Environmental Sciences - Table of Contents

July 19, 2022

Adaptive multi-paddock grazing management’s influence on soil food web community structure for: increasing pasture forage production, soil organic carbon, and reducing soil respiration rates in southeastern USA ranches

David C. Johnson, Richard Teague, Steven Apfelbaum, Ry Thompson, Peter Byck

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.13750 PubMed 35873909

July 21, 2022

A spatiotemporal ensemble machine learning framework for generating land use/land cover time-series maps for Europe (2000–2019) based on LUCAS, CORINE and GLAD Landsat

Martijn Witjes, Leandro Parente, Chris J. van Diemen, Tomislav Hengl, Martin Landa, Lukáš Brodský, Lena Halounova, Josip Križan, Luka Antonić, Codrina Maria Ilie, Vasile Craciunescu, Milan Kilibarda, Ognjen Antonijević, Luka Glušica

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.13573 PubMed 35891647

July 25, 2022

Forest tree species distribution for Europe 2000–2020: mapping potential and realized distributions using spatiotemporal machine learning

Carmelo Bonannella, Tomislav Hengl, Johannes Heisig, Leandro Parente, Marvin N. Wright, Martin Herold, Sytze de Bruin

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.13728 PubMed 35910765

July 18, 2022

Coral micro-fragmentation assays for optimizing active reef restoration efforts

Ingrid S.S. Knapp, Zac H. Forsman, Austin Greene, Erika C. Johnston, Claire E. Bardin, Norton Chan, Chelsea Wolke, David Gulko, Robert J. Toonen

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.13653 PubMed 35873907

July 21, 2022

Soil carbon sequestration potential in global croplands

José Padarian, Budiman Minasny, Alex McBratney, Pete Smith

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.13740 PubMed 35891649

July 13, 2022

Assessing availability of European plant protection product data: an example evaluating basic area treated

Ana López-Ballesteros, Aoife Delaney, James Quirke, Jane C. Stout, Matthew Saunders, James C. Carolan, Blánaid White, Dara A. Stanley

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.13586 PubMed 35855900

July 19, 2022

Plastic debris in plastic-mulched soil—a screening study from western Germany

Zacharias Steinmetz, Heike Schröder

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.13781 PubMed 35873916

July 25, 2022

Pollution caused by nanoplastics: adverse effects and mechanisms of interaction via molecular simulation

Yamara Matos Oliveira, Nathalia Salles Vernin, Daniele Maia Bila, Marcia Marques, Frederico Wanderley Tavares

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.13618 PubMed 35910776

July 25, 2022

Nuclear energy transition and CO₂ emissions nexus in 28 nuclear electricity-producing countries with different income levels

Haider Mahmood

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.13780 PubMed 35910772

July 5, 2022

A comprehensive drought monitoring method integrating multi-source data

Xiaoliang Shi, Hao Ding, Mengyue Wu, Mengqi Shi, Fei Chen, Yi Li, Yuanqi Yang

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.13560 PubMed 35811819

July 27, 2022

Spatial variation in diatom abundance and composition in Biwase Bay and Hamanaka Bay (Eastern Hokkaido, Japan), with reference to environmental features

Hyojin Ahn, Miho Ito, Naoko Kouchi, Kentaro Watanabe, Hiroya Abe, Tomonori Isada, Masahiro Nakaoka

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.13705 PubMed 35915753

July 21, 2022

Growth parameters and responses of green algae across a gradient of phototrophic, mixotrophic and heterotrophic conditions

Erica B. Young, Lindsay Reed, John A. Berges

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.13776 PubMed 35891646

July 28, 2022

Maize-peanut rotational strip intercropping improves peanut growth and soil properties by optimizing microbial community diversity

Yi Han, Qiqi Dong, Kezhao Zhang, Dejian Sha, Chunji Jiang, Xu Yang, Xibo Liu, He Zhang, Xiaoguang Wang, Feng Guo, Zheng Zhang, Shubo Wan, Xinhua Zhao, Haiqiu Yu

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.13777 PubMed 35919403

July 14, 2022

Low-level nutrient enrichment during thermal stress delays bleaching and ameliorates calcification in three Hawaiian reef coral species

Ji Hoon J. Han, Matthew P. Stefanak, Ku‘ulei S. Rodgers

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.13707 PubMed 35855432

July 15, 2022

Structural and functional characteristics of soil microbial community in a Pinus massoniana forest at different elevations

Jian Zhang, Ming Xu, Xiao Zou, Jin Chen

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.13504 PubMed 35860041

July 22, 2022

Rare earth element geochemistry of Middle Devonian reefal limestones of the Dianqiangui Basin, South China: implications for nutrient sources and expansion of the reef ecosystem

Qi Mao, Shangyi Gu, Huan Li, Gary G. Lash, Tianyi Zhang, Xiaofeng Xie, Zidong Guo