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Sustainably developing global blue carbon for climate change mitigation and economic benefits through international cooperation
we constructed a blue carbon development index (BCDI) to assess the sustainable development level of 136 coastal countries’ blue carbon over 24 consecutive years and propose a cooperation model to explore the feasibility of global blue carbon cooperation.
Fishing for subsistence constitutes a livelihood safety net for populations dependent upon aquatic foods around the world
Small-scale fisheries are an important source of livelihoods. We provide global estimates of the number of livelihoods supported and use estimates of subsistence fishing to measure the significance of this part of the aquatic food system as safety nets for coastal and riparian communities.
Are sex and gender adequately considered in head and neck cancer clinical studies?
Sex (male/female biological differences) and gender (differences related to men/women social behaviors) affect human health; yet, sex and gender variables are currently largely overlooked in head and neck cancer clinical studies, where they, instead, significantly influence cancer incidence.
Feeding climate and biodiversity goals with plant-based protein alternatives
Replacing 50% of meat and milk products with plant-based alternatives by 2050 can reduce agriculture and land use related greenhouse gas emissions by 31% and halt the degradation of forest and natural land. Additional climate and biodiversity benefits could accrue from reforesting the spared land.
High-throughput and efficient clean-up of viscous crude oil spills
Crude oil spills with high viscosity make the clean-up of oil spills a global challenge in practice, and bring severe threat to the marine environment. In this work, we demonstrate a gel mesh filter interface design coupled with induction heating, for high-throughput clean-up of viscous oil spills.
