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Enhancement of direct interspecies electron transfer and methane production by co-culture of dual Methanosarcina species and Geobacter metallireducens

Frontiers in Microbiology
Anaerobic digestion is a key technology for converting organic waste into methane, offering significant potential for renewable energy production and waste management.
Lu Liu, Pengsong Li, He Dong, Chuanqi Liu, Haoyong Li, Zihao Ma, Ruoyu Li, Ruoyu Li, Yan Dang   +8 more
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Sustaining without Changing: The Metabolic Rift of Certified Organic Farming [PDF]

, 2016
Many proponents of organic farming claim that it is a sustainable alternative to conventional agriculture due to its reliance on natural agro-inputs, such as manure based fertilizers and organic pesticides.
Alvarez, Camila, McGee, Julius
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Soil Biopores and Non-Biopores Responses to Different Tillage Treatments in Sugarcane Fields in Guangxi, China

Agronomy
Different types of soil macropores respond differently to various tillage practices, owing to disparities in origin, scale, morphology, and function, consequently exerting distinct effects on soil structure.
Song Wang, Lei Gan, Shuo Zhang, Jian Li, Cheng Chang, Yu Zhang, Hongxia Zhang, Benhui Wei   +7 more
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Water Quality Trading and Agricultural Nonpoint Source Pollution: An Analysis of the Effectiveness and Fairness of EPA's Policy on Water Quality Trading [PDF]

, 2004
Water quality problems continue to plague our nation, even though Congress passed the Clean Water Act (CWA) to "restore and maintain the chemical, physical, and biological integrity of the Nation's waters"1 more than three decades ago.
Thomas K. Ruppert
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The Role of Surface Coordination in the Dissolution of δ-Al2O3 in Dilute Acids

CHIMIA, 1983
Chemical processes at the hydrous-oxide solution interface – protonation of surface OH-groups and surface coordination with ligands (anions) – are important for understanding the dissolution of solid oxide phases.
Gerhard Furrer, Werner Stumm
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Industrial pollution in economic development: Kuznets revisited [PDF]

Using new international data, the authors test for an inverse U-shaped, or"Kuznets,"relationship between industrial water pollution and economic development. They measure the effect of income growth on three proximate determinants of pollution: the share
Hettige, Hemamala, Mani, Muthukumara, Wheeler, David   +2 more
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Sustainable management of water bodies for small-scale fisheries resorces research and development [PDF]

, 1999
The rapid growth of both formal and informal high density urban settlements around major water resources has led to increased pollution of streams, rivers, lakes and estuaries, due to contaminated runoff from these developments.
Ajao, E.A.
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THE STRUCTURE OF FARMERS' PERCEPTIONS OF GROUND WATER POLLUTION [PDF]

Data from a 1992 Georgia Farm Practices survey are used to examine the structure of farmers' perceptions of ground water pollution and their support of regulations to protect ground water.
Elnagheeb, Abdelmoneim H., Humphrey, Vonda, Jordan, Jeffrey L.   +2 more
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Mississippi River Water Quality and the Clean Water Act: Progress, Challenges, and Opportunities [PDF]

, 2007
Makes recommendations for how to coordinate water quality monitoring efforts among the ten states through which the Mississippi River runs.

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Deciphering the DNA viral communities in a full-scale waste stabilization pond system using shotgun metagenomics

Annals of Microbiology
Background Waste stabilization ponds (WSPs) are widely used as cost-effective, nature-based systems for municipal wastewater treatment, particularly in developing countries.
Neveen M. Rizk, Nehal Ismail Ahmed, Marwa M. Gado, Mona H. El-Gayar, Kassim Chabi, Mohamed A. Marouf, Mariam E. Fawzy, Ahmad Z. Al-Herrawy, Mahmoud Gad   +8 more
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