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Aranguren R, Cañón J. Assessing differential land use impacts on soil quality: A method based on log-response ratios and polygonal projections. JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT 2023; 348:119442. [PMID: 37925985 DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvman.2023.119442] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/21/2023] [Revised: 10/12/2023] [Accepted: 10/20/2023] [Indexed: 11/07/2023]
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Soil quality indices (SQI) used for assessing soil degradation are often developed using additive scoring functions. However, these SQI may lack reference values for interpreting their outputs and the capacity to differentiate changes in specific variables. To overcome these limitations, this study introduces SQI using Log Response Ratios (LRR) as measures of size effects caused by land use in physical, chemical, and microbiological soil quality indicators. LRR vectors projected 2D polygons with condensed change measures along their perimeters. This method was tested in andosols within the southeastern region of Antioquia, Colombia. These soils were subjected to contrasting stages of degradation determined by the extent of A-horizon removal due to land use practices. This study shows that mining and agriculture have detrimental effects on soil organic carbon and water contents, and that size effects vary significantly between land uses (p < 0.05). Microbiological features also exhibit distinct size effects, such as populations of culturable mesophilic bacteria and fungi, microbial basal respiration, spore density of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi (AMF), their diversity, and total glomalin-related soil proteins (p < 0.05). The SQI proposed exhibited a negative correlation with SQI computed from scoring additive functions either considering the entire dataset (R2 = 0.87) or a minimum dataset (R2 = 0.90). This approach underscores the utility of using LRR geometrical analysis to assess global soil quality differences among land uses (p < 0.01), offering a visual, quantifiable representation of the effects of each land use over specific soil quality indicators.
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- Raul Aranguren
- GAIA Research Group, Universidad de Antioquia, Medellín, 050010, Colombia.
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- GAIA Research Group, Universidad de Antioquia, Medellín, 050010, Colombia.
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Zhang Z, Liu S, Wang X, Huang S, Sun K, Xia X. Differences in structure and composition of soil humic substances and their binding for polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in different climatic zones. ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION (BARKING, ESSEX : 1987) 2023; 322:121121. [PMID: 36681379 DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2023.121121] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/05/2022] [Revised: 01/13/2023] [Accepted: 01/17/2023] [Indexed: 06/17/2023]
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Humic substances (HSs) play important roles in the transport and bioavailability of hydrophobic organic compounds (HOCs) in soils. The sorption of HOCs depends on the compositions and structures of HSs which may differ in different climatic zones, however, the sorption behavior of HOCs by HSs in soils from different climatic zones is poorly understood. In this study, different HS fractions (humic acids-HAs, fulvic acids-FAs and humin-HM) in soils from different climatic zones were extracted and used as sorbents for polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs). The results indicated that HSs (including HA, FA and HM fractions) from colder climatic zones contained more oxygen-containing functional groups and exhibited smaller molecular weight as well as higher aliphaticity and polarity than those from warmer climatic zones. The sorption affinity of HAs at the low given concentration (0.05 Sw) of naphthalene (Nap), phenanthrene (Phe), pyrene (Pyr) and benz(α)anthracene (BaA) from warmer climatic zones to colder ones increased from 26.3 to 43.9, from 36.7 to 114.0, from 125.8 to 388.8, and from 322.5 to 876.1, respectively, and the same trends were obtained for FAs and HM at the same PAH concentration. The results indicated that HSs from colder climatic zones showed higher sorption affinity than those from warmer climatic zones. Moreover, the weighted contributions of FAs, HAs and HM to the overall sorption from different climatic zones were 9.1-28.4%, 13.5-59.2% and 23.4-76.9%, respectively. This indicates FA fraction, a previously neglected component, is also an important contributor to binding PAHs in soils. This study suggests that the difference in sorption behaviors of HOCs to HSs among different climatic zones should be considered when predicting HOC fates and bioavailability in soils.
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- Zhenrui Zhang
- Key Laboratory of Water and Sediment Sciences of Ministry of Education, State Key Laboratory of Water Environment Simulation, School of Environment, Beijing Normal University, Beijing 100875, China
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- Key Laboratory of Water and Sediment Sciences of Ministry of Education, State Key Laboratory of Water Environment Simulation, School of Environment, Beijing Normal University, Beijing 100875, China.
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- Laboratory for Earth Surface Processes, College of Urban and Environmental Sciences, Peking University, Beijing 100871, China
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- Key Laboratory of Water and Sediment Sciences of Ministry of Education, State Key Laboratory of Water Environment Simulation, School of Environment, Beijing Normal University, Beijing 100875, China
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- Key Laboratory of Water and Sediment Sciences of Ministry of Education, State Key Laboratory of Water Environment Simulation, School of Environment, Beijing Normal University, Beijing 100875, China
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- Key Laboratory of Water and Sediment Sciences of Ministry of Education, State Key Laboratory of Water Environment Simulation, School of Environment, Beijing Normal University, Beijing 100875, China
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Kempf M. Enhanced trends in spectral greening and climate anomalies across Europe. ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING AND ASSESSMENT 2023; 195:260. [PMID: 36596916 PMCID: PMC9810573 DOI: 10.1007/s10661-022-10853-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/22/2022] [Accepted: 12/13/2022] [Indexed: 06/17/2023]
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Europe witnessed a strong increase in climate variability and enhanced climate-induced extreme events, such as hot drought periods, mega heat waves, and persistent flooding and flash floods. Intensified land degradation, land use, and landcover changes further amplified the pressure on the environmental system functionalities and fuelled climate change feedbacks. On the other hand, global satellite observations detected a positive spectral greening trend-most likely as a response to rising atmospheric CO2 concentrations and global warming. But which are the engines behind such shifts in surface reflectance patterns, vegetation response to global climate changes, or anomalies in the environmental control mechanisms? This article compares long-term environmental variables (1948-2021) to recent vegetation index data (Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI), 2001-2021) and presents regional trends in climate variability and vegetation response across Europe. Results show that positive trends in vegetation response, temperature, rainfall, and soil moisture are accompanied by a strong increase in climate anomalies over large parts of Europe. Vegetation dynamics are strongly coupled to increased temperature and enhanced soil moisture during winter and the early growing season in the northern latitudes. Simultaneously, temperature, precipitation, and soil moisture anomalies are strongly increasing. Such a strong amplification in climate variability across Europe further enhances the vulnerability of vegetation cover during extreme events.
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- Michael Kempf
- Department of Geography, Physical Geography - Landscape Ecology and Geoinformation, University of Kiel, Kiel, Germany.
- CRC1266-Scales of Transformation, Project A2 'Integrative Modelling of Socio-Environmental Dynamics', University of Kiel, Kiel, Germany.
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Castillo‐Rogez J, Weiss B, Beddingfield C, Biersteker J, Cartwright R, Goode A, Melwani Daswani M, Neveu M. Compositions and Interior Structures of the Large Moons of Uranus and Implications for Future Spacecraft Observations. JOURNAL OF GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH. PLANETS 2023; 128:e2022JE007432. [PMID: 37034459 PMCID: PMC10078161 DOI: 10.1029/2022je007432] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/14/2022] [Revised: 11/29/2022] [Accepted: 12/02/2022] [Indexed: 06/19/2023]
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The five large moons of Uranus are important targets for future spacecraft missions. To motivate and inform the exploration of these moons, we model their internal evolution, present-day physical structures, and geochemical and geophysical signatures that may be measured by spacecraft. We predict that if the moons preserved liquid until present, it is likely in the form of residual oceans less than 30 km thick in Ariel, Umbriel, and less than 50 km in Titania, and Oberon. The preservation of liquid strongly depends on material properties and, potentially, on dynamical circumstances that are presently unknown. Miranda is unlikely to host liquid at present unless it experienced tidal heating a few tens of million years ago. We find that since the thin residual layers may be hypersaline, their induced magnetic fields could be detectable by future spacecraft-based magnetometers. However, if the ocean is maintained primarily by ammonia, and thus well below the water freezing point, then its electrical conductivity may be too small to be detectable by spacecraft. Lastly, our calculated tidal Love number (k 2) and dissipation factor (Q) are consistent with the Q/k 2 values previously inferred from dynamical evolution models. In particular, we find that the low Q/k 2 estimated for Titania supports the hypothesis that Titania currently holds an ocean.
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- Jet Propulsion LaboratoryCalifornia Institute of TechnologyPasadenaCAUSA
- Department of Earth, Atmospheric and Planetary SciencesMassachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)CambridgeMAUSA
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- SETI InstituteMountain ViewCAUSA
- NASA Ames Research CenterMountain ViewCAUSA
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- Department of Earth, Atmospheric and Planetary SciencesMassachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)CambridgeMAUSA
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- Department of Earth, Atmospheric and Planetary SciencesMassachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)CambridgeMAUSA
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- University of MarylandCollege ParkMDUSA
- NASA Goddard Space Flight CenterGreenbeltMDUSA
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Xu L, Yu Q, Wang M, Yang J, Xu S, Shi X, Xie X, Zhao X, Gao J, Zhang Y. Soil mineral nitrogen regulation by a novel porous material in structurally degraded soils. JOURNAL OF THE SCIENCE OF FOOD AND AGRICULTURE 2022; 102:6285-6292. [PMID: 35514124 DOI: 10.1002/jsfa.11977] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/26/2021] [Revised: 04/30/2022] [Accepted: 05/05/2022] [Indexed: 06/14/2023]
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BACKGROUND The availability of soil nitrogen (N) decreases as the structure of agricultural soils degrades. Traditional methods focus on organic amendments that indirectly affect the porosity and N content of soil. Due to the low efficiency of such amendments, new materials, particularly highly porous materials, are needed to improve the quality of soil, which has opened new directions. RESULTS The addition of 2 to 7 mm of porous clay ceramic (PLC) significantly increased the fresh weight of Brassica chinensis. The soil aeration porosity (>50 μm) increased by 0.69% on average in response to 1% PLC application. Soil NO3 - -N, NH4 + -N and mineral N increased by 3.3, 1.3 and 4.6 mg kg-1 on average, respectively, following a 1% PLC application rate. The initial N content of the high PLC treatments was the lowest in the incubation experiment. The parameters of soil N mineralization, i.e. potentially mineralizable N (N0 ), the first-order rate constant (k) and the mineralization composite index (N0 × k), increased obviously as the amount of PLC increased. Porosities larger than 1000 μm were significantly more positively correlated with the parameters of soil N mineralization than those <500 μm. The Pearson correlation coefficients suggested that high porosity, mineral N and N0 values had significant positive relationships with the fresh weights in double seasons. CONCLUSION The application of PLC increased soil aeration and enhanced the availability of soil N, which yielded large vegetable harvests in clayey soils in the short term. © 2022 Society of Chemical Industry.
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- Lingying Xu
- State Key Laboratory of Soil and Sustainable Agriculture, Changshu National Agro-Ecosystem Observation and Research Station, Institute of Soil Science, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Nanjing, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Soil and Sustainable Agriculture, Changshu National Agro-Ecosystem Observation and Research Station, Institute of Soil Science, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Nanjing, China
- Shanghai Engineering Research Center of Landscapingon Challenging Urban Sites, Shanghai Academy of Landscape Architecture Science and Planning, Shanghai, China, 200232, Shanghai, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Soil and Sustainable Agriculture, Changshu National Agro-Ecosystem Observation and Research Station, Institute of Soil Science, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Nanjing, China
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- Hongta Tobacco Group Co., Ltd., Yunnan, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Soil and Sustainable Agriculture, Changshu National Agro-Ecosystem Observation and Research Station, Institute of Soil Science, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Nanjing, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Soil and Sustainable Agriculture, Changshu National Agro-Ecosystem Observation and Research Station, Institute of Soil Science, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Nanjing, China
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- Hongta Tobacco Group Co., Ltd., Yunnan, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Soil and Sustainable Agriculture, Changshu National Agro-Ecosystem Observation and Research Station, Institute of Soil Science, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Nanjing, China
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- National Long-term Location Monitoring Base on Black Soil Fertility and Fertilizer Efficiency, Jilin Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Jilin, China
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- Department of Wine, Food and Molecular Biosciences, Faculty of Agriculture and Life Sciences, Lincoln University, Christchurch, New Zealand
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Development of a Calculation Concept for Mapping Specific Heat Extraction for Very Shallow Geothermal Systems. SUSTAINABILITY 2022. [DOI: 10.3390/su14074199] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Horizontal shallow geothermal applications are easy to install, and their installation process is less liable to legislation than other geothermal systems. Due to a lack of planning guidance, the opportunity to implement such systems is often overlooked, although geothermal installations are urgently needed as a sustainable energy source. To give a foundation for including very shallow geothermal systems in local heat supply planning, potential maps are crucial. To enable their utilization in energy use plans or similar elaborations for municipalities, location-specific and system-specific heat extractions are required. Since applicable standards are not available, it is nearly impossible to provide aggregate propositions, which are essential for potential maps. In this study, a concept was evolved for deriving very shallow geothermal potential maps with location-specific and system-specific heat extraction values. As a basis, VDI 4640 Part 2 information regarding heat extraction and respective climate zone references was utilized. Furthermore, climate information and a soil map were needed to apply the concept to the study area. The application of the concept in an Austrian study area resulted in appropriate potential maps. Moreover, this concept is similarly applicable in other areas of interest.
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Ogunsua BO, Laoye JA. Tsallis q-Stat and the Evidence of Long-Range Interactions in Soil Temperature Dynamics. ENTROPY (BASEL, SWITZERLAND) 2021; 23:909. [PMID: 34356450 PMCID: PMC8304099 DOI: 10.3390/e23070909] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/27/2021] [Revised: 07/01/2021] [Accepted: 07/01/2021] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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The complexities in the variations of soil temperature and thermal diffusion poses a physical problem that requires more understanding. The quest for a better understanding of the complexities of soil temperature variation has prompted the study of the q-statistics in the soil temperature variation with the view of understanding the underlying dynamics of the temperature variation and thermal diffusivity of the soil. In this work, the values of Tsallis stationary state q index known as q-stat were computed from soil temperature measured at different stations in Nigeria. The intrinsic variations of the soil temperature were derived from the soil temperature time series by detrending method to extract the influences of other types of variations from the atmosphere. The detrended soil temperature data sets were further analysed to fit the q-Gaussian model. Our results show that our datasets fit into the Tsallis Gaussian distributions with lower values of q-stat during rainy season and around the wet soil regions of Nigeria and the values of q-stat obtained for monthly data sets were mostly in the range 1.2≤q≤2.9 for all stations, with very few values q closer to 1.2 for a few stations in the wet season. The distributions obtained from the detrended soil temperature data were mostly found to belong to the class of asymmetric q-Gaussians. The ability of the soil temperature data sets to fit into q-Gaussians might be due and the non-extensive statistical nature of the system and (or) consequently due to the presence of superstatistics. The possible mechanisms responsible this behaviour was further discussed.
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- Babalola O. Ogunsua
- Key Laboratory for Middle Atmosphere and Global Environmental Monitoring (LAGEO), Institute of Atmospheric Physics (IAP), Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), Beijing 100864, China
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- Department of Physics, Olabisi Onabanjo University, Ago-Iwoye 120107, Ogun State, Nigeria;
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Wei H, Chen X, Kong M, He J, Shen W. Three-year-period nitrogen additions did not alter soil organic carbon content and lability in soil aggregates in a tropical forest. ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND POLLUTION RESEARCH INTERNATIONAL 2021; 28:37793-37803. [PMID: 33723778 DOI: 10.1007/s11356-021-13466-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/24/2020] [Accepted: 03/11/2021] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
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Soil immobilizes a considerable proportion of carbon (C) as organic matter in terrestrial ecosystems and is thus critical to stabilize the global climate system. Atmospheric nitrogen (N) deposition could influence soil C storage and stabilization, but how N deposition changes soil organic C (SOC) fractions and lability remains elusive. We investigated the effects of 3-year-period N inputs on SOC fractions and lability along three soil depths (0-10, 10-20, and 20-40 cm) in a tropical forest of southern China. Results showed that N additions did not significantly change contents of SOC fractions and the C lability, either in bulk or aggregate-based soils at any of the three depths, and it showed no significant interaction with soil aggregate or soil depth. The SOC content was 43.7 ± 1.5, 18.2 ± 1.0, and 10.7 ± 0.4 mg g-1 at the three soil layers downwards, with the non-readily oxidizable SOC (NROC) contributing over 70% while the remaining SOC consisting of readily oxidizable SOC at each soil layer. Moreover, contents of SOC and NROC were consistently higher in small soil aggregates, but the C decrement with increasing size of soil aggregates declined along soil profile downwards. This scenario suggests that physical protection of the small soil aggregate is limited, but its greater specific surface area could obviously contribute to the SOC pattern among soil aggregates. These results indicate that the highly developed forests could be resistant to short-term N deposition, even with a high load, to maintain its SOC stabilization.
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- Hui Wei
- College of Natural Resources and Environment, and Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Eco-circular Agriculture, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou, 510642, China.
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- School of Geography and Remote Sensing, Guangzhou University, Guangzhou, 510006, China
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- College of Natural Resources and Environment, and Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Eco-circular Agriculture, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou, 510642, China
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- Key Laboratory of Vegetation Restoration and Management of Degraded Ecosystems, South China Botanical Garden, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Guangzhou, 510650, China
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- Key Laboratory of Vegetation Restoration and Management of Degraded Ecosystems, South China Botanical Garden, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Guangzhou, 510650, China
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de Vrese P, Brovkin V. Timescales of the permafrost carbon cycle and legacy effects of temperature overshoot scenarios. Nat Commun 2021; 12:2688. [PMID: 33976172 PMCID: PMC8113593 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-021-23010-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/23/2020] [Accepted: 04/06/2021] [Indexed: 11/11/2022] Open
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Minimizing the risks and impacts of climate change requires limiting the global temperature increase to 1.5 °C above preindustrial levels, while the difficulty of reducing carbon emissions at the necessary rate increases the likelihood of temporarily overshooting this climate target. Using simulations with the land surface model JSBACH, we show that it takes high-latitude ecosystems and the state of permafrost-affected soils several centuries to adjust to the atmospheric conditions that arise at the 1.5 °C-target. Here, a temporary warming of the Arctic entails important legacy effects and we show that feedbacks between water-, energy- and carbon cycles allow for multiple steady-states in permafrost regions, which differ with respect to the physical state of the soil, the soil carbon concentrations and the terrestrial carbon uptake and -release. The steady-states depend on the soil organic matter content at the point of climate stabilization, which is significantly affected by an overshoot-induced soil carbon loss. In this study, the authors investigate a scenario where global temperature increase is limited to 1.5 °C. They find that Arctic ecosystems will need centuries to adapt to such an increase and that the ensuing steady-state depends on the preceding climate trajectory.
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- Philipp de Vrese
- Max Planck Institute for Meteorology, The Land in the Earth System, Hamburg, Germany.
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- Max Planck Institute for Meteorology, The Land in the Earth System, Hamburg, Germany.,Center for Earth System Research and Sustainability, University of Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany
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A Case Study of Thermal Evolution in the Vicinity of Geothermal Probes Following a Distributed TRT Method. ENERGIES 2021. [DOI: 10.3390/en14092632] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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To meet the stated climate change targets and to ensure the capability of meeting the current and future energy demands, there is an urgent need to develop renewable energy sources, such as geothermal systems. If geothermal systems are to be cost-efficient and are to enjoy public confidence, it is essential that they are designed and installed in accordance with the prevailing site-specific conditions. A thorough understanding of the thermal behaviour of the surrounding ground is, therefore, critical. In this work, we investigated temperature and its evolution in the vicinity of a shallow geothermal helix-shaped borehole heat exchanger (BHE). To measure the temperature close to the actual geothermal system, an additional U-tube probe was installed at the edge of the same borehole. A thermal load was then applied to the BHE, and the temperature was detected in the nearby U-tube. The temperature measurements were made with a GEOSniff monitoring device. To understand these localised temperature measurements in the context of the Valencia test site, ERT measurements were also performed. The GEOSniff device permits measurements to be made with very high depth resolution, which allows the thermal properties of the surrounding ground to be derived precisely, thus, enabling the identification of the different textural domains.
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Farina R, Sándor R, Abdalla M, Álvaro-Fuentes J, Bechini L, Bolinder MA, Brilli L, Chenu C, Clivot H, De Antoni Migliorati M, Di Bene C, Dorich CD, Ehrhardt F, Ferchaud F, Fitton N, Francaviglia R, Franko U, Giltrap DL, Grant BB, Guenet B, Harrison MT, Kirschbaum MUF, Kuka K, Kulmala L, Liski J, McGrath MJ, Meier E, Menichetti L, Moyano F, Nendel C, Recous S, Reibold N, Shepherd A, Smith WN, Smith P, Soussana JF, Stella T, Taghizadeh-Toosi A, Tsutskikh E, Bellocchi G. Ensemble modelling, uncertainty and robust predictions of organic carbon in long-term bare-fallow soils. GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY 2021; 27:904-928. [PMID: 33159712 DOI: 10.1111/gcb.15441] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/20/2020] [Accepted: 10/26/2020] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
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Simulation models represent soil organic carbon (SOC) dynamics in global carbon (C) cycle scenarios to support climate-change studies. It is imperative to increase confidence in long-term predictions of SOC dynamics by reducing the uncertainty in model estimates. We evaluated SOC simulated from an ensemble of 26 process-based C models by comparing simulations to experimental data from seven long-term bare-fallow (vegetation-free) plots at six sites: Denmark (two sites), France, Russia, Sweden and the United Kingdom. The decay of SOC in these plots has been monitored for decades since the last inputs of plant material, providing the opportunity to test decomposition without the continuous input of new organic material. The models were run independently over multi-year simulation periods (from 28 to 80 years) in a blind test with no calibration (Bln) and with the following three calibration scenarios, each providing different levels of information and/or allowing different levels of model fitting: (a) calibrating decomposition parameters separately at each experimental site (Spe); (b) using a generic, knowledge-based, parameterization applicable in the Central European region (Gen); and (c) using a combination of both (a) and (b) strategies (Mix). We addressed uncertainties from different modelling approaches with or without spin-up initialization of SOC. Changes in the multi-model median (MMM) of SOC were used as descriptors of the ensemble performance. On average across sites, Gen proved adequate in describing changes in SOC, with MMM equal to average SOC (and standard deviation) of 39.2 (±15.5) Mg C/ha compared to the observed mean of 36.0 (±19.7) Mg C/ha (last observed year), indicating sufficiently reliable SOC estimates. Moving to Mix (37.5 ± 16.7 Mg C/ha) and Spe (36.8 ± 19.8 Mg C/ha) provided only marginal gains in accuracy, but modellers would need to apply more knowledge and a greater calibration effort than in Gen, thereby limiting the wider applicability of models.
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- Roberta Farina
- Research Centre for Agriculture and Environment, CREA - Council for Agricultural Research and Economics, Rome, Italy
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- Centre for Agricultural Research, Agricultural Institute, Martonvásár, Hungary
- Université Clermont Auvergne, INRAE, VetAgro Sup, UREP, Clermont-Ferrand, France
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- Université Paris Saclay, INRAE, AgroParisTech, Paris, France
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- INRAE, BioEcoAgro, Barenton-Bugny, France
- Université de Lorraine, INRAE, LAE, Colmar, France
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- Research Centre for Agriculture and Environment, CREA - Council for Agricultural Research and Economics, Rome, Italy
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- Research Centre for Agriculture and Environment, CREA - Council for Agricultural Research and Economics, Rome, Italy
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- Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research, Halle, Germany
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- Manaaki Whenua - Landcare Research, Palmerston North, New Zealand
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- Ottawa Research and Development Centre, Agriculture and Agri-Food, Ottawa, ON, Canada
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- Laboratoire des Sciences du Climat et de l'Environnement, LSCE/IPSL, CEA-CNRS-UVSQ, Université Paris-Saclay, Gif-sur-Yvette, France
- Laboratoire de Géologie de l'ENS, PSL Research University, Paris, France
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- JKI - Federal Research Centre for Cultivated Plants, Braunschweig, Germany
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- Finnish Meteorological Institute, Helsinki, Finland
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- Laboratoire des Sciences du Climat et de l'Environnement, LSCE/IPSL, CEA-CNRS-UVSQ, Université Paris-Saclay, Gif-sur-Yvette, France
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- Leibniz Centre for Agricultural Landscape Research, Müncheberg, Germany
- University of Potsdam, Potsdam, Germany
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- Université de Reims Champagne Ardenne, INRAE, FARE, Reims, France
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- University of Aberdeen, Aberdeen, UK
- formerly Rothamsted Research, North Wyke, UK
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- Ottawa Research and Development Centre, Agriculture and Agri-Food, Ottawa, ON, Canada
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- Leibniz Centre for Agricultural Landscape Research, Müncheberg, Germany
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- Leibniz Centre for Agricultural Landscape Research, Müncheberg, Germany
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- Université Clermont Auvergne, INRAE, VetAgro Sup, UREP, Clermont-Ferrand, France
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Soil health is the capacity of the soil to provide an environment for optimum growth and development of plants, while also ensuring the health of animals and humans. Animal manure has been used for centuries as a source of nutrients in agriculture. However, many other soil properties that contribute to soil health are affected when manure is applied. Bulk density, aggregate stability, infiltration, water holding capacity, soil fertility, and biological properties are impacted to various degrees with manure application. The goal of this paper was to compile the research findings on the effects of various livestock manure types on soil fertility, soil physical properties, soil biology and the yield of various cereal crops. Specifically, this paper summarizes results for poultry, cattle, and swine manure used in various cropping systems. Although there are conflicting results in the literature with regards to the effect of manure on various soil properties, the literature offers convincing evidence of beneficial impacts of manure on soil and the growth of crops. The degree to which manure affects soil depends on the physical and chemical properties of the manure itself and various management and environmental factors including rate and timing of application, soil type, and climate.
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Mineralogical composition and C/N contents in soil and water among betel vineyards of coastal Odisha, India. SN APPLIED SCIENCES 2020. [DOI: 10.1007/s42452-020-2631-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/24/2022] Open
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