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Glyphosate in the environment. Review article.
1988
Carlisle S.M. | Trevors J.T.
Tackling agricultural water pollution - a 21st-century challenge
2020
Mateo-Sagasta, Javier
Agriculture is critical to the economies of developing countries. It is the basic source of food supply and a major contributor to economic development. But there is a cost. Today, agricultural water pollution undermines economic growth and threatens the environmental and physical health of millions of people around the world. The annual social and economic costs of agricultural water pollution could reach trillions of dollars. Yet the issue receives scant attention in global research and debate.
Mostrar más [+] Menos [-]Environmental effects of the Deepwater Horizon oil spill: A review
2016
Beyer, Jonny | Trannum, Hilde C. | Bakke, Torgeir | Hodson, Peter V. | Collier, Tracy K.
The Deepwater Horizon oil spill constituted an ecosystem-level injury in the northern Gulf of Mexico. Much oil spread at 1100–1300m depth, contaminating and affecting deepwater habitats. Factors such as oil-biodegradation, ocean currents and response measures (dispersants, burning) reduced coastal oiling. Still, >2100km of shoreline and many coastal habitats were affected. Research demonstrates that oiling caused a wide range of biological effects, although worst-case impact scenarios did not materialize. Biomarkers in individual organisms were more informative about oiling stress than population and community indices. Salt marshes and seabird populations were hard hit, but were also quite resilient to oiling effects. Monitoring demonstrated little contamination of seafood. Certain impacts are still understudied, such as effects on seagrass communities. Concerns of long-term impacts remain for large fish species, deep-sea corals, sea turtles and cetaceans. These species and their habitats should continue to receive attention (monitoring and research) for years to come.
Mostrar más [+] Menos [-]Coastline in-situ burning of oil spills in the Arctic. Studies of the environmental impacts on the littoral zone community
2021
Wegeberg, Susse | Fritt-Rasmussen, Janne | Geertz-Hansen, Ole | Wiktor, Jozef | Bogø-Wilms, Lonnie | Larsen, Morten Birch | Renvald, Lars | Gustavson, Kim
In-situ burning (ISB) has been an oil combat technique studied since the 1950s. However, burning of the oil on the sea surface along the coastline, coastline ISB (cISB), is novel and was tested for the first time in the Arctic along a rocky coast in the summer 2017. A light crude oil was burned and effects of the cISB operation on the littoral zone communities investigated. The impact on macroalgal vegetation and associated fauna was analysed in three littoral zone levels. The analyses revealed limited effects on the littoral community, and that variation between sample plots and years in macroalgal biomass and coverage, as well as fauna biomass and abundance was higher than the impact from cISB. Therefore, it is concluded that cISB in the Arctic along a rocky shore may be an oil spill response option with relatively low environmental side effects for the specific oil type used.
Mostrar más [+] Menos [-]Biological monitoring of environmental pollution
1988
Yasuno, Masayuki | 安野, 正之 | Whitton, B. A.
Growth of Pinus taeda L. seedlings varies with family and ozone exposure level
1988
Adams, M.B. (Oak Ridge National Lab., Oak Ridge, TN (USA). Environmental Sciences Div.) | Kelly, J.M. | Edwards, N.T.
Air pollution and the US forest health [airborne chemicals]
1987
Johnson, A. (Pennsylvania Univ., Philadelphia, PA (USA). Dept. of Geology)