Water impacts of U.S. biofuels: Insights from an assessment combining economic and biophysical models.

Biofuels policies induce land use changes (LUC), including cropland expansion and crop switching, and this in turn alters water and soil management practices. Policies differ in the extent and type of land use changes they induce and therefore in their impact on water resources. We quantify and comp...

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Main Authors: Jacob Teter, Sonia Yeh, Madhu Khanna, Göran Berndes
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2018-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC6161887?pdf=render