Advances and prospects of biochar in improving soil fertility, biochemical quality, and environmental applications DOI Creative Commons
Jaya Nepal, Wiqar Ahmad, Fazal Munsif

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Frontiers in Environmental Science, Journal Year: 2023, Volume and Issue: 11

Published: Feb. 16, 2023

With the global food deficit increasing and rising climate change issues, there is a need to find green solutions improve soil fertility productivity while enhancing biochemical quality reducing ecological impact of agriculture. Biochar potentially cost-effective, carbonaceous resource with many agricultural environmental applications. As amendment, it improves physical properties increases productivity—particularly over long-term—increasing aggregation, water retention, pH, microbial activities, thus, improving overall quality, helping reduce chemical fertilizer needs time. The extent biochar’s on physiochemical varies depending biochar source, type, size, inherent characteristics, cropping system, etc. Moreover, has significant potential in remediation, especially through its unique adsorption capable capture immobilize pollutants such as metal(loid)s, organic pollutants, hazardous emerging contaminants microplastics. Further, also emerged key strategic, cost-effective material tackle issues mitigation, net greenhouse gas emission minimize warming potential. However, knowledge gap remains understanding long-term persistence agroecosystem, optimal application rate for diversity biochar-soil-crop-environmental conditions, interaction carbon stock, specific mechanisms effect biotic properties, quantification sequestration, emissions, synergy or antagonistic effects other sources compost, manure, residues, etc., modification applications associated human risks long-term. Further research needed evaluate impacts types sizes recommend suitable practices based management system. Also, be finetuned wider target pressing pollution.

Language: Английский

Unraveling the influence of atmospheric evaporative demand on drought and its response to climate change DOI
Sergio M. Vicente‐Serrano, Tim R. McVicar, Diego G. Miralles

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Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews Climate Change, Journal Year: 2019, Volume and Issue: 11(2)

Published: Dec. 19, 2019

Abstract This review examines the role of atmospheric evaporative demand (AED) in drought. AED is a complex concept and here we discuss possible definitions, subsequent metrics to measure estimate AED, different physical drivers that control it. The influence on meteorological, environmental/agricultural hydrological droughts discussed, stressing important spatial differences related climatological conditions. Likewise, drought has implications regarding how consider their attempts quantify severity. Throughout article, assess literature findings with respect to: (a) recent trends future projections; (b) several uncertainties data availability; (c) sensitivity current AED; (d) roles both radiative physiological effects increasing CO 2 concentrations may play as progress into future. All these issues preclude identifying simple effect Rather it calls for evaluations impacts under climate scenarios, considering feedbacks governing system. article categorized under: Paleoclimates Current Trends > Earth System Behavior

Language: Английский

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Multi-sensor remote sensing for drought characterization: current status, opportunities and a roadmap for the future DOI Creative Commons
Wenzhe Jiao, Lixin Wang, Matthew F. McCabe

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Remote Sensing of Environment, Journal Year: 2021, Volume and Issue: 256, P. 112313 - 112313

Published: Feb. 6, 2021

Language: Английский

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Drought: Progress in broadening its understanding DOI
Gebremedhin Gebremeskel Haile, Qiuhong Tang, Wenhong Li

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Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews Water, Journal Year: 2019, Volume and Issue: 7(2)

Published: Dec. 5, 2019

Abstract Drought affects many aspects of society and its impact is global. To this end, rendering recurrent drought occurrences a key research focus. Recently, in addition to existing knowledge, progress scientific advancements regarding have been observed on regional global scale. Here, we reviewed outlined current emerging developments drought, focusing made recent years. In the human‐modified world, anthropogenic effects were dominant drought‐frequency showed prominent increase. study, identified development concepts, types, indices, their indicators developed as sector‐specific, comprehensive, oriented towards multiple scales. Anthropogenic changes enhanced hydrological processes affected drought. Urbanization, deforestation, related human activities aggravated Climate change has had an exacerbating role which expected increase during 21st century. Human communities, particular, are undertaking that cause droughts; suffering from coping with impact. addition, direct indirect need reconsideration. As such, health droughts concern drought‐vulnerable societies burden public largely unknown. The for recovery aid effective ecosystem functioning aftermath mitigation measures alleviate critical. Enhanced monitoring management options required under environmental socio‐economic setups This article characterized under: Science Water > Extremes Engineering Planning Life Stresses Pressures Ecosystems

Language: Английский

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Global drought trends and future projections DOI Creative Commons
Sergio M. Vicente‐Serrano, Dhais Peña‐Angulo, Santiago Beguerı́a

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Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A Mathematical Physical and Engineering Sciences, Journal Year: 2022, Volume and Issue: 380(2238)

Published: Oct. 23, 2022

Drought is one of the most difficult natural hazards to quantify and divided into categories (meteorological, agricultural, ecological hydrological), which makes assessing recent changes future scenarios extremely difficult. This opinion piece includes a review scientific literature on topic analyses trends in meteorological droughts by using long-term precipitation records different drought metrics evaluate role global warming processes hydrological severity over last four decades, during sharp increase atmospheric evaporative demand (AED) has been recorded. Meteorological do not show any substantial at scale least 120 years, but an agricultural seems emerge as consequence AED. Lastly, this study evaluates projections from earth system models focuses important aspects that need be considered when evaluating changing climate, such use uncertainty modelling approaches. article part Royal Society Science+ meeting issue ‘Drought risk Anthropocene’.

Language: Английский

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Impacts of climate change on the fate of contaminants through extreme weather events DOI Creative Commons
Shiv Bolan, Lokesh P. Padhye, Tahereh Jasemizad

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The Science of The Total Environment, Journal Year: 2023, Volume and Issue: 909, P. 168388 - 168388

Published: Nov. 11, 2023

The direct impacts of climate change involve a multitude phenomena, including rising sea levels, intensified severe weather events such as droughts and flooding, increased temperatures leading to wildfires, unpredictable fluctuations in rainfall. This comprehensive review intends examine firstly the probable consequences on extreme drought, flood wildfire. subsequently examines release transformation contaminants terrestrial, aquatic, atmospheric environments response driven by change. While drought influence dynamics inorganic organic terrestrial aquatic environments, thereby influencing their mobility transport, wildfire results spread atmosphere. There is nascent awareness change's change-induced environmental scientific community decision-making processes. remediation industry, particular, lags behind adopting adaptive measures for managing contaminated affected events. However, recognizing need assessment represents pivotal first step towards fostering more practices management environments. We highlight urgency collaboration between chemists experts, emphasizing importance jointly assessing fate rigorous action augment risk strategies safeguard health our environment.

Language: Английский

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Climate change impacts on meteorological drought using SPI and SPEI: case study of Ankara, Turkey DOI
Ali Danandeh Mehr, A. Ünal Şorman, Ercan Kahya

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Hydrological Sciences Journal, Journal Year: 2019, Volume and Issue: 65(2), P. 254 - 268

Published: Nov. 8, 2019

Using regionally downscaled and adjusted outputs of three global climate models (GCMs), meteorological drought analysis was accomplished across Ankara, the capital city Turkey. To this end, standardized precipitation index (SPI) evapotranspiration (SPEI) were projected under (representative concentration pathway) RCP4.5 RCP8.5 greenhouse gas scenarios. In general, our results show that Ankara experienced six severe two extreme events during reference period, 1971–2000. However, projections indicate fewer for near-future period 2016–2040, with no potential events. While scenario showed dry spells will be dominant in second half evenly distributed entire period.

Language: Английский

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Compound natural and human disasters: Managing drought and COVID-19 to sustain global agriculture and food sectors DOI Creative Commons
Ashok K. Mishra, Ellen Bruno, David Zilberman

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The Science of The Total Environment, Journal Year: 2020, Volume and Issue: 754, P. 142210 - 142210

Published: Sept. 4, 2020

Language: Английский

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Environmental Factors Regulate Plant Secondary Metabolites DOI Creative Commons
Mirwais M. Qaderi,

Ashley B. Martel,

Courtney A. Strugnell

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Plants, Journal Year: 2023, Volume and Issue: 12(3), P. 447 - 447

Published: Jan. 18, 2023

Abiotic environmental stresses can alter plant metabolism, leading to inhibition or promotion of secondary metabolites. Although the crucial roles these compounds in acclimation and defense are well known, their response climate change is poorly understood. As effects have been increasing, regulatory aspects on metabolism becomes increasingly important. Effects individual components, including high temperature, elevated carbon dioxide, drought stress, enhanced ultraviolet-B radiation, interactions metabolites, such as phenolics, terpenes, alkaloids, continue be studied evidence mounting. It important understand those metabolites that shape success certain plants future. This review aims present synthesize recent advances delving from molecular organismal an increased decreased concentration compounds. A thorough analysis current knowledge about components should provide us with required information regarding performance under conditions. Further studies more insight into understanding multiple factors

Language: Английский

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Climate change, drought, land degradation and migration: exploring the linkages DOI Open Access
Kathleen Hermans, Robert McLeman

Current Opinion in Environmental Sustainability, Journal Year: 2021, Volume and Issue: 50, P. 236 - 244

Published: June 1, 2021

Language: Английский

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A comprehensive assessment of remote sensing and traditional based drought monitoring indices at global and regional scale DOI Creative Commons
Niranga Alahacoon,

Mahesh Edirisinghe

Geomatics Natural Hazards and Risk, Journal Year: 2022, Volume and Issue: 13(1), P. 762 - 799

Published: March 8, 2022

This study reports a comprehensive review on drought indices used in monitoring meteorological, agricultural, hydrological, and socio-economic drought. Drought have been introduced as an important approach to quantitative qualitative calculations of drought's severity impact. There were 111 reviewed this study, which fall into two categories: traditional (location-specific/model) remote sensing (RS). Out indices, 44 belong the 67 RS section. shows that meteorological has highest number (22) about 20% overall, while lowest (7) agricultural is 6.3%. The specialty when considering sensing-based 90% are for 10% hydrological monitoring. However, found advances satellite technology accelerated design new replacing location-specific data with observation makes it easier calculate more spatial distribution resolution.

Language: Английский

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