Browsing NTNU Open by Author "Cherubini, Francesco"
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Comparing trends of crop and pasture in future land-use scenarios for climate change mitigation
Malbranque, Maxime Denis; Hu, Xiangping; Cherubini, Francesco (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2024)Revegetation of former agricultural land is a key option for climate change mitigation and nature conservation. Expansion and abandonment of agricultural land is typically influenced by trends in diets and agricultural ... -
Comparing trends of crop and pasture in future land-use scenarios for climate change mitigation.
Malbranque, Maxime (Master thesis, 2022)Natural forest regrowth on former agricultural land represents a large potential for climate change mitigation and nature conservation by rebuilding biogenic carbon stocks. Expansion and abandonment of agricultural land ... -
Continuous growth of human footprint risks compromising the benefits of protected areas in the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau
Hua, Ting; Zhao, Wenwu; Cherubini, Francesco; Hu, Xiangping; Pereira, Paulo (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022)Protected areas (PAs) are the critical societal tool to preserve biodiversity and ecosystem services (ESs), but human disturbances frequently threaten them. Here, we used multiple data sources to map the human footprint ... -
Contribution of forest wood products to negative emissions: historical comparative analysis from 1960 to 2015 in Norway, Sweden and Finland
Iordan, Cristina Maria; Hu, Xiangping; Arvesen, Anders; Kauppi, Pekka; Cherubini, Francesco (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2018)Background Forests and forest products can significantly contribute to climate change mitigation by stabilizing and even potentially decreasing the concentration of carbon dioxide (CO2) in the atmosphere. Harvested wood ... -
Contributions of ecological programs to sustainable development goals in Linzhi, over the Tibetan Plateau: A mental map perspective
Liu, Xiaoxing; Zhao, Wenwu; Liu, Yanxu; Hua, Ting; Hu, Xiangping; Cherubini, Francesco (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022)Ecological programs (EPs) can reverse the degradation of ecosystems and promote the achievement of the sustainable development goals (SDGs). The public understanding of the role of EPs in the context of SDGs can influence ... -
Cooling aerosols and changes in albedo counteract warming from CO2 and black carbon from forest bioenergy in Norway
Arvesen, Anders; Cherubini, Francesco; del Alamo Serrano, Gonzalo; Astrup, Rasmus Andreas; Becidan, Michael; Belbo, Helmer; Goile, Franziska; Grytli, Tuva; Guest, Geoffrey; Lausselet, Carine; Rørstad, Per Kr.; Rydså, Line; Seljeskog, Morten; Skreiberg, Øyvind; Vezhapparambu, Veena Sajith; Strømman, Anders Hammer (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2018)Climate impacts of forest bioenergy result from a multitude of warming and cooling effects and vary by location and technology. While past bioenergy studies have analysed a limited number of climate-altering pollutants and ... -
Coupling trade-offs and supply-demand of ecosystem services (ES): A new opportunity for ES management
Feng, Qiang; Zhao, Wenwu; Duan, Baoling; Hu, Xiangping; Cherubini, Francesco (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021)The trade-offs and supply-demand relations of ecosystem services (ES) are at the frontier of geographical and ecological studies. However, previous studies have focused on either trade-offs or the supply-demand aspects, ... -
Decarbonization goals of the European aviation sector by Sustainable Aviation Fuels: a prospective LCA approach
Thuillier, Adrien (Master thesis, 2024)I 2017 sto direkte utslipp fra luftfarten i EU for 3,8 % av de totale CO2-utslippene. Når ReFuelEU Aviation Regulation og det reviderte fornybardirektivet blir vedtatt i oktober 2023, må leverandørene av flydrivstoff blande ... -
Driving Industrial Decarbonisation in Norway: Hydrogen Use for Pre-reduction in Ferromanganese Production
Gogiyev, Teymur (Master thesis, 2023)Produksjon av ferromangan (FeMn), som er en kritisk komponent i stålproduksjonsprosessen, bidrar til klimagassutslipp gjennom bruk av karbonintensive reduksjonsmidler. I denne artikkelen undersøker vi potensialet til ... -
Drop-in and hydrogen-based biofuels for maritime transport: Country-based assessment of climate change impacts in Europe up to 2050
Barbosa Watanabe, Marcos Djun; Cherubini, Francesco; Tisserant, Alexandre Fabien Regis; Cavalett, Otávio (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022)Alternative fuels are crucial to decarbonize the European maritime transport, but their net climate benefits vary with the type of fuel and production country. In this study, we assess the energy potential and climate ... -
Eco-toxicological and climate change effects of sludge thermal treatments: Pathways towards zero pollution and negative emissions
Morales Arancibia, Marjorie Alejandra; Arp, Hans Peter Heinrich; Varela, Gabriela Castro; Asimakopoulos, Alexandros; Sørmo, Erlend; Peters, Gregory; Cherubini, Francesco (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2024)The high moisture content and the potential presence of hazardous organic compounds (HOCs) and metals (HMs) in sewage sludge (SS) pose technical and regulatory challenges for its circular economy valorisation. Thermal ... -
Effectiveness of protected areas edges on vegetation greenness, cover and productivity on the Tibetan Plateau, China
Hua, Ting; Zhao, Wenwu; Cherubini, Francesco; Hu, Xiangping; Pereira, Paulo (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2022)Protected areas (PAs) are the cornerstones of global vegetation conservation efforts, but growing evidence showed the limited effectiveness of PAs in some regions. Recent attempts to quantify conservation efficiency were ... -
Effects of moose browsing on carbon and albedo dynamics in successional boreal forests
Salisbury, John (Master thesis, 2021)Elg (Alces alces) er store planteetere som er tilstede i boreale skoger som sterkt kan formidle skogregenerering etter tydelig tømmerhøst gjennom selektiv surfing av boreale treslag. Selv om det nylig har vært bekymring ... -
Energy and Environmental Aspects of Using Eucalyptus from Brazil for Energy and Transportation Services in Europe
Cavalett, Otávio; Slettmo, Sigurd Norem; Cherubini, Francesco (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2018)The international market of woody biomass for bioenergy is expected to have a major role in future global scenarios aligning with a 2 or 1.5 °C target. However, the quantification of the environmental impacts of energy and ... -
Energy potentials and water requirements from perennial grasses on abandoned land in the former Soviet Union
Næss, Jan Sandstad; Iordan, Cristina Maria; Muri, Helene; Cherubini, Francesco (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022)A ramp-up of bioenergy supply is vital in most climate change mitigation scenarios. Using abandoned land to produce perennial grasses is a promising option for near-term bioenergy deployment with minimal trade-offs to food ... -
Energy potentials, negative emissions, and spatially explicit environmental impacts of perennial grasses on abandoned cropland in Europe
Iordan, Cristina Maria; Giroux, Baptiste; Næss, Jan Sandstad; Hu, Xiangping; Cavalett, Otávio; Cherubini, Francesco (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)Cultivating perennial grasses on abandoned cropland for bioenergy production is a promising option to meet future renewable energy demands at lower risks for food security and environmental degradation. Studies on the ... -
Environmental aspects of offshore H2 production from offshore wind farms
Condon, Sean Kristian (Master thesis, 2023)Overgangen fra fossile brensler til lavkarbonalternativer, inkludert hydrogen, er avgjørende for å redusere utslippet av klimagasser samtidig som den globale energietterspørselen imøtekommes. En forventet økning i global ... -
Environmental impacts assessment of wastewater treatment and sludge disposal systems under two sewage discharge standards: a case study in Kunshan, China
Liu, Weixing; Iordan, Cristina Maria; Cherubini, Francesco; Hu, Xiangping; Fu, Dafang (Journal article, 2021)To improve water quality in cities, the Chinese government has raised the discharge standard in many areas from class 1B to the more stringent 1A. Therefore, sewage treatment plants must ramp up their advanced treatment. ... -
Estimates of climate change mitigation potentials from landbased solutions in 2050
Løvenskiold, Anne Cecilie (Master thesis, 2022)Identifisering av land dedikert til avlinger for bioenergi og en estimering av biomassens potensiale for forhindring av klimaendringer er nødvendig for å utvikle strategier for å dempe den globale oppvarmingen. Denne studien ... -
Estimating dynamic climate change effects of material use in buildings — Timing, uncertainty, and emission sources
Resch, Eirik; Andresen, Inger; Cherubini, Francesco; Brattebø, Helge (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021)Material use in buildings affects the climate over centuries, however, temporal aspects are often ignored in Life Cycle Assessment (LCA). Results too often promise uncontested precision of impacts occurring far into the ...