@article{BozzoBhaleraoPradhanetal.2016, author = {Bozzo, Enrico and Bhalerao, V. and Pradhan, Prajal and Tomsick, J. and Romano, Patrizia and Ferrigno, Carlo and Chaty, S. and Oskinova, Lida and Manousakis, A. and Walter, R. and Falanga, M. and Campana, S. and Stella, L. and Ramolla, M. and Chini, R.}, title = {Multi-wavelength observations of IGR J17544-2619 from quiescence to outburst}, series = {Journal of geophysical research : Earth surface}, volume = {596}, journal = {Journal of geophysical research : Earth surface}, publisher = {EDP Sciences}, address = {Les Ulis}, issn = {1432-0746}, doi = {10.1051/0004-6361/201629311}, pages = {12}, year = {2016}, abstract = {In this paper we report on a long multi-wavelength observational campaign of the supergiant fast X-ray transient prototype IGR J17544-2619. A 150 ks-long observation was carried out simultaneously with XMM-Newton and NuSTAR, catching the source in an initial faint X-ray state and then undergoing a bright X-ray outburst lasting approximately 7 ks. We studied the spectral variability during outburst and quiescence by using a thermal and bulk Comptonization model that is typically adopted to describe the X-ray spectral energy distribution of young pulsars in high mass X-ray binaries. Although the statistics of the collected X-ray data were relatively high, we could neither confirm the presence of a cyclotron line in the broad-band spectrum of the source (0.5-40 keV), nor detect any of the previously reported tentative detections of the source spin period. The monitoring carried out with Swift/XRT during the same orbit of the system observed by XMM-Newton and NuSTAR revealed that the source remained in a low emission state for most of the time, in agreement with the known property of all supergiant fast X-ray transients being significantly sub-luminous compared to other supergiant X-ray binaries. Optical and infrared observations were carried out for a total of a few thousand seconds during the quiescence state of the source detected by XMM-Newton and NuSTAR. The measured optical and infrared magnitudes were slightly lower than previous values reported in the literature, but compatible with the known micro-variability of supergiant stars. UV observations obtained with the UVOT telescope on-board Swift did not reveal significant changes in the magnitude of the source in this energy domain compared to previously reported values.}, language = {en} } @article{HicPradhanRybskietal.2016, author = {Hic, Ceren and Pradhan, Prajal and Rybski, Diego and Kropp, J{\"u}rgen}, title = {Food Surplus and Its Climate Burdens}, series = {Geological Society of America bulletin}, volume = {50}, journal = {Geological Society of America bulletin}, publisher = {American Chemical Society}, address = {Washington}, issn = {0013-936X}, doi = {10.1021/acs.est.5b05088}, pages = {4269 -- 4277}, year = {2016}, abstract = {Avoiding food loss and waste may counteract the increasing food demand and reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from the agricultural sector. This is crucial because of limited options available to increase food production. In the year 2010, food availability was 20\% higher than was required on a global scale. Thus, a more sustainable food production and adjusted consumption would have positive environmental effects. This study provides a systematic approach to estimate consumer level food waste on a country scale and globally, based on food availability and requirements. The food requirement estimation considers demographic development, body weights, and physical activity levels. Surplus between food availability and requirements of a given country is considered as food waste. The global food requirement changed from 2,300 kcal/cap/day to 2,400 kcal/cap/day during the last 50 years, while food surplus grew from 310 kcal/cap/day to 510 kcal/cap/day. Similarly, GHG emissions related to the food surplus increased from 130 Mt CO2eq/yr to 530 Mt CO2eq/yr, an increase of more than 300\%. Moreover, the global food surplus may increase up to 850 kcal/cap/day, while the total food requirement will increase only by 2\%-20\% by 2050. Consequently, GHG emissions associated with the food waste may also increase tremendously to 1.9-2.5 Gt CO2eq/yr.}, language = {en} }