Food-Energy-Water Nexus
Ensuring long-term supplies of food, water and energy
A Better Forecast for Global Solar Radiation
A new method to reliably estimate daily global solar radiation can compete with widely used neural-network models.
Taking the Threat of Water Crises Seriously
The world watched as Cape Town, South Africa nearly hit Day Zero—the date when the city’s water supply would run dry. But have we learned from the near-disaster?
Africa’s Sustainable Transformation Process
Agriculture is key to Africa’s prosperity and development. A new book offers policy recommendations and defines relevant strategic priorities for Africa’s sustainable transformation process.
Rice Genomics
Harnessing the genetic variation in wild and cultivated rice populations will be key to developing Green Super Rice varieties with high yield and low environmental costs.
Sustainable Cities, Global Health, Climate Change, Digitally Transformed World, Food-Energy-Water Nexus
Peter Newman on Sustainable Earth, Part 3
Editor-in-Chief Peter Newman concludes his interview by discussing his plans for Sustainable Earth in its first year and what the journal means to him.
US environmental group wins millions to develop methane-monitoring satellite
The Environmental Defense Fund is working with researchers at Harvard University on the probe.
Food Waste at Consumer Level
A new book presents the state-of-the-art of the food waste phenomenon, including a thorough literature review and highlighting trends in the field.
Sustainability at Palgrave Macmillan
Co-editor of The Palgrave Handbook of Sustainability, Robert Brinkmann, discusses instances in which businesses, institutions and local governments have embraced sustainability.
Delhi funds projects to cleanse its toxic air
But more policies are needed to transition the city to renewable energy, say researchers.