… It was, however, clearly stated that the high irreplaceability value of Cape Town’s … as it forms
an important part of Durban’s Environmental Management System. Due to the lack of locally …

The human immune system involves highly complex and coordinated processes in which
small proteins named cytokines play a key role. Cytokines have been implicated in the …

The coexistence of immune-mediated inflammatory diseases with depression has long
been recognised. Data that illustrate the intimate associations between peripheral and brain …

Increasing population and consumption are placing unprecedented demands on agriculture
and natural resources. Today, approximately a billion people are chronically malnourished …

Urbanization contributes to the loss of the world's biodiversity and the homogenization of its
biota. However, comparative studies of urban biodiversity leading to robust generalities of …

Irrigation is the most important water use sector accounting for about 70% of the global
freshwater withdrawals and 90% of consumptive water uses. While the extent of irrigation and …

Aim To map and characterize anthropogenic transformation of the terrestrial biosphere
before and during the Industrial Revolution, from 1700 to 2000. Location Global. Methods …

Achieving sustainable global food security is one of humanity’s contemporary challenges.
Here we present an analysis identifying key “global leverage points” that offer the best …

To support global‐scale assessments that are sensitive to agricultural land use, we developed
the global data set of monthly irrigated and rainfed crop areas around the year 2000 (…

Reducing food losses and waste is considered to be one of the most promising measures to
improve food security in the coming decades. Food losses also affect our use of resources, …