Emerging Technology

Life Cycle Assessment in the Monitoring, Reporting, and Verification of Land-Based Carbon Dioxide Removal: Gaps and Opportunities

Yao Y, Zhang B. Life Cycle Assessment in the Monitoring, Reporting, and Verification of Land-Based Carbon Dioxide Removal: Gaps and Opportunities. Environmental Science & Technology [Internet]. 2025 . Available from: https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.est.4c09510

Global land and carbon consequences of mass timber products

Lan K, Favero A, Yao Y, Mendelsohn RO, Wang HSzu-Han. Global land and carbon consequences of mass timber products. Nature Communications [Internet]. 2025 ;16:1–12. Available from: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-025-60245-y

Sustainable aviation fuel pathways: Emissions, costs and uncertainty

Yang F, Yao Y. Sustainable aviation fuel pathways: Emissions, costs and uncertainty. Resources, Conservation and Recycling [Internet]. 2025 ;215:108124. Available from: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0921344925000035

A woody biomass burial

Yao Y. A woody biomass burial. Science [Internet]. 2024 ;385:1417-1418. Available from: https://www.science.org/stoken/author-tokens/ST-2145/full

Life Cycle Inventory Availability: Status and Prospects for Leveraging New Technologies

Wright MMba, Tan ECD, Tu Q, Martins A, Parvatker AG, Yao Y, Sunol A, Smith RL. Life Cycle Inventory Availability: Status and Prospects for Leveraging New Technologies. ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering [Internet]. 2024 ;12:12708-12718. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1021/acssuschemeng.4c02519

Life-Cycle Assessment of Sustainable Aviation Fuel Derived from Paper Sludge

Lan K, Cruz D, Li J, Boakye AAsantewaa, Park H, Tiller P, Mittal A, Johnson DK, Park S, Yao Y. Life-Cycle Assessment of Sustainable Aviation Fuel Derived from Paper Sludge. ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering [Internet]. 2024 ;12:8379-8390. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1021/acssuschemeng.4c00795

Critical material requirements and recycling opportunities for US wind and solar power generation

Lee T, Yao Y, Graedel TE, Miatto A. Critical material requirements and recycling opportunities for US wind and solar power generation. Journal of Industrial Ecology [Internet]. 2024 . Available from: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1111/jiec.13479

A modeling framework to identify environmentally greener and lower-cost pathways of nanomaterials

Lan K, Wang HSzu-Han, Lee T, de Assis CAbbati, Venditti RA, Zhu Y, Yao Y. A modeling framework to identify environmentally greener and lower-cost pathways of nanomaterials. Green Chem. [Internet]. 2024 . Available from: http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/D3GC04036D

Techno-Economic and Life Cycle Assessment of Enhanced Rock Weathering: A Case Study from the Midwestern United States

Zhang B, Kroeger J, Planavsky N, Yao Y. Techno-Economic and Life Cycle Assessment of Enhanced Rock Weathering: A Case Study from the Midwestern United States. Environmental Science & Technology [Internet]. 2023 . Available from: https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.est.3c01658

Climate-smart forestry through innovative wood products and commercial afforestation and reforestation on marginal land

Zhang B, Lan K, Harris TB, Ashton MS, Yao Y. Climate-smart forestry through innovative wood products and commercial afforestation and reforestation on marginal land. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences [Internet]. 2023 ;120:e2221840120. Available from: https://www.pnas.org/doi/abs/10.1073/pnas.2221840120