We review 75 studies on the competition for biomass and production resources such as
land, water, labour and capital across food, feed and fuel production. We identified seven …

Large wild herbivores are crucial to ecosystems and human societies. We highlight the 74
largest terrestrial herbivore species on Earth (body mass≥ 100 kg), the threats they face …

Humanity has become a dominant force in shaping the face of Earth 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9.
An emerging question is how the overall material output of human activities compares to the …

A census of the biomass on Earth is key for understanding the structure and dynamics of the
biosphere. However, a global, quantitative view of how the biomass of different taxa …

Names: Smil, Vaclav. Title: Energy transitions: global and national perspectives/Vaclav Smil.
Description: Second edition.| Santa Barbara, California: Praeger, an imprint of ABC-CLIO …

The Anthropocene is a concept which challenges the foundations of humanities scholarship
as it is traditionally understood. It calls not only for closer engagement with the natural …

Humanity has triggered the sixth mass extinction episode since the beginning of the
Phanerozoic. The complexity of this extinction crisis is centred on the intersection of two …

A review is made of the current state of agriculture, emphasising issues of soil erosion and
dependence on fossil fuels, in regard to achieving food security for a relentlessly enlarging …

This paper presents a unique model which investigates the effects of consumers' biospheric
values on their purchase behaviour of energy efficient household appliances. Data were …

Seeing like a city means recognizing that cities are living things made up of a tangle of
networks, built up from the agency of countless actors. Cities must not be considered as …