This page's purpose is to aggregate --- for future references --- scientific papers and government reports on subjects which interest and/or worry me. I have decided to make this page public so that those references may help other people too.
The many papers and reports are divided in sections so as to facilitate their future usage, but these sections are a bit artificial: many of the subjects presented here are hardly dissociable from one another; that is the reason why some subjects come up in many sections. Likewise, one should not interpret the briefness of --- or the lack of --- a section as a lack of interest on my part, but more as a result of my reading speed and of my desire of not restrain my reading to depressing papers on the state of the current world. Nevertheless, be sure the lenght of this list will only increase with time.
Do not hesitate to send me reading suggestions on one of the subject presented here, or on any subject you think I might be interested in for that mather!
Environment
Pollution caused by livestock
- Steinfield, H. et al.: Livestock's Long Shadow. Environmental Issues and Options. FAO, Rome (2006).. http://www.fao.org/3/a0701e/a0701e00.htm
- Goodland, R. and Anhang, J.: Livestock and Climate Change. Worldwatch Institute (2009). http://www.worldwatch.org/node/6294
- Scarborough, P. et al.: Dietary greenhouse gas emissions of meat-eaters, fish-eaters, vegetarians and vegans in the UK. Climatic Change 125(2), 179-192 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10584-014-1169-1
- Pimentel, D. and Pimentel, M.: Sustainability of meat-based and plant-based diets and the environment. The American Journal of Clinical Nutrition 78(3), 660S-663S (2003). https://doi.org/10.1093/ajcn/78.3.660S
Marine population collapse
- Christensen, V. et al.: Hundred‐year decline of North Atlantic predatory fishes. Fish and Fisheries 4(1), 1-24 (2003).
- Hutchings, J. and Reynolds, J.: Marine Fish Population Collapses: Consequences for Recovery and Extinction Risk. BioScience 54(4), 297-309 (2004). https://academic.oup.com/bioscience/article/54/4/297/284117
- Dulvy, N., Sadovy, Y. and Reynolds, J.: Extinction vulnerability in marine populations. Fish and Fisheries 4(1), 25-64 (2003).
- Atkinson, A. et al.: Krill (Euphausia superba) distribution contracts southward during rapid regional warming. Nature Climate Change 9, 142-147 (2019).
- Sylvester Z., Long, M. and Brooks, C.: Detecting Climate Signals in Southern Ocean Krill Growth Habitat. Frontiers in Marine Science (2021). https://doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2021.669508
Food miles
- Weber, C. and Matthews, H.S.: Food-Miles and the Relative Climate Impacts of Food Choices in the United States. Environmental Science & Technology 42(10), 3508-3513 (2008). https://pubs.acs.org/doi/full/10.1021/es702969f%20
- Côté, C.: Analyse carbone de deux régimes et recommandations pour réduire l'impact environnemental de l'alimentation. Master thesis (2016)
- Coley, D., Howard, M. and Winter, M.: Local food, food miles and carbon emissions: A comparison of farm shop and mass distribution approaches. Food Policy 34(2), 150-155 (2009).
Soja & palm
- Brack, D., Gover, A. and Wellesley, L.: Agricultural Commodity: Supply Chains Trade, Consumption and Deforestation. Chatham House (2016).. https://www.chathamhouse.org/publication/agricultural-commodity-supply-chains-trade-consumption-and-deforestation
- Fearnside, P.M.: Soybean cultivation as a threat to the environment in Brazil. Environmental Conservation 28(1), 23-28 (2001).
- Dei, H.K.: Soybean as a feed ingredient for livestock and poultry. In Recent trends for enhancing the diversity and quality of soybean products. (2011). http://cdn.intechweb.org/pdfs/22604.pdf
Quinoa
- Winkel, T. et al.: The Sustainability of Quinoa Production in Southern Bolivia: from Misrepresentations to Questionable Solutions. Comments on Jacobsen (2011, J. Agron. Crop Sci. 197: 390–399). Journal of Agronomy and Crop Science 198(4), 314-319 (2012).
- Cancino-Espinoza, E., Vázquez-Rowe, I. and Quispe, I.: Organic quinoa (Chenopodium quinoa L.) production in Peru: Environmental hotspots and food security considerations using Life Cycle Assessment. Science of The Total Environment 637, 221-232 (2018).
Entomophagy
- van Huis, A. et al.: Edible Insects. Future Prospects for Food and Feed Security. FAO, Rome (2013). https://library.wur.nl/WebQuery/wurpubs/fulltext/258042
Electric cars & alternative fuel
- Wilson, L.: Shades of Green: Electric Cars' Carbon Emission. Shrink That Footprint (2013). http://shrinkthatfootprint.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/Shades-of-Green-Full-Report.pdf
- Pimentel, D. and Patzek, T.: Ethanol Production Using Corn, Switchgrass, and Wood; Biodiesel Production Using Soybean and Sunflower. Natural Resources Research 14(1), 65-76 (2005). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11053-005-4679-8
- Nace, T., Plante, L. and Browning, J.: The New Gas Boom. Tracking Global LNG Infrastructure. Global Energy Monitor (2019). https://globalenergymonitor.org/new-gas-boom/
Feasibility of the ecological transition
- Anderson, K. and Bows, A.: Beyond ‘dangerous’ climate change: emission scenarios for a new world. Phil. Trans. R. Soc. A 369, 20-44 (2011). https://doi.org/10.1098/rsta.2010.0290
- Dunsky: Trajectoires de réduction d’émissions de GES du Québec – Horizons 2030 et 2050. Report prepared for the Ministère de l’Environnement et de la Lutte contre les changements climatiques of Quebec (2019). http://www.environnement.gouv.qc.ca/changementsclimatiques/trajectoires-emissions-ges.pdf
Inequalities and pollution
- Oxfam International: Confronting carbon inequality: Putting climate justice at the heart of the COVID-19 recovery (2020). https://oxfamilibrary.openrepository.com/bitstream/handle/10546/621052/mb-confronting-carbon-inequality-210920-en.pdf
- Oxfam International: Extreme Carbon Inequality (2015). https://www-cdn.oxfam.org/s3fs-public/file_attachments/mb-extreme-carbon-inequality-021215-en.pdf
Nutrition & health
Probiotic culture
- Parvez, S. et al.: Probiotics and their fermented food products are beneficial for health. Journal of Applied Microbiology 100(6), 1171-1185 (2006). https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2672.2006.02963.x
- Collado, M. et al.: The Impact of Probiotic on Gut Health. Current Drug Metabolism 10(1), 68-78 (2009).
- Oelschlaeger, T.: Mechanisms of probiotic actions – A review. International Journal of Medical Microbiology 300(1), 57-62 (2010). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijmm.2009.08.005
- Gorbach, S.: Probiotics and gastrointestinal health. The American Journal of Gastroenterology 95(1), S2-S4 (2000).
Omega-3
- Dyall, S.C.: Long-chain omega-3 fatty acids and the brain: a review of the independent and shared effects of EPA, DPA and DHA. Frontiers of Aging Neuroscience 7, 52 (2015). https://doi.org/10.3389/fnagi.2015.00052
- Lavie, C. J. et al.: Omega-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids and cardiovascular disease. Journal of the American College of Cardiology 54(7), 585-594 (2009).
Flavonoids
- Böhm, H., Boeing, H., Hempel, J. et al.: Falvonole, Flavone und Anthocyane als natürliche Antioxidantien der Nahrung und ihre mögliche Rolle bei der Prävention chronischer Erkrankungen. European Journal of Nutrition 37, 147–163 (1998). https://doi.org/10.1007/PL00007376
- Ashaari, Z., Hadjzadeh, M., Hassanzadeh, G. et al.: The Flavone Luteolin Improves Central Nervous System Disorders by Different Mechanisms: A Review. Journal of Molecular Neuroscience 65, 491-506 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12031-018-1094-2
- Herrmann, K.: On the occurrence of flavonol and flavone glycosides in vegetables. Zeitschrift für Lebensmittel-Untersuchung und Forschung 186, 1-5 (1988). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01027170
Entomophagy
- Kouřimská, L. Adámková, A.: Nutritional and sensory quality of edible insects. NFS Journal 4, 22-26 (2016). https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2352364616300013
- Finke, D.: Complete Nutrient Composition of Commercially Raised Invertebrates Used as Food for Insectivores. Zoo Biology 21, 269-285 (2002). https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1002/zoo.10031
- van Huis, A. et al.: Edible Insects. Future Prospects for Food and Feed Security. FAO, Rome (2013). https://library.wur.nl/WebQuery/wurpubs/fulltext/258042