Search Results - "Journal of environmental quality"

The Urban Forest and Ecosystem Services: Impacts on Urban Water, Heat, and Pollution Cycles at the Tree, Street, and City Scale by Livesley, S. J., McPherson, E. G., Calfapietra, C.

“…Many environmental challenges are exacerbated within the urban landscape, such as stormwater runoff and flood risk, chemical and particulate pollution of urban…”
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Cover Crops Reduce Nitrate Leaching in Agroecosystems:A Global Meta‐Analysis by Thapa, Resham, Mirsky, Steven B., Tully, Katherine L.

“…Cover crops are well recognized as a tool to reduce NO3− leaching from agroecosystems. However, their effectiveness varies from site to site and year to year…”
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A Global Meta‐Analysis of Grazing Impacts on Soil Health Indicators by Byrnes, Ryan C., Eastburn, Danny J., Tate, Kenneth W., Roche, Leslie M.

“…Grazing lands support the livelihoods of millions of people across nearly one‐half of the globe. Soils are the backbone of stability and resilience in these…”
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Environmental and Agricultural Relevance of Humic Fractions Extracted by Alkali from Soils and Natural Waters by Olk, D. C., Bloom, P. R., Perdue, E. M., McKnight, D. M., Chen, Y., Farenhorst, A., Senesi, N., Chin, Y.‐P., Schmitt‐Kopplin, P., Hertkorn, N., Harir, M.

“…To study the structure and function of soil organic matter, soil scientists have performed alkali extractions for soil humic acid (HA) and fulvic acid (FA)…”
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Phosphorus Legacy: Overcoming the Effects of Past Management Practices to Mitigate Future Water Quality Impairment by Sharpley, Andrew, Jarvie, Helen P., Buda, Anthony, May, Linda, Spears, Bryan, Kleinman, Peter

“…The water quality response to implementation of conservation measures across watersheds has been slower and smaller than expected. This has led many to…”
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Increased Soluble Phosphorus Loads to Lake Erie: Unintended Consequences of Conservation Practices? by Jarvie, Helen P., Johnson, Laura T., Sharpley, Andrew N., Smith, Douglas R., Baker, David B., Bruulsema, Tom W., Confesor, Remegio

“…Cumulative daily load time series show that the early 2000s marked a step‐change increase in riverine soluble reactive phosphorus (SRP) loads entering the…”
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Phosphorus Transport in Agricultural Subsurface Drainage: A Review by King, Kevin W., Williams, Mark R., Macrae, Merrin L., Fausey, Norman R., Frankenberger, Jane, Smith, Douglas R., Kleinman, Peter J. A., Brown, Larry C.

“…Phosphorus (P) loss from agricultural fields and watersheds has been an important water quality issue for decades because of the critical role P plays in…”
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Humic Substances Extracted by Alkali Are Invalid Proxies for the Dynamics and Functions of Organic Matter in Terrestrial and Aquatic Ecosystems by Kleber, Markus, Lehmann, Johannes

“…The conceptual rigor of using organic materials extracted from soil by alkali, called humic substances, as proxies for soil organic matter has been questioned…”
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Biochar: A synthesis of its agronomic impact beyond carbon sequestration by Spokas, Kurt A, Cantrell, Keri B, Novak, Jeffrey M, Archer, David W, Ippolito, James A, Collins, Harold P, Boateng, Akwasi A, Lima, Isabel M, Lamb, Marshall C, McAloon, Andrew J, Lentz, Rodrick D, Nichols, Kristine A

“…Biochar has been recently heralded as an amendment to revitalize degraded soils, improve soil carbon sequestration, increase agronomic productivity and enter…”
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Characterization of Slow Pyrolysis Biochars: Effects of Feedstocks and Pyrolysis Temperature on Biochar Properties by Kloss, Stefanie, Zehetner, Franz, Dellantonio, Alex, Hamid, Raad, Ottner, Franz, Liedtke, Volker, Schwanninger, Manfred, Gerzabek, Martin H., Soja, Gerhard

“…Biochars are increasingly used as soil amendment and for C sequestration in soils. The influence of feedstock differences and pyrolysis temperature on biochar…”
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Applications of the SWAT Model Special Section: Overview and Insights by Gassman, Philip W, Sadeghi, Ali M, Srinivasan, Raghavan

“…The Soil and Water Assessment Tool (SWAT) model has emerged as one of the most widely used water quality watershed- and river basin–scale models worldwide,…”
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Denitrifying Bioreactors for Nitrate Removal: A Meta‐Analysis by Addy, Kelly, Gold, Arthur J., Christianson, Laura E., David, Mark B., Schipper, Louis A., Ratigan, Nicole A.

“…Meta‐analysis approaches were used in this first quantitative synthesis of denitrifying woodchip bioreactors. Nitrate removal across environmental and design…”
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Surface Runoff and Tile Drainage Transport of Phosphorus in the Midwestern United States by Smith, Douglas R., King, Kevin W., Johnson, Laura, Francesconi, Wendy, Richards, Pete, Baker, Dave, Sharpley, Andrew N.

“…The midwestern United States offers some of the most productive agricultural soils in the world. Given the cool humid climate, much of the region would not be…”
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Nanoparticle Aggregation: Challenges to Understanding Transport and Reactivity in the Environment by Hotze, Ernest M., Phenrat, Tanapon, Lowry, Gregory V.

“…Unique forms of manufactured nanomaterials, nanoparticles, and their suspensions are rapidly being created by manipulating properties such as shape, size,…”
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Impact of Pyrolysis Temperature and Feedstock on Surface Charge and Functional Group Chemistry of Biochars by Banik, Chumki, Lawrinenko, Michael, Bakshi, Santanu, Laird, David A.

“…The capacity of biochars to adsorb ionic contaminants is strongly influenced by biochar surface chemistry. We studied the effects of biomass feedstock type,…”
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A Review of the Latest in Phosphorus Fertilizer Technology: Possibilities and Pragmatism by Weeks, Joseph J., Hettiarachchi, Ganga M.

“…The development of highly concentrated phosphorus (P) fertilizers, such as triple superphosphate, by the Tennessee Valley Authority helped mark the beginning…”
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Options for Improved Phosphorus Cycling and Use in Agriculture at the Field and Regional Scales by Schneider, Kimberley D., Thiessen Martens, Joanne R., Zvomuya, Francis, Reid, D. Keith, Fraser, Tandra D., Lynch, Derek H., O'Halloran, Ivan P., Wilson, Henry F.

“…Soil phosphorus (P) cycling in agroecosystems is highly complex, with many chemical, physical, and biological processes affecting the availability of P to…”
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One Step Forward toward Characterization: Some Important Material Properties to Distinguish Biochars by Schimmelpfennig, Sonja, Glaser, Bruno

“…Terra Preta research gave evidence for the positive influence of charred organic material (biochar) on infertile tropical soils. Facing global challenges such…”
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Microplastics interaction with terrestrial plants and their impacts on agriculture by Ullah, Raza, Tsui, Martin Tsz‐Ki, Chen, Huan, Chow, Alex, Williams, Clinton, Ligaba‐Osena, Ayalew

“…Microplastics (MPs) are widespread in natural ecosystems and have attracted considerable attention from scientists all over the world because they are believed…”
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Nitrogen mineralization from organic amendments is variable but predictable by Lazicki, Patricia, Geisseler, Daniel, Lloyd, Margaret

“…To manage nitrogen (N) efficiently, organic growers must be able to predict the amount and timing of plant‐available N from organic amendments. In this study,…”
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