Luis Lassaletta
Biographic Data
| ID | 4073513 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Luis Lassaletta |
| GIVEN NAMES | Luis |
| FAMILY NAME | Lassaletta |
| SIGNATURE | LASSALETTA L |
| AFFILIATIONS | Universidad Politécnica de Madrid |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-9428-2149 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 29 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 107 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 29 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2010 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Dietary shifts for climate and Health
This study examines the carbon footprints (CFs) of Spanish household food consumption in 2022, based on survey-based data. The results are assessed considering differences in food consumption patterns across socioeconomic status (SES), categorised by their job status and level of education into high and middle-high, middle, middle-low, and low SES. The analysis included weight, energy, and nitrogen intake and used Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) to a…
Valuing damages and benefits of the altered global nitrogen cycle; lessons for national to global policy support
Cost-benefit analysis (CBA) is increasingly used to inform environmental policy decisions by identifying interventions with the highest net societal benefits. Here we focus on CBAs for nitrogen (NCBA), explaining its history, presenting results of a recent first global NCBA and discussing opportunities and limitations. NCBAs have been conducted since the late 1990s for various geographic regions in Europe, the US, and China, primarily to support …
Fertilization strategies for abating N pollution at the scale of a highly vulnerable and diverse semi-arid agricultural region (Murcia, Spain)
Overuse of N fertilizers in crops has induced the disruption of the N cycle, triggering the release of reactive N (Nr) to the environment. Several EU policies have been developed to address this challenge, establishing targets to reduce agricultural Nr losses. Their achievement could be materialized through the introduction of fertilizing innovations such as incorporating fertilizer into soils, using urease inhibitors, or by adjusting N inputs to…
QoL, CIs, Qalys, and Individualized Rehabilitation
This study aimed to report quality of life (QoL) scores in unilateral cochlear implant (CI) users and to generate guidance for clinicians on using QoL measures to individualize CI counselling and rehabilitation and to increase access to CIs as a mode of rehabilitation. Participants (n = 101) were unilateral CI users with single-sided deafness (SSD; n = 17), asymmetrical hearing loss (AHL; n = 26), or bilateral hearing loss (Uni; n = 58). Generic …
Long-Term Non-Users of Transcutaneous Auditory Implants
Background: Although it is a recognized phenomenon, there is little published in the literature on the discontinuation of auditory implant use. Aim: To evaluate the incidence of device non-use of transcutaneous auditory implants. Patients and Methods : This is a retrospective study of all living individuals (children and adults) implanted at the La Paz Hospital (Madrid, Spain) between 1992-2015, with a follow-up examination endpoint of December 2…
Focus on reactive nitrogen and the UN sustainable development goals
The scientific evidence assembled in this Focus Collection on ‘Reactive nitrogen and the UN sustainable development goals’ emphasizes the relevance of agriculture as a key sector for nitrogen application as well as its release to the environment and the observed impacts. Published work proves the multiple connections and their causality, and presents pathways to mitigate negative effects while maintaining the benefits, foremost the production of …
Using Generic and Disease-Specific Measures to Assess Quality of Life before and after 12 Months of Hearing Implant Use
The primary objectives of this study were to evaluate the effect of hearing implant (HI) use on quality of life (QoL) and to determine which QoL measure(s) quantify QoL with greater sensitivity in users of different types of HIs. Participants were adult cochlear implant (CI), active middle ear implant (VIBRANT SOUNDBRIDGE (VSB)), or active transcutaneous bone conduction implant (the BONEBRIDGE (BB)) recipients. Generic QoL and disease-specific Qo…
Quantifying Earth system interactions for sustainable food production via expert elicitation
Several safe boundaries of critical Earth system processes have already been crossed due to human perturbations; not accounting for their interactions may further narrow the safe operating space for humanity. Using expert knowledge elicitation, we explored interactions among seven variables representing Earth system processes relevant to food production, identifying many interactions little explored in Earth system literature. We found that green…
The nitrogen decade
Reshaping the European agro-food system and closing its nitrogen cycle
Long-term trajectories of the C footprint of N fertilization in Mediterranean agriculture (Spain, 1860–2018)
Synthetic nitrogen (N) fertilization has helped boost agricultural yields, but it is also responsible for direct and indirect greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. Fertilizer-related emissions are also promoted by irrigation and manure application, which has increased with livestock industrialization. Spanish agriculture provides a paradigmatic example of high industrialization under two different climates (temperate and Mediterranean) and two contrast…
Nitrogen dynamics in cropping systems under Mediterranean climate
Worldwide, Mediterranean cropping systems face the complex challenge of producing enough high-quality food while preserving the quantity and quality of scarce water for people and agriculture in the context of climate change. While good management of nitrogen (N) is paramount to achieving this objective, the efficient strategies developed for temperate systems are often not adapted to the specificities of Mediterranean systems. In this work, we c…
Hydromorphology of coastal zone and structure of watershed agro-food system are main determinants of coastal eutrophication
For a number of well-documented watersheds and their adjacent coastal zones, a simplified, but generic approach was developed to explore current nutrient deliveries to their corresponding marine system, characterized by their flushing rate/residence time and morphology. An indicator of eutrophication was defined derived from both the C:N:P:Si stoichiometry of the riverine nutrient delivery and the physical features of the receiving marine bay (B_…
China’s pig relocation in balance
Options for keeping the food system within environmental limits
Reducing nitrogen footprints of consumer-level food loss and protein overconsumption in Japan, considering gender and age differences
The agro-food system perturbs the nitrogen (N) cycle through its N loads to the environment. The present study focused on food-related consumer-level N loads in Japan from 1961–2015, with a particular focus on food loss and protein overconsumption. Gender and age differences were also analyzed. Consumer-level food loss was negligible until the 1970s, when it began to slowly increase, accounting for an average of 13.2% of the annual net supply dur…
Assessing future reactive nitrogen inputs into global croplands based on the shared socioeconomic pathways
Reactive nitrogen (N) inputs in agriculture strongly outpace the outputs at the global scale due to inefficiencies in cropland N use. While improvement in agricultural practices and environmental legislation in developed regions such as Western Europe have led to a remarkable increase in the N use efficiency since 1985, this lower requirement for reactive N inputs via synthetic fertilizers has yet to occur in many developing and transition region…
Exploring SSP land-use dynamics using the Image model
Nitrogen use in the global food system
de documents scientifiques de niveau recherche, publis ou non, manant des tablissements d'enseignement et de recherche franais ou trangers, des laboratoires publics ou privs
Reconnecting crop and cattle farming to reduce nitrogen losses to river water of an intensive agricultural catchment (Seine basin, France)
Energy, land-use and greenhouse gas emissions trajectories under a green growth paradigm
This paper describes the possible developments in global energy use and production, land use, emissions and climate changes following the SSP1 storyline, a development consistent with the green growth (or sustainable development) paradigm (a more inclusive development respecting environmental boundaries). The results are based on the implementation using the IMAGE 3.0 integrated assessment model and are compared with a) other IMAGE implementation…
The role of water nitrogen retention in integrated nutrient management
The removal of excessive nitrogen (nitrogen retention) is an important service that the aquatic ecosystem provides to humans. Assessing the removal of nitrogen (temporal and permanent) in large river basins is complex due to the dependency on climate, hydrological and physical characteristics, and ecosystem functioning. Measurements are generally limited in number and do not represent the full integration of all processes contributing to nitrogen…
A vast range of opportunities for feeding the world in 2050
Impacts of European livestock production
Livestock production systems currently occupy around 28% of the land surface of the European Union (equivalent to 65% of the agricultural land). In conjunction with other human activities, livestock production systems affect water, air and soil quality, global climate and biodiversity, altering the biogeochemical cycles of nitrogen, phosphorus and carbon. Here, we quantify the contribution of European livestock production to these major impacts. …
Food and feed trade as a driver in the global nitrogen cycle
Energy, land-use and greenhouse gas emissions trajectories under a green growth paradigm
This paper describes the possible developments in global energy use and production, land use, emissions and climate changes following the SSP1 storyline, a development consistent with the green growth (or sustainable development) paradigm (a more inclusive development respecting environmental boundaries). The results are based on the implementation using the IMAGE 3.0 integrated assessment model and are compared with a) other IMAGE implementation…
Exploring SSP land-use dynamics using the Image model
China’s pig relocation in balance
Reconnecting crop and cattle farming to reduce nitrogen losses to river water of an intensive agricultural catchment (Seine basin, France)
The contribution of food waste to global and European nitrogen pollution
Quantifying Earth system interactions for sustainable food production via expert elicitation
Several safe boundaries of critical Earth system processes have already been crossed due to human perturbations; not accounting for their interactions may further narrow the safe operating space for humanity. Using expert knowledge elicitation, we explored interactions among seven variables representing Earth system processes relevant to food production, identifying many interactions little explored in Earth system literature. We found that green…
Headwater streams
Headwater streams
The contribution of food waste to global and European nitrogen pollution
Food and feed trade as a driver in the global nitrogen cycle
Yield-scaled mitigation of ammonia emission from N fertilization
Synthetic nitrogen (N) fertilizer and field application of livestock manure are the major sources of ammonia (NH3) volatilization. This N loss may decrease crop productivity and subsequent deposition promotes environmental problems associated with soil acidification and eutrophication. Mitigation measures may have associated side effects such as decreased crop productivity (e.g. if N fertilizer application is reduced), or the release of other rea…
Year Trends in Nitrogen Use Efficiency of World Cropping Systems
Nitrogen (N) is crucial for crop productivity. However nowadays more than\nhalf of the N added to cropland is lost to the environment, wasting the\nresource, producing threats to air, water, soil and biodiversity, and\ngenerating greenhouse gas emissions. Based on FAO data, we have\nreconstructed the trajectory followed, in the past 50 years, by 124\ncountries in terms of crop yield and total nitrogen inputs to cropland\n(manure, synthetic fertil…
The role of water nitrogen retention in integrated nutrient management
The removal of excessive nitrogen (nitrogen retention) is an important service that the aquatic ecosystem provides to humans. Assessing the removal of nitrogen (temporal and permanent) in large river basins is complex due to the dependency on climate, hydrological and physical characteristics, and ecosystem functioning. Measurements are generally limited in number and do not represent the full integration of all processes contributing to nitrogen…
A vast range of opportunities for feeding the world in 2050
Impacts of European livestock production
Livestock production systems currently occupy around 28% of the land surface of the European Union (equivalent to 65% of the agricultural land). In conjunction with other human activities, livestock production systems affect water, air and soil quality, global climate and biodiversity, altering the biogeochemical cycles of nitrogen, phosphorus and carbon. Here, we quantify the contribution of European livestock production to these major impacts. …
Nitrogen use in the global food system
de documents scientifiques de niveau recherche, publis ou non, manant des tablissements d'enseignement et de recherche franais ou trangers, des laboratoires publics ou privs
Reconnecting crop and cattle farming to reduce nitrogen losses to river water of an intensive agricultural catchment (Seine basin, France)
Energy, land-use and greenhouse gas emissions trajectories under a green growth paradigm
This paper describes the possible developments in global energy use and production, land use, emissions and climate changes following the SSP1 storyline, a development consistent with the green growth (or sustainable development) paradigm (a more inclusive development respecting environmental boundaries). The results are based on the implementation using the IMAGE 3.0 integrated assessment model and are compared with a) other IMAGE implementation…
Exploring SSP land-use dynamics using the Image model
Options for keeping the food system within environmental limits
Reducing nitrogen footprints of consumer-level food loss and protein overconsumption in Japan, considering gender and age differences
The agro-food system perturbs the nitrogen (N) cycle through its N loads to the environment. The present study focused on food-related consumer-level N loads in Japan from 1961–2015, with a particular focus on food loss and protein overconsumption. Gender and age differences were also analyzed. Consumer-level food loss was negligible until the 1970s, when it began to slowly increase, accounting for an average of 13.2% of the annual net supply dur…
Assessing future reactive nitrogen inputs into global croplands based on the shared socioeconomic pathways
Reactive nitrogen (N) inputs in agriculture strongly outpace the outputs at the global scale due to inefficiencies in cropland N use. While improvement in agricultural practices and environmental legislation in developed regions such as Western Europe have led to a remarkable increase in the N use efficiency since 1985, this lower requirement for reactive N inputs via synthetic fertilizers has yet to occur in many developing and transition region…
China’s pig relocation in balance
Hydromorphology of coastal zone and structure of watershed agro-food system are main determinants of coastal eutrophication
For a number of well-documented watersheds and their adjacent coastal zones, a simplified, but generic approach was developed to explore current nutrient deliveries to their corresponding marine system, characterized by their flushing rate/residence time and morphology. An indicator of eutrophication was defined derived from both the C:N:P:Si stoichiometry of the riverine nutrient delivery and the physical features of the receiving marine bay (B_…
The nitrogen decade
Reshaping the European agro-food system and closing its nitrogen cycle
Long-term trajectories of the C footprint of N fertilization in Mediterranean agriculture (Spain, 1860–2018)
Synthetic nitrogen (N) fertilization has helped boost agricultural yields, but it is also responsible for direct and indirect greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. Fertilizer-related emissions are also promoted by irrigation and manure application, which has increased with livestock industrialization. Spanish agriculture provides a paradigmatic example of high industrialization under two different climates (temperate and Mediterranean) and two contrast…
Nitrogen dynamics in cropping systems under Mediterranean climate
Worldwide, Mediterranean cropping systems face the complex challenge of producing enough high-quality food while preserving the quantity and quality of scarce water for people and agriculture in the context of climate change. While good management of nitrogen (N) is paramount to achieving this objective, the efficient strategies developed for temperate systems are often not adapted to the specificities of Mediterranean systems. In this work, we c…
Focus on reactive nitrogen and the UN sustainable development goals
The scientific evidence assembled in this Focus Collection on ‘Reactive nitrogen and the UN sustainable development goals’ emphasizes the relevance of agriculture as a key sector for nitrogen application as well as its release to the environment and the observed impacts. Published work proves the multiple connections and their causality, and presents pathways to mitigate negative effects while maintaining the benefits, foremost the production of …
Using Generic and Disease-Specific Measures to Assess Quality of Life before and after 12 Months of Hearing Implant Use
The primary objectives of this study were to evaluate the effect of hearing implant (HI) use on quality of life (QoL) and to determine which QoL measure(s) quantify QoL with greater sensitivity in users of different types of HIs. Participants were adult cochlear implant (CI), active middle ear implant (VIBRANT SOUNDBRIDGE (VSB)), or active transcutaneous bone conduction implant (the BONEBRIDGE (BB)) recipients. Generic QoL and disease-specific Qo…
Quantifying Earth system interactions for sustainable food production via expert elicitation
Several safe boundaries of critical Earth system processes have already been crossed due to human perturbations; not accounting for their interactions may further narrow the safe operating space for humanity. Using expert knowledge elicitation, we explored interactions among seven variables representing Earth system processes relevant to food production, identifying many interactions little explored in Earth system literature. We found that green…
Fertilization strategies for abating N pollution at the scale of a highly vulnerable and diverse semi-arid agricultural region (Murcia, Spain)
Overuse of N fertilizers in crops has induced the disruption of the N cycle, triggering the release of reactive N (Nr) to the environment. Several EU policies have been developed to address this challenge, establishing targets to reduce agricultural Nr losses. Their achievement could be materialized through the introduction of fertilizing innovations such as incorporating fertilizer into soils, using urease inhibitors, or by adjusting N inputs to…
Environmental Science (22 works) · Ecology (20 works) · Agriculture (15 works) · Biology (15 works) · Geography (14 works) · Soil and Water Nutrient Dynamics (13 works) · Economics (12 works) · Agriculture Sustainability and Environmental Impact (10 works) · Phosphorus and nutrient management (10 works) · Environmental resource management (8 works)