Article
Environmental Sciences
Jianxu Han, Zhuohang Xin, Feng Han, Bo Xu, Longfan Wang, Chi Zhang, Yi Zheng
Summary: Addressing nutrient pollution problems at the watershed scale remains a challenge, but source contribution analysis based on watershed modeling can help identify major pollution sources. In this study, crop production and trans-administrative wastewater discharge were found to be the dominant sources of nutrient pollution, leading to recommendations to reduce N fertilizer application rate for better water quality and environmental protection. The study highlights the importance of considering source attribution, fertilizer application, and legacy P impacts in agriculture-dominated watersheds.
ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION
(2021)
Article
Environmental Sciences
Owen Fenton, Paul Rice, John. G. Murnane, Patrick Tuohy, Karen Daly
Summary: This study investigates the storage and potential release of phosphorus (P) from the underlying roadway material in agricultural landscapes. The results show that the soil component of roadway materials is a significant P source and storage component. It is suggested that steps should be taken to divert roadway runoff into fields and improve road infrastructure to minimize P buildup. Future research should examine P loads in runoff from different farm typologies and roadway material types.
FRONTIERS IN ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE
(2022)
Review
Environmental Sciences
Xiaofei Ge, Xingyu Chen, Mingxin Liu, Chensi Wang, Yingyu Zhang, Yukai Wang, Huu-Tuan Tran, Stephen Joseph, Tao Zhang
Summary: Phosphorus nonpoint source pollution from soil to water is a growing problem, causing water eutrophication. Using amendment materials to retain phosphorus in soil is a promising strategy for environmental restoration and pollution management. This study reviews the strategies of managing phosphorus nonpoint pollution, including the forms and accumulation of phosphorus in soil, loss of phosphorus from soil to water, and the use of amendment materials to mitigate phosphorus pollution. Environmental risks of phosphorus retention in soil and water conditions are also investigated. This review enhances understanding of phosphorus nonpoint source pollution and provides innovative perspectives for controlling water eutrophication through the application of amendment materials.
Article
Engineering, Civil
Siru Wang, Ai Wang, Dawen Yang, Yicheng Gu, Lihua Tang, Xiaomin Sun
Summary: This study used a geomorphology-based nonpoint source pollution (GBNP) model to simulate hydrological processes and pollutant transport in the upper Xin'an River basin. The results showed the spatiotemporal characteristics of nitrogen and phosphorus loads, and their influences on river water quality.
JOURNAL OF HYDROLOGY
(2023)
Article
Environmental Sciences
Youjin Yan, Yuqiong Yang, Quanhou Dai
Summary: In response to the global food shortage, abandoned land in karst areas has been reclaimed as cultivated land, causing serious nonpoint source pollution. We studied the differences in soil preferential flow characteristics in recultivated land, grassland, and shrubland, and quantitatively examined the impact of preferential flow on nutrient transport.
ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH LETTERS
(2023)
Article
Computer Science, Interdisciplinary Applications
Lise R. Montefiore, Natalie G. Nelson
Summary: This study investigated the scalability and predictive ability of a simple model compared to a more complex model in terms of runoff-driven nutrient loading across watersheds. The results showed that the STEPLgrid model produced comparable estimates of nitrogen and phosphorus loads to the SPARROW model for most watersheds studied, with its predicted loads being more similar to SPARROW for nitrogen. STEPLgrid was particularly effective at rank ordering watersheds by nitrogen and phosphorus loads, indicating its usefulness for relative comparisons across diverse watersheds.
ENVIRONMENTAL MODELLING & SOFTWARE
(2022)
Article
Environmental Sciences
Jia Zhou, Yinghuai Wei, Kaibin Wu, Hao Wu, Xinyi Jiao, Mingpeng Hu, Dingjiang Chen
Summary: This study used the modified ELEMeNT-N model to quantify the legacy nitrogen effects in China and capture the spatial heterogeneity. The results showed that 88.2% of riverine nitrogen flux originated from the legacy nitrogen pool. The average nitrogen lag time was 11.9 years, with 219-239 kg N ha(-1) accumulated in soil and 143-188 kg N ha(-1) accumulated in groundwater. The study concluded that the ELEMeNT-N model is an effective tool for addressing legacy nitrogen dynamics and provides critical information for optimizing watershed nitrogen pollution control strategies.
ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH LETTERS
(2023)
Article
Environmental Sciences
Karen Stainbrook, Cameron Ross, Cassandra Davis, Lauren Townley
Summary: The New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) has developed the Loading Estimator of Nutrient Sources (LENS) tool to support clean water planning and prioritize waterbodies with excessive phosphorus levels. LENS is an Excel based tool that combines several simple steady state models to estimate phosphorus sources, waterbody response, and recovery potential. Validation comparisons with complex watershed models showed that LENS performs reasonably well in estimating relative phosphorus loading.
JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT
(2022)
Article
Biodiversity Conservation
Nolan J. T. Pearce, Isabelle Lavoie, Kathryn E. Thomas, Patricia A. Chambers, Adam G. Yates
Summary: This study investigated how stream communities respond to cumulative human impacts such as nutrient enrichment, showing that the effects of nutrient enrichment are conditional on upstream ecosystem conditions. Future assessments may need to consider the complexities related to environmental stressors when evaluating the impacts of human activities on stream ecosystems.
ECOLOGICAL INDICATORS
(2021)
Article
Environmental Sciences
Yun Hao, Jun Lu
Summary: The study found a connection between climate oscillation and NPS pollution, indicating that the increasing frequency of warm ENSO events would enhance the risk of nutrient export to rivers in Southeast China. Therefore, more attention should be paid to large-scale climate oscillation in the prediction of agricultural nutrient pollution and management of water quality in agricultural watersheds.
ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND POLLUTION RESEARCH
(2021)
Article
Environmental Sciences
Xin Liu, Dingming Zhang, Huijun Wu, James J. Elser, Zengwei Yuan
Summary: Over the past 15 years in China, there has been excessive input of nitrogen and phosphorus, resulting in a significant decrease in the nitrogen to phosphorus ratio. While nitrogen use efficiency has increased, most crops have shown a decreasing trend in phosphorus use efficiency. This highlights the need for further exploration in phosphorus management for sustainable agriculture.
JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT
(2023)
Article
Green & Sustainable Science & Technology
Guannan Cui, Xinyu Bai, Pengfei Wang, Haitao Wang, Shiyu Wang, Liming Dong
Summary: This study analyzed the effects of China's national strategy of promoting and applying biofuel ethanol on water quality in a typical maize fuel ethanol raw material planting area. The findings suggest that maize planting can have a positive impact on water quality, while rice and soybean have no significant effect. Reducing maize planting area can help mitigate nonpoint source pollution.
Article
Multidisciplinary Sciences
Taoyan Dai, Liquan Wang, Tienan Li, Pengpeng Qiu, Jun Wang, Zhengjun Wang
Summary: This study examines the variations in soil erosion, nitrogen, and phosphorus loss in a typical hilly Blackland erosion control area. By setting up runoff plots with different slopes and adopting various soil and water conservation measures and vegetation cover levels, the study analyzes the patterns and characteristics of soil and nutrient loss during natural rainfall events between 2020 and 2022. The results show a significant positive correlation between soil and nutrient loss and rainfall intensity. Changing tillage methods and planting vegetation can effectively prevent soil, runoff, nitrogen, and phosphorus loss.
Article
Agronomy
Chao Fei, Shirong Zhang, Xionghan Feng, Xiaodong Ding
Summary: Adding a small amount of phosphorus and vermicompost with a balanced carbon-nutrient stoichiometric ratio can effectively improve soil phosphorus availability and carbon content in phosphorus-fixing soils.
JOURNAL OF PLANT NUTRITION AND SOIL SCIENCE
(2021)
Article
Ecology
K. E. Schilling, T. M. Isenhart, C. F. Wolter, M. T. Streeter, J. L. Kovar
Summary: Phosphorus from nonpoint upland and channel sources contributes to hypoxic conditions in receiving waters. Streambanks are a potentially significant contributor to sediment P load in agricultural watersheds, but are often overlooked. This study estimates the contribution of streambank sources to total P export in Iowa and provides insight for soil and water conservation practices.
JOURNAL OF SOIL AND WATER CONSERVATION
(2022)
Article
Biodiversity Conservation
Dalal E. L. Hanna, Ciara Raudsepp-Hearne, Elena M. Bennett
CONSERVATION BIOLOGY
(2020)
Article
Green & Sustainable Science & Technology
C. Raudsepp-Hearne, G. D. Peterson, E. M. Bennett, R. Biggs, A. Norstrom, L. Pereira, J. Vervoort, D. M. Iwaniec, T. McPhearson, P. Olsson, T. Hichert, M. Falardeau, A. Jimenez Aceituno
SUSTAINABILITY SCIENCE
(2020)
Review
Environmental Sciences
Michael B. Wironen, Jon D. Erickson
ANTHROPOCENE REVIEW
(2020)
Article
Ecology
Hanna Weise, Harald Auge, Cornelia Baessler, Ilona Baerlund, Elene M. Bennett, Uta Berger, Friedrich Bohn, Aletta Bonn, Dietrich Borchardt, Fridolin Brand, Antonis Chatzinotas, Ron Corstanje, Frederik De Laender, Peter Dietrich, Susanne Dunker, Walter Durka, Ioan Fazey, Juergen Groeneveld, Camille S. E. Guilbaud, Hauke Harms, Stanley Harpole, Jim Harris, Kurt Jax, Florian Jeltsch, Karin Johst, Jasmin Joshi, Stefan Klotz, Ingolf Kuehn, Christian Kuhlicke, Birgit Mueller, Viktoriia Radchuk, Hauke Reuter, Karsten Rinke, Mechthild Schmitt-Jansen, Ralf Seppelt, Alexander Singer, Rachel J. Standish, Hans-H Thulke, Britta Tietjen, Markus Weitere, Christian Wirth, Christine Wolf, Volker Grimm
Article
Biology
Martin Solan, Elena M. Bennett, Peter J. Mumby, Julian Leyland, Jasmin A. Godbold
PHILOSOPHICAL TRANSACTIONS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES
(2020)
Article
Environmental Sciences
Eranga K. Galappaththi, James D. Ford, Elena M. Bennett
Article
Environmental Sciences
Amaia Albizua, Elena Bennett, Unai Pascual, Guillaume Larocque
REGIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE
(2020)
Article
Environmental Sciences
Mi Lin, Asim Biswas, Elena M. Bennett
SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT
(2020)
Article
Ecology
Dalal E. L. Hanna, Dirk J. Roux, Bianca Currie, Elena M. Bennett
ECOSYSTEM SERVICES
(2020)
Article
Agriculture, Multidisciplinary
Andrea Castelo Branco Brasileiro-Assing, Michael Wironen, Alison Adams, Joshua Farley, Paulo Antonio De Almeida Sinisgalli, Abdon Schmitt-Filho
Summary: The Atlantic Forest in Brazil is a biodiversity hotspot. Efforts to restore the forest must consider the tradeoffs faced by family farmers. This study found that farmers adopting Management Intensive Grazing (MIG) generally achieved better economic and environmental performance, with increased forest cover and decreased pasture area, benefiting forest conservation.
AGROECOLOGY AND SUSTAINABLE FOOD SYSTEMS
(2021)
Article
Green & Sustainable Science & Technology
Bonnie Wylie Pratt, Jon D. Erickson, Jane Kolodinsky, Erik Monsen, William J. Wales
Summary: This study examines the factors that impact an organization's commitment to renewables in the electric power industry. The results show that rurality, deregulation, and entrepreneurial orientation significantly influence the sustainability orientation of electric utilities.
Review
Food Science & Technology
An M. O. Notenbaert, Sabine Douxchamps, Daniel M. Villegas, Jacobo Arango, Birthe K. Paul, Stefan Burkart, Idupulapati Rao, Chris J. Kettle, Thomas Rudel, Eduardo Vazquez, Nikola Teutscherova, Ngonidzashe Chirinda, Jeroen C. J. Groot, Michael Wironen, Mirjam Pulleman, Mounir Louhaichi, Sawsan Hassan, Astrid Oberson, Sylvia S. Nyawira, Cesar S. Pinares-Patino, Michael Peters
Summary: Livestock are crucial for livelihoods and ecosystems management in the global South, but their environmental impact is a real threat to planetary sustainability. Cultivating forages in integrated crop-tree-livestock systems can help mitigate negative impacts and provide critical ecosystem services, benefiting both people and the planet. Further research is needed to understand the role of forages in agroecology and manage agro-environmental trade-offs for a sustainable agri-food system transformation.
FRONTIERS IN SUSTAINABLE FOOD SYSTEMS
(2021)
Review
Ecology
Marianne Falardeau, Elena M. Bennett
Article
Green & Sustainable Science & Technology
Albert Norstrom, Christopher Cvitanovic, Marie F. Lof, Simon West, Carina Wyborn, Patricia Balvanera, Angela T. Bednarek, Elena M. Bennett, Reinette Biggs, Ariane de Bremond, Bruce M. Campbell, Josep G. Canadell, Stephen R. Carpenter, Carl Folke, Elizabeth A. Fulton, Owen Gaffney, Stefan Gelcich, Jean-Baptiste Jouffray, Melissa Leach, Martin Le Tissier, Berta Martin-Lopez, Elena Louder, Marie-France Loutre, Alison M. Meadow, Harini Nagendra, Davnah Payne, Garry D. Peterson, Belinda Reyers, Robert Scholes, Chinwe Ifejika Speranza, Marja Spierenburg, Mark Stafford-Smith, Maria Tengo, Sandra van der Hel, Ingrid van Putten, Henrik Osterblom
NATURE SUSTAINABILITY
(2020)
Article
Environmental Sciences
Hallie Eakin, Nadine Methner, Gina Ziervogel
Summary: There is a growing need to involve private actors in public adaptation in urban systems. Urban administrators have limited control over urban dynamics, and the actions of private actors have a significant influence. A conceptual framework combining cognitive and behavioral theory, institutional analysis, adaptive capacity, and research on urban adaptation governance is used to understand the potential for private provisioning. The case of Cape Town's response to drought illustrates the complex interactions that shape private actors' willingness to engage in public-oriented adaptation.
GLOBAL ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE-HUMAN AND POLICY DIMENSIONS
(2024)