20 January 2022
Adequate dairy product intake can reduce the risk of chronic disease, mortality, low quality of life, and healthcare expenditure. However, the insufficient consumption of dairy products is a serious issue in Eastern societies. To the authors’ k...
Background and Objectives: Over the last few decades, the European mountain environment has been characterized by the progressive abandonment of agro-pastoral activities and consequent forest expansion due to secondary succession. While woody encroac...
Plants and microbes are the primary drivers in affecting the formation and accrual of soil organic carbon (SOC) for natural ecosystems. However, experimental evidence elucidating their underlying mechanisms for SOC accumulation remains elusive. Here,...
Soil salinization threatens soil organic carbon (SOC) sequestration. Although microbial necromass carbon (MNC) is crucial for SOC formation and stability, how biochar affects MNC in saline–alkaline soils remains unclear. This study assessed the...
Retrogressive thaw slumps (RTSs) are becoming more common on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau as permafrost thaws, but the hydraulic properties of thaw slumps have not been extensively studied. To fill this knowledge gap, we used the “space-for-time s...
Macrophage phenotype plays a crucial role in the pathogenesis of Leishmanial infection. Pro-inflammatory cytokines signals through the Janus kinase/signal transducer and activator of transcription (JAK/STAT) pathway that functions in parasite killing...
In order to clarify the long-term changes in mangroves in the Beibu Gulf of Guangxi and the carbon storage changes after the invasion of Spartina alterniflora (S. alterniflora) in the Dandou Sea area, the Continuous Change Detection and Classificatio...
Mangrove ecosystems play a critical role in global carbon cycling, serving as significant carbon sinks by storing carbon in both aboveground biomass (ACG) and soil carbon stock (SOC). However, the temporal dynamics of ACG and SOC, as well as their sp...
2 October 2019
Postal delivery workers have substantial sun exposure. In the United Kingdom (UK) a high proportion of workers possesses a sun sensitive skin type. This population is at elevated risk for skin cancer, yet uptake of sun safety practices is low. Studie...
Despite extensive research on soil organic carbon in karst regions, the synergistic changes in multiple carbon fractions and their stabilization mechanisms across a complete rocky desertification gradient remain poorly understood. To clarify how soil...
Due to specific soil properties and management practices, soils in vineyards are sensitive to degradation. The aims of this study were to examine (i) the state of soil organic carbon (SOC) in vineyards compared to other agricultural land, (ii) the in...
Land reclamation influences the soil carbon and nitrogen cycling, but its scale and time effects on the balance of soil carbon and nitrogen are still uncertain. Taking the Tarim Basin as the study area, the impact of land reclamation on the soil orga...
The Loess Plateau is an important region for vegetation restoration in China; however, changes in soil organic carbon (SOC), soil nutrients, and stoichiometry after restoration in this vulnerable ecoregion are not well understood. Typical restoration...
10 October 2019
Soil aggregate stability can indicate soil quality, and affects soil organic carbon (SOC) and soil organic nitrogen (SON) sequestration. However, for erodible soils, the effects of soil aggregate stability on SOC and SON under land use change are not...
To assess the impact of bamboo plantations on soil organic carbon (SOC) under prevailing climatic conditions, increase in temperature and soil amendments, the Roth C model was used. RothC is a promising model for the estimation of SOC changes in diff...
Thermo-erosion gullies (TGs) are typical thermokarst features in upland permafrost; the soil organic carbon (SOC) of TGs has an important influence on soil quality in cold regions. The objectives of this study were to estimate the spatial distributio...
This study investigates the soil organic carbon (SOC) and whole tree biomass carbon (C), soil bulk density (BD) as well as changes in these parameters in afforested areas in Latvia. The study covered 24 research sites in afforested areas—juveni...
Farmland abandonment is a widespread land-use transition that may reshape surface soil organic carbon (SOC), yet its effects in the hilly red-soil region of South China remain insufficiently understood. Here, 30 m-resolution CLCD land-cover data, 90...
Soil organic carbon storage (SOCS) estimation is a crucial branch of the atmospheric–vegetation–soil carbon cycle study under the background of global climate change. SOCS research has increased worldwide. The objective of this study is to develop a...
Soil is the largest carbon pool, and our understanding of soil organic carbon (SOC) has been enhanced due to its role in mitigating climate change. However, fundamental uncertainty remains about the quantitative importance of tunnel excavation, one o...
Grassland degradation driven by overgrazing, invasive species, and climate change profoundly affects the dynamics and stability of soil organic carbon (SOC), yet the molecular mechanisms underlying these changes remain unclear. This study investigate...
The mineralization of soil organic carbon (SOC) is generally stimulated under global warming, known as temperature sensitivity (Q10), which is critical for predicting terrestrial C-climate feedback. However, how Q10 varies in different elevations, pa...
24 March 2022
The aim of this study was to explore the differences among between adherence to physical activity (PA) and sociodemographic variables, body composition, and physical fitness levels in older adults (>65 years). A number of 2712 participants (2086 f...
As one of the world’s largest ecological rehabilitation programs, the three-north (Northern China, Northeastern China, and Northwestern China) shelterbelts program in China were not well evaluated on its effects on multiple soil properties. Thi...
Objective: This study sought to examine whether the sense of coherence (SoC) and resilience among female fibromyalgia (FM) patients increased after participation in a fibrotherapy intervention program (FTI) and whether SoC and resilience increased am...
Mapping soil organic carbon (SOC) stock can serve as a resilience indicator for climate change. As part of the carbon dioxide (CO2) sink, soil has recently become an integral part of the global carbon agenda to mitigate climate change. We used hypers...
Very little is known about the changes that occur in soil organic carbon (SOC) and total nitrogen (TN) under an intensive rice-based cropping system following the change to minimal tillage and increased crop residue retention in the Gangetic Plains o...
Forest expansion in Mediterranean mountain areas is a widespread phenomenon resulting from the abandonment of agricultural and pastoral activities during the last century. Therefore, knowledge of the long-term storage capacity of soil organic carbon...
Soil labile organic carbon sensitively reflects subtle changes in the soil carbon pool and is an important aspect of forest soil carbon pool research. However, little is known regarding soil labile organic carbon storage and its dynamic changes durin...
It is important to understand the dynamics of soil carbon to study the effects of waste amendment inputs on soil organic carbon decomposition. The aim of this study was to evaluate the effect of waste amendment carbon input on the soil organic carbon...
Global land-use changes impact soil’s ability to perform essential functions. This study investigates whether soil organic carbon (SOC) can be conserved without altering land use in traditional farming systems and degraded natural forests, focu...
The study was to investigate the change patterns of soil organic carbon (SOC), total nitrogen (TN), and soil C/N (C/N) in each soil sublayer along vegetation restoration in subtropical China. We collected soil samples in four typical plant communitie...
Soil organic carbon (SOC) mineralization (conversion of carbonaceous material to carbon dioxide) plays a central role in global carbon cycle. However, the effects of SOC mineralization under different saline–alkali stress conditions are poorly...
In thermal power (TP) units equipped with hybrid energy storage (ES) systems, automatic generation control (AGC) command allocation and storage power control directly affect frequency regulation performance, assessment results, and operational sustai...
Although soil fungi play a crucial role in straw decomposition, mineralization, nutrient cycling, and soil fertility, soil nitrogen and carbon stoichiometry across crop growth stages under long-term straw retention and wheat–soybean rotation re...
Severe burns are life-altering and can have lasting effects on patients’ physical and mental health. Alterations in physical function, changes in appearance, and psychological disturbances resulting from severe burns are especially concerning i...
Wildfires are a dominant ecological disturbance in Mediterranean ecosystems, yet how post-fire aboveground carbon dynamics and vegetation characteristics govern soil organic carbon stock (SOC) remains poorly understood. This study characterized the d...
Forest restoration affects nutrient cycling in terrestrial ecosystems. However, the dynamics of carbon (C), nitrogen (N), and phosphorous (P), and their stoichiometry (C:N:P ratio) in the soil during forest restoration are poorly understood in subtro...
12 September 2019
Smoking cessation remains a health promotion target. Applying the Transtheoretical Model to Australian Burden of Obstructive Lung Diseases (BOLD) data, we examined differences in stages of change (SoC) and readiness to quit decisional behaviours. Fac...
Mangrove ecosystems store large amounts of soil organic carbon (SOC). However, degradation processes associated with invasive species can alter vegetation structure, hydrological conditions, and carbon cycling, with uncertain consequences for SOC sto...
Increasing soil organic carbon (SOC) storage is essential for improving soil fertility and mitigating climate change. The priming effect, which is regulated by physical, chemical and microbial interactions, plays a pivotal role in SOC turnover. Howev...
In this study, we investigated the changes in the communities of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi (AMF) and their driving factors across eight vegetation succession stages in the Sanjiang Plain, Northeast China, original natural wetland (NW), wetland edg...
Reactivity control compression ignition engines illustrated suitable abilities in emission reduction beside high thermal efficiency. In this research, nine various direct fuel injection strategies were studied numerically: three cases with single inj...
Understanding the processes of organic nitrogen (N) mineralization to ammonium (NH4+) and NH4+ oxidation to nitrate (NO3−), which, together, supply soil inorganic N (the sum of NH4+ and NO3−), is of great significance for guiding the rest...
This study examined the short-term effects of nitrogen (N) and phosphorus (P) addition on soil N2O flux and organic carbon content in the lakeshore zone of an arid inland lake, Daihai. Treatments included control (N0P0), N addition (N1P0), P addition...
Managing carbon input from crop straw in cropland ecosystems could increase soil organic carbon (SOC) sequestration to achieve C neutrality and mitigate climate change. The complexity of the chemical structures of crop residue largely affects SOC seq...
In the last years, the environmental impacts of cosmetics production have received growing interest from consumers, industries and the scientific community. Therefore, the selection and evaluation of more sustainable ingredients for cosmetic preparat...
During the initial period of straw return, a suitable straw return technology can lay the foundation for long-term soil fertility improvement. This study focused on the issues of backward straw return technology and blind fertilizer application in th...
Afforestation is regarded as a crucial approach to enhancing terrestrial carbon sinks. Nevertheless, in ecologically fragile regions, the impacts of afforestation on carbon in biomass and soil remain highly uncertain. This study employed field invest...
Soil microorganisms are an integral part of the soil and are highly sensitive to environmental changes. The shift in plant community and soil properties following forest succession may cause differences in soil bacterial and fungal community composit...
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