Water availability is a major factor constraining humanity's ability to meet the future food and
energy needs of a growing and increasingly affluent human population. Water plays an …

Understanding dryland dynamics is essential to predict future climate trajectories. However,
there remains large uncertainty on the extent to which drylands are expanding or greening, …

Knowledge of mammalian diversity is still surprisingly disparate, both regionally and
taxonomically. Here, we present a comprehensive assessment of the conservation status and …

… Dell’Angelo 1 2 , Paolo D’Odorico 3 , Maria Cristina Rulli 4 … The politics of evidence: a
response to Rulli and D’Odorico … Reply to “The politics of evidence: a response to Rulli and D’…

… It is found that about 0.31 × 10 12 m 3 ⋅y −1 of green water (ie, rainwater) and up to 0.14
× 10 12 m 3 ⋅y −1 of blue water (ie, irrigation water) are appropriated globally for crop and …

Water scarcity raises major concerns on the sustainable future of humanity and the
conservation of important ecosystem functions. To meet the increasing food demand without …

… m 3 , while for soybean oil USDA-GAIN reports 850 × 10 3 m 3 , in overall agreement with our
estimate 1060 × 10 3 m … × 10 3 m 3 , while our analyses show a value of 3,425 × 10 3 m 3 . …

Global livestock supply chains have significantly altered nitrogen (N) flows over past years,
thereby threatening environmental and human health. Here, we provide a disaggregated …

Growing demand for agricultural commodities for food, fuel and other uses is expected to be
met through an intensification of production on lands that are currently under cultivation. …

Rural populations around the world rely on small-scale farming and other uses of land and
natural resources, which are often governed by customary, traditional, and indigenous …