Thorvaldsensvej 40, 1871 Frederiksberg C, Denmark
- Sino-Danish Center (SDC), Beijing, China
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- Food and Environmental Safety Research Group of the University of Valencia (SAMA-UV), Desertification Research Centre - CIDE (CSIC-UV-GV), Road CV-315 km 10.7, 46113 Moncada, Valencia, Spain
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- State Key Laboratory of Pollution Control and Resource Reuse, School of the Environment, Nanjing University, Nanjing 210093, China
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- Australian Centre for Water and Environmental Biotechnology, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, QLD 4072, Australia
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- Key Laboratory of Urban Environment and Health, Institute of Urban Environment, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Xiamen 361021, China
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- School of Life Sciences, University of Applied Sciences and Arts Northwestern Switzerland, 4132 Muttenz, Switzerland
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- State Key Laboratory of Soil and Sustainable Agriculture, Institute of Soil Science, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Nanjing 210008, China
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
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- Centre for Environmental and Marine Studies (CESAM) & Department of Chemistry, University of Aveiro, 3810-193 Aveiro, Portugal
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- Jiangsu Engineering Laboratory of Water and Soil Eco-remediation, School of Environment, Nanjing Normal University, Nanjing 210023, China
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- Key Laboratory of Geographic Information Science of the Ministry of Education, School of Geographic Sciences, East China Normal University, Shanghai 200241, China
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- College of Environmental Sciences and Engineering, Peking University, Beijing 100871, China
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- Guangdong Key Laboratory of Environmental Catalysis and Health Risk Control, School of Environmental Science and Engineering, Institute of Environmental Health and Pollution Control, Guangdong University of Technology, Guangzhou 510006, China
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- Key Laboratory of Urban Environment and Health, Institute of Urban Environment, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Xiamen 361021, China
- Laboratory of Physical Chemistry, Materials and Molecular Modeling (LCP3M), University of Abomey-Calavi, Republic of Benin, Cotonou 01 BP 526, Benin
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- Department of Environment and Natural Resources, Agricultural University of Tirana, 1029 Tirana, Albania
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- Institute of Environmental Processes and Pollution Control, and School of Environment & Ecology, Jiangnan University, Wuxi 214122, China
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- Center for Microbial Ecology, Department of Plant, Soil, and Microbial Sciences, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI 48824, USA
- Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI 48824, USA
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- Department of Microbiology, University of Helsinki, 00010 Helsinki, Finland
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- State Key Laboratory of Pollution Control and Resource Reuse, School of the Environment, Nanjing University, Nanjing 210093, China
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- Jiangsu Provincial Key Lab for Organic Solid Waste Utilization, Jiangsu Collaborative Innovation Center for Solid Organic Waste Resource Utilization, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing 210095, China
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- School of Biological Sciences, University of Auckland, Auckland, Aotearoa 1142, New Zealand
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- School of Chemical & Environmental Engineering, China University of Mining & Technology - Beijing, Beijing 100083, China
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- Key Laboratory of Surficial Geochemistry, Ministry of Education, School of Earth Sciences and Engineering, Nanjing University, Nanjing 210023, China
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- National Institute of Public Health and the Environment, Center for the Safety of Substances and Products, 3720 BA Bilthoven, The Netherlands
- Leiden University, Center for Environmental Studies, Leiden, the Netherlands
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- Agroecology Mixed Research Unit, INRAE, 17 rue Sully, 21065 Dijon Cedex, France
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- School of Environmental Science and Engineering, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai 200240, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Soil and Sustainable Agriculture, Institute of Soil Science, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Nanjing 210008, China
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Environmental Chemistry and Ecotoxicology, Research Center for Eco-Environmental Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100085, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Soil and Sustainable Agriculture, Institute of Soil Science, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Nanjing 210008, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Soil and Sustainable Agriculture, Institute of Soil Science, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Nanjing 210008, China
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
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- Department of Environmental Science, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, Zhejiang 310058, China
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- Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hung Hom, Kowloon, Hong Kong, China
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- Chemistry and Physics Department, University of Almeria, 04120 Almeria, Spain
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- Shanghai Key Laboratory of Atmospheric Particle Pollution and Prevention (LAP3), Department of Environmental Science and Engineering, Fudan University, Shanghai 200433, China
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- Stockbridge School of Agriculture, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA 01003, USA
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- Institute of Crop Science and Resource Conservation (INRES), Soil Science and Soil Ecology, University of Bonn, 53115 Bonn, Germany
- Agrosphere Institute (IBG-3), Forschungszentrum Jülich GmbH, 52428 Jülich, Germany
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- State Key Laboratory of Environmental and Biological Analysis, Department of Chemistry, Hong Kong Baptist University, Hong Kong, China
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- Global Centre for Environmental Remediation (GCER), The University of Newcastle (UON), Newcastle, NSW 2308, Australia
- Cooperative Research Centre for Contamination Assessment and Remediation of the Environment (CRC CARE), The University of Newcastle (UON), Newcastle, NSW 2308, Australia
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- Jiangsu Provincial Key Lab for Organic Solid Waste Utilization, Jiangsu Collaborative Innovation Center for Solid Organic Waste Resource Utilization, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing 210095, China
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, ON N2L 3G1, Canada
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- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
- Key Laboratory of Urban Environment and Health, Institute of Urban Environment, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Xiamen 361021, China
- State Key Laboratory of Urban and Regional Ecology, Research Center for Eco-Environmental Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100085, China
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- Institute for Environmental Research, RWTH Aachen University, 52074 Aachen, Germany
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- Institute of Biology, Freie Universität Berlin, Berlin, Germany
- Berlin-Brandenburg Institute of Advanced Biodiversity Research (BBIB), Berlin, Germany
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- State Key Laboratory of Environmental Criteria and Risk Assessment, Chinese Research Academy of Environmental Sciences, Beijing 100012, China
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- Advanced Interdisciplinary Institute of Environment and Ecology, Beijing Normal University, Zhuhai, China
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- Center for Microbial Ecology, Department of Plant, Soil, and Microbial Sciences, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI 48824, USA
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Piggott T, Raja M, Michels CTJ, Herrmann A, Scahill KA, Darzi AJ, Jewell L, Saif-Ur-Rahman KM, Napierala H, Heuer R, Morgan RL, Leontiadis GI, Neumann I, Schünemann H, Miller FA. Considering planetary health in health guidelines and health technology assessments: a scoping review protocol. Syst Rev 2024; 13:163. [PMID: 38909251 PMCID: PMC11193899 DOI: 10.1186/s13643-024-02577-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/08/2024] [Accepted: 05/30/2024] [Indexed: 06/24/2024] Open
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BACKGROUND This protocol outlines a scoping review with the objective of identifying and exploring planetary health considerations within existing health guidelines and health technology assessments (HTA). The insights gained from this review will serve as a basis for shaping future Grading of Recommendations, Assessment, Development, and Evaluations (GRADE) guidance on planetary health. METHODS We will adhere to the JBI methodology for scoping reviews. We will conduct a comprehensive search and screening of results in all languages across various databases including MEDLINE, EMBASE, CINAHL, Global Health, Health Systems Evidence, Greenfile, and Environmental Issues. Additionally, we will supplement this search with resources such as the GIN library, BIGG database, Epistemonikos, GRADE guidelines repository, GRADEpro Guideline Development Tool Database, MAGICapp, NICE website, WHO websites, and a manual exploration of unpublished relevant documents using Google incognito mode. Two independent reviewers will screen and assess the full texts of identified documents according to the eligibility criteria. The following information from each full text will be extracted: document title; first author's name; publication year; language; document type; document as a guideline or HTA; the topic/discipline; document purpose/study objective; developing/sponsoring organization; the country in which the study/guideline/HTA report was conducted; definition of planetary health or related concept provided; types of planetary health experts engaged; study methods; suggested methods to assess planetary health; use of secondary data on planetary health outcomes; description for use of life cycle assessment; description for assessing the quality of life cycle; population/intended audience; interventions; category; applicable planetary health boundaries; consideration of social justice/global equity; phase of intervention in life cycle related to planetary health addressed; the measure of planetary health impact; impact on biodiversity/land use; one health/animal welfare mention; funding; and conflict of interest. Data analysis will involve a combination of descriptive statistics and directed content analysis, with results presented in a narrative format and displayed in tables and graphs. DISCUSSION The final review results will be submitted to open-access peer-reviewed journals for publication when they become available. The research findings will also be disseminated at relevant planetary health conferences and workshops. SYSTEMATIC REVIEW REGISTRATION Open Science Framework ( https://osf.io/3jmsa ).
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- Thomas Piggott
- Department of Health Research Methods, Evidence, and Impact, McMaster University, HSC-2C 1280 Main Street West Hamilton, Hamilton, ON, L8N 3Z5, Canada.
- Department of Family Medicine, Queens University, Kingston, Canada.
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- Department of Health Research Methods, Evidence, and Impact, McMaster University, HSC-2C 1280 Main Street West Hamilton, Hamilton, ON, L8N 3Z5, Canada
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- Knowledge Institute of the Dutch Association of Medical Specialists, Mercatorlaan 1200, Postbus 3320, Utrecht, 3502 GH, The Netherlands
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- Institute of Global Health, Heidelberg University, Heidelberg University Hospital, Im Neuenheimer Feld 324, 69120, Heidelberg, Germany
- Institute of General Medicine, Cologne University, Cologne University Hospital, Cologne, Germany
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- College of Medicine and Veterinary Medicine, University of Edinburgh, 49 Little France Crescent, Edinburgh, EH16 4SB, UK
- Evidensia Södra Djursjukhuset Kungens Kurva, Kungens Kurva, Sweden
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- Department of Health Research Methods, Evidence, and Impact, McMaster University, HSC-2C 1280 Main Street West Hamilton, Hamilton, ON, L8N 3Z5, Canada
- Department of Anesthesia, McMaster University, Hamilton, Canada
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- Department of Family Medicine, Queens University, Kingston, Canada
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- College of Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences, University of Galway, University Road, Galway, H91TK33, Ireland
- Evidence Synthesis Ireland and Cochrane Ireland, University of Galway, University Road, Galway, H91TK33, Ireland
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- Institute of General Practice and Family Medicine, Charité-Universitätsmedizin Berlin, corporate member of Freie Universität Berlin and Humboldt Universität Zu Berlin, Charitéplatz 1, 10117, Berlin, Germany
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- Division of Evidence-Based Medicine (dEBM), Department of Dermatology, Venereology and Allergology, Charité-Universitätsmedizin Berlin, corporate member of Freie Universität Berlin Und Humboldt Universität zu Berlin, Berlin, Germany
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- Department of Health Research Methods, Evidence, and Impact, McMaster University, HSC-2C 1280 Main Street West Hamilton, Hamilton, ON, L8N 3Z5, Canada
- School of Medicine, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH, USA
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- Department of Health Research Methods, Evidence, and Impact, McMaster University, HSC-2C 1280 Main Street West Hamilton, Hamilton, ON, L8N 3Z5, Canada
- School of Medicine, Universidad San Sebastián, Santiago, Chile
- GRADE Conosur, Universidad San Sebastián, Santiago, Chile
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- Department of Health Research Methods, Evidence, and Impact, McMaster University, HSC-2C 1280 Main Street West Hamilton, Hamilton, ON, L8N 3Z5, Canada
- Department of Biomedical Sciences, Humanitas University, Via Rita Levi Montalcini 4, 20090, Pieve Emanuele (Milan), Italy
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- Institute of Health Policy, Management & Evaluation, Dalla Lana School of Public Health; Collaborative Centre for Climate, Health & Sustainable Care, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada
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Rogowski W. Accounting for planetary boundaries in health economic evaluation. Expert Rev Pharmacoecon Outcomes Res 2024:1-11. [PMID: 38904091 DOI: 10.1080/14737167.2024.2364047] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/17/2023] [Accepted: 05/31/2024] [Indexed: 06/22/2024]
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INTRODUCTION Health economic evaluation (HEE) provides guidance for decision-making in the face of scarcity but ignores ecological scarcities as long as they involve external costs only. Following the imperative to account for planetary health, this study explores how this blind spot can be addressed. AREAS COVERED The study is based on a critical review of relevant work, particularly in the fields of HEE and life cycle assessment (LCA). LCA can provide information on a technology's environmental impacts which can be accounted for on both the effect and cost sides of HEE. Cost-benefit analyses can incorporate environmental impacts in case vignettes used for eliciting consumers' willingness to pay. Existing LCA impact models can be used to estimate human health risks associated with environmental impacts and add them to the health benefits in cost-utility analyses. Many jurisdictions offer lists of shadow prices that can be used to incorporate environmental impacts on the cost side of HEE. Also, environmental impacts can be reported in a disaggregated manner. EXPERT OPINION Accounting for planetary boundaries is likely to become a key field of methodological innovation in HEE. Decision relevance is likely to be highest for technologies with similar cost-effectiveness but different ecological impacts.
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- Wolf Rogowski
- Research Unit Health Care Management, Institute of Public Health and Nursing Research, Health Sciences, University of Bremen, Bremen, Germany
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Wang Z, Deng Y, Kang Y, Wang Y, Bao D, Tan Y, An K, Su J. Impacts of climate change and human activities on three Glires pests of the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau. PEST MANAGEMENT SCIENCE 2024. [PMID: 38899513 DOI: 10.1002/ps.8250] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/15/2024] [Revised: 05/31/2024] [Accepted: 06/04/2024] [Indexed: 06/21/2024]
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BACKGROUND The range of Glires is influenced by human activities and climate change. However, the extent to which human activities and environmental changes have contributed to this relationship remains unclear. We examined alterations in the distribution changes and driving factors of the Himalayan marmot, plateau pika, and plateau zokor on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau (QTP) using the maximum entropy (MaxEnt) model and a geographical detector (Geodetector). RESULTS The MaxEnt model showed that the contribution rates of the human footprint index (HFI) to the distribution patterns of the three types of Glires were 46.70%, 58.70%, and 59.50%, respectively. The Geodetector results showed that the distribution pattern of the Himalayan marmot on the QTP was influenced by altitude and the normalized difference vegetation index (NDVI). The distribution patterns for plateau pikas and plateau zokors were driven by HFI and NDVI. Climate has played a substantial role in shaping suitable habitats for these three Glires on the QTP. Their suitable area is expected to decrease over the next 30-50 years, along with their niche breadth and overlap. Future suitable habitats for the three Glires tended to shift toward higher latitudes on the QTP. CONCLUSION These findings underscore the impacts of environmental and human factors on the distribution of the three Glires on the QTP. They have enhanced our understanding of the intricate relationships between Glires niches and environments. This can aid in identifying necessary interventions for developing effective early warning systems and prevention strategies to mitigate Glires infestations and plague epidemics on the QTP. © 2024 Society of Chemical Industry.
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- Zhicheng Wang
- College of Grassland Science, Key Laboratory of Grassland Ecosystem (Ministry of Education), Gansu Agricultural University, Lanzhou, China
- Gansu Agricultural University-Massey University Research Centre for Grassland Biodiversity, Gansu Agricultural University, Lanzhou, China
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- College of Grassland Science, Key Laboratory of Grassland Ecosystem (Ministry of Education), Gansu Agricultural University, Lanzhou, China
- Gansu Agricultural University-Massey University Research Centre for Grassland Biodiversity, Gansu Agricultural University, Lanzhou, China
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- College of Grassland Science, Key Laboratory of Grassland Ecosystem (Ministry of Education), Gansu Agricultural University, Lanzhou, China
- Gansu Agricultural University-Massey University Research Centre for Grassland Biodiversity, Gansu Agricultural University, Lanzhou, China
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- College of Grassland Science, Key Laboratory of Grassland Ecosystem (Ministry of Education), Gansu Agricultural University, Lanzhou, China
- Gansu Agricultural University-Massey University Research Centre for Grassland Biodiversity, Gansu Agricultural University, Lanzhou, China
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- College of Grassland Science, Key Laboratory of Grassland Ecosystem (Ministry of Education), Gansu Agricultural University, Lanzhou, China
- Gansu Agricultural University-Massey University Research Centre for Grassland Biodiversity, Gansu Agricultural University, Lanzhou, China
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- College of Grassland Science, Key Laboratory of Grassland Ecosystem (Ministry of Education), Gansu Agricultural University, Lanzhou, China
- Gansu Agricultural University-Massey University Research Centre for Grassland Biodiversity, Gansu Agricultural University, Lanzhou, China
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- College of Grassland Science, Key Laboratory of Grassland Ecosystem (Ministry of Education), Gansu Agricultural University, Lanzhou, China
- Gansu Agricultural University-Massey University Research Centre for Grassland Biodiversity, Gansu Agricultural University, Lanzhou, China
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- College of Grassland Science, Key Laboratory of Grassland Ecosystem (Ministry of Education), Gansu Agricultural University, Lanzhou, China
- Gansu Agricultural University-Massey University Research Centre for Grassland Biodiversity, Gansu Agricultural University, Lanzhou, China
- Gansu Qilianshan Grassland Ecosystem Observation and Research Station, Wuwei, China
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Prévot MS, Finelli V, Carrier X, Deplano G, Cavallo M, Quadrelli EA, Michel J, Pietraru MH, Camp C, Forghieri G, Gagliardi A, Seidel S, Missemer A, Reuillard B, Centrella B, Bordiga S, Salamanca González MG, Artero V, Birkelbach KVA, von Wolff N. An anthropocene-framed transdisciplinary dialog at the chemistry-energy nexus. Chem Sci 2024; 15:9054-9086. [PMID: 38903216 PMCID: PMC11186347 DOI: 10.1039/d4sc00099d] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/05/2024] [Accepted: 04/10/2024] [Indexed: 06/22/2024] Open
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At the energy-chemistry nexus, key molecules include carbon dioxide (CO2), hydrogen (H2), methane (CH4), and ammonia (NH3). The position of these four molecules and that of the more general family of synthetic macromolecular polymer blends (found in plastics) were cross-analyzed with the planetary boundary framework, and as part of five scientific policy roadmaps for the energy transition. According to the scenarios considered, the use of some of these molecular substances will be drastically modified in the coming years. Ammonia, which is currently almost exclusively synthesized as feedstock for the fertilizer industry, is envisioned as a future carbon-free energy vector. "Green hydrogen" is central to many projected decarbonized chemical processes. Carbon dioxide is forecast to shift from an unavoidable byproduct to a valuable feedstock for the production of carbon-based compounds. In this context, we believe that interdisciplinary elements from history, economics and anthropology are relevant to any attempted cross-analysis. Distinctive and crucial insights drawn from elements of humanities and social sciences have led us to formulate or re-raise open questions and possible blind-spots in main roadmaps, which were developed to guide, inter alia, chemical research toward the energy transition. We consider that these open questions are not sufficiently addressed in the academic arena around chemical research. Nevertheless, they are relevant to our understanding of the current planetary crisis, and to our capacity to properly assess the potential and limitations of chemical research addressing it. This academic perspective was written to share this understanding with the broader academic community. This work is intended not only as a call for a larger interdisciplinary method, to develop a sounder scientific approach to broader scenarios, but also - and perhaps mostly - as a call for the development of radically transdisciplinary routes of research. As scientists with different backgrounds, specialized in different disciplines and actively involved in contributing to shape solutions by means of our research, we bear ethical responsibility for the consequences of our acts, which often lead to consequences well beyond our discipline. Do our research and the knowledge it produces respond, perpetuate or even aggravate the problems encountered by society?
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- Mathieu S Prévot
- Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1, CNRS, Institut de Recherche sur la catalyse et l'environnement (IRCELYON, UMR 5256) 2 Av. A. Einstein F-69626 Villeurbanne Cedex France
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- Department of Chemistry, NIS and INSTM Reference Centre, University of Turin Via P. Giuria 7 I-10125 and Via G. Quarello 15/A I-10135 Turin Italy
- University School for Advanced Studies IUSS Pavia Palazzo del Broletto, Piazza della Vittoria 15 I-27000 Pavia Italy
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- Sorbonne Université, CNRS, Laboratoire de Réactivité de Surface, LRS F-75005 Paris France
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- Department of Chemistry, NIS and INSTM Reference Centre, University of Turin Via P. Giuria 7 I-10125 and Via G. Quarello 15/A I-10135 Turin Italy
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- Department of Chemistry, NIS and INSTM Reference Centre, University of Turin Via P. Giuria 7 I-10125 and Via G. Quarello 15/A I-10135 Turin Italy
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- Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1, CNRS, Institut de Recherche sur la catalyse et l'environnement (IRCELYON, UMR 5256) 2 Av. A. Einstein F-69626 Villeurbanne Cedex France
- CPELYON 43 Boulevard du 11 Novembre 1918 F-69616 Villeurbanne France
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- Université de Lyon, Institut de Chimie de Lyon, Laboratory of Catalysis, Polymerization, Processes & Materials, CP2M UMR 5128 CNRS-UCB Lyon 1-CPE Lyon 43 Bd du 11 Novembre 1918 F-69616 Villeurbanne France
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- CATMAT Lab, Department of Molecular Sciences and Nanosystems, Ca'Foscari University and INSTM-RU Venice Via Torino 155 I-30172 Venice Italy
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- Dipartimento di Chimica Industriale "Toso Montanari" viale del Risorgimento 4 Bologna 40136 Italy
- Center for Chemical Catalysis-C3, University of Bologna viale del Risorgimento 4 Bologna 40136 Italy
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- RWTH Aachen University, Institute of Technical and Macromolecular Chemistry ITMC Worringerweg 2 D-52074 Aachen Germany
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- CNRS, CIRED - Centre International de Recherche sur l'Environnement et le Développement 45bis Avenue de La Belle Gabrielle F-94736 Nogent-sur-Marne France
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- Univ. Grenoble Alpes, CNRS, CEA, IRIG, Laboratoire de Chimie et Biologie des Métaux UMR-5250 17 rue des Martyrs F-38054 Grenoble France
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- Department of Chemistry, NIS and INSTM Reference Centre, University of Turin Via P. Giuria 7 I-10125 and Via G. Quarello 15/A I-10135 Turin Italy
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- Department of Chemistry, NIS and INSTM Reference Centre, University of Turin Via P. Giuria 7 I-10125 and Via G. Quarello 15/A I-10135 Turin Italy
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- Univ. Grenoble Alpes, CNRS, CEA, IRIG, Laboratoire de Chimie et Biologie des Métaux UMR-5250 17 rue des Martyrs F-38054 Grenoble France
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- RWTH Aachen University, Institute of Technical and Macromolecular Chemistry ITMC Worringerweg 2 D-52074 Aachen Germany
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- Laboratoire d'Électrochimie Moléculaire, LEM UMR 7591, Université Paris Cité, CNRS F-75006 Paris France
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Yanagihara M, Hiki K, Iwasaki Y. Which distribution to choose for deriving a species sensitivity distribution? Implications from analysis of acute and chronic ecotoxicity data. ECOTOXICOLOGY AND ENVIRONMENTAL SAFETY 2024; 278:116379. [PMID: 38714082 DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoenv.2024.116379] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/29/2023] [Revised: 04/16/2024] [Accepted: 04/21/2024] [Indexed: 05/09/2024]
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Species sensitivity distributions (SSDs) estimated by fitting a statistical distribution to ecotoxicity data are indispensable tools used to derive the hazardous concentration for 5 % of species (HC5) and thereby a predicted no-effect concentration in environmental risk assessment. Whereas various statistical distributions are available for SSD estimation, the fundamental question of which statistical distribution should be used has received limited systematic analysis. We aimed to address this knowledge gap by applying four frequently used statistical distributions (log-normal, log-logistic, Burr type III, and Weibull distributions) to acute and chronic SSD estimation using aquatic toxicity data for 191 and 31 chemicals, respectively. Based on the differences in the corrected Akaike's information criterion (AICc) as well as visual inspection of the fitting of the lower tails of SSD curves, the log-normal SSD was generally better or equally good for the majority of chemicals examined. Together with the fact that the ratios of HC5 values of other alternative SSDs to those of log-normal SSDs generally fell within the range 0.1-10, our findings indicate that the log-normal distribution can be a reasonable first candidate for SSD derivation, which does not contest the existing widespread use of log-normal SSDs.
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- Miina Yanagihara
- KWR Water Research Institute, Groningenhaven 7, Nieuwegein 3433 PE, the Netherlands; Center for Marine Environmental Studies, Ehime University Bunkyo-cho 3, Matsuyama, Ehime 790-8577, Japan.
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- Health and Environmental Risk Division, National Institute for Environmental Studies, 16-2 Onogawa, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-8506, Japan.
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- Research Institute of Science for Safety and Sustainability, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST), 16-1 Onogawa, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-8569, Japan.
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Liu L, Wei J, Luo P, Zhang Y, Wang Y, Elbeltagi A, Zainol MRRMA. A novel quantity assessment of landscape ecological risk using human-nature driving mechanism for sustainable society. THE SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT 2024; 947:173892. [PMID: 38876337 DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2024.173892] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/30/2023] [Revised: 06/06/2024] [Accepted: 06/08/2024] [Indexed: 06/16/2024]
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The rapid advancement of global economic integration and urbanization has severely damaged the stability of the ecological environment and hindered the ecological carbon sink capacity. In this study, we evaluated the spatiotemporal evolution pattern of landscape ecological risk (LER) in the Loess Plateau from 2010 to 2020. This was examined under the driving mechanism of human and natural dual factors. We combined the random forest algorithm with the Markov chain to jointly simulate and predict the development trend of LER in 2030. From 2010 to 2020, LER on the Loess Plateau showed a distribution pattern with higher values in the southeast and lower values in the northwest. Under the interaction of human and natural factors, annual precipitation exerted the strongest constraint on LER. The driving of land use and natural factors significantly influenced the spatial differentiation of the LER, with a q-value >0.30. In all three projected scenarios for 2030, there was an increase in construction land area and a significant reduction in cultivated land area. The urban development scenario showed the greatest expansion of high-risk areas, with a 5.29 % increase. Conversely, the ecological protection scenario showed a 1.53 % increase in high-risk areas. The findings have provided a reference for ecological risk prevention and control, and sustainable development of the ecological environment in arid regions.
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- Lili Liu
- Chang'an University, Xi'an 710061, China
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- School of Architecture, Chang'an University, Xi'an 710061, China
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- School of Water and Environment, Chang'an University, Xi'an 710054, China; Key Laboratory of Subsurface Hydrology and Ecological Effects in Arid Region, Ministry of Education, Chang'an University, Xi'an 710054, China; Xi'an Monitoring, Modelling and Early Warning of Watershed Spatial Hydrology International Science and Technology Cooperation Base, Chang'an University, Xi'an 710054, China.
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- School of Water and Environment, Chang'an University, Xi'an 710054, China; Key Laboratory of Subsurface Hydrology and Ecological Effects in Arid Region, Ministry of Education, Chang'an University, Xi'an 710054, China; Xi'an Monitoring, Modelling and Early Warning of Watershed Spatial Hydrology International Science and Technology Cooperation Base, Chang'an University, Xi'an 710054, China
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- Department of Civil and Environment Engineering, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong, China
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- Agricultural Engineering Department, Faculty of Agriculture, Mansoura University, Mansoura 35516, Egypt
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Anderies JM, Folke C. Connecting human behaviour, meaning and nature. Philos Trans R Soc Lond B Biol Sci 2024; 379:20220314. [PMID: 38643792 PMCID: PMC11033052 DOI: 10.1098/rstb.2022.0314] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/01/2023] [Accepted: 12/12/2023] [Indexed: 04/23/2024] Open
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Much of the discourse around climate change and the situation of diverse human societies and cultures in the Anthropocene focuses on responding to scientific understanding of the dynamics of the biosphere by adjusting existing institutional and organizational structures. Our emerging scientific understanding of human behaviour and the mechanisms that enable groups to achieve large-scale coordination and cooperation suggests that incrementally adjusting existing institutions and organizations will not be sufficient to confront current global-scale challenges. Specifically, the transaction costs of operating institutions to induce selfish rational actors to consider social welfare in their decision-making are too high. Rather, we highlight the importance of networks of shared stories that become real-imagined orders-that create context, meaning and shared purpose for framing decisions and guiding action. We explore imagined orders that have contributed to bringing global societies to where they are and propose elements of a science-informed imagined order essential to enabling societies to flourish in the Anthropocene biosphere. This article is part of the theme issue 'Bringing nature into decision-making'.
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- J. M. Anderies
- School of Human Evolution and Social Change and School of Sustainability, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ 85287, USA
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- Beijer Institute of Ecological Economics and the Anthropocene Laboratory, Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences and Stockholm Resilience Centre, Stockholm University, SE-104 05 Stockholm, Sweden
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Welti EAR, Bowler DE, Sinclair JS, Altermatt F, Álvarez-Cabria M, Amatulli G, Angeler DG, Archambaud G, Arrate Jorrín I, Aspin T, Azpiroz I, Baker NJ, Bañares I, Barquín Ortiz J, Bodin CL, Bonacina L, Bonada N, Bottarin R, Cañedo-Argüelles M, Csabai Z, Datry T, de Eyto E, Dohet A, Domisch S, Dörflinger G, Drohan E, Eikland KA, England J, Eriksen TE, Evtimova V, Feio MJ, Ferréol M, Floury M, Forcellini M, Forio MAE, Fornaroli R, Friberg N, Fruget JF, Garcia Marquez JR, Georgieva G, Goethals P, Graça MAS, House A, Huttunen KL, Jensen TC, Johnson RK, Jones JI, Kiesel J, Larrañaga A, Leitner P, L'Hoste L, Lizée MH, Lorenz AW, Maire A, Manzanos Arnaiz JA, Mckie B, Millán A, Muotka T, Murphy JF, Ozolins D, Paavola R, Paril P, Peñas Silva FJ, Polasek M, Rasmussen J, Rubio M, Sánchez Fernández D, Sandin L, Schäfer RB, Schmidt-Kloiber A, Scotti A, Shen LQ, Skuja A, Stoll S, Straka M, Stubbington R, Timm H, Tyufekchieva VG, Tziortzis I, Uzunov Y, van der Lee GH, Vannevel R, Varadinova E, Várbíró G, Velle G, Verdonschot PFM, Verdonschot RCM, Vidinova Y, Wiberg-Larsen P, Haase P. Time series of freshwater macroinvertebrate abundances and site characteristics of European streams and rivers. Sci Data 2024; 11:601. [PMID: 38849407 PMCID: PMC11161585 DOI: 10.1038/s41597-024-03445-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/13/2023] [Accepted: 05/29/2024] [Indexed: 06/09/2024] Open
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Freshwater macroinvertebrates are a diverse group and play key ecological roles, including accelerating nutrient cycling, filtering water, controlling primary producers, and providing food for predators. Their differences in tolerances and short generation times manifest in rapid community responses to change. Macroinvertebrate community composition is an indicator of water quality. In Europe, efforts to improve water quality following environmental legislation, primarily starting in the 1980s, may have driven a recovery of macroinvertebrate communities. Towards understanding temporal and spatial variation of these organisms, we compiled the TREAM dataset (Time seRies of European freshwAter Macroinvertebrates), consisting of macroinvertebrate community time series from 1,816 river and stream sites (mean length of 19.2 years and 14.9 sampling years) of 22 European countries sampled between 1968 and 2020. In total, the data include >93 million sampled individuals of 2,648 taxa from 959 genera and 212 families. These data can be used to test questions ranging from identifying drivers of the population dynamics of specific taxa to assessing the success of legislative and management restoration efforts.
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- Ellen A R Welti
- Department of River Ecology and Conservation, Senckenberg Research Institute and Natural History Museum Frankfurt, Gelnhausen, 63571, Germany.
- Conservation Ecology Center, Smithsonian National Zoo and Conservation Biology Institute, Front Royal, Virginia, 22630, USA.
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- Department of Ecosystem Services, German Centre for Integrative Biodiversity Research (iDiv) Halle-Jena-Leipzig, Leipzig, 04103, Germany
- Institute of Biodiversity, Friedrich Schiller University Jena, Jena, 07743, Germany
- Department of Ecosystem Services, Helmholtz Center for Environmental Research - UFZ, Leipzig, 04318, Germany
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- Department of River Ecology and Conservation, Senckenberg Research Institute and Natural History Museum Frankfurt, Gelnhausen, 63571, Germany
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- Department of Evolutionary Biology and Environmental Studies, University of Zurich, 8057, Zürich, Switzerland
- Department of Aquatic Ecology, Eawag: Swiss Federal Institute of Aquatic Science and Technology, 8600, Dübendorf, Switzerland
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- IHCantabria - Instituto de Hidráulica Ambiental de la Universidad de Cantabria, Santander, 39011, Spain
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- School of the Environment, Yale University, New Haven, CT, 06511, USA
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- Department of Aquatic Sciences and Assessment, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Uppsala, 75651, Sweden
- IMPACT, the Institute for Mental and Physical Health and Clinical Translation, Deakin University, Geelong, Victoria, Australia
- Brain Capital Alliance, San Francisco, CA, USA
- School of Natural Resources, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Lincoln, NE, USA
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- INRAE, Aix Marseille Univ, RECOVER, Aix-en-Provence, 13182, France
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- Ekolur Asesoría Ambiental SLL, Oiartzun, 20180, Spain
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- Laboratory of Evolutionary Ecology of Hydrobionts, Nature Research Centre, Akademijos Str. 2, Vilnius, 08412, Lithuania
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- Departamento de Medio Ambiente y Obras Hidráulicas, Diputación Foral de Gipuzkoa, Donostia-San Sebastián, 20004, Spain
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- IHCantabria - Instituto de Hidráulica Ambiental de la Universidad de Cantabria, Santander, 39011, Spain
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- LFI - The Laboratory for Freshwater Ecology and Inland Fisheries, NORCE Norwegian Research Centre, Bergen, 5838, Norway
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- Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences - DISAT, University of Milano-Bicocca, Milan, 20126, Italy
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- FEHM-Lab (Freshwater Ecology, Hydrology and Management), Department of Evolutionary Biology, Ecology and Environmental Sciences, Facultat de Biologia, Institut de Recerca de la Biodiversitat (IRBio), University of Barcelona, Barcelona, 08028, Spain
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- Eurac Research, Institute for Alpine Environment, Bolzano/Bozen, 39100, Italy
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- FEHM-Lab, Institute of Environmental Assessment and Water Research (IDAEA), CSIC, Carrer de Jordi Girona, 18-26, 08034, Barcelona, Spain
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- HUN-REN Balaton Limnological Research Institute, 3 Klebelsberg Kuno, H8237, Tihany, Hungary
- Department of Hydrobiology, University of Pécs, Pécs, 7624, Hungary
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- INRAE, UR RiverLy, Centre de Lyon-Villeurbanne, Villeurbanne, F-69625, France
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- Fisheries Ecosystems Advisory Services, Marine Institute, Newport, F28PF65, Ireland
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- Environmental Research and Innovation department, Luxembourg Institute of Science and Technology, Esch-sur-Alzette, L-4362, Luxembourg
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- Department Community and Ecosystem Ecology, Leibniz Institute of Freshwater Ecology and Inland Fisheries (IGB), Berlin, 12587, Germany
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- Water Development Department, Ministry of Agriculture, Rural Development and Environment, Nicosia, 1047, Cyprus
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- Centre for Freshwater and Environmental Studies, Dundalk Institute of Technology, Dundalk, A91 K584, Ireland
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- Norwegian Institute for Nature Research (NINA), Oslo/Lillehammer, Norway
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- Norwegian Institute for Water Research (NIVA Denmark), 2300, Copenhagen S, Denmark
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- Department of Aquatic Ecosystems, Institute of Biodiversity and Ecosystem Research, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, Sofia, 1000, Bulgaria
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- Department of Life Sciences, University of Coimbra, Marine and Environmental Sciences Centre, ARNET, Coimbra, 3000-456, Portugal
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- INRAE, UR RiverLy, Centre de Lyon-Villeurbanne, Villeurbanne, F-69625, France
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- Department Community and Ecosystem Ecology, Leibniz Institute of Freshwater Ecology and Inland Fisheries (IGB), Berlin, 12587, Germany
- University of Lyon, Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1, CNRS, ENTPE, UMR 5023 LEHNA, F-69622, Villeurbanne, France
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- INRAE, UR RiverLy, Centre de Lyon-Villeurbanne, Villeurbanne, F-69625, France
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- Department of Animal Sciences and Aquatic Ecology, Ghent University, Ghent, 9000, Belgium
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- Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences - DISAT, University of Milano-Bicocca, Milan, 20126, Italy
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- Norwegian Institute for Water Research (NIVA Denmark), 2300, Copenhagen S, Denmark
- University of Copenhagen, Freshwater Biological section, 2100, Copenhagen, Denmark
- University of Leeds, water@leeds, School of Geography, Leeds, UK
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- Department Community and Ecosystem Ecology, Leibniz Institute of Freshwater Ecology and Inland Fisheries (IGB), Berlin, 12587, Germany
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- Department of Aquatic Ecosystems, Institute of Biodiversity and Ecosystem Research, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, Sofia, 1000, Bulgaria
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- Department of Animal Sciences and Aquatic Ecology, Ghent University, Ghent, 9000, Belgium
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- Department of Life Sciences, University of Coimbra, Marine and Environmental Sciences Centre, ARNET, Coimbra, 3000-456, Portugal
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- Department of Ecology and Genetics, University of Oulu, Oulu, 90014, Finland
- Nature Solutions Unit, Finnish Environment Institute, Oulu, 90014, Finland
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- Department of Aquatic Sciences and Assessment, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Uppsala, 75651, Sweden
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- School of Biological and Behavioural Sciences, Queen Mary University of London, London, E1 4NS, UK
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- Department Community and Ecosystem Ecology, Leibniz Institute of Freshwater Ecology and Inland Fisheries (IGB), Berlin, 12587, Germany
- Department of Hydrology and Water Resources Management, Christian-Albrechts-University Kiel, Institute for Natural Resource Conservation, Kiel, 24118, Germany
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- Department of Plant Biology and Ecology, University of the Basque Country, Leioa, 48940, Spain
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- Department of Water, Atmosphere and Environment, Institute of Hydrobiology and Aquatic Ecosystem Management, University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences, Vienna, Austria
- Department of Water, Atmosphere and Environment, Institute of Hydrobiology and Aquatic Ecosystem Management, 1180, Vienna, Austria
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- Environmental Research and Innovation department, Luxembourg Institute of Science and Technology, Esch-sur-Alzette, L-4362, Luxembourg
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- Faculty of Biology, University of Duisburg-Essen, Essen, 45141, Germany
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- EDF Recherche et Développement, Laboratoire National d'Hydraulique et Environnement, Chatou, 78401, France
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- Department of Aquatic Sciences and Assessment, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Uppsala, 75651, Sweden
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- Department of Ecology and Hydrology, University of Murcia, Murcia, 30100, Spain
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- Nature Solutions Unit, Finnish Environment Institute, Oulu, 90014, Finland
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- School of Biological and Behavioural Sciences, Queen Mary University of London, London, E1 4NS, UK
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- Institute of Biology, University of Latvia, Riga, LV-1004, Latvia
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- Oulanka Research Station, University of Oulu Infrastructure Platform, Kuusamo, 93900, Finland
- Water, Energy and Environmental Engineering Research Unit, Faculty of Technology, University of Oulu, 90014, Oulu, Finland
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- Department of Botany and Zoology, Faculty of Science, Masaryk University, Brno, 61137, Czech Republic
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- Department of Botany and Zoology, Faculty of Science, Masaryk University, Brno, 61137, Czech Republic
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- Norwegian Institute for Water Research (NIVA Denmark), 2300, Copenhagen S, Denmark
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- Ekolur Asesoría Ambiental SLL, Oiartzun, 20180, Spain
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- Norwegian Institute for Nature Research (NINA), Oslo/Lillehammer, Norway
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- Department of Water, Atmosphere and Environment, Institute of Hydrobiology and Aquatic Ecosystem Management, 1180, Vienna, Austria
- Research Center One Health Ruhr, University Alliance Ruhr, Universitätsstrasse 2, 45141, Essen, Germany
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- Department of Water, Atmosphere and Environment, Institute of Hydrobiology and Aquatic Ecosystem Management, University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences, Vienna, Austria
- Department of Water, Atmosphere and Environment, Institute of Hydrobiology and Aquatic Ecosystem Management, 1180, Vienna, Austria
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- Eurac Research, Institute for Alpine Environment, Bolzano/Bozen, 39100, Italy
- APEM Ltd, Riverview, A17 - The Embankment Business Park - SK4 3GN, Heaton Mersey, Stockport, UK
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- Department Community and Ecosystem Ecology, Leibniz Institute of Freshwater Ecology and Inland Fisheries (IGB), Berlin, 12587, Germany
- Institute for Green Science, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, 15213, USA
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- Institute of Biology, University of Latvia, Riga, LV-1004, Latvia
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- Faculty of Biology, University of Duisburg-Essen, Essen, 45141, Germany
- Department of Environmental Planning and Technology, University of Applied Sciences Trier, Birkenfeld, 55761, Germany
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- Department of Botany and Zoology, Faculty of Science, Masaryk University, Brno, 61137, Czech Republic
- T.G. Masaryk Water Research Institute, p.r.i., Brno, 61200, Czech Republic
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- School of Science and Technology, Nottingham Trent University, Nottingham, NG11 8NS, UK
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- Estonian University of Life Sciences, Chair of Hydrobiology and Fishery, Centre for Limnology, Elva vald, 61117, Estonia
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- Department of Aquatic Ecosystems, Institute of Biodiversity and Ecosystem Research, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, Sofia, 1000, Bulgaria
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- Department Community and Ecosystem Ecology, Leibniz Institute of Freshwater Ecology and Inland Fisheries (IGB), Berlin, 12587, Germany
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- Department of Aquatic Ecosystems, Institute of Biodiversity and Ecosystem Research, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, Sofia, 1000, Bulgaria
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- Wageningen Environmental Research, Wageningen University and Research, Wageningen, 6708, PB, Netherlands
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- Department of Animal Sciences and Aquatic Ecology, Ghent University, Ghent, 9000, Belgium
- Flanders Environment Agency, Aalst, 9300, Belgium
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- Department of Aquatic Ecosystems, Institute of Biodiversity and Ecosystem Research, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, Sofia, 1000, Bulgaria
- South-West University "Neofit Rilski", Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences, Department of Geography, Ecology and Environment Protection, Blagoevgrad, Bulgaria
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- Department of Tisza River Research, HUN-REN Centre for Ecological Research, Institute of Aquatic Ecology, Debrecen, 4026, Hungary
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- LFI - The Laboratory for Freshwater Ecology and Inland Fisheries, NORCE Norwegian Research Centre, Bergen, 5838, Norway
- Department of Biological Sciences, University of Bergen, Bergen, 5006, Norway
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- Estonian University of Life Sciences, Chair of Hydrobiology and Fishery, Centre for Limnology, Elva vald, 61117, Estonia
- Institute for Biodiversity and Ecosystem Dynamics, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, 1098, XH, Netherlands
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- School of Science and Technology, Nottingham Trent University, Nottingham, NG11 8NS, UK
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- Department of Aquatic Ecosystems, Institute of Biodiversity and Ecosystem Research, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, Sofia, 1000, Bulgaria
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- Department of River Ecology and Conservation, Senckenberg Research Institute and Natural History Museum Frankfurt, Gelnhausen, 63571, Germany
- Faculty of Biology, University of Duisburg-Essen, Essen, 45141, Germany
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Krippl N, Mezger NCS, Danquah I, Nieder J, Griesel S, Schildmann J, Mikolajczyk R, Kantelhardt EJ, Herrmann A. Climate-sensitive health counselling in Germany: a cross-sectional study about previous participation and preferences in the general public. BMC Public Health 2024; 24:1519. [PMID: 38844875 PMCID: PMC11155184 DOI: 10.1186/s12889-024-18998-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/26/2024] [Accepted: 05/29/2024] [Indexed: 06/10/2024] Open
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BACKGROUND In response to climate change (CC), medicine needs to consider new aspects in health counselling of patients. Such climate-sensitive health counselling (CSHC) may include counselling patients on preventing and coping with climate-sensitive diseases or on leading healthy and climate-friendly lifestyles. This study aimed to identify previous participation in and preferences for CSHC as well as associated sociodemographic and attitudinal factors among the general public in Germany. METHODS We conducted a cross-sectional study in a population-based online panel in five German federal states (04-06/2022). We performed descriptive statistics and multivariable regression analysis to assess prior participation in CSHC and content preferences regarding CSHC, as well as associations between sociodemographic variables and general preference for CSHC. RESULTS Among 1491 participants (response rate 47.1%), 8.7% explicitly reported having participated in CSHC, while 39.9% had discussed at least one CSHC-related topic with physicians. In the studied sample, 46.7% of participants would like CSHC to be part of the consultation with their physician, while 33.9% rejected this idea. Participants aged 21 to 40 years (versus 51 to 60), individuals alarmed about CC (versus concerned/cautious/disengaged/doubtful/dismissive), and those politically oriented to the left (vs. centre or right) showed greater preference for CSHC in the multivariable regression model. Most participants wanted to talk about links to their personal health (65.1%) as opposed to links to the health of all people (33.2%). CONCLUSIONS Almost half of the participants in this sample would like to receive CSHC, especially those who are younger, more alarmed about CC and more politically oriented to the left. More research and training on patient-centred implementation of CSHC is needed.
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- Nicola Krippl
- Heidelberg Institute of Global Health, Medical Faculty and University Hospital, Heidelberg University, Im Neuenheimer Feld 130.3, 69120, Heidelberg, Germany.
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- Global and Planetary Health Working Group, Interdisciplinary Center for Health Sciences, Medical Faculty, Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg, Magdeburger Straße 8, 06097, Halle (Saale), Germany
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- Heidelberg Institute of Global Health, Medical Faculty and University Hospital, Heidelberg University, Im Neuenheimer Feld 130.3, 69120, Heidelberg, Germany
- Hertz-Chair Innovation for Planetary Health, Center for Development Research (ZEF), Rhenish Friedrich Wilhelm University of Bonn, Genscherallee 3, 53113, Bonn, Germany
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- Heidelberg Institute of Global Health, Medical Faculty and University Hospital, Heidelberg University, Im Neuenheimer Feld 130.3, 69120, Heidelberg, Germany
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- Heidelberg Institute of Global Health, Medical Faculty and University Hospital, Heidelberg University, Im Neuenheimer Feld 130.3, 69120, Heidelberg, Germany
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- Institute for History and Ethics in Medicine, Interdisciplinary Center for Health Sciences, Medical Faculty, Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg, Magdeburger Straße 20, 06112, Halle (Saale), Germany
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- Institute for Medical Epidemiology, Biometrics and Informatics, Interdisciplinary Center for Health Sciences, Medical Faculty of the Martin, Luther University Halle-Wittenberg, Magdeburger Straße 8, 06097, Halle (Saale), Germany
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- Global and Planetary Health Working Group, Interdisciplinary Center for Health Sciences, Medical Faculty, Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg, Magdeburger Straße 8, 06097, Halle (Saale), Germany
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- Heidelberg Institute of Global Health, Medical Faculty and University Hospital, Heidelberg University, Im Neuenheimer Feld 130.3, 69120, Heidelberg, Germany
- Institute of General Medicine, University Hospital Cologne, Medical Faculty Cologne University, Kerpener Straße 62, 50937, Cologne, Germany
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