Article
Environmental Sciences
Yael Teff-Seker, Hila Segre, Efrat Eizenberg, Daniel E. Orenstein, Assaf Shwartz
Summary: The study explored the attitudes of farmers in an area of intensive agriculture in Israel towards five different agri-environmental practices and a potential agri-environmental scheme. Findings suggest that farmers' willingness to implement agri-environmental practices is driven by environmental, personal, and social considerations, with lack of trust in the government and personal/local experience with specific practices being major barriers for joining a potential scheme.
JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT
(2022)
Article
Environmental Studies
Katrin Prager
Summary: This study examines the role of the Countryside Stewardship Facilitation Fund (CSFF) in promoting cooperation among farmers in England. It finds that the key elements of social capital differ between cases, leading to variations in the establishment of groups and collaboration in agri-environmental management. While the CSFF supports individuals in delivering agri-environmental outcomes, it struggles to create self-sustaining farmer groups. The design of similar policy interventions should clarify the desired type of farmer cooperation and consider the time needed to build social capital, tensions between farmer-led groups and state-funded AES, and trade-offs between group cohesion and landscape-scale working.
Article
Geography
Jack McCarthy, David Meredith, Christine Bonnin
Summary: This study explores the motivations of a small group of actors who applied to an Agri-Environmental Policy initiative in Ireland, showing how their motivations emerged based on specific relationships and future scenarios they envisioned. The capacity of actors to engage with possible futures heavily influences their ability to participate in collaborative approaches to Agri-Environmental Policy initiatives.
JOURNAL OF RURAL STUDIES
(2021)
Article
Development Studies
Disha Bhanot, Vinish Kathuria, Debabrata Das
Summary: This study focuses on the distress selling of agricultural products in India, particularly in horticulture crops, and examines the role of institutional innovations in addressing this issue. Through a survey of tomato farmers in Maharashtra, India, the study compares the likelihood of distress selling for farmers selling through different marketing channels. The findings suggest that selling through alternative channels helps farmers minimize losses and avoid distress selling.
Article
Ecology
Edwin Alblas, Josephine van Zeben
Summary: An innovative collaborative agri-environmental scheme in the Netherlands involves agricultural collectives as the main actors in implementing environmental policies. This approach effectively balances ecological and social goals, but also brings governance risks that should be addressed through transparency and inclusivity.
ECOLOGY AND SOCIETY
(2023)
Article
Environmental Sciences
Giulia Bazzan, Jeroen Candel, Carsten Daugbjerg
Summary: In response to various challenges, the European Union has implemented diverse agri-environmental measures to foster agricultural ecosystem service delivery. This article uses a mechanism-based approach to uncover the causal processes underlying successful implementation of these measures and emphasizes the role of context and scheme design.
ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & POLICY
(2023)
Article
Environmental Studies
Calum Brown, Eszter Kovacs, Irina Herzon, Sergio Villamayor-Tomas, Amaia Albizua, Antonia Galanaki, Ioanna Grammatikopoulou, Davy McCracken, Johanna Alkan Olsson, Yves Zinngrebe
Summary: The study reveals that economic and structural factors are major determinants of farmers' adoption of environmental management practices in the CAP. However, the literature suggests a broader range of social and attitudinal factors also play a crucial role, which are not fully recognized in policy design. Urgent redesign of agricultural subsidies is recommended to better align with economic, social, and environmental factors influencing farmer decision-making and maximize potential environmental benefits.
Article
Ecology
Gemma Del Rossi, Jory S. Hecht, Asim Zia
Summary: The study examines the use of payment for ecosystem services (PES) in agri-environmental programs to increase farmer participation. It finds that while the programs meet several PES principles, transaction costs hinder participation and can be reduced with greater technical assistance. Further research is needed to understand the relationship between PES design criteria and farmer participation in environmental outcomes.
ECOSYSTEM SERVICES
(2021)
Article
Economics
Jason Monios, Adolf K. Y. Ng
Summary: This paper explores the process of deinstitutionalization of maritime transport governance due to competing institutional logics. The sector continues to operate with a business-as-usual logic while simultaneously paying lip service to a logic of sustainability. The key regulator, the International Maritime Organization, attempts to bring in stricter environmental legislation, but faces resistance from the dominant logic, resulting in stagnation and inertia.
JOURNAL OF TRANSPORT GEOGRAPHY
(2021)
Article
Environmental Sciences
Claudia Sattler, Rena Barghusen, Birte Bredemeier, Celine Dutilly, Katrin Prager
Summary: In this study, we used institutional analysis to investigate innovative contracts in the agrienvironmental and climate schemes. We identified four contract types and selected 19 case examples from six European countries for analysis. Our results show the diversity of actors involved in contract governance and highlight the context-dependent nature of their roles. We also discuss the potential impact of these roles on the provision of environmental public goods through the contracts.
GLOBAL ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE-HUMAN AND POLICY DIMENSIONS
(2023)
Article
Ecology
Valentino Dardanoni, Carla Guerriero
Summary: Children and adolescents have definite economic preferences for environmental protection, with a higher willingness to pay for projects in their own country. The utility of environmental protection is greater for girls and teenagers, and a pro-environmental attitude reduces the likelihood of opting for continuation of the status quo. These findings are relevant to policy decisions on environmental conservation.
ECOLOGICAL ECONOMICS
(2021)
Article
Biodiversity Conservation
Bartosz Bartkowski, Michael Beckmann, Marek Bednar, Sofia Biffi, Cristina Domingo-Marimon, Minucer Mesaros, Charlotte Schuessler, Borivoj Sarapatka, Sonja Tarcak, Tomas Vaclavik, Guy Ziv, Felix Wittstock
Summary: Agri-environmental schemes (AES) in Europe and elsewhere aim to reduce agriculture's negative impacts on the environment. Understanding farmers' decisions to adopt AES is crucial for designing effective schemes. However, current insights are mostly based on case studies or structured surveys that may have preconceived notions. There is a lack of studies that offer a broad perspective and take into account the cultural and institutional context of behavioral studies. Additionally, most studies focus on adoption decisions, neglecting implementation decisions and their ecological consequences.
Article
Environmental Studies
Chinazaekpere Nwani, Samuel Adams
Summary: The study reveals that natural resource rents have a significant impact on the carbon emissions of low quality of government (QoG) countries, with a positive effect, while high QoG countries show a negative impact. Economic growth and import trade have a stronger negative impact on the environment in low QoG countries.
Article
Environmental Studies
ChangZheng Li, Asif Razzaq, Ilhan Ozturk, Arshian Sharif
Summary: This study analyzes the influence of financial technologies, digitalization, institutional quality, and human capital on natural resources rent in selected OECD economies from 2002 to 2020. The study utilizes moments quantile regression (MMQR) for explanatory variables at different quantiles and ordinary least squares (OLS) regression for long-run coefficients. The results indicate the impact of financial technologies, digitalization, human capital, and institutional quality on natural resources dependency, with varying effects at different quantiles. Valuable policy recommendations are drawn from these findings.
Article
Agriculture, Multidisciplinary
Heidi Leonhardt, Michael Braito, Reinhard Uehleke
Summary: Understanding the motivations behind farmers' adoption of sustainable farming practices is crucial for policy makers. In Austria, all types of farmers find agri-environmental schemes attractive, but the level of participation varies among different farmer archetypes. This suggests that monetary compensations are not enough for certain groups of farmers, and additional incentives should be considered.
AGRICULTURE AND HUMAN VALUES
(2022)
Article
Water Resources
Steven M. Wondzell, Adam S. Ward
Summary: Catchment hydrologists have long been puzzled by how catchments generate storm flows and pulses of solutes. Traditional conceptual models do not typically consider the stream channel as a potential source. This study proposes the channel-source hypothesis, suggesting that streams can also serve as a potential source for dissolved organic carbon.
HYDROLOGICAL PROCESSES
(2022)
Article
Water Resources
Karin Emanuelson, Tim Covino, Adam S. Ward, Jancoba Dorley, Michael Gooseff
Summary: Land use within a watershed affects stream channel morphology, hydrology, and solute transport processes. This study compared two stream sites with different channel morphologies and land use conditions. The results showed that the forested stream had a wide range of transport mechanisms and substantial exchange with both surface and hyporheic transient storage. In contrast, the agricultural stream had a narrower range of solute transport behavior, with predominantly surface transient storage.
HYDROLOGICAL PROCESSES
(2022)
Article
Water Resources
Adam S. Ward, Aaron Packman, Susana Bernal, Nicolai Brekenfeld, Jen Drummond, Emily Graham, David M. Hannah, Megan Klaar, Stefan Krause, Marie Kurz, Angang Li, Anna Lupon, Feng Mao, M. Eugenia Marti Roca, Valerie Ouellet, Todd Royer, James C. Stegen, Jay P. Zarnetske
Summary: A unified conceptual framework for river corridors requires synthesis of diverse site-, method- and discipline-specific findings. In this study, an inductive approach using machine learning was used to identify potential relationships in river corridor observations. The approach generated numerous previously uninvestigated relationships and highlighted novel research questions.
HYDROLOGICAL PROCESSES
(2022)
Article
Water Resources
Tyler Balson, Adam S. Ward
Summary: This study explores the potential for machine learning to make near-term predictions and critically evaluates the improvement realized by expanding a monitoring network. It found that the deployment of sensors not only improves forecasts for individual cities but also brings positive externalities for other cities in the river basin.
HYDROLOGICAL PROCESSES
(2022)
Article
Chemistry, Analytical
Jase L. Hixson, Adam S. Ward
Summary: Access to and extensive use of fluorometric analyses is limited due to the prohibitive costs and logistical constraints. However, low-cost alternatives have been found to produce comparable data and performance to commercial equipment. Researchers prototyped and benchmarked a variety of fluorometer components and found that the best configuration achieved high functional resolution and concentration range.
Article
Environmental Sciences
Riley Walsh, Adam S. Ward
Summary: The Clean Water Act is a crucial federal law in the United States for protecting the integrity of streams, lakes, and wetlands. It has undergone significant changes since its enactment in 1948, and this article provides a practical summary of its evolution and demonstrates the spatial consequences of regulatory language changes.
WILEY INTERDISCIPLINARY REVIEWS-WATER
(2022)
Article
Water Resources
Jeffrey Wade, Christa Kelleher, Adam S. Ward, Rebecca L. Schewe
Summary: Recent revisions to the definition of the 'waters of the United States' (WOTUS) have led to significant changes in federal wetland regulation under the Clean Water Act. The two most recent modifications to WOTUS, the Clean Water Rule (CWR) and the Navigable Waters Protection Rule (NWPR), have differing impacts on wetland regulation. A study in New York State found that overall, NWPR protects fewer wetlands and less total wetland area than CWR, indicating the need for comprehensive assessments of wetland policy outcomes.
HYDROLOGICAL PROCESSES
(2022)
Article
Water Resources
Joel G. Singley, Kamini Singha, Michael N. Gooseff, Ricardo Gonzalez-Pinzon, Timothy P. Covino, Adam S. Ward, Jancoba Dorley, Eve-Lyn S. Hinckley
Summary: The study applies an unsupervised clustering method to analyze time-lapse electrical resistivity (ER) models in order to delimit the hyporheic extent and quantify changes in surface-groundwater exchange. The findings demonstrate that unsupervised clustering can effectively distinguish solute transport signals from noisy background inversions and identify functional zones with unique transport characteristics.
HYDROLOGICAL PROCESSES
(2022)
Article
Environmental Sciences
Paige S. S. Becker, Adam S. S. Ward, Skuyler P. P. Herzog, Steven M. M. Wondzell
Summary: Field studies of hyporheic exchange in mountain systems often assume representativeness without being tested, using short study reaches and limited observations. In this study, numerical models were developed from four mountain streams, and shorter reaches were extracted to test their representativeness compared to reference segments. The study also examined the locations of these representative reaches and compared variance to understand the impacts of inferring causal mechanisms based on observable characteristics. The findings highlight the importance of considering the location and length of study reaches, as well as quantifying within and between site variations, for future field practices and modeling.
WATER RESOURCES RESEARCH
(2023)
Article
Engineering, Environmental
Skuyler P. Herzog, Jason Galloway, Eddie W. Banks, Malte Posselt, Anna Jaeger, Andrea Portmann, Rene Sahm, Bjoern Kusebauch, Joerg Lewandowski, Adam S. Ward
Summary: This study systematically evaluated key design variables for combined surface-subsurface structures using a numerical model, finding that optimizing these structures can simultaneously increase water flow flux and transit times, resulting in more effective contaminant attenuation. The presence of an upstream plate and absence of a downstream plate improved all performance metrics. Increasing the weir length generally improved all metrics, but the optimal weir height varied based on the metric. These findings can help better align specific restoration goals with appropriate performance metrics and hyporheic structure designs.
ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY
(2023)
Article
Engineering, Civil
Joel Singley, Martin Briggs, Beth Hoagland, Rachel Lauer, Jessie Meeks, Aaron B. Regberg, David M. Rey, Kenny Swift Bird, Adam S. Ward
Summary: Dr. Kamini Singha's work has revolutionized the understanding of transport and transformation in Earth's critical zone. She has integrated empirical, numerical, and theoretical advances to bridge different disciplines and ensure industry-wide best practices. Her contributions to the discipline of hydrogeophysics and her commitment to accessibility and inclusivity have brought positive change to the field of critical zone science.
JOURNAL OF HYDROLOGY
(2023)
Article
Environmental Sciences
Adam S. Ward, Steven M. Wondzell, Michael N. Gooseff, Tim Covino, Skuyler Herzog, Brian McGlynn, Robert A. Payn
Summary: Stream solute tracers are commonly injected to study transport and transformation, but their results are biased towards shortest and fastest storage locations. This study demonstrates a novel approach to observe mass stored beyond traditional detection limits, explaining the fate of previously considered lost solute tracer mass. These unmeasured flowpaths lead to lower magnitudes of gains and losses in individual reaches, suggesting an upper limit on actual behavior inferred from solute tracers.
WATER RESOURCES RESEARCH
(2023)
Article
Computer Science, Interdisciplinary Applications
Tyler B. Balson, Adam S. Ward
Summary: The growth in cloud-based computing platforms and open data repositories is enabling new workflows and standardization of analyses in various domains, including hydrologic science. We have developed an open-source tool and database for Stream Solute Tracers, which leverages community resources and provides cloud access to analysis tools for experimental data, ensuring standardized analysis and reproducibility for future research.
ENVIRONMENTAL MODELLING & SOFTWARE
(2023)
Article
Agronomy
Kelsie M. Ferin, Tyler Balson, Ellen Audia, Adam S. Ward, Stefan Liess, Tracy E. Twine, Andy VanLoocke
Summary: The Raccoon River Basin in Iowa is crucial for drinking water supply in the city and nutrient exports in the Mississippi River Basin, but climate change poses a threat to its ecosystem services. Efforts to reduce nitrogen pollution in the basin have included incorporating bioenergy crops and implementing conservation practices. This study used models to simulate nitrogen export under historical and future land use scenarios. The results suggest that replacing low-profit, high-nitrogen areas with miscanthus can significantly reduce nitrogen loss, especially under future climate conditions.
GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY BIOENERGY
(2023)
Review
Environmental Studies
Landon Yoder, Courtney Hammond Wagner, Kira Sullivan-wiley, Gemma Smith
Summary: The article highlights the issue of the decoupling of the commons dilemma framework from canonical common-pool-resource cases, posing challenges to theoretical development for addressing complex environmental problems. It stresses the importance of environmental issues in collective action and advocates for a revised theory of collective action to tackle these large-scale problems.
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF THE COMMONS
(2022)
Article
Environmental Sciences
Elizabeth Alvarez-Chavez, Stephane Godbout, Mylene Genereux, Caroline Cote, Alain N. Rousseau, Sebastien Fournel
Summary: This study evaluated the effect of alternative filtering materials and bed aeration on the retention of nutrients and fecal bacteria in woodchip bedded stand-off pads for cows. The results showed that the alternative biofilters were more efficient in removing COD, SS, TN, and NO3-N, while conventional biofilters were more efficient for PO4-P removal. Aeration did not have a significant effect under the tested temperature conditions.
JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT
(2024)
Article
Environmental Sciences
Yike Zhang, Zengyi Ma, Zhuoting Fang, Yuandong Qian, Zhiping Huang, Yilong Ye, Jianhua Yan
Summary: This study investigates the application of oxygen enrichment melting technology in the melting of municipal solid waste incineration fly ash. The results demonstrate that oxygen enrichment technology can reduce energy consumption and operating costs, as well as decrease pollution emissions.
JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT
(2024)
Article
Environmental Sciences
Liangang Xiao, Mingkai Leng, Philip Greenwood, Rongqin Zhao, Zhixiang Xie, Zengtao You, Junguo Liu
Summary: This study investigates the effects of grazing exclusion on soil organic carbon (SOC) accumulation and vegetation recovery. It finds that grazing exclusion can increase the potential for SOC accumulation, and higher annual precipitation is positively correlated with SOC accumulation.
JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT
(2024)
Article
Environmental Sciences
Beatrice Cantoni, Jessica Ianes, Beatrice Bertolo, Selena Ziccardi, Francesco Maffini, Manuela Antonelli
Summary: This study evaluates the performance of ozonation and adsorption as in-series processes compared to standalone processes for the removal of Contaminants of Emerging Concern (CECs) in drinking water. The combination of both processes proves to be more effective than adsorption and ozonation alone. Ozonation improves the adsorption performance of poorly-oxidizable CECs but worsens that of well-oxidizable compounds. This research highlights the importance of considering both processes in the removal of CECs in drinking water treatment plants.
JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT
(2024)
Article
Environmental Sciences
Dan Li, Bingjun Liu, Yang Lu, Jianyu Fu
Summary: A new Standardized compound Drought and Saltwater intrusion Index (SDSI) was developed to detect changes in the severity of CDSEs in six estuaries. The study found that saltwater intrusion plays a dominant role in influencing SDSI severity, and CDSEs vary in frequency, duration and severity among different estuaries.
JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT
(2024)
Article
Environmental Sciences
Yong-Qiang Li, Rui Sun, Chong-Miao Zhang, Zi-Xuan Liu, Rui-tao Chen, Jian Zhao, Hua-dong Gu, Huan-Cai Yin
Summary: In this study, an electron beam excitation multi-wavelength ultraviolet (EBE-MW-UV) system was established and found to have significantly higher microbial inactivation effects compared to single-wavelength UV-LEDs in water. Mechanism analysis revealed that EBE-MW-UV damaged microbial DNA and proteins, and generated additional reactive oxygen species, leading to microbial inactivation.
JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT
(2024)
Article
Environmental Sciences
Kaili Ma, Xinxin Han, Qiujuan Li, Yu Kong, Qiaoli Liu, Xu Yan, Yahong Luo, Xiaopin Li, Huiyang Wen, Zhiguo Cao
Summary: This study reveals that the use of a tryptophan-degrading microbial consortium (TDC) can enhance the hydrolysis efficiency of waste activated sludge (WAS), increasing the yield and quality of short chain fatty acids (SCFAs) and improving the solubilization and release of organic substances from WAS.
JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT
(2024)
Article
Environmental Sciences
Ling Xiong, Rui Li
Summary: Incorporating Ecosystem Service Value (ESV) into land use planning can provide informed land management decisions. This study evaluates the ESV of Guizhou Province in China's karst region. The results show an increase in total ESV over the past two decades due to ecological restoration projects.
JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT
(2024)
Article
Environmental Sciences
M. Geetha Jenifel
Summary: This article discusses the importance of water and the pollution of freshwater resources, and introduces the use of machine learning models and blockchain technology to predict and protect water quality.
JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT
(2024)
Article
Environmental Sciences
Stanslaus Terengia Materu, Taotao Chen, Chang Liu, Daocai Chi, Meng Jun
Summary: The study showed that H2SO4-modified biochar can reduce P leaching, increase soil available P, and enhance plant P uptake in alternate wetting and drying irrigation systems. Biochar additions B20A and IAWDB20A-M were effective in improving yield, reducing P leaching, and increasing APB.
JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT
(2024)
Article
Environmental Sciences
Amir Nouri, Ali Akbar Zinatizadeh, Sirus Zinadini, Mark Van Loosdrecht
Summary: This study focuses on the development of an air-lift bio-electrochemical reactor (ALBER) with a continuous feeding regime to enhance nitrogen removal from synthetic wastewater. The effect of temperature, hydraulic retention time (HRT), N -NH+4 /TN ratio, and current density on the reactor performance was investigated, and the ALBER achieved a maximum TN removal of 73%. The results suggest that the ALBER has potential for treating industrial wastewater at low temperatures.
JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT
(2024)
Article
Environmental Sciences
Peifang Wang, Guoxiang You, Yang Gao, Juan Chen, Xun Wang, Chao Wang
Summary: This study investigated the ecological processes of microbial communities and N- and P-transformation processes in multistage agricultural drainage ditches. The results showed that the microbial communities were co-shaped by agricultural practices and ditch size, which further governed the N and P removal performance.
JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT
(2024)
Article
Environmental Sciences
Xiaofeng Niu, Huan Wang, Tao Wang, Peiyu Zhang, Huan Zhang, Hongxia Wang, Xianghong Kong, Songguang Xie, Jun Xu
Summary: Microorganisms play a critical role in maintaining ecosystem balance, and environmental stressors can affect the assembly processes of microbial communities. The study found that different stressors have opposite effects on microbial community assembly in water and sediment, and warming has different influences compared to herbicides and nutrients.
JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT
(2024)
Article
Environmental Sciences
Yuqing Tan, Qiming Cheng, Fengwei Lyu, Fei Liu, Linhao Liu, Yihong Su, Shaochun Yuan, Wenyu Xiao, Zhen Liu, Yao Chen
Summary: The exacerbation of global warming, extreme weather events, and rapid urbanization have led to increased flooding in urban areas. China has adopted sponge city as an efficient means of preventing and controlling urban floods. Using a SWMM-FVCOM model, the hydrological reduction and control effect of sponge city construction (SPCC) within a university campus were evaluated. The study found that implementing SPCC effectively mitigates surface runoff and reduces the severity of urban flooding. However, the efficacy of runoff control decreases with longer rainfall return periods.
JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT
(2024)
Article
Environmental Sciences
Zhonghan Chen, Qiuyan Li, Shibo Yan, Juan Xu, Qiaoyun Lin, Zhuangming Zhao, Ziying He
Summary: Tidal rivers are important biochemical reaction channels, receiving carbon from wastewater and agricultural drains, affecting CO2 emissions. Through modeling and data analysis, researchers explored carbon distribution, emissions, and greenhouse effects, emphasizing the potential of river management to change global CO2 emissions under climate change.
JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT
(2024)
