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A review on environmental research
Journal of Environmental Engineering and Landscape Management, 2004 Environmental research has recently attracted much attention in the scientific and engineering communities. The resounding theme in the literature is an emphasis on achieving a globally friendly environment while the environment is preserved and its ...
Sunday Ayoola Oke
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Agricultural managed aquifer recharge — water quality factors to consider
California Agriculture, 2020 The resilience and productivity of California's agriculture is threatened by groundwater overdraft, reduction in aquifer water quality, increased land subsidence damage to infrastructure and an irreversible reduction in groundwater storage capacity ...
Hannah Waterhouse +6 more
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Benefits and legacy of the water crisis in Brazil
Revista Ambiente & Água, 2015 In this editorial, we reflect on the benefits and legacy of the water crisis in Brazil between 2013 and 2014, which affected the water supply in many regions and especially in the southeast region, with emphasis on the conflict between the states of São ...
Marcelo dos Santos Targa +1 more
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Boons or boondoggles: An assessment of the Salton Sea water importation options
California Agriculture, 2020 Several ways to address the looming ecological disaster that is the Salton Sea have been proposed — including water importation. Here we considered two options: importing ocean water from the Sea of Cortés and leasing water from agricultural users in the
Lucia Levers +2 more
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Environmental sciences at universities of applied sciences
Chimia, 2018 Three institutes of the Universities of Applied Sciences that are active in Chemistry and Life Sciences present a selection of their activities in the field of environmental sciences. These projects include analytical monitoring, removal of micropollutants, waste reduction and valorization.
Crelier S +3 more
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The process of developing distributed-efficacy and social practice in the context of ‘ending AIDS’
The Journal for Transdisciplinary Research in Southern Africa, 2015 Introduction: this article reflects on data that emanated from a programme evaluation and focuses on a concept we label ‘distributed-efficacy’. We argue that the process of developing and sustaining ‘distributed-efficacy’ is complex and indeterminate ...
Christopher Burman +4 more
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Revista Ambiente & Água, 2019 The objective of this study was to evaluate the water balance in a Red-Yellow Latosol covered by a regenerating rainforest for 30 years in the Una River Basin between April 2016 and March 2017. Field capacity (FC) and permanent wilting-point values (PWP)
Marcelo dos Santos Targa +2 more
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Criticality assessment of metal resources in China
iScience, 2021 Summary: With the development of modern industries, the sustainability of critical resources has attracted worldwide attention considering the entire supply chain.
Wenyi Yan +4 more
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Effects of revetments on soil ecosystems in the urban river-riparian interface
iScience, 2022 Summary: By altering material and energy exchange between river and riparian, the city revetments have an unknown impact on the service function of river-riparian interface (RRI) ecosystems. This study analyzes the differences in natural, permeable (PR),
Zihao Man +5 more
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Standards vary in studies using rainfall simulators to evaluate erosion
California Agriculture, 2012 Rainfall simulators are often employed to measure erosion rates, in order to estimate stream loading of sediment and nutrients in California foothill watersheds.
Mark Grismer
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