An Environmentally Friendly Soil Amendment for Enhancing Soil Water Availability in Drought-Prone Soils

EXAFS Investigation of Ni(Ⅱ) Sorption at the Palygorskite-Solution Interface: New Insights into Surface-induced Precipitation Phenomena

(2021) Xinxin Mo et al.   GEOCHIMICA ET COSMOCHIMICA ACTA

A review on the application of clay minerals as heavy metal adsorbents for remediation purposes

(2020) Beatrice O. Otunola et al.   Environmental Technology & Innovation

Swelling capacity of sugarcane bagasse-g-poly(acrylamide)/attapulgite superabsorbent composites and their application as slow release fertilizer

(2020) El-Refaie Kenawy et al.   EUROPEAN POLYMER JOURNAL

Effects of biochar addition on soil hydraulic properties before and after freezing-thawing

(2019) Qiang Fu et al.   CATENA

Effect of polymer materials on soil structure and organic carbon under drip irrigation

(2019) Xiaoming Tian et al.   GEODERMA

An efficient and no pollutants deproteinization method for polysaccharide from Arca granosa by palygorskite adsorption treatment

(2019) Wei Li et al.   JOURNAL OF CLEANER PRODUCTION

Assessing land surface drying and wetting trends with a normalized soil water index on the Loess Plateau in 2001–2016

(2019) Yinyin Wang et al.   SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT

Biochar for environmental management: Mitigating greenhouse gas emissions, contaminant treatment, and potential negative impacts

(2019) Chen Zhang et al.   CHEMICAL ENGINEERING JOURNAL

First principles study of structural stability against the distribution of Mg and Al atoms and adsorption behaviors of heavy metals of attapulgite

(2019) Min Yang et al.   COMPUTATIONAL MATERIALS SCIENCE

Bacterial cellulose/attapulgite magnetic composites as an efficient adsorbent for heavy metal ions and dye treatment

(2019) Xiao Chen et al.   CARBOHYDRATE POLYMERS

Advances and perspectives on soil water research in China’s Loess Plateau

(2019) Laiming Huang et al.   EARTH-SCIENCE REVIEWS

Attapulgite enhances methane production from anaerobic digestion of pig slurry by changing enzyme activities and microbial community

(2019) Yue-gan Liang et al.   RENEWABLE ENERGY

Soil moisture decline following the plantation of Robinia pseudoacacia forests: Evidence from the Loess Plateau

(2018) Haibin Liang et al.   FOREST ECOLOGY AND MANAGEMENT

High resolution dating of loess profile from Strzyżów (Horodło Plateau-Ridge, Volhynia Upland)

(2018) Piotr Moska et al.   QUATERNARY INTERNATIONAL

Environmentally friendly fertilizers: A review of materials used and their effects on the environment

(2018) Jiao Chen et al.   SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT

Excessive Afforestation and Soil Drying on China's Loess Plateau

(2018) Shuilei Zhang et al.   Journal of Geophysical Research-Biogeosciences

Application of biochar to soils may result in plant contamination and human cancer risk due to exposure of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons

(2018) Jian Wang et al.   ENVIRONMENT INTERNATIONAL

Soil texture determines the distribution of aggregate-associated carbon, nitrogen and phosphorous under two contrasting land use types in the Loess Plateau

(2018) Nannan Ge et al.   CATENA

Biocrusts reduce surface soil infiltrability and impede soil water infiltration under tension and ponding conditions in dryland ecosystem

(2018) Bo Xiao et al.   JOURNAL OF HYDROLOGY

Soil wet aggregate distribution and pore size distribution under different tillage systems after 16 years in the Loess Plateau of China

(2018) Lili Gao et al.   CATENA

Soil water retention, air flow and pore structure characteristics after corn cob biochar application to a tropical sandy loam

(2017) E. Amoakwah et al.   GEODERMA

Soil moisture decline due to afforestation across the Loess Plateau, China

(2017) Xiaoxu Jia et al.   JOURNAL OF HYDROLOGY

Effects of Soil Pore Size Distribution on Plant Available Water and Least Limiting Water Range as Soil Physical Quality Indicators

(2017) Mehdi ZANGIABADI et al.   PEDOSPHERE

Remediation of Heavy Metal-Polluted Agricultural Soils Using Clay Minerals: A Review

(2017) Yi XU et al.   PEDOSPHERE

Pyrolysis of attapulgite clay blended with yak dung enhances pasture growth and soil health: Characterization and initial field trials

(2017) Muhammad Khalid Rafiq et al.   SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT

Evaluation of thermally-modified calcium-rich attapulgite as a low-cost substrate for rapid phosphorus removal in constructed wetlands

(2017) Hongbin Yin et al.   WATER RESEARCH

Predicting the impact of biochar additions on soil hydraulic properties

(2016) T.J. Lim et al.   CHEMOSPHERE

Using the double-exponential water retention equation to determine how soil pore-size distribution is linked to soil texture

(2016) Dianyuan Ding et al.   SOIL & TILLAGE RESEARCH

Revegetation in China’s Loess Plateau is approaching sustainable water resource limits

(2016) Xiaoming Feng et al.   Nature Climate Change

Synthesis of pH-Responsive Lignin-Based Nanocapsules for Controlled Release of Hydrophobic Molecules

(2016) Nusheng Chen et al.   ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering

Polyacrylamide and biopolymer effects on flocculation, aggregate stability, and water seepage in a silt loam

(2015) Rodrick D. Lentz   GEODERMA

The Effects of Long-term Fertiliser Applications on Soil Organic Carbon and Hydraulic Properties of a Loess Soil in China

(2015) Yinguang Shi et al.   LAND DEGRADATION & DEVELOPMENT

Balancing green and grain trade

(2015) Yiping Chen et al.   Nature Geoscience

Increased maize yield using slow-release attapulgite-coated fertilizers

(2013) Yu Guan et al.   Agronomy for Sustainable Development

Removal of heavy metals and neutralisation of acid mine drainage with un-activated attapulgite

(2013) Thabo Falayi et al.   JOURNAL OF INDUSTRIAL AND ENGINEERING CHEMISTRY

Factors controlling soil water storage in the hummocky landscape of the Prairie Pothole Region of North America

(2012) Asim Biswas et al.   CANADIAN JOURNAL OF SOIL SCIENCE

Synthesis and characterization of slow-release nitrogen fertilizer with water absorbency: Based on poly(acrylic acid-acrylic amide)/Na-bentonite

(2012) Shaohua Qin et al.   JOURNAL OF APPLIED POLYMER SCIENCE

The relevance of wetland conservation in arid regions: A re-examination of vanishing communities in the American Southwest

(2012) T.A. Minckley et al.   JOURNAL OF ARID ENVIRONMENTS

Kinetic Adsorption of Ammonium Nitrogen by Substrate Materials for Constructed Wetlands

(2011) Wen-Ling ZHU et al.   PEDOSPHERE

Zeolite influences on nitrate leaching, nitrogen-use efficiency, yield and yield components of canola in sandy soil

(2011) Majid Aghaalikhani et al.   Archives of Agronomy and Soil Science

Impact of biochar amendments on the quality of a typical Midwestern agricultural soil

(2010) David A. Laird et al.   GEODERMA

Influence of pyrolysis temperature on production and nutrient properties of wastewater sludge biochar

(2010) Mustafa K. Hossain et al.   JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT

Inverse Method for Estimating the Spatial Variability of Soil Particle Size Distribution from Observed Soil Moisture

(2010) Feifei Pan et al.   JOURNAL OF HYDROLOGIC ENGINEERING

Effects of rainfall intensity and antecedent soil water content on soil infiltrability under rainfall conditions using the run off-on-out method

(2010) H. Liu et al.   JOURNAL OF HYDROLOGY

Has the Three Norths Forest Shelterbelt Program solved the desertification and dust storm problems in arid and semiarid China?

(2009) X.M. Wang et al.   JOURNAL OF ARID ENVIRONMENTS

The remediation of the lead-polluted garden soil by natural zeolite

(2009) Hua Li et al.   JOURNAL OF HAZARDOUS MATERIALS

Removal of phosphate from aqueous solution by thermally treated natural palygorskite

(2009) Fangqun Gan et al.   WATER RESEARCH

A new approach to modification of natural adsorbent for heavy metal adsorption

(2007) Mehmet Emin Argun et al.   BIORESOURCE TECHNOLOGY