The oversupply of nutrients (phosphorous and nitrogen) in fresh and marine water bodies
presents a serious ecosystem threat due to impacts on water quality through eutrophication …

Feeding humanity puts enormous environmental pressure on our planet. These pressures
are unequally distributed, yet we have piecemeal knowledge of how they accumulate across …

The utilization of natural resources to satisfy worldwide growing consumption of goods and
services has severe ecological consequences. Aside from the projected doubling of food …

Global agriculture consumes substantial resources and produces significant pollution. By
shifting its production to new locations, and inducing changes in technology and input use …

Growing trade among nations is globalizing economies and driving environmental change.
As a consequence, trade affects ecosystems, but trade is not currently a major topic in …

Agriculture contributes to deforestation and the conversion of other terrestrial ecosystems,
affecting important ecosystem functions. A growing share of the produced agricultural …

Ecologically unequal exchange theory posits asymmetric net flows of biophysical resources
from poorer to richer countries. To date, empirical evidence to support this theoretical notion …

Nutrient over-enrichment of freshwater and coastal ecosystems, or eutrophication, is a
rapidly growing environmental crisis. Worldwide, the number of coastal areas impacted by …

Modern food production is a complex, globalized system in which what we eat and how it is
produced are increasingly disconnected. This thesis examines some of the ways in which …

Striving to feed a population set to reach almost 10 billion people by 2050 in a sustainable
way is high on the research and policy agendas. Further intensification and expansion of …