The energy expended to deliver a mixed drink is about three to four times lower than a glass of wine.
Category: agriculture
agriculture
Preparing for a Drought-prone World
Future drought is likely to have major effects on natural landscapes and the plants that inhabit them.
William Schlesinger
agriculture, biogeochemistry, faculty, lakes and streams, marine studies, water, water pollution
agriculture, biogeochemistry, faculty, lakes and streams, marine studies, water, water pollution
Hypoxia
Hypoxia is one of the side-effects of modern agronomic systems which strive to feed 7 billion of us with a nutritious diet.
Antibiotic Resistance
What we have created in agriculture is a massive theater of natural selection for drug-resistant mutant bacteria, which can infect humans.
Crops and Climate
Year-to-year variations in climate, including rainfall and the length of the growing season, remain the greatest determinant of agricultural productivity and the cost of food.
Phosphorus futures
When it’s gone, it will be very difficult to supply phosphorus to crops without major expense, and there is no substitute.
Biochar Revisited
With liberal assumptions, the maximum apparent rate of carbon sequestration in biochar is only about 2% of the current annual emissions of carbon, as carbon dioxide, to the atmosphere from fossil fuel combustion
In the Ozone
Alas, the size of this year’s ozone hole over Antarctica was among the largest ever.[1] And the remaining ozone layer was exceptionally thin.
Food Miles
Some types of food can be grown more efficiently overseas and shipped to the point of use, with less overall energy use.
Beef: It’s What’s for Dinner
Short of eating endangered species, eating beef is probably the worst choice you can make vis-à-vis sustainability of the human enterprise on the planet