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Mitigation potential of methane emissions in China’s livestock sector can reach one-third by 2030 at low cost
The mitigation of methane (CH4) emissions from livestock production is crucial to China’s carbon neutrality. Here we established a high-spatiotemporal-resolution dataset of the country’s livestock CH4 emissions f...
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Impacts of global trade on cropland soil-phosphorus depletion and food security
Globalization intensifies the demand for agricultural products from specific regions, resulting in intensive farming practices that can exacerbate local cropland soil phosphorus (P) depletion, thereby undermin...
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Agricultural management practices in China enhance nitrogen sustainability and benefit human health
The potential of enhanced agricultural management practices to drive sustainability is rarely quantified at grassroots level. Here we analyse nitrogen use and loss in Chinese cropland, drawing from data collec...
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Elevated CO2 levels promote both carbon and nitrogen cycling in global forests
Forests provide vital ecosystem services, particularly as carbon sinks for nature-based climate solutions. However, the impact of elevated atmospheric carbon dioxide (CO2) levels on carbon and nitrogen interactio...
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Soil Geobacteraceae are the key predictors of neurotoxic methylmercury bioaccumulation in rice
Contamination of rice by the potent neurotoxin methylmercury (MeHg) originates from microbe-mediated Hg methylation in soils. However, the high diversity of Hg methylating microorganisms in soils hinders the p...
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Managing fragmented croplands for environmental and economic benefits in China
Cropland fragmentation contributes to low productivity and high abandonment risk. Using spatial statistics on a detailed land use map, we show that 10% of Chinese croplands have no potential to be consolidated...
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Open AccessManaging urban development could halve nitrogen pollution in China
Halving nitrogen pollution is crucial for achieving Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). However, how to reduce nitrogen pollution from multiple sources remains challenging. Here we show that reactive nitroge...
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A hidden demethylation pathway removes mercury from rice plants and mitigates mercury flux to food chains
Dietary exposure to methylmercury (MeHg) causes irreversible damage to human cognition and is mitigated by photolysis and microbial demethylation of MeHg. Rice (Oryza sativa L.) has been identified as a major die...
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Open AccessAuthor Correction: Establishing long-term nitrogen response of global cereals to assess sustainable fertilizer rates
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The Influence of Internal Governance and External Legitimacy on Greenwashing: A Digitalization Perspective
This research aims to address the gap in existing literature regarding the relationship between digitalization and greenwashing. Drawing upon legitimacy theory, corporate governance theory, and resource-based ...
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Nitrogen cycles in global croplands altered by elevated CO2
Croplands are the foundation of global food security and represent the largest nitrogen flows on Earth. Elevated atmospheric CO2 levels are a key driver of climate change with multiple impacts on food production ...
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Activation of the adenosine A1 receptor in the lumbosacral spinal cord improves bladder overactivity in rats with cystitis induced by cyclophosphamide
To investigate the effect of intrathecal administration of CCPA, an adenosine A1 receptor agonist, on voiding function in rats with cystitis induced by cyclophosphamide (CYP).
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Ammonia mitigation campaign with smallholder farmers improves air quality while ensuring high cereal production
Reducing cropland ammonia (NH3) emissions while improving air quality and food supply is a challenge, particularly in China where there are millions of smallholder farmers. We tested the effectiveness of a tailor...
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Photodynamic therapy improves the outcome of immune checkpoint inhibitors via remodelling anti-tumour immunity in patients with gastric cancer
Photodynamic therapy (PDT) plays an immunoregulatory role in tumours. Here, we conducted a retrospective patient analysis to evaluate the effectiveness of PDT plus immune checkpoint inhibitors (ICIs) in gastri...
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Light-independent phytoplankton degradation and detoxification of methylmercury in water
Phytoplankton serves as a key entry point for the trophic transfer and bioaccumulation of the neurotoxin methylmercury (MeHg) in aquatic food webs. However, it is unclear whether and how phytoplankton itself m...
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Open AccessEffects of Pu-erh and Dian Hong tea polyphenols on the gut-liver axis in mice
Tea polyphenols (TP) are the most biologically active components in tea, with antioxidant, antiobesity, and antitumor properties, as well as the ability to modulate the composition and function of intestinal m...
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Does digital finance enhance industrial green total factor productivity? Theoretical mechanism and empirical test
The development and application of digital finance has brought profound changes to the real economy, and its impact on industrial green total factor productivity is worthy of attention and evaluation. The indu...
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Ageing threatens sustainability of smallholder farming in China
Rapid demographic ageing substantially affects socioeconomic development1–4 and presents considerable challenges for food security and agricultural sustainability5–8, which have so far not been well understood. H...
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Climate change unequally affects nitrogen use and losses in global croplands
Maintaining food production while reducing agricultural nitrogen pollution is a grand challenge under global climate change. Yet, the response of global agricultural nitrogen uses and losses to climate change ...
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Value of the ABCD3 Score Combined with a Multiple Indicators Model in the Evaluation of the Prognosis of Non-Disabling Ischemic Cerebrovascular Events
This study aimed to develop an alignment diagram to predict recurrence within 30 days of onset in patients with non-disabling ischemic stroke (NICE). We selected and followed-up 214 patients with transient isc...
