Soil salinisation is a critical problem in northern China’s arid and semi-arid irrigated regions, posing a substantial impediment to the sustainable advancement of agriculture in these areas. This research utilises the Donghaixin Irrigation Dis...
The environmental impact of deposit development can be indirect and can cause combined geochemical processes in ecosystems. These must be taken into consideration under environmental forecasting and environmental risk assessment. Soil degradation in...
River salinisation and alkalinisation have become one of the major environmental problems threatening the safety of global freshwater resources. With the accelerated climate change and aggravating anthropogenic influences, it is important to identify...
Soil salinisation is threatening crop sustainability worldwide, mainly due to anthropogenic climate change. Molecular mechanisms developed to counteract salinity have been intensely studied in model plants. Nevertheless, the economically relevant oli...
Invasive fish species are a major driver of freshwater native fish biodiversity loss and their spread and impacts on the native fish are expected to increase within the current freshwater salinization and global warming crisis. In the current study,...
Temperate Highland Peat Swamps on Sandstone (THPSS) are wetlands in the Blue Mountains, south-eastern Australia. The wetlands have legislative protection as endangered ecological communities. They have long-standing cultural significance for Gundungu...
The ecohydrology of Horseshoe Bay lagoon on Magnetic Island, a World Heritage Area off Townsville, was studied using aerial photography and maps (1892–2023); Landsat/Sentinel-2 imagery; LIDAR and RTK-GPS surveys; in situ water-level and salinit...
The use of recycled concrete aggregates as a construction material is growing and this study was conducted to investigate the potential water quality issues that arise when concrete aggregates are exposed to water. The water used in the study was fro...
The rivers flowing through Upper Silesia and the adjacent areas (Southern Poland) are affected by various anthropogenic pressures including urbanisation, agriculture and animal husbandry, as well as industry (e.g., mining), which are reflected in the...
Periphytic rotifer assemblages from lentic habitats are understudied. To improve knowledge on the principal environmental determinants of their structure and composition, we examined summer periphyton from 184 freshwater bodies from a taxonomic and m...
In recent years, mercury (Hg) concentration that exceeds the Maximum Contaminant Level Standard set by the World Health Organisation for drinking water has been detected in the groundwater of Skiathos Island in Greece. The island single source of urb...
The Viimsi peninsula is located north-east of Tallinn, capital of Estonia. The Cambrian-Vendian (Cm-V) aquifer system is a sole source of drinking water in the area. Historically, the groundwater exploitation has led to freshening of groundwater in t...
The current climate change scenario is accelerating degradation, desertification, and salinisation: all destructive processes that are negatively impacting arable lands and food production [...]
The ability of fragile ecosystems of alpine regions to adapt and thrive under warming and nitrogen deposition is a pressing conservation concern. The lack of information on how these ecosystems respond to the combined impacts of elevated levels of ni...
The purpose of our research is to evaluate the agroecological condition of soils under long-term irrigation (over 50 years) and to improve existing measures to slow down degradation processes by introducing phosphogypsum. The possibility of simultane...
Continuous use of recycled water (treated wastewater) over a long period of time may lead to the accumulation of salt in the root zone of the soil. This is due to the relatively higher levels of salt contained in the recycled water compared to a town...
Low-lying coastal plains are increasingly threatened by saltwater intrusion, yet the extent of the phenomenon and the role of coastal dune systems remain unevenly assessed. In the northern Adriatic Sea (NE Italy), salinisation has been documented, bu...
The Banji Mine, located in the western part of the Huainan Coalfield, is characterised by a deep burial depth and multiple aquifers. It faces significant water inflow risks from roof aquifers, especially from the sandstone aquifer above the No. 9 coa...
Climate change is likely to affect the ability of world agricultural systems to provide food, fibre, and fuel for the growing world population, especially since the area of salinised land will increase. However, as few species of plants (less than 1%...
Multisource remote sensing data is utilised for the purpose of monitoring annual and interannual changes associated with climate change in the water bodies of the Chotts of Merouane and Melrhir, which are located in the Zone of Chotts in North Africa...
The climate of the Qinghai–Tibet Plateau is distinct. Given the large temperature difference between day and night, drought in perennial years, low rainfall and large evaporation volume, the frozen soil in some areas of the Qinghai–Tibet...
Agricultural land-use conversion in high-altitude cold-arid inland river basins profoundly affects soil ecosystems. This study investigates the middle and lower reaches of the Bayin River Basin (Qaidam Basin, China) at approximately 3000 m elevation....
Soil salinity is one of the major causes of losses in agricultural production, which is accentuated by global warming. A sustainable strategy to mitigate the effects of the increasing soil salinisation is the use of biostimulants. In this study, the...
The study assesses water-filled subsidence basins in the Karviná region using ecological and faunistic characteristics, with freshwater molluscs as bioindicators. Two sites—subsidence lake Kozinec and Doubrava basins—differing in s...
Water shortage is one of the main issues affecting agricultural development in many regions, and the problem of crop yield reduction caused by the salinisation of irrigation water has become increasingly prominent. Xinjiang is a major agricultural de...
The continued growth in the human population of the world will generate an increased demand for food that will be hard to meet with existing agricultural systems, as an equivalent increase in agricultural land is not available. Predicted changes in t...
This study focuses on the non-hydrostatic groundwater dynamics of a meso-tidal sandy beach under the influence of tides and waves. A field campaign was conducted at Lacanau Beach, France, during four consecutive tide cycles in March 2022. Groundwater...
The climate-driven challenges facing Earth necessitate a comprehensive understanding of the mechanisms facilitating plant resilience to environmental stressors. This review delves into the crucial role of ubiquitin-like modifiers, particularly focusi...
Most areas of Caofeidian (Tangshan Caofeidian New District in Hebei Province, China) were formed by land reclamation, where the dredger fill has a high water content and a high salt content. The solidification of Caofeidian’s dredger fill is di...
Saline agriculture, including the commercial cultivation of edible halophytes, is expanding rapidly to address the increase in salinised soil due to natural and man-made causes, the decline in availability of fresh water, the increased use of poor-qu...
This article examines the complex relationship between climate change and migration in Africa, with a specific focus on Senegal—a West African nation increasingly vulnerable to climate threats such as drought, rising sea levels, floods, and sal...
Many aquatic ecosystems in Australia are impacted or threatened by salinisation; however, there is a paucity of records detailing the changes in salinity of individual water bodies that extend beyond a few decades. One way to overcome this issue is t...
The advance of the soil desertification process and water salinisation hinders reforestation actions in the Brazilian semiarid region due to the negative effects on the initial establishment of seedlings. Knowledge of potential species for overcoming...
Climate change, soil salinisation and desertification, intensive agriculture and the poor quality of irrigation water all create serious problems for the agriculture that supplies the world with food. Halophyte cultivation could constitute an alterna...
Increasing soil salinisation represents a serious threat to food security, and therefore the exploitation of high-yielding halophytes, such as Salicornia and Sarcocornia, needs to be considered not merely in arid regions but worldwide. In this study,...
Sustainable crop production requires an innovative approach due to increasing soil salinisation and decreasing freshwater availability. One promising strategy is the domestication of naturally salt-tolerant plant species with commercial potential. Sa...
Climate change negatively affects agriculture, causing desertification, salinisation, and drought. The biochar hydroinfiltrator (ES Patent No.: ES2793448 B2) is a device that increases the capture of rainwater or irrigation water for crops by increas...
With increasing constraints on extensive farming—including soil degradation, salinisation and more frequent climatic anomalies—the development of ‘smart’ agriculture requires the integration of affordable, non-invasive methods...
Most vegetable crops are salt sensitive, growing inadequately in salinised soils due to the accumulation of toxic ions from prolonged irrigation regimes. Plant biostimulants are a potential tool that can be used to counteract salinity stress and incr...
To address the global phenomenon of the salinisation of large land areas, a quantitative inversion model of the salinity of saline soils and soil visible–near-infrared (NIR) spectral data was developed by considering saline soils in Zhenlai County, J...
Climate change and land use are major drivers of environmental and socioeconomic transformations in landscapes and in coastal areas. The objective of this study was to present an interdisciplinary and participatory research methodology for analysing...
Located in northern Western Australia, the Pilbara is the highest productivity region for iron ore and other metal mining in Australia. As elsewhere, mine closure guidelines typically require post-closure landforms to be safe, stable, non-polluting a...
Soil degradation in arid ecosystems is a major threat to sustainable development and food security, especially under accelerating climate change. Kazakhstan, where more than 70% of agricultural land suffers from salinisation, erosion, and humus loss,...
Against the background of increasing salinisation of land, the use of environmentally friendly plant growth-promoting bacteria (PGPB) resources for soil improvement is particularly important. The aim of this study was to investigate the effects of Ps...
Soil salinisation has been considered a substantial ecosystem issue with negative effects on sustainable agricultural practices. Practices of vegetation restoration are widely conducted for coping with saline soil degradation, especially in saline-al...
Global warming is linked to progressive soil salinisation, which reduces crop yields, especially in irrigated farmland on arid and semiarid regions. Therefore, it is necessary to apply sustainable and effective solutions that contribute to enhanced c...
Rice-based food production is crucial for food security, socio-political stability, and economic development in Bangladesh. However, climate and environmental changes pose serious challenges to sustainable rice production in the country. This review...
Recently, the EU approved RENURE-criteria materials to be used as substitutes for synthetic N fertilisers. Several studies have been performed on the agronomic efficacy and potential environmental impacts of different bio-based fertilisers (BBFs) fro...
Rivers are crucial hydrological cycle components, supporting ecosystems and human activities. Managing and protecting river water quality is essential. Diatoms, microscopic algae, are widespread and sensitive to changes in water quality, making them...
Soil salinisation and periodic flooding jointly shape coastal wetland ecosystems, but how coexisting halophytes differ in their rhizosphere bacterial communities under these conditions remains insufficiently understood. Here, we investigated rhizosph...
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