The arsenic contamination of aquifers has been linked to the input of dissolved organic matter (DOM). In light of this suggestion, the aim of this study was to quantify chemical effects of DOM on desorption and redox transformations of arsenic bound to synthetic iron oxide and natural samples from different geochemical environments (soils, shallow aquifer, lake sediment). In batch experiments, ...

The prominence of fresh produce as a vehicle for foodborne pathogens such as enterohaemorrhagic Escherichia coli (EHEC) O157 is rising, where disease cases can cause hospitalization and in some cases death. This rise emphasises the necessity for accurate and sensitive methods for detection of pathogens in soil, potential sources of contamination of fresh produce. The complexity of the soil matr...

15 Organic soils in peatlands store a great proportion of the global soil carbon pool and can lose 16 carbon via the atmosphere due to degradation. In Germany, most of the greenhouse gas 17 (GHG) emissions from organic soils are attributed to sites managed as grassland. Here we 18 investigated a land use gradient from near-natural wetland (NW) to an extensively managed 19 (GE) to an intensively...