A series of analyses were performed to provide chemical signatures for surface soils and to evaluate potential sources of fugitive dust in the Paso del Norte (PdN) region. Eighteen sites were selected for soil sampling based on an assessment of the soil types in the region and the main upwind source areas with a potential for wind erosion. Analyses of the soil samples provided chemical 'fingerp...

water samples were collected from five selected mangrove ecosystems along kerala coast, north of cochin, on seasonal basis and analysed for various hydrographic parameters. to explain spatiotemporalvariations and the processes controlling their distribution, anova (two factor without replication),correlation and principal component analysis were carried out. concentration of total nitrogen vari...

Measurement and modelling of regional or country-level carbon dioxide (CO2) fluxes are becoming critical for verification of the greenhouse gases emission control. One of the commonly adopted approaches is inverse modelling, where CO2 fluxes (emission: positive flux, sink: negative flux) from the terrestrial ecosystems are estimated by combining atmospheric CO2 measurements with atmospheric tra...

Geochemistry of surface hyporheic stream sediments, multivariate statistics and GIS database proved successful tools for assessing toxic element contamination in East Attica region. The objectives of this study were to assess the degree of contamination and to describe the surface hyporheic stream sediment geochemical variations in relation to geology, lithology and anthropogenic activities of ...

Signatories of the Kyoto Protocol are obliged to submit annual accounts of their anthropogenic greenhouse gas emissions, which include nitrous oxide (N(2)O). Emissions from the sectors industry (3.8 Gg), energy (14.4 Gg), agriculture (86.8 Gg), wastewater (4.4 Gg), land use, land-use change and forestry (2.1 Gg) can be calculated by multiplying activity data (i.e. amount of fertilizer applied, ...

We simulate nitrogen deposition over the US in 2006–2008 by using the GEOS-Chem global chemical transport model at 1/2×2/3 horizontal resolution over North America and adjacent oceans. US emissions of NOx and NH3 in the model are 6.7 and 2.9 Tg N a−1 respectively, including a 20 % natural contribution for each. Ammonia emissions are a factor of 3 lower in winter than summer, providing a good ma...

11 12 Species distribution is usually explained by abiotic factors, particularly, climatic variables which 13 are often considered as the most important drivers of species distribution. Nevertheless, when 14 investigating the underlying causality in species distribution, the importance of those factors 15 together with the role of anthropogenic factors (land-use variables) must be considered. 1...