Browsing NTNU Open by Author "Verones, Francesca"
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Making Marine Noise Pollution Impacts Heard: The Case of Cetaceans in the North Sea within Life Cycle Impact Assessment
Middel, Heleen; Verones, Francesca (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2017)Abstract Oceans represent more than 95% of the world’s biosphere and are among the richest sources of biodiversity on Earth. However, human activities such as shipping and construction of marine infrastructure pose a ... -
Modeling net land occupation of hydropower reservoirs in Norway for use in life cycle assessment
Dorber, Martin; May, Roelof Frans; Verones, Francesca (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2018)Increasing hydropower electricity production constitutes a unique opportunity to mitigate climate change impacts. However, hydropower electricity production also impacts aquatic and terrestrial biodiversity through freshwater ... -
Overview and recommendations for regionalized life cycle impact assessment
Mutel, Christopher; Liao, Xun; Patouillard, Laure; Bare, Jane; Fantke, Peter; Frischknecht, Rolf; Hauschild, Michael; Jolliet, Olivier; Maia de Souza, Danielle; Laurent, Alexis; Pfister, Stephan; Verones, Francesca (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2018)Purpose Regionalized life cycle impact assessment (LCIA) has rapidly developed in the past decade, though its widespread application, robustness, and validity still face multiple challenges. Under the umbrella of UNEP/SETAC ... -
Predicting global habitat conversion and fragmentation effects on terrestrial vertebrate species richness with species-area models within the life cycle impact assessment framework
Kuipers, Koen Jacobus Josefus (Doctoral theses at NTNU;2020:216, Doctoral thesis, 2020)Habitat change is the single largest threat to global biodiversity. Mainly caused by human land use, this results in the loss and fragmentation of natural habitat and subsequent losses of species. The relevance of halting ... -
Quantifying biodiversity impacts of hydropower electricity production within the framework of Life Cycle Assessment
Dorber, Martin (Doctoral theses at NTNU;2019:161, Doctoral thesis, 2019)The United Nations developed 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) for the transition into a more sustainable world. One of the central aspects of the SDGs is the provisioning of sustainable energy, covered by SDG 7 ... -
Quantifying net water consumption of Norwegian hydropower reservoirs and related aquatic biodiversity impacts in Life Cycle Assessment
Dorber, Martin; Mattson, Kim Rainer; Sandlund, Odd Terje; May, Roelof Frans; Verones, Francesca (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2019)Compared to conventional energy technologies, hydropower has the lowest carbon emissions per kWh. Therefore, hydropower electricity production can contribute to combat climate change challenges. However, hydropower electricity ... -
Resource footprints and their ecosystem consequences
Verones, Francesca; Moran, Daniel; Stadler, Konstantin; Kanemoto, Keiichiro; Wood, Richard (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2017)A meaningful environmental impact analysis should go beyond the accounting of pressures from resource use and actually assess how resource demand affects ecosystems. The various currently available footprints of nations ... -
Reviewing the potential for including habitat fragmentation to improve life cycle impact assessments for land use impacts on biodiversity
Kuipers, Koen; May, Roelof Frans; Graae, Bente Jessen; Verones, Francesca (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2019)Purpose The biosphere is progressively subjected to a variety of pressures resulting from anthropogenic activities. Habitat conversion, resulting from anthropogenic land use, is considered the dominant factor driving ... -
Spatio-Temporal Changes in Wildlife Habitat Quality in the Greater Serengeti Ecosystem
Kija, Hamza; Ogutu, Joseph O; Mangewa, Lazaro J; Bukombe, John; Verones, Francesca; Graae, Bente Jessen; Kideghesho, Jafari Ramadhani; Said, Mohammed Yahya; Nzunda, Emmanuel F. (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020)Understanding habitat quality and its dynamics is imperative for maintaining healthy wildlife populations and ecosystems. We mapped and evaluated changes in habitat quality (1975–2015) in the Greater Serengeti Ecosystem ... -
The Communication Relationship Between the Scientific Community at the Industrial Ecology Program and Society
Strand, Julie Schwabe (Master thesis, 2016)This thesis maps the communication of environmental science at the program of Industrial Ecology at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology and in the Norwegian society, with the intention to come up with ... -
TSUNAGARI: a new interdisciplinary and transdisciplinary study toward conservation and sustainable use of biodiversity and ecosystem services
Nakaoka, Masahiro; Sudo, Kenji; Namba, Mizuho; Shibata, Hideaki; Nakamura, Futoshi; Ishikawa, Satoshi; Makino, Mitsutaku; Yamano, Hiroya; Matsuzaki, Shin-ichiro S; Yamakita, Takehisa; Yu, Xiubo; Hou, Xiyong; Li, Xiaowei; Brodie, Jon; Kanemoto, Keiichiro; Moran, Daniel; Verones, Francesca (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2018)The expanding economical activities have accelerated losses of biodiversity and ecosystem services, which are especially pronounced in Asia. To find solutions to stop these losses, a group of scientists studying both ...