Selected publications in Nature Portfolio Journals

Wang, Y., Ma, F., Wang, H., Tzachor, A., ... & Lutter, S. (2025). Doubling of the global freshwater footprint of material production over two decades. Nature Sustainability, 1-13.

Tzachor, A. (2025). Diversifying global communications beyond submarine cables. Nature Electronics, 8, 2025

Lovat, S., Ben-Nissan, R., Milshtein, E., Tzachor, A., ... & Milo, R. (2025). Electro-microbial production techno-economic viability and environmental implications. Nature Biotechnology, 7, 2025

Ma,  F., Wang, H., Tzachor, A., ... & Fu, B. (2025). The disparities and development trajectories of nations in achieving the sustainable development goals. Nature Communications, 16, 1107

Dalhaus, T., Finger, R., Tzachor, A., Möhring, N. (2024). Innovations for pesticide application must consider environmental impact. Nature Food, 5, 2024

Wang, P., Zhang, L.Y., Tzachor, A., & Wei-Qiang, C. (2024). E-waste challenges of generative artificial intelligence. Nature Computational Science, 4, 2024

Heming, W., Wang, P., Zhang, X., Wei-Qiang, C., Tzachor, A., et al. (2024). Substantial increase in China’s manufactured sand supply. Nature Geoscience, 18, 2024

Tzachor, A., Heming, W., et al. (2024). Addressing the excessive water consumption of materials manufacturing. Nature Water, 2, 2024

Tzachor, A., et al. (2023). How to reduce Africa's undue exposure to climate risks. Nature, 620, 448

Tzachor, A., et al. (2023). Large Language Models and agricultural extension services. Nature Food, 4, 2023

Tzachor, A., et al. (2023). Digital twins: a stepping stone to ocean sustainability? Nature Portfolio Journal Ocean Sustainability, 2(10)

Richards, C. E., Tzachor, A., Avin, S., Fenner, R. (2023). Rewards, risks and responsible deployment of artificial intelligence in water systems. Nature Water, 1(10)

Tzachor, A., et al. (2022). Potential and limitations of digital twins to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals. Nature Sustainability, 5(10), 822-829

Tzachor, A., et al. (2022). Responsible artificial intelligence in agriculture requires systemic understanding of risks and externalities. Nature Machine Intelligence, 4(2), 104-109

Tzachor, A. (2022). Novel foods for human and planetary health. Nature Food, 3(4), 247-248

Tzachor, A., Richards, C. E., & Jeen, S. (2022). Transforming agrifood production systems and supply chains with digital twins. Nature Portfolio Journal Science of Food, 6(1), 47

Tzachor, A., Richards, C. E., & Holt, L. (2021). Future foods for risk-resilient diets. Nature Food, 2(5), 326-329

Mani, L., Tzachor, A., & Cole, P. (2021). Global catastrophic risk from lower magnitude volcanic eruptions. Nature Communications, 12(1), 4756

Jobin, A., Kingson, M., Damasio, A., Georgios, K., Rickmer, B., Julia, S., ... & Luengo-Oroz, M. (2021). AI reflections in 2020. Nature Machine Intelligence, 3(1), 2-8

Tzachor, A., et al. (2020). Artificial intelligence in a crisis needs ethics with urgency. Nature Machine Intelligence, 2(7), 365-366

Selected publications in other journals

Zhang, Y., Wang, Y., Ma, F., Tzachor, A., & Wang, H. (2026). Criticality and scale effects in China's power lithium-ion battery system. Journal of Environmental Management, Volume 415, 130595

Lingli, H., Fishman, T., Merciai, S., Watari, T., Liang, Y., van der Voet, E., Tzachor, A., Wang, H., Wang, P., Bi, J., & Wang, R. (2026). Embodied Transboundary Greenhouse Gas Emissions and Mitigation Opportunities of over 700 Belt and Road Initiative Projects. Environmental Science & Technology

Smidt-Jensen, A., Asfur, M., Cohen, T., Tzachor, A., & Moomaw, W. R. (2026). Evaluating Carbon-Negative Spirulina Feed Supplementation as a Supply Chain Carbon Removal Strategy for More Sustainable Dairy Systems. Sustainability, 18(15), 7838

Smidt-Jensen, A., Røgild, T. B., Cohen, T., Meshoulam, S., Iuclea, L., Sigurjónsson, H. Æ., Tzachor, A., & Moomaw, W. R. (2026). Life Cycle Assessment of Phycocyanin Food Colorant Production from Spirulina (Arthrospira platensis) with Biostimulant Waste-Stream Utilization for Soil Carbon Sequestration to Achieve Net Carbon Removal. Foods, 15(4), 610.

Wescombe, N. J., Martínez, J. G., Jehn, F. U., Wunderling, N., Tzachor, A., ... & Denkenberger, D. (2025). It's time to consider global catastrophic food failures. Global Food Security, 46, 100880.

Xing, X., Huang,, Y. Wang, Y., Wang, H., ... & Tzachor, A. (2025). Revealing global supply risk of critical minerals essential for low-carbon energy technologies. Journal of Cleaner Production, 145160

Gong, Y., Wang, H., Tzachor, A.,... & Tiunov, A. (2025). A decade of ecological and environmental research on the belt and road initiative: Evolution and future directions. Resources, Conservation and Recycling, 217, 108217

Gong, Y., Ma, F., Wang, H., Tzachor, A., ... & Schandl, H. (2025). The evolution of research at the intersection of industrial ecology and artificial intelligence. Journal of Industrial Ecology, 1-18

Huang, Y., Wang, H., Tzachor, A. (2025). Assessing the environmental impacts associated with China's battery minerals and technologies. Resources, Conservation and Recycling, 212, 107978

Sun, W., Ma, F., Tzachor, A., ... & Wang, H. (2025). Bridging Environmentally Extended Input-Output Models and Complex Network Analysis: A Bibliometric Analysisof Trends and Opportunities. Journal of Cleaner Production, 144427

Hou, L., Fishman, T., Wang, R., Tzachor, A., et al. (2024). A Comprehensive Accounting of Construction Materials in Belt and Road Initiative Projects. Environmental Science & Technology.

Tzachor, A., et al. (2024). Photonic management of Spirulina (Arthrospira platensis) in scalable photobioreactors to achieve biologically active unopposed vitamin B12. Discover Food, 4(1), 69.

Wang, Y., Ma, F., Tzachor, A., et al. (2023). Quantifying economic sectoral iron commodity use and related vulnerability in China's supply chains. Resources, Conservation and Recycling, 198, 107150

Wang, Y., Tzachor, A., Wang, H., & Chen, W. Q. (2023). Critical minerals for sustainability: More haste, less speed. Resources, Conservation and Recycling, 198, 107181

Tzachor, A., et al. (2022). Environmental impacts of large-scale Spirulina (Arthrospira platensis) production in hellisheidi geothermal park iceland: Life cycle assessment. Marine Biotechnology, 24(5), 991-1001

Leal Filho, W., et al. (2022). Deploying artificial intelligence for climate change adaptation. Technological Forecasting and Social Change, 180, 121662

Tzachor, A., et al. (2021). Photosynthetically controlled spirulina, but not solar spirulina, inhibits TNF-α secretion: potential implications for COVID-19-related cytokine storm therapy. Marine Biotechnology, 23, 149-155

Beard, S. J., Holt, L., Tzachor, A., et al. (2021). Assessing climate change’s contribution to global catastrophic risk. Futures, 127, 102673

מונוגרפים עבור האקדמיה הישראלית הלאומית למדעים 

אסף צחור (2021). דיונים נבחרים בגישת ההון לקיימות (87 עמודים). האקדמיה הלאומית הישראלית למדעים. ירושלים.

קישור: https://doi.org/10.52873/Policy.2021.Wellbeing.01 

אסף צחור (2021). הון טבעי והון טבעי קריטי בישראל (61 עמודים). האקדמיה הלאומית הישראלית למדעים. ירושלים.

קישור: https://doi.org/10.52873/Policy.2021.Wellbeing.03

הקורונה היא קריאת השכמה (הארץ)

שיחת פנים / משבר כזה יקרה שוב, והוא יהיה חמור יותר (דה מרקר - הארץ)

עדיין אוכלים בשר? אל תתפלאו שהמגפות ממשיכות להתפרץ (דה מרקר - הארץ)

עולם חדש, צפוף (אלכסון, כתב עת דיגיטלי)

לאכול פנקייקס בגיהינום (אלכסון, כתב עת דיגיטלי)

הטכנולוגיה ועונשה (אלכסון, כתב עת דיגיטלי)

חוקרים ישראלים בדרך לתרופה טבעית לקורונה‎

Israeli researchers say spirulina algae could reduce COVID mortality rate

Still Eating Meat? Don’t Be Shocked if We Face a Future of Pandemics

Algae extract may avert severe COVID deterioration, say Israeli researchers

Blue-green Spirulina algae may prevent serious Covid-19

ALGAE, HOUSE-FLIES, AND 4 OTHER WEIRD FOODS SCIENTISTS SAY ARE THE FUTURE

Rising hunger threatens famines as coronavirus crashes economies, leaves crops to rot in fields

We Need These “Future Foods” To Hedge Against Risk

Housefly Maggots, Lab-grown Algae: Unconventional Foods on Your Plate to Tackle Hunger Threat

Insects creep up on the human diet

Food of the future

Maggots and algae could be the sustainable snacks of the future

החיסון לקורונה נמצא על הצלחת שלנו (דה מרקר - הארץ)

נדרשת תוכנית-אב לאומית למשק המזון (ידיעות אחרונות)

עתיד החקלאות העירונית (גלובס)

העולם בסכנה חמורה מפני מגפה גלובלית (הארץ)

The green sludge that could transform our diets (The BBC)

Marine algae could help feed the world (World Economic Forum)

How hacking photosynthesis could fight deforestation and famine (The Conversation)