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Dioxin risk in soil and plant tissues after long-term biosolids application

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created Jul 14, 2008 | popularity 3.8 / 5 (4) | comments 0

Land application of biosolids (treated municipal sewage sludge) is a common practice because biosolids are a rich source of plant nutrients and organic matter. However, the presence of detectable levels of dioxins in biosolids ...





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Biosolids microbes pose manageable risk to workers

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created Oct 27, 2008 | popularity 3.7 / 5 (3) | comments 0

Class B biosolids are sewage sludges that have been treated to contain fewer than 2.0 x 106 fecal coliforms/dry gram. The USEPA estimates that 6.3 million tonnes of Class B biosolids are generated in the United States each ...


Satellites help map soil carbon flux

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created Mar 25, 2008 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Changes in soil carbon occur with changes in land management. Scientists at Oak Ridge National Laboratory and The University of Tennessee investigated quantifying soil carbon changes over large regions.


Incentives for carbon sequestration may not protect species

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created Jul 07, 2008 | popularity 3.8 / 5 (5) | comments 0

Paying rural landowners in Oregon's Willamette Basin to protect at-risk animals won't necessarily mean that their newly conserved trees and plants will absorb more carbon from the atmosphere and vice versa, a new study has ...


Researchers fly a kite for manure recycling

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created Nov 28, 2008 | popularity 3.6 / 5 (8) | comments 1

Researchers at North Wyke Research, and Lancaster and Exeter universities, have come up with an advice system to help farmers recycle manure safely and avoid polluting watercourses.


Researchers fly a kite for manure recycling

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created Dec 01, 2008 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (2) | comments 1

Researchers at North Wyke Research, and Lancaster and Exeter universities, have come up with an advice system to help farmers recycle manure safely and avoid polluting watercourses.


Why are we losing Louisiana?

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created Oct 16, 2007 | popularity 4.2 / 5 (13) | comments 0

The Mississippi Delta region was losing land long before Hurricane Katrina came ashore. But the correlation between land loss and the risk of flooding in the region is now more evident than ever.


Wind, salt and water are leading indicators of land degradation in Abu Dhabi

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created May 06, 2009 | popularity 3 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Desert environments are characterized by poor vegetative cover, strong winds, dry, non-cohesive sandy soils, and hyper-arid conditions. In this context, the land resources of Abu Dhabi Emirate in the United Arab Emirates ...


Satellite data instrumental in combating desertification

Satellite data instrumental in combating desertification

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created Oct 07, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

With land degradation in dryland regions continuing to worsen, the UN Convention to Combat Desertification has agreed on scientist-recommended indicators for monitoring and assessing desertification that signatory ...


Simulating pharmaceutical and personal care product transport

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created May 19, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Pharmaceuticals and personal care products (PPCPs) carried in biosolids (i.e., treated sewage sludge) may reach surface waters or groundwater when these materials are applied as fertilizer to agricultural land. During the ...


Study of agricultural watersheds and carbon losses

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created Jun 19, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Dissolved organic carbon (DOC) losses from tile drains are an underquantified portion of the terrestrial carbon cycle. This is particularly important in the eastern corn belt where tile drainage dominates the agricultural ...



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