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Pesticide exposure affects reproductive capacity of common toads (Bufo bufo) in a viticultural landscape
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- Ecotoxicology
, 2021-01-20)
Amphibian populations are declining worldwide at alarming rates. Among the large variety of contributing stressors, chemical pollutants like pesticides have been identified as a major factor for this decline. Besides direct ...
Ratio of In Situ CO2 to CH4 Production and Its Environmental Controls in Polygonal Tundra Soils of Samoylov Island, Northeastern Siberia
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- Journal of Geophysical Research: Biogeosciences
, 2023-04-04)
Arctic warming causes permafrost thaw and accelerates microbial decomposition of soil organic matter (SOM) to carbon dioxide (CO<sub>2</sub>) and methane (CH<sub>4</sub>). The determining factors for the ratio between ...
The southern Central Asian mountains as an ancient agricultural mixing zone: new archaeobotanical data from Barikot in the Swat valley of Pakistan
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- Vegetation History and Archaeobotany
, 2020-10-07)
The mountain foothills of inner Asia have served as a corridor of communication and exchange for at least five millennia, using historically documented trade routes such as the Silk Road and the Tea-Horse Road. Recent ...
Drought versus flood: What matters more to the performance of Sahel farming systems?
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- Hydrological Processes
, 2023-09-08)
<title xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML">Abstract</title><p xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" xml:lang="en">Recent climate change has brought new patterns of extreme events in terms of both drought ...
Nitro- and oxy-PAHs in grassland soils from decade-long sampling in central Europe
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- Environmental Geochemistry and Health
, 2021-08-20)
Long-term exposure to polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) and their nitrated (NPAHs) and oxygenated (OPAHs) derivatives can cause adverse health effects due to their carcinogenicity, mutagenicity and oxidative potential. ...
Exposure to DDT and HCH congeners and associated potential health risks through khat (Catha edulis) consumption among adults in South Wollo, Ethiopia
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- Environmental Geochemistry and Health
, 2021-02-17)
Khat (Catha edulis) chewing is widespread in the region of East Africa. Even low levels of organochlorine pesticides (OCPs) in khat could induce public health concern. In a market-based study, from five popular khat ...
Interaction of pig manure-derived dissolved organic matter with soil affects sorption of sulfadiazine, caffeine and atenolol pharmaceuticals
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- Environmental Geochemistry and Health
, 2021-04-15)
Pharmaceutically active compounds (PhACs) released into the environment have an adverse impact on the soil and water ecosystem as well as human health. Sorption of PhACs by soils and its potential modification through ...
Assessment of water contamination by potentially toxic elements in mangrove lagoons of the Red Sea, Saudi Arabia
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- Environmental Geochemistry and Health
, 2021-05-26)
Mangrove (Avicennia marina) forests in the Red Sea cost have great concern from environmental, biological, economic, and social points of view. Therefore, assessing water contamination in this ecosystem is worth to be ...
A miniaturized method for fast, simple, and sensitive pesticide analysis in soils
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- Journal of Soils and Sediments
, 2021-10-18)
Purpose:
Organochlorine pesticides (OCPs) like lindane and DDT have been used extensively after World War II until the 1990s. Still, residues of these pesticides can be found in agricultural soils all over the ...
Sulphate reduction determines the long-term effect of iron amendments on phosphorus retention in lake sediments
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- Journal of Soils and Sediments
, 2021-11-06)
Purpose:
This field study aimed to guide the planning of iron amendments for phosphorus retention by investigating the long-term fate of iron added to two urban lakes (Plötzensee and Groß Glienicker See) in ...