Montanwesen, Energie, Ressourcen, Umwelt
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The Goldilocks Zone in Cooling Demand: What Can We Do Better?
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The higher frequency and intensity of sustained heat events have increased the demand for cooling energy across the globe. Current estimates of summer‐time energy demand are primarily based on Cooling Degree Days (CDD), ... -
Pathogen and heavy metal contamination in urban agroecosystems of northern Ghana: Influence of biochar application and wastewater irrigation
(Journal of Environmental Quality, 2021-08-18)The benefit of biochar as a soil fertility enhancer is well known and has been broadly investigated. Equally, many tropical and subtropical countries use wastewater for irrigation in urban agriculture. To assess the related ... -
Dissolved organic matter concentration, molecular composition, and functional groups in contrasting management practices of peatlands
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About 91,300 ha of peatlands has been rewetted in western Europe since the mid‐1990s. Still, it is unknown how long‐term rewetting alters the dissolved organic matter (DOM) concentration, molecular composition, and functional ... -
The Eco‐Exposome Concept: Supporting an Integrated Assessment of Mixtures of Environmental Chemicals
(Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry, 2021-12-29)Organisms are exposed to ever‐changing complex mixtures of chemicals over the course of their lifetime. The need to more comprehensively describe this exposure and relate it to adverse health effects has led to formulation ... -
Importance of sources of variability, scales and experimental design: A case study about the effects of biochar and slurry application on soil properties in agricultural silty loam soils
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In designed experiments, different sources of variability and an adequate scale of measurement need to be considered, but not all approaches in common usage are equally valid. In order to elucidate the importance of sources ... -
Vertically Divergent Responses of SOC Decomposition to Soil Moisture in a Changing Climate
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The role of soil moisture for organic matter decomposition rates remains poorly understood and underrepresented in Earth System Models (ESMs). We apply the Dual Arrhenius Michaelis‐Menten (DAMM) model to a selection of ESM ... -
Feasibility of pXRF to evaluate chosen heavy metals in soil highly influenced by municipal waste disposal—A monitoring study of a former sewage farm
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Sewage disposal onto agricultural land may result in the high accumulation of organic wastes, which questions the applicability of typical elemental analysis used for the soil components. To monitor the contamination status ... -
Climate Change Can Accelerate Depletion of Montane Grassland C Stocks
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Climate warming and management will likely affect carbon (C) fluxes of montane grassland ecosystems. In this study, we assessed the effect of simultaneous warming (+2°C) and decreased precipitation (−25%) on carbon exchange ... -
Sources and Fate of the Antiandrogenic Fluorescent Dye 4‐Methyl‐7‐Diethylaminocoumarin in Small River Systems
(Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry, 2021-09-24)Recently, the potent antiandrogen 4‐methyl‐7‐diethylaminocoumarin (C47) and its potential transformation products 4‐methyl‐7‐ethylaminocoumarin (C47T1) and 4‐methyl‐7‐aminocoumarin (C47T2) were identified as novel environmental ... -
A framework for drinking water basin protection
(Water and Environment Journal, 2021-06-02)
Many countries have applied many measures, including preventing inappropriate activities in areas where drinking water is abstracted to protect drinking water resources. However, reaching good water quality based on human ... -
Removing Disturbing Matrix Constituents from Biota Extracts from Total Extraction and Silicone‐Based Passive Sampling
(Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry, 2021-08-11)Contaminant analysis in biota extracts can be hampered by matrix interferences caused by, for example, co‐extracted lipids that compromise the quality of the analytical data and require frequent maintenance of the analytical ... -
Adoption of multiple sustainable land management practices among irrigator rural farm households of Ethiopia
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Using a household and plot‐level survey conducted in Ethiopia, this study analyses the difference in farmers' adoption of sustainable land management (SLM) practices between their rainfed and irrigated plots. The paper ... -
Comparison of Denitrification Induced by Various Organic Substances—Reaction Rates, Microbiology, and Temperature Effect
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Widespread groundwater pollution with nitrate (NO3−) and the finite and decreasing geogenic NO3− degradation capacity in aquifers require a better understanding of potential treatment methods. This project aimed at exploring ... -
Seasonal Differences in the Attenuation of Polar Trace Organics in the Hyporheic Zone of an Urban Stream
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Attenuation of trace organic compounds (TrOCs) in a river occurs to a large extent in its hyporheic zone. A major part of the attenuation of polar TrOCs is of microbial origin. As microbial activity depends on temperature ... -
Are compacted tramlines underestimated features in soil erosion modeling? A catchment‐scale analysis using a process‐based soil erosion model
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Process‐based model ling has long been used as a well‐suited tool to simulate soil erosion. Despite a large number of scientific articles that emphasize the role of compacted tramlines for soil erosion and surficial nutrient ... -
Land‐use intensity and biodiversity effects on infiltration capacity and hydraulic conductivity of grassland soils in southern Germany
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Evidence from experimental and established grasslands indicates that plant biodiversity can modify the water cycle. One suspected mechanism behind this is a higher infiltration capacity (νB) and hydraulic conductivity (K) ... -
Habitat availability determines food chain length and interaction strength in food webs of a large lowland river
(River Research and Applications, 2021-12-02)Many large rivers used for navigation have lost their hydromorphological heterogeneity, which has led to the widespread loss of native biodiversity and the concurrent establishment of non‐native communities. While the ... -
Large‐scale detection and quantification of harmful soil compaction in a post‐mining landscape using multi‐configuration electromagnetic induction
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Fast and accurate large‐scale localization and quantification of harmfully compacted soils in recultivated post‐mining landscapes are of particular importance for mining companies and the following farmers. The use of heavy ... -
Microplastics as a sedimentary component in reef systems: A case study from the Java Sea
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Microplastic pollution has been reported from coral reef systems all over the tropics. Exposure to microplastics has several negative impacts on coral health, such as bleaching, tissue necrosis, or an impairment of the ... -
Global distribution of oxygenated polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in mineral topsoils
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Hazardous oxygenated polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (OPAHs) originate from combustion (primary sources) or postemission conversion of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) (secondary sources). We evaluated the global ... -
Tillage erosion as an important driver of in‐field biomass patterns in an intensively used hummocky landscape
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Tillage erosion causes substantial soil redistribution that can exceed water erosion especially in hummocky landscapes under highly mechanized large field agriculture. Consequently, truncated soil profiles can be found on ... -
Factors Affecting Spatial and Temporal Variability of Metals in Drainage Water from Arable Fields
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Respecting fertilizer application, the metal content in drainage water is studied under conventional agricultural management from 2013 to 2014 in two adjacent fields located in the North German Plain. Findings are compared ... -
Development of an Alternative Test System for Chronic Testing of Lotic Macroinvertebrate Species: A Case Study with the Insecticide Imidacloprid
(Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry, 2021-06-22)There are currently few suitable test systems for the chronic toxicity testing of aquatic macroinvertebrates under stream conditions. Therefore, a new test system mimicking running water conditions was developed for testing ... -
Bridging the Gap Between Biofuels and Biodiversity Through Monetizing Environmental Services of Miscanthus Cultivation
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Carbon neutrality in the transport sector is a key challenge for the growing bioeconomy as the share of biofuels has stagnated over the past decade. This can be attributed to basic economics and a lack of a robust market ... -
Environmental Assessment of Various End-of-Life Pathways for Treating Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances in Spent Fire-Extinguishing Waters
(Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry, 2020)Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) are now thought to be far more prevalent in water bodies across the globe than previously reported. In particular, military bases, airports, and industrial sites are prone to ...
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