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Early Warning Strategies and Practices Along the River Rhine
In 1986, the International Commission for the Protection of the Rhine (ICPR) installed a Warning and Alarm Plan (WAP) in order to avert the dangers...
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Assessment of Organic Compounds in the Rhine Estuary
Over the past centuries the Rhine estuary has changed from a natural, hardly disturbed estuary into an anthropogenetically influenced area that...
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Water Quality of Lake Constance
Lake Constance is used as a drinking water reservoir for about 5 million people. Because of its glacial origin from the Alps, the amount of...
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Hydrology
The River Rhine is one of the major rivers of Europe -#8211; the only river that connects the Alps with the North Sea. It flows 1320 km from two...
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Natural and Artificial Radioactivity in the Rhine and Its Tributaries
Presently, natural and artificial radioactivity in the Rhine River does not present a radiological hazard to the population. On the contrary, the...
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Pollutants as Byproducts and Degradation Products of Chemical Syntheses
Byproducts of industrial organic syntheses are emitted with the wastewater into the River Rhine; in many cases they are polar and poorly...
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Pharmaceuticals in the River Rhine
Pharmaceuticals are introduced into the River Rhine mainly via wastewater and can be detected almost permanently in mixed samples taken over the...
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Analysis, Occurrence, and Fate of Aromatic Sulfonates in the Rhine and Its Tributaries
An overview is given of the occurrence of aromatic sulfonates in the Rhine river and its tributaries. Since 1990, 25 different monomeric sulfonates...
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Occurrence, Fate and Relevance of Aminopolycarboxylate Chelating Agents in the Rhine Basin, Germany
Aminopolycarboxylates are used in many products and industrial applications because of their ability to form stable complexes with metal ions. The...
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The Development of Water Protection Requirements from the Point of View of Waterworks, with Emphasis on 30 Years of the Memorandum of the International Association of Waterworks in the River Rhine Catchment Area (IAWR)
The International Association of Waterworks in the River Rhine Catchment Area (IAWR) defined water protection requirements for surface water that...
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Trends in Pesticide Transport into the River Rhine
The occurrence of relevant pesticides in the River Rhine and two of its tributaries is presented over a period of ten years. Trace determinations...
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The Recovered Rhine and Its History
The Rhine has suffered tremendous changes: from a natural river to a heavily contaminated one, then through a purification process to a rather...
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MTBE in Lake Zurich
Methyl tert-butyl ether (MTBE) is found in Lake Zurich at quite low concentrations between 40 ng L−1 in deep water or during the winter season,...
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Beyond the banks and deluge: understanding riverscape, flood vulnerability, and responses in kashmir
Flooding in Kashmir results from a complex interplay of physical, sociopolitical, and economic factors, which presents a severe environmental...
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Assessing the suitability of McKee et al. (1993) drought severity classification across India
Drought analysis has become very important in water resources management and has brought attention to many researchers in recent years owing to its...
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Valorization of bread waste, a nonconventional feedstock for starch extraction using different methods: a comparative study
Bread is one of the most wasted food products worldwide owing to its short shelf life. However, bread residues present an inexpensive, abundant, and...
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From alert to action: earthquake early warning and deaf communities
Earthquake early warning (EEW) alerts may give people valuable seconds to take protective action, such as drop, cover and hold on, before earthquake...
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Enhancing young date palm Boufeggouss cv. seedling tolerance to drought stress with fermented seaweed extracts from Gelidium sesquipedale
The date palm ( Phoenix dactylifera L.) is a crucial component of Morocco’s economy, yet its production faces recurring challenges from environmental...
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An innovative hybrid W-EEMD-ARIMA model for drought forecasting using the standardized precipitation index
Drought, a critical consequence of water scarcity and climate change, profoundly impacts human life. This study introduces a new W-EEMD-ARIMA hybrid...
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Design of TETHYS: a greenhouse plant-smart water harvesting and air-cleaning system
A framework to formulate a multiscale model based on the “speaking plant” approach is proposed. It is composed of a network of sensors to assess...
