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Forestry
Sihan Wang, Weiwei Lu, Fangchao Zhang
Summary: The study reveals that soil inorganic carbon content increases with depth in coastal plantations in Eastern China, influenced by soil organic carbon. The concentrations of water-soluble Ca2+ and Mg2+ in soil also vary at different depths within the soil profiles.
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Multidisciplinary Sciences
Fan Wu, He Tian, Yang Shen, Zhan Hou, Jie Ren, Guangyang Gou, Yabin Sun, Yi Yang, Tian-Ling Ren
Summary: In this study, sidewall MoS2 transistors with sub-1 nm physical gate length were successfully fabricated by using the edge of a graphene layer as the gate electrode. These devices exhibit excellent performance characteristics and could potentially advance the scaling down of next-generation electronic devices.
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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
Soil Science
Caiqing Qin, Si-Liang Li, Guang-Hui Yu, Adrian M. Bass, Fu-Jun Yue, Sheng Xu
Summary: Soil in karst zones plays a crucial role in balancing the global carbon budget and regulating climate change. This study investigates the vertical variation of soil carbon and its response to land-use change in a typical karst region in SW China. The results highlight the dynamic nature of soil carbon in karst zones and the need to consider it in estimating carbon sink and global carbon budget.
Article
Ecology
Fang Yu, Qiang Liu, Chunnan Fan, Shuang Li
Summary: Temperate forests play a pivotal role in the global carbon cycle as carbon sinks. Understanding the dynamics and distribution of soil organic carbon (SOC) in temperate forest soils is crucial for predicting forest SOC inventories and further soil carbon management studies.
FRONTIERS IN FORESTS AND GLOBAL CHANGE
(2023)
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Ecology
Qiuxiang Tian, Qinghu Jiang, Lin Huang, Dong Li, Qiaoling Lin, Zhiyao Tang, Feng Liu
Summary: Microorganisms in soil play important roles in nutrient cycling and soil formation. This study investigated the vertical variation in soil bacterial communities along an elevation gradient in Taibai Mountain. The results showed that soil bacterial richness and composition differed significantly among soil layers, primarily influenced by soil carbon availability. The vertical variation in soil bacterial communities differed among forest types, with the Betula albo-sinensis forest showing the lowest variation.
Article
Environmental Sciences
Tingting Sun, Yugang Wang, Manuel Esteban Lucas-Borja, Xin Jing, Wenting Feng
Summary: Soil microbial biomass decreases with soil depth, with fungi having a shallower vertical distribution than bacteria, particularly gram-positive bacteria which are more abundant in the top 10 cm soils. A greater proportion of microbial biomass is in the top 10 cm soils compared to SOC, indicating different vertical distributions between microbes and SOC.
JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT
(2021)
Article
Environmental Sciences
Christian Beer, Christian Knoblauch, Alison M. Hoyt, Gustaf Hugelius, Juri Palmtag, Carsten W. Mueller, Susan Trumbore
Summary: Permafrost thawing has a positive feedback to climate change by releasing additional carbon dioxide into the atmosphere. However, the mineralization dynamics of organic matter in permafrost-affected soils are not well understood. This study found distinct vertical patterns in the decomposability of organic matter, which can have significant implications for the global carbon cycle and climate.
ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH LETTERS
(2022)
Article
Environmental Sciences
Kyle W. Blackburn, Zamir Libohova, Kabindra Adhikari, Charles Kome, Xander Maness, Miles R. Silman
Summary: Soil organic carbon plays a critical role in major ecosystem processes, agriculture, and climate mitigation. This study examined the distribution of SOC stock based on land use and topography and assessed the scalability of SOC stock predictions. The results showed that land use, topography, and soil depth were related to SOC stock distribution, and accuracy predictions were influenced by data source.
Article
Environmental Sciences
Jian-Ying Qi, Xin Zhao, Cong He, Ahmad Latif Virk, Zhen-Huan Jing, Qiu-Yue Liu, Xing Wang, Zheng-Rong Kan, Xiao-Ping Xiao, Hai-Lin Zhang
Summary: Different tillage practices have significant impacts on soil Fe/Al oxides and SOC accumulation, with plow tillage potentially leading to SOC loss in deep soil layers, while residue retention helps increase SOC content.
SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT
(2021)
Article
Multidisciplinary Sciences
Tobias Rentschler, Martin Bartelheim, Thorsten Behrens, Marta Diaz-Zorita Bonilla, Sandra Teuber, Thomas Scholten, Karsten Schmidt
Summary: Multi-scale contextual modelling is a crucial tool for environmental mapping as it incorporates spatial dependence and structural relationships into machine learning models. This study reveals the varying importance of different scales in soil modelling in both horizontal and vertical domains.
SCIENTIFIC REPORTS
(2022)
Article
Environmental Sciences
Taotao Lu, Jiuyan Chen, Qiang Zhang, Mengli Zhang, Yanxiang Li, Zhichong Qi
Summary: This study investigated the influence of different surfactants on the transport of carbon dots (CDs) in water-saturated soil. The results showed that both anionic and cationic surfactants facilitated the transport of CDs in the presence of Na+ background electrolyte, while the anionic surfactant suppressed CDs' mobility in the presence of divalent cation background electrolytes. The observations also revealed that the effects of surfactants were pH-dependent and related to the soil properties.
ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND POLLUTION RESEARCH
(2023)
Article
Environmental Sciences
Renys E. Barrios, Shannon L. Bartelt-Hunt, Yusong Li, Xu Li
Summary: This study found that after the application of beef cattle manure, the attachment of ARGs in the soil was significantly higher in the treatment column than in the control column. However, the detachment and decay coefficients were not significantly changed due to manure application. These results suggest that in areas where manure is applied, some manure-borne bacteria-associated ARGs will be attached to the soil instead of leaching to groundwater in the near term.
ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION
(2021)
Article
Engineering, Environmental
Yang Wang, Stephen Joseph, Xiang Wang, Zhe H. Weng, David R. G. Mitchell, Mitchell Nancarrow, Sarasadat Taherymoosavi, Paul Munroe, Guitong Li, Qimei Lin, Qing Chen, Markus Flury, Annette Cowie, Olivier Husson, Lukas Van Zwieten, Yakov Kuzyakov, Johannes Lehmann, Baoguo Li, Jianying Shang
Summary: Biochar amendments increased total soil carbon by 71%, 182%, and 210% for B30, B60, and B90, respectively. The application of biochar at different rates significantly increased the subsoil inorganic carbon (SIC), mainly occurring in the subsoil below 1 m. The study provided critical knowledge on the impact of biochar application on carbon stocks in subsoil in the long term.
ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY
(2023)
Article
Environmental Sciences
Yan Xiang, Tianshu Zhang, Jianguo Liu, Xin Wan, Mark Loewen, Xintong Chen, Shichang Kang, Yibin Fu, Lihui Lv, Wenqing Liu, Zhiyuan Cong
Summary: Atmospheric aerosols, especially in the Himalayas and Tibetan Plateau, play a crucial role in climate change. Seasonal and diurnal characteristics of aerosol vertical profiles were measured using a Mie lidar at Mt. Qomolangma in 2018-2019, showing distinct patterns of aerosol loading with different aerosol types and sources in different seasons. Investigation of aerosol vertical profiles at the QOMS can help regulate anthropogenic disturbance over the Tibetan Plateau.
ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION
(2021)
Article
Soil Science
G. R. Hancock, Tony Wells, C. Martinez, Chris Dever
Article
Forestry
Giorgio Alberti, Sara Vicca, Ilaria Inglima, Luca Belelli-Marchesini, Lorenzo Genesio, Franco Miglietta, Hrvoje Marjanovic, Cristina Martinez, Giorgio Matteucci, Ettore D'Andrea, Alessandro Peressotti, Fabio Petrella, Mirco Rodeghiero, Maria Francesca Cotrufo
IFOREST-BIOGEOSCIENCES AND FORESTRY
(2015)
Article
Soil Science
Cristina Martinez, Giorgio Alberti, M. Francesca Cotrufo, Federico Magnani, Damiano Zanotelli, Federica Camin, Damiano Gianelle, Alessandro Cescatti, Mirco Rodeghiero
Article
Agronomy
I. Criscuoli, S. Baronti, G. Alberti, C. Rumpel, M. Giordan, F. Camin, L. Ziller, C. Martinez, E. Pusceddu, F. Miglietta
Article
Forestry
Mirco Rodeghiero, Lars Vesterdal, Barbara Marcolla, Loris Vescovo, Wim Aertsen, Cristina Martinez, Lucio Di Cosmo, Patrizia Gasparini, Damiano Gianelie
FOREST ECOLOGY AND MANAGEMENT
(2018)
Article
Agronomy
Mirco Rodeghiero, Galina Churkina, Cristina Martinez, Thomas Scholten, Damiano Gianelle, Alessandro Cescatti
Article
Multidisciplinary Sciences
Irene Criscuoli, Giorgio Alberti, Silvia Baronti, Filippo Favilli, Cristina Martinez, Costanza Calzolari, Emanuela Pusceddu, Cornelia Rumpel, Roberto Viola, Franco Miglietta
Article
Environmental Sciences
Robert Jandl, Mirco Rodeghiero, Cristina Martinez, M. Francesca Cotrufo, Francesca Bampa, Bas van Wesemael, Robert B. Harrison, Irae Amaral Guerrini, Daniel deB Richter, Lindsey Rustad, Klaus Lorenz, Abad Chabbi, Franco Miglietta
SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT
(2014)
Article
Environmental Sciences
T. Wells, G. R. Hancock, C. Martinez, C. Dever, V Kunkel, A. Gibson
SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT
(2019)
Article
Soil Science
G. R. Hancock, V. Kunkel, T. Wells, Cristina Martinez
Article
Agronomy
Cristina Martinez, Daniel Clarke, Yash P. Dang, Chelsea Janke, Michael J. Bell
Summary: The study found that controlled-release fertilizers can delay nitrogen release compared to standard urea, but do not show clear advantages in terms of crop productivity and yield. Despite differences in nitrogen release dynamics, in-season mineralization may mask any potential benefits from the slower release of nitrogen from controlled-release fertilizer products.
Review
Environmental Sciences
Peter M. Kopittke, Asmeret Asefaw Berhe, Yolima Carrillo, Timothy R. Cavagnaro, Deli Chen, Qing-Lin Chen, Mercedes Roman Dobarco, Feike A. Dijkstra, Damien J. Field, Michael J. Grundy, Ji-Zheng He, Frances C. Hoyle, Ingrid Kogel-Knabner, Shu Kee Lam, Petra Marschner, Cristina Martinez, Alex B. McBratney, Eve McDonald-Madden, Neal W. Menzies, Luke M. Mosley, Carsten W. Mueller, Daniel V. Murphy, Uffe N. Nielsen, Anthony G. O'Donnell, Elise Pendall, Jennifer Pett-Ridge, Cornelia Rumpel, Iain M. Young, Budiman Minasny
Summary: Healthy soils play a crucial role in planetary survivability, providing not only calories but also other essential functions. However, intensive agriculture is rapidly degrading soils and diminishing their capacity to deliver vital functions, highlighting the need to focus on the multiple functions of soils for long-term human welfare and the survivability of the planet.
CRITICAL REVIEWS IN ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
(2022)
Article
Soil Science
Sarita Manandhar, Michael J. Bell, Ram C. Dalal, Neal W. Menzies, Cristina Martinez
Summary: This study assessed the ability of the N natural abundance (NA) method and 15N-enrichment (EN) method to quantify urea-N recovery by maize in soils with different management histories, finding that the NA method consistently estimated 10% lower recovery efficiency (REN) and N derived from fertiliser (Ndff) compared to the EN method, regardless of management history.
NUTRIENT CYCLING IN AGROECOSYSTEMS
(2022)
Review
Engineering, Environmental
Jitka Kochanek, Rochelle M. Soo, Cristina Martinez, Aloesi Dakuidreketi, Agnieszka M. Mudge
Summary: Biochar is regarded as a potential solution for intensifying production in agriculture, horticulture, forestry, biodiversity restoration, and other plant-related industries to meet sustainability and economic goals. However, there are challenges and uncertainties regarding its commercial viability. The review emphasizes the need for standardization and technologies to remove contaminants, as well as the potential for biochar to be transformed into profitable commodities through circular economy practices, improving system efficiency and profitability.
RESOURCES CONSERVATION AND RECYCLING
(2022)
Article
Education & Educational Research
Antonio Reverter, Cristina Martinez, Phil Currey, Severine van Bommel, Nicholas J. Hudson