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Publications

(* indicates student or postdoc under Dr. Rosa direct supervision)

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  1. Rosa L and He L*. Global multi-model projections of green water scarcity risks in rainfed agriculture under 1.5°C and 3°C warming (2025). Agricultural Water Management. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.agwat.2025.109519

  2. Khan M*, Sangiorgio M, Rosa L. Potential of wastewater to alleviate water scarcity under warming scenarios (2025). Environmental Research Letters. https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-9326/adb31d

  3. Mingolla S* and Rosa L. Low-Carbon ammonia fertilizers are essential for resilient and sustainable agriculture (2025). Nature Food. https://doi.org/10.1038/s43016-025-01125-y

  4. Rosa L and Sangiorgio M. Global water gaps under future warming levels (2025). Nature Communications. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-025-56517-2

  5. Zhao G, Gao H, Li Y, Tang Q, Woolway L, Merder J, Rosa L, Michalak A. Decoupling of surface water storage from precipitation in global drylands due to anthropogenic activity (2025). Nature Water. https://doi.org/10.1038/s44221-024-00367-7

  6. Ren C*, He L*, Rosa L. Integrated irrigation and nitrogen optimization is a resource-efficient adaptation strategy for US maize and soybean production (2025). Nature Food. https://doi.org/10.1038/s43016-024-01107-6

  7. Mekonnen M, Kebede M, Demeke B, Carr J, Chapagain A, Dalin C, Debaere P, D’Odorico P, Marston L, Ray C, Rosa L, Zhuo L. Trends and environmental impacts of virtual water trade (2024). Nature Reviews Earth & Environment. https://doi.org/10.1038/s43017-024-00605-2

  8. Schueler Y*, Mingolla S*, Boness N, Rosa L. How are decarbonization policies in the US and Canada shaping low-carbon ammonia production strategies? (2024). Environmental Research Letters. https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-9326/ad858c

  9. Xin Z, Sabo R, Rosa L, Niazi H, Kyle P, Byun JS, Wang Y, Yan X, Gu B, Davidson E (2024). Nitrogen management during decarbonization (2024). Nature Reviews Earth & Environment. https://doi.org/10.1038/s43017-024-00586-2

  10. Ren C*, He L*, Ma Y, Reis S, van Grinsven H, Lam S, Rosa L. Trade-offs in agricultural outcomes across farm sizes (2024). Earth Critical Zone. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecz.2024.100007

  11. Terlouw T, Rosa L, Bauer C, McKenna R. Future hydrogen economies imply environmental trade-offs and a supply-demand mismatch (2024). Nature Communications. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-024-51251-7   

  12. Gabrielli P, Goericke H, Rosa L. Optimal combination of net-zero pathways for minimum energy, land, and water consumption in chemical production (2024). Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.iecr.4c01649

  13. Rosa L, Ragettli S, Sinha R, Zhovtonog O, Yu W, Karimi P. Regional irrigation expansion can support climate resilient crop production in post-invasion Ukraine (2024). Nature Food. https://doi.org/10.1038/s43016-024-01017-7

  14. Tonelli D*, Rosa L, Gabrielli P, Parente A, Contino F. Cost-competitive decentralized ammonia fertilizers production can increase food security (2024). Nature Food. https://doi.org/10.1038/s43016-024-00979-y

  15. Schmitt R and Rosa L. Dams for Hydropower and Irrigation: Trends, Challenges, and Alternatives for Climate Mitigation and Adaptation (2024). Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rser.2024.114439 

  16. Marconi P* and Rosa L. Global potential nitrogen recovery from anaerobic digestion of agricultural residues (2024). Environmental Research Letters. https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-9326/ad428e  

  17. Qin J, Duan W, Zou S, Chen Y, Huang W, Rosa L. Global energy use and carbon emissions from irrigated agriculture (2024). Nature Communications. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-024-47383-5 

  18. Feng Y* and Rosa L. Global biomethane and carbon dioxide removal potential through anaerobic digestion of waste biomass (2024). Environmental Research Letters. https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-9326/ad1e81  

  19. He L*, Rosa L, Lobell D, Wang Y, Yin Y, Doughty R, Yao Y, Berry J, Frankenberg C. The weekly cycle of photosynthesis in Europe reveals the negative impact of particulate pollution on ecosystem productivity (2023). Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2306507120 

  20. Marconi P* and Rosa L. Role of biomethane to offset fossil natural gas (2023). Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rser.2023.113697 

  21. Tonelli D*, Rosa L, Gabrielli P, Caldeira K, Parente A, Contino F. Global land and water limits to electrolytic hydrogen production using wind and solar resource (2023). Nature Communications.     https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-023-41107-x 

  22. Rosa L and Gabrielli P. Achieving net-zero emissions in agriculture: A review (2023). Environmental Research Letters. https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-9326/acd5e8

  23. Gabrielli P, Rosa L, Gazzani M, Meys R, Bardow A, Mazzotti M, Sansavini G. Net-zero emissions chemical Industry in a world of limited resources (2023). One Earth. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.oneear.2023.05.006

  24. He L* and Rosa L. Solutions to agricultural green water scarcity under climate change (2023). PNAS Nexus. https://doi.org/10.1093/pnasnexus/pgad117

  25. Rosa L and Gabrielli P. Energy and food security implication of transitioning fertilizers to net-zero emissions (2023). Environmental Research Letters. https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-9326/aca815

  26. Schmitt R, Rosa L, Daily G. Global expansion of sustainable irrigation limited by water storage (2022).       Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2214291119

  27. Rosa L. Adapting agriculture to climate change with sustainable irrigation: Biophysical potentials and feedback (2022). Environmental Research Letters. https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-9326/ac7408 

  28. Van Maanen N, Andrijevic M, Lejeune Q, Rosa L, Lissner T, Schleussner CF. Accounting for socioeconomic constraints in sustainable irrigation expansion assessments (2022). Environmental Research Letters. https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-9326/ac77a5

  29. Rosa L, Becattini V, Gabrielli P, Andreotti A, Mazzotti M. Carbon dioxide mineralization in recycled concrete aggregates can contribute immediately to carbon-neutrality (2022). Resources, Conservation & Recycling. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.resconrec.2022.106436 

  30. Rosa L and Mazzotti M. Potential for hydrogen production from sustainable biomass with carbon capture and storage (2022). Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rser.2022.112123

  31. Jenkins W, Rosa L, Schmidt J, Band L, Beltran-Peña A, Clarens A, Doney S, Emanuel R, Glassie A, Quinn G, Rulli MC, Shobe W, Szeptycki L, D'Odorico P. Values-Based Scenarios of Water Security: Rights to Water, Rights of Waters, and Commercial Water Rights (2021). BioScience. https://doi.org/10.1093/biosci/biab088

  32. Zhang X, Yao G, Vishwakarma S, Dalin C, Komarek A, Kanter DR, Davis KF, Pfeifer K, Zhao J, Zou T, D'Odorico P, Folberth C, Galeana Rodriguez F, Fanzo J, Rosa L, Dennison W, Musumba M, Heyman A, Davidson E. Quantitative assessment of agricultural sustainability reveals divergent priorities among nations (2021). One Earth. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.oneear.2021.08.015

  33. Rosa L, Sanchez D, Mazzotti M. Assessment of carbon dioxide removal potential via BECCS in a carbon neutral Europe (2021). Energy & Environmental Science. https://doi.org/10.1039/D1EE00642H

  34. Rosa L, Rulli MC, Ali S, Chiarelli DD, Dell’Angelo J, Mueller N, Scheidel A, Siciliano G, D’Odorico P. Energy implications of the 21st century agrarian transition (2021). Nature Communications. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-021-22581-7

  35. Terlouw T, Bauer C, Rosa L, Mazzotti M. Life cycle assessment of carbon dioxide removal technologies: A critical review (2021). Energy & Environmental Science. https://doi.org/10.1039/D0EE03757E

  36. Müller M, Penny G, Niles M, Ricciardi V, Chiarelli DD, Davis KF, Dell’Angelo J, D’Odorico P, Rosa L, Rulli MC, Mueller N. Impact of transnational land acquisitions on local food security and dietary diversity (2021). Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.202053511

  37. Rosa L, Sanchez D, Realmonte G, Baldocchi D, D’Odorico P. The water footprint of carbon capture and storage technologies (2020). Renewable & Sustainable Energy Reviews. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rser.2020.110511

  38. Rosa L, Chiarelli DD, Sangiorgio M, Beltran-Pena A, Rulli MC, D'Odorico P, Fung I. Potential for sustainable irrigation expansion in a 3C warmer climate (2020). Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.201779611

  39. D’Odorico P, Chiarelli DD, Rosa L, Bini A, Zilberman D, Rulli MC. The global value of water in agriculture (2020). Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.200583511

  40. Chiarelli DD, Passera C, Rosa L, Davis KF, D’Odorico P, Rulli MC. The green and blue crop water requirement WATNEEDS model and its global gridded outputs (2020). Scientific Data.                  https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-020-00612-0

  41. Beltran-Pena A, Rosa L, D’Odorico P. Global food self-sufficiency in the 21st century under sustainable intensification of agriculture (2020). Environmental Research Letters. https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-9326/ab9388

  42. Rosa L, Reimer J., Went M., D'Odorico P. Hydrological limits to carbon capture and storage (2020). Nature Sustainability. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41893-020-0532-7

  43. Chiarelli DD, Passera C, Rulli MC, Ciraolo G, Rosa L, D’Odorico P. Hydrological consequences of natural rubber plantations in Southeast Asia (2020). Land Degradation & Development. https://doi.org/10.1002/ldr.3591

  44. Rosa L, Chiarelli DD, Rulli MC, Dell’Angelo J, D'Odorico P. Global agricultural economic water scarcity (2020). Science Advances. https://doi.org/10.1126/sciadv.aaz6031

  45. Borsato E, Rosa L, Marinello F, Tarolli P, D’Odorico P. Weak and strong sustainability of irrigation: A framework for irrigation practices under limited water availability (2020). Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems. https://doi.org/10.3389/fsufs.2020.00017

  46. Graves A, Rosa L, Nouhou A, Maina F, Adoum D. Avert catastrophe now in Africa’s Sahel (2019). Nature. https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-019-03445-z

  47. Rosa L, Chiarelli DD, Tu C, Rulli MC, D'Odorico P. Global unsustainable virtual water flows in agricultural trade (2019). Environmental Research Letters. https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-9326/ab4bfc

  48. D'Odorico P, Carr J, Dalin C, Dell’Angelo J, Konar M, Laio F, Ridolfi L, Rosa L, Suweis S, Tamea S, Tuninetti M. Global virtual water trade and the hydrological cycle: Patterns, drivers, and socio-environmental impacts (2019). Environmental Research Letters. https://doi.org/0.1088/1748-9326/ab05f4

  49. Rosa L and D'Odorico P. The water-energy-food nexus of unconventional oil and gas extraction in the Vaca Muerta Play, Argentina (2018). Journal of Cleaner Production. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jclepro.2018.10.039

  50. Rosa L, Rulli MC, Davis KF, Chiarelli DD, Passera C, D'Odorico P. Closing the yield gap while ensuring water sustainability (2018). Environmental Research Letters. https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-9326/aadeef

  51. D'Odorico P, Davis KF, Rosa L, Carr J, Chiarelli DD, Dell'Angelo J, Gephart J, MacDonald G, Seekel D, Suweis S, Rulli MC. The global Food-Energy-Water Nexus (2018). Reviews of Geophysics. https://doi.org/10.1029/2017RG000591

  52. Rosa L, Davis KF, Rulli MC, D'Odorico P. The Water-Energy Nexus of hydraulic fracturing: A global hydrologic analysis for shale oil and gas extraction (2018). Earth's Future. https://doi.org/10.1002/2018EF000809

  53. Chiarelli D, Rosa L, Rulli MC, D'Odorico P. The water-land-food nexus of natural rubber production (2018). Journal of Cleaner Production. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jclepro.2017.12.021

  54. Rosa L, Davis KF, Rulli MC, D'Odorico P. Environmental consequences of oil production from oil sands (2017). Earth's Future. https://doi.org/10.1002/2016EF000484

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