On the basis of recently estimated emission inventory for East Asia with a resolution of 1x1, the transport and chemical transformation of sulfur compounds over East Asia during the period of February 22 through May 4, 2001, was investigated by using the Models-3 Community Multi-scale Air Quality (CMAQ) modeling system with meteorological fields calculated by the Regional Atmospheric Modeling S...

Sulfate-rich acid waters produced by oxidation of sulfide minerals enhance U mobility around U ores and U-bearing radioactive waste. Upon evaporation, several secondary uranyl minerals, including many uranyl sulfates, precipitate from these waters. The zippeite-group of minerals is one of the most common and diverse in such settings. To decipher the nature and crystal chemistry of the zippeite-...

Recently, a link has been suggested between volcanic deposition of SO4 and the suppression of CH4 emissions in northern peatlands (Gauci et al., 2008). This link stems from the widely accepted idea that acid rain SO4 additions to peatlands can cause a shift in microbial communities as SO4 reducing bacteria out-compete methanogens for substrates, which results in a suppression of CH4 emission. H...

FOR OSMOREGULATING vertebrates, diffusive water loss is an unavoidable consequence of living in seawater. Marine teleost fish drink seawater to offset this diffusive water loss dictated by the steep osmotic gradient between blood and the surrounding seawater, a water loss occurring mainly across the gills. Imbibed seawater is processed along the gastrointestinal tract by desalinizing the medium...

Organic-acid secretion from higher plant roots into the rhizosphere plays an important role in nutrient acquisition and metal detoxification. In this study we report the electrophysiological characterization of anion channels in Arabidopsis (Arabidopsis thaliana) root epidermal cells and show that anion channels represent a pathway for citrate efflux to the soil solution. Plants were grown in n...

The structure of dermatan [35S]sulphate-chondroitin [35S]sulphate copolymers synthesized and secreted by fibroblasts in culture was studied. 35S-labelled glycosaminoglycans were isolated from the medium, a trypsin digest of the cells and the cell residue after 72h of 35SO42-incorporation. The galactosaminoglycan component (dermatan sulphatechondroitin sulphate copolymers) was isolated and subje...

EPR linewidth of Cu in the Tutton salt crystals weakly depends on temperature at low temperatures and then it rapidly grows above 60 K. We present detailed results of measurements and analysis for Cu in K2Zn(SO4)2 · 6H2O, K2Zn(SO4)2 · 6D2O, (NH4)2Mg(SO4)2 · 6H2O and Cs2Zn(SO4)2 ·6H2O in a temperature range of 4.2–300 K and compare them with already published electron spin–lattice relaxation dat...

We compared the efficacy of matrix based fertilizers (MBFs) formulated to reduce NO3-, NH4+, and total phosphorus (TP) leaching, with Osmocoate 14-14-14, a conventional commercial slow release fertilizer (SRF) and an unamended control in three different soil textures in a greenhouse column study. The MBFs covered a range of inorganic N and P in compounds that are relatively loosely bound (MBF 1...