Submissions tagged with Water Footprint
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Use of inadequate data and methodological errors lead to a dramatic overestimation of the water footprint of Jatropha curcas
In their recent article, Gerbens-Leenes et al. (1) calculated the water footprint (WF, the amount of water required to produce 1 GJ of energy) of several bioenergy crops. One of the most remarkable…
Received 08 July 2009 10:20 UTC; Posted 08 July 2009
Posted to: Biotechnology, Ecology, Earth & Environment, Plant Biology
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Tap Water vs. Bottled Water in a Footprint Integrated Approach
A Footprint Integrated approach was used to assess and compare the impact on the environment and on the resources of tap water (TW) and pet-bottled natural mineral water (BW). A set of BW from six …
Received 07 July 2009 11:53 UTC; Posted 07 July 2009
Posted to: Earth & Environment
