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Study of caesium adsorption onto alluvial sediments from the Italian Po Plain
The study investigates the adsorption processes of caesium onto alluvial sediments from the Po Plain (northern Italy). Understanding these adsorption...
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Environmental Quality of the Po River Delta
The Po River collects the discharges of the most populated and industrialized area of Northern Italy and enters the Adriatic Sea with a mean flow...
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Shelterbelt-farmland differences in P fractions interacted with soil alkalization, geoclimatic conditions, and soil fungi in Northeast China Plain
PurposeTo define geo-climates, soil properties, and land use effect on soil total phosphorus (TP) and its fractions in plantation forests and...
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The Sacca di Goro Lagoon and an Arm of the Po River
The Po di Volano canal–Sacca di Goro lagoon is a small hydrographic system partially located in the southern part of the Po River Delta. The total...
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Magnetic particle monitoring on leaves in winter: a pilot study on a highly polluted location in the Po plain (Northern Italy)
Environmental monitoring in Northern Italy, one of the most polluted areas in Europe, is of paramount importance. Leaf monitoring throughout magnetic...
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Geochemical characteristics, influencing factors and health risk assessment of groundwater fluoride in a drinking water source area in North Anhui Plain, Eastern China
Identification of geochemical factors controlling the formation of fluoride and quantifying exposure risks associated with fluoride in groundwater is...
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Geochemical and isotopic tracers to define the aquifer’s vulnerability: the case study of the alluvial multi-aquifer system of the Friulian plain
The Friuli-Venezia Giulia Region (north of Italy) is characterized by the presence of high-quality freshwater resources which benefit local citizens,...
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Maize-soybean intercrop** reduces greenhouse gas emissions from the fertilized soil in the North China Plain
Background and AimContinuous monocrop** with high nitrogen (N) fertilizer input substantially increases greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions in...
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Revealing the hidden burden for lake management: the sediment phosphorus storage pools in Eastern Plain Lake Zone, China
As one of the essential components in ecosystems, lakes play a major role in the global phosphorus (P) cycle. It is helpful for further understanding...
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Managing Water Scarcity and Droughts: The Po Experience
This chapter focuses on the case of the Po river basin. After describing the case study area and its vulnerability to drought, we address the...
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Calibration and Application of the Integrated Assessment Tool RIAT+ for Air Quality Planning in the Po Valley
Bonafè, Giovanni Amorati, Roberta Bande, Stefano Ferrari, Fabrizio Maffeis, Giuseppe Stortini, MicheleAim of this work is to explore the uncertainty...
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Reciprocal analysis of groundwater potentiality and vulnerability modeling in the Bahabad Plain, Iran
Heuristic and statistical groundwater quality assessment models are efficient tools in the zoning of groundwater vulnerability to contamination. An...
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Groundwater Geochemistry and its Impacts on Groundwater Arsenic Enrichment, Variation, and Health Risks in Yongning County, Yinchuan Plain of Northwest China
High arsenic (As) groundwater is a serious environmental problem in Yinchuan Plain, northwest China. Though some measures have been taken to...
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Mercury distribution and speciation in historically contaminated soils of the Isonzo River Plain (NE Italy)
PurposeMercury (Hg) mining has negatively impacted the environmental quality of the entire Isonzo/Soča River basin (NE Italy and NW Slovenia), which...
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Linking contemporary river restoration to economics, technology, politics, and society: Perspectives from a historical case study of the Po River Basin, Italy
River restoration is a novel paradigm of ‘mirescape’ (land-and-water-scape) management that developed along with the emergence of aquatic ecology....
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Assessing Potential Water Savings Implementing Variable Rate Sprinkler Irrigation in a Maize Farm in Northern Italy
In recent agricultural seasons, many areas of the Po plain have experienced periods of water scarcity; to cope with this situation, farmers are...
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Carbon storage and economic efficiency of fruit-based systems in semi-arid region: a symbiotic approach for sustainable agriculture and climate resilience
Enhancing our understanding of carbon (C) stock in diverse horticulture and fruit-based agroforestry systems has potential to provide farmers with...
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Characterizing 226Ra and its daughters in coastal zone groundwater of a typical human-activity affected bay: occurrence, safety, and source evaluation
Due to their extremely toxic properties, 226 Ra and it daughters ( 222 Rn, 210 Pb, and 210 Po) in drinking groundwater require monitoring. Recent studies...
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Late Glacial and Holocene buried black soils in Emilia (northern Italy): genetic and paleoenvironmental insights
PurposeThe existence of black horizons (BHs) is often highlighted in European soils, and in the Po River plain of northern Italy. Nevertheless, BH...
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Study of the Physico-chemical Characteristics of the Water in the Hydrographic Network of the Wadi El Hachem (Wilaya of Tipaza. Algeria)
Water is the driving force of nature, the health and well-being of mankind. At present, it is the most essential and most threatened natural source....