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atmosphericdeposition, etc ; antimony; arsenic; cadmium; copper; lead; mercury; nickel; raw materials; risk; runoff; soil pollution; spatial variation; thallium; topsoil; zinc; China; Show all 17 Subjects
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... Metal smelting have brought severe metal(loid)s contamination to the soil. Spatial distribution and pollution source analysis for soil metal(loid)s in an abandoned lead/zinc smelter were studied. The results showed that soil was contaminated heavily with metal(loid)s. The mean of lead (Pb), arsenic (As), cadmium (Cd), mercury (Hg) and antimony (Sb) content in topsoil is 9.7, 8.2, 5.0, 2.3, and 1.2 ...
... To assess the source characteristics of coastal aerosols and evaluate the contribution of atmospheric deposition to particulate organic matter in surface seawater, total suspended particulates (TSP) were collected at a shore-based site on the south coast of North Yellow Sea from December 2019 through November 2020. The samples were analyzed for total organic carbon (TOC) and nitrogen (TN) as well ...
atmosphericdeposition, etc ; carbon; forests; nitrogen; tundra; Show all 5 Subjects
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... Humans have drastically altered the nitrogen (N) cycle during the past century, enriching ecosystems from the tropics to the tundra with unpresented inputs of novel nitrogen. The study by Schulte‐Uebbing et al. (2021) quantified the impact of atmospheric N deposition on C uptake by forests globally, and weighed this climate benefit against the global warming impact of N₂O emissions. A major conclu ...
atmosphericdeposition, etc ; air; microplastics; plants (botany); wetlands; Show all 5 Subjects
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... Capturing microplastics (MPs) were one of the important characteristics for terrestrial plant. Whereas, role of mangrove leaves in capturing MPs from tidal water and air were still largely unexplored. Here, we detected the spatial distribution of MPs at both submerged (0.10-0.49 n/cm²) and non-submerged mangrove leaves (0.09-0.24 n/cm²) in the Beibu Gulf. Abundance of MPs on submerged mangrove lea ...
atmosphericdeposition, etc ; Japan; environment; temporal variation; uranium; Show all 5 Subjects
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... We examine the temporal changes of ²³⁶U/²³⁸U and ²³⁵U/²³⁸U in atmospheric deposition from samples collected in Tokyo and Akita from 1963 to 1979 and elucidate the spatial distribution and historical changes of the anthropogenic sources of uranium in Japan. The ²³⁶U/²³⁸U ratio of atmospheric deposition in Tokyo peaked in 1963 and again during the 1970s, while the corresponding ²³⁵U/²³⁸U ratios of a ...
atmosphericdeposition, etc ; chickens; coasts; dechlorination; eggs; research; topsoil; Vietnam; Show all 8 Subjects
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... Free-range chicken eggs and topsoil samples from private households in Southeast and South Central Coast of Vietnam were investigated to identify potential PCDD/F sources using Positive Matrix Factorization (PMF) approach. The PMF-extracted egg congener patterns were transformed to soil patterns using bioaccumulation factors and then compared to extracted soil and known dioxin sources patterns des ...
atmosphericdeposition, etc ; breathing; diet; human health; inhalation exposure; microplastics; Show all 6 Subjects
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... Human-health risks from microplastics have attracted considerable attention, but little is known about human-exposure pathways and intensities. Recent studies posited that inhalation of atmospheric microplastics was the dominant human-exposure pathway. Herein, our study identified that atmospheric microplastics ingested from deposition during routine dining/drinking activities represent another im ...
Helena Vallicrosa; Jordi Sardans; Joan Maspons; Paolo Zuccarini; Marcos Fernández‐Martínez; Marijn Bauters; Daniel S. Goll; Philippe Ciais; Michael Obersteiner; Ivan A. Janssens; Josep Peñuelas
atmosphericdeposition, etc ; climate; elemental composition; forests; georeferencing; phosphorus; potassium; soil; Show all 8 Subjects
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... Consistent information on the current elemental composition of vegetation at global scale and the variables that determine it is lacking. To fill this gap, we gathered a total of 30 912 georeferenced records on woody plants foliar concentrations of nitrogen (N), phosphorus (P) and potassium (K) from published databases, and produced global maps of foliar N, P and K concentrations for woody plants ...
atmosphericdeposition, etc ; absorption; bioavailability; environment; food quality; isotopes; pollution; soil; wheat; Show all 9 Subjects
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... Lead (Pb) pollution in wheat has received considerable research attention globally due to its persistence and ease of accumulation, posing severe health risks to humans. This study explored the relative contribution of the environmental medium (atmospheric deposition and soil) and wheat internal organs to Pb accumulation in wheat grains, using field experiments by contrasting treatments. The conce ...
atmosphericdeposition, etc ; estuaries; marine pollution; sediments; Canada; Gulf of Saint Lawrence; Show all 6 Subjects
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... The concentrations of 23 polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs; 16 parent PAHs and 7 alkyl-PAHs) were determined in 45 surface sediment and 7 basal sediment box core samples retrieved from the Estuary and Gulf of St. Lawrence in eastern Canada. The concentration sums of 16 priority PAHs (Σ₁₆PAHs) in the surface sediments (representing modern times or at least younger than the last decade) ranged ...
atmosphericdeposition, etc ; biogeochemistry; bog plants; data collection; homeostasis; lichens; oils; stoichiometry; Alberta; Show all 9 Subjects
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... Ombrotrophic bogs receive new inputs of elements solely through atmospheric deposition, except for N where inputs are predominantly through N₂-fixation, at least in low N deposition environments. At various locations across the globe, including the Athabasca Oil Sands Region (AOSR) of northern Alberta, Canada, element atmospheric deposition has increased as a result of anthropogenic activities. Re ...
atmosphericdeposition, etc ; cadmium; foliar uptake; geotextiles; heavy metals; isotopes; lead; rice; soil; Show all 9 Subjects
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... PURPOSE: Over-accumulation of cadmium and lead in rice grain is a global concern as it has adverse health impacts. Atmospheric deposition is an important source of heavy metal accumulation in soil, but contribution to crops has not been quantified and the mechanisms of foliar Cd and Pb uptake via the stomata of rice leaves exposed to atmospheric fallout are unclear. METHODS: To quantify the contri ...
atmosphericdeposition, etc ; environment; microplastics; polyethylene; risk; sediments; surface water; China; Yangtze River; Show all 9 Subjects
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... Microplastics (MPs) in terrestrial aquatic ecosystems has received increasing attention. However, its footprints in reservoirs are poorly documented compared to those in rivers and lakes, especially for small-sized microplastics (<300 μm, SMPs). This study investigated the whole size spectrum of MPs contamination, classified by shape and polymer type, in surface waters and sediments at the Jiayan ...
atmosphericdeposition, etc ; basins; environment; lakes; metallurgy; pollution; sediments; soil; uncertainty; watersheds; China; Show all 11 Subjects
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... Contaminated legacy sediments contribute to modern pollution loadings, particularly trace metals. These contributions are challenging to quantify as metal histories reconstructed from sediment records cannot be easily divided into legacy and concurrent contamination. In particular, the contribution from re-mobilization and delivery of legacy metals stored in catchment soil, colluvial, and fluvial ...
atmosphericdeposition, etc ; Bryophyta; elevated atmospheric gases; eutrophication; forests; functional diversity; nitrogen; throughfall; understory; Show all 9 Subjects
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... KEY MESSAGE: Our results indicate that nitrogen deposition is likely to adversely affect forest bryophyte communities, having negative impacts in terms of increased dominance of nitrophilic species at the expense of N-sensitive species and a decrease in evenness. CONTEXT: Elevated atmospheric deposition of nitrogen (N) has long been recognised as a threat to biodiversity and, despite declines in E ...
atmosphericdeposition, etc ; agricultural land; coal; environment; models; ovens; risk; soil pollution; toxicity; China; Show all 10 Subjects
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... Coking plants are a substantial source of potentially toxic elements (PTEs) in soil. In this study, we examined the concentration of PTEs, the soil physicochemical properties, and the Pb isotopes in the soil inside and around a coking plant in an industrial city in northern China. We analyzed the spatial distribution of PTEs and the pollution risk areas by Igₑₒ index, the enrichment factor (EF), a ...
atmosphericdeposition, etc ; arsenic; coal; combustion; industry; lakes; mercury; organic matter; pollution; sediments; China; Show all 11 Subjects
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... Trace metal (loid) contamination in the atmosphere is widely monitored, but there is a gap in understanding its long-term patterns, especially in North China, which is currently a global contamination hotspot mainly caused by heavy industry emissions and coal combustion. Herein, historical trends of atmospheric As, Cd, Cr, Cu, Hg, Ni, Pb and Zn contamination in North China over the past ∼500 years ...
atmosphericdeposition, etc ; data collection; environmental assessment; environmental monitoring; microplastics; samplers; standard deviation; surface area; Show all 8 Subjects
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... Recent studies have reported on the widespread abundance of atmospheric microplastics (At-MPs) and atmospheric anthropogenic microfibres (At-AMFs) in urban and remote locations. This study sought to test whether there were differences in the quantity of deposited At-AMFs collected when comparing three different surface sampler areas (small: 0.0113 m² (Φ = 120 mm), medium: 0.0254 m² (Φ = 180 mm) an ...
atmosphericdeposition, etc ; denitrification; environment; groundwater; land use; nitrogen; pollution; sewage; sewage effluent; summer; winter; Show all 11 Subjects
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... The identification of nitrogen sources and cycling processes is critical to the management of nitrogen pollution. Here, we used both stable (δ¹⁵N-NO₃⁻, δ¹⁸O-NO₃⁻, δ¹⁵N-NH₄⁺) and radiogenic (²²²Rn) isotopes together with nitrogen concentrations to evaluate the relative importance of point (i.e. sewage) and diffuse sources (i.e. agricultural-derived NO₃⁻ from groundwater, drains and creeks) in drivi ...
atmosphericdeposition, etc ; drainage; environment; nitrates; nitrogen; oxygen; residential areas; sewage; soil; stormwater; water pollution; Show all 11 Subjects
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... Urban storm runoff, as the primary transport medium for nutrients entering urban rivers, contributes to urban water contamination. Accurate source identification is critical for controlling water pollution. Although some studies have used nitrate isotopic composition (δ¹⁵N-NO₃⁻ and δ¹⁸O-NO₃⁻) to identify nitrate (NO₃⁻-N) in urban storm runoff, the relatively low frequency of collecting samples in ...