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Soil and water conservation

Eos, Transactions American Geophysical Union, 1976
Water has been called ubiquitous, which may be a small exaggeration, but it is no exaggeration to say that it is intimately associated with soil. In the never‐ending hydrologic cycle, rain falls upon the soil, and whether the soil is shielded by vegetation or otherwise protected is much of what soil and water conservation is all about.The story of soil
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Divergent responses of plant biomass and diversity to short-term nitrogen and phosphorus addition in three types of steppe in Inner Mongolia, China

Ecological Processes, 2022
Background Understanding the response of the plant community to increasing nitrogen (N) and phosphorus (P) inputs is helpful for managing and protecting grassland ecosystems in semiarid areas.
Ning Guo, Mingyang Xie, Zhao Fang, Feng Jiao, Xiaoyu Han   +4 more
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Interannual variation in evapotranspiration in an urban forest reserve with respect to drought

Frontiers in Forests and Global Change, 2023
IntroductionA warming global climate is expected to perturb the hydrological cycle, resulting in deviations in both frequency and duration of drought and thus being hypothesized to lead to interannual variation in evapotranspiration (ET).
Ruizhi Yang, Ruizhi Yang, Peng Liu, Peng Liu, Yun Tian, Yun Tian, Jingyong Ma, Jingyong Ma, Yujie Bai, Yujie Bai, Cheng Li, Cheng Li, Songyu Huang, Songyu Huang, Yanmei Mu, Yanmei Mu, Muhammad Hayat, Muhammad Hayat, Sundas Iqbal, Sundas Iqbal, Haiqun Yu, Feng Zhang, Hong Ma   +22 more
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Elephant‐Skin‐Inspired Porous Cementitious Tiles with Programmable Crack Networks for Passive Cooling

Advanced Materials, EarlyView.
Elephant‐skin‐inspired crack networks are programmed in porous diatomaceous earth (DE)‐cement composites using substrate‐guided, stress‐concentration induced fracture. The resulting crack lattices act as capillary conduits that redistribute water, while the porous matrix stores moisture.
Qingya Huang, Kun‐Hao Yu, Ji Yoon Bae, Yunchan Lee, Dorit Aviv, Shu Yang   +5 more
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Spatiotemporal Distribution Characteristics of Soil Organic Carbon and Its Influencing Factors in the Loess Plateau

Agronomy
Soil organic carbon (SOC) constitutes the largest terrestrial carbon pool and plays a crucial role in climate regulation, soil fertility, and ecosystem functioning. Understanding its spatiotemporal dynamics is particularly important in semi-arid regions,
Yan Zhu, Mei Dong, Xinwei Wang, Dongkai Chen, Yichao Zhang, Xin Liu, Ke Yang, Han Luo   +7 more
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Possibilities of some methods for risk assessment of arsenic load in soils

Plant, Soil and Environment, 2008
The paper deals with the possibilities of arsenic analysis in the soil. The aim is the selection and verification of the methods for analysis of As in the soil, which seem to be suitable for risk evaluation based on the increased As soil load. Economical
R. Vácha, H. Macurová, J. Skála, M. Havelková, J. Čechmánková, V. Horváthová   +5 more
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Edible Pouch Motors

Advanced Robotics Research, EarlyView.
Edible robotics is an emerging field that leverages edible materials to construct robotic systems. This study presents a method to create thin, lightweight, yet powerful edible soft actuators, namely edible pouch motors. The successful operation of these edible actuators and grippers renders their potential to advance future developments in edible ...
Keigo Takahashi, Kazuma Takai, Ryuma Niiyama, Jun Shintake   +3 more
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Microbial regulation mechanisms of soil organic carbon sequestration by biochar application

Biochar
The application of biochar to agricultural soils is a promising strategy for reducing greenhouse gas emissions and enhancing carbon sequestration. However, the microbially mediated mechanisms by which biochar influences soil carbon cycling remain unclear.
Gehao Zhang, Lei Deng, Yang Liao, Jianzhao Wu, Xining Zhao, Zhouping Shangguan   +5 more
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Key indicators describing the evolution of landslides in the Zhuoshui River Basin caused by the Chi-Chi earthquake in Taiwan

Geomatics, Natural Hazards & Risk, 2022
This study selected the landslide caused by the 1999 Chi-Chi earthquake, which occurred once in a century, and analysed the spatio-temporal distribution of landslide evolution in the basin through the concavity, slope, and sediment delivery ratio (SDR ...
Chao-Yuan Lin, Yung-Chau Chen, Jing-Yao Lin, Yu-Sen Mao, Shao-Wei Wu   +4 more
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From Lab to Landscape: Environmental Biohybrid Robotics for Ecological Futures

Advanced Robotics Research, EarlyView.
This Perspective explores environmental biohybrid robotics, integrating living tissues, microorganisms, and insects for operation in real‐world ecosystems. It traces the leap from laboratory experiments to forests, wetlands, and urban environments and discusses key challenges, development pathways, and opportunities for ecological monitoring and ...
Miriam Filippi
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