Remote Sensing of Geomorphology - Chapter 9: Remote sensing for the analysis of anthropogenic geomorphology: Potential responses to sediment dynamics in the agricultural landscapes

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Paolo Tarolli, Giulia Sofia, Chapter 9 - Remote sensing for the analysis of anthropogenic geomorphology: Potential responses to sediment dynamics in the agricultural landscapes, Editor(s): Paolo Tarolli, Simon M. Mudd, Developments in Earth Surface Processes, Elsevier, Volume 23, 2020, Pages 255-269, ISSN 0928-2025, ISBN 9780444641779, https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-444-64177-9.00009-6.
This chapter advances UN SDG goal 12 by enabling the quantification of geomorphological changes in response to agricultural activities
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Climate Change and Food Security with Emphasis on Wheat - Chapter 1: Better farming practices to combat climate change

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Climate Change and Food Security with Emphasis on Wheat, 2020, Pages 1-29
As climate impacts farming, so does farming impact climate change. Identifying best-practices that optimise food security while protecting the environment is a key to sustainable food security. This chapter contributes to SDGs 2, 3 and 12.
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Towards Sustainable Chemical Processes: Chapter 1 - Sustainability assessment for chemical product and process design during early design stages

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Towards Sustainable Chemical Processes, 2020, Pages 3-41
Sustainability assessment of chemical product and process design is essential to reducing waste and improving industrial sustainability. This book chapter advances SDGs 9 and 12.
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Climate Change and Food Security with Emphasis on Wheat - Chapter 1: Better farming practices to combat climate change

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Climate Change and Food Security with Emphasis on Wheat, 2020, Pages 1-29
This book chapter addresses SDGs 12 and 13 by explaining how agricultural machinery has lead to negative environmental impacts and that there are sustainable production methods to create a whole-farm management approach.
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Climate Change and Soil Interactions - Chapter 24: Plant–soil interactions as a restoration tool

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Climate Change and Soil Interactions, 2020.
This book chapter advances SDGs 15 and 12 by studying plant–soil interactions in mine degraded reclaimed land which provides an important foundation for restoration ecology.
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Plastic Waste and Recycling - Chapter 9: Microplastics: from origin to impacts

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Plastic Waste and Recycling, Environmental Impact, Societal Issues, Prevention, and Solutions, 2020, pages 223 - 249
This book chapter addresses goals 14, 15, and 12 by exploring the origins of microplastics (relating to our society, production and consumption) and the diverse and harmful impacts of microplastics in the marine environment on life underwater, as well as interactions with humans and other life on land at the end of the cycle.
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Food and Society - Chapter 12: Food: natural and environmental considerations

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Food and Society, 2020, Pages 247-255

Environmentalism and sustainability are two buzzwords that have come to represent an awakening of the people's collective conscience over the last two decades or so.

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Introduction to Industrial Energy Efficiency - Chapter 10: Energy efficiency in space heating and cooling systems and hot tap water production

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Introduction to Industrial Energy Efficiency, Energy Auditing, Energy Management, and Policy Issues, 2020, Pages 215-226
This chapter advances SDG 7, 11 and 12 by addressing energy efficiency of heating systems, cooling systems, and hot water systems, examining measures to reduce energy use in these systems.
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Encyclopedia of Renewable and Sustainable Materials, Vol. 3 - Nanomaterial for CO2 Sequestration

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Encyclopedia of Renewable and Sustainable Materials: Nanomaterial for CO2 Sequestration, Volume 3, 2020
This book chapter advances SDGs 7, 13, and 12 by describing promising nanomaterials for the capture of CO2 emissions. Since it will take time for the world to rely solely on renewables, nanomaterials for carbon capture can help protect the atmosphere from harmful greenhouse gases in the interim.
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Agricultural Internet of Things and Decision Support for Smart Farming - Chapter 1: Introduction to agricultural IoT

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Agricultural Internet of Things and Decision Support for Precision Smart Farming, 2020, Pages 1-33
This chapter explores how using technology and precision farming can improve yields while protecting the earth's resources, advancing SDGs 2 and 12.
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