Browsing ARTICLES CIENTÍFICS by Subject "502"
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A comparison of isolation methods for black fungi degrading aromatic toxins
(Mycopathologia, 2019-09-29)The prevalence of black fungi in the order Chaetothyriales has often been underestimated due to the difficulty of their isolation. In this study, three methods which are often used to isolate black fungi ... -
Assessment of a novel microalgae-cork based technology for removing antibiotics, pesticides and nitrates from groundwater
(Chemosphere, 2022-04-29)Groundwater pollution has increased in recent years due to the intensification of agricultural and livestock activities. This results in a significant reduction in available freshwater resources. Here, ... -
Assessment of social aspects across Europe resulting from the insertion of technologies for nutrient recovery and recycling in agriculture
(Sustainable Production and Consumption, 2022-02-02)The potential beneficial and harmful social impacts generated by the introduction of novel technologies, in general, and those concerning nutrient recovery and the improvement of nutrient efficiency in ... -
Critical analysis of life cycle inventory datasets for organic crop production systems
(International Journal of Life Cycle Assessment (Int J LCA), 2022-04-20)Purpose Organic agriculture (OA) has gained widespread popularity due to its view as a more sustainable method of farming. Yet OA and conventional agriculture (CA) can be found to have similar or varying ... -
Effect of different fertilization strategies on nitrogen balance in an outdoor potted crop of Osteospermum ecklonis (DC.) Norl. ‘Purple Red’ under Mediterranean climate conditions
(Spanish Journal of Agricultural Research, 2013-07-15)Fertilization management and meteorological conditions can affect leachate composition and the balance of nitrogen (N) added during the cultivation of ornamentals. The main objectives of this study ... -
Environmental accounting of closed-loop maize production scenarios: Manure as fertilizer and inclusion of catch crops
(Resources, Conservation and Recycling, 2019-04-09)The agri-food sector has moved towards a more linear production economy, partly caused by worldwide food demand. One clear example is the intensification of livestock production, with consequent ... -
Evolución de la temperatura y precipitación en cuatro estaciones meteorológicas, ubicadas en la región Norcentral de Nicaragua, Centroamérica
(Revista Científica de FAREM-Estelí, 2021-07-06)La temperatura y precipitación son las principales variables indicadoras del cambio climático, consecuencia del cambio global. Se evalúa el comportamiento de datos de precipitación y temperatura en ... -
Freshwater ecotoxicity assessment of pesticide use in crop production: Testing the influence of modeling choices
(Journal of Cleaner Production, 2018-10-28)Pesticides help to control weeds, pests, and diseases contributing, therefore, to food availability. However, pesticide fractions not reaching the intended target may have adverse effects on the environment ... -
Global extinction probabilities of terrestrial, freshwater, and marine species groups for use in Life Cycle Assessment
(Ecological Indicators, 2022-07-29)Human activities put pressure on the natural environmental and the Life Cycle Assessment methodology (LCA) is becoming a more prevalent tool to assess the relevant environmental impacts from products ... -
Global water consumption impacts on riverine fish species richness in Life Cycle Assessment
(Science of the Total Environment, 2022-09-13)Reduced river discharge and flow regulation are significant threats to freshwater biodiversity. An accurate representation of potential damage of water consumption on freshwater biodiversity is required ... -
Impacts of seasonality, drought, nitrogen fertilization, and litter on soil fluxes of biogenic volatile organic compounds in a Mediterranean forest
(Science of The Total Environment, 2023-09-27)Biogenic volatile organic compounds (BVOCs) play critical roles in ecosystems at various scales, influencing above- and below-ground interactions and contributing to the atmospheric environment. ... -
Isolation and Identification of Black Yeasts by Enrichment on Atmospheres of Monoaromatic Hydrocarbons
(Microbial Ecology, 2010-03-24)Black yeast members of the Herpotrichiellaceae present a complex ecological behavior: They are often isolated from rather extreme environments polluted with aromatic hydrocarbons, while they are also ... -
LC‐IMPACT: A regionalized life cycle damage assessment method
(Journal of Industrial Ecology, 2020-05-31)Life cycle impact assessment (LCIA) is a lively field of research, and data and models are continuously improved in terms of impact pathways covered, reliability, and spatial detail. However, many of ... -
Letter to the editor re: “The scarcity-weighted water footprint provides unreliable water sustainability scoring” by Vanham and Mekonnen, 2021
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Operationalising emission and toxicity modelling of pesticides in LCA: the OLCA-Pest project contribution
(International Journal of Life Cycle Assessment (Int J LCA), 2022-04-14)Purpose Current field emission modelling and toxicity characterisation of pesticides suffer from several shortcomings like mismatches between LCI databases and LCIA methods, missing characterisation ... -
Pathogenic Yet Environmentally Friendly? Black Fungal Candidates for Bioremediation of Pollutants
(Geomicrobiology Journal, 2016-02-25)A collection of 163 strains of black yeast-like fungi from the CBS Fungal Biodiversity Center (Utrecht, The Netherlands), has been screened for the ability to grow on hexadecane, toluene and ... -
Payment for Targeted Grazing: Integrating Local Shepherds into Wildfire Prevention
(Forests, 2018-07-30)Wildfires are one of the most prominent risks for Mediterranean forests, reducing the flow of ecosystem services and representing a hazard for infrastructure and human lives. Several wildfire prevention ... -
Recent Advances in Bioelectrochemical Systems for Nitrogen and Phosphorus Recovery Using Membranes
(Membranes, 2023-02-02)Bioelectrochemical systems (BESs) have emerged as a technology that is able to recover resources from different kinds of substrates, especially wastewater. Nutrient recovery, mostly based on membrane ... -
Solar drying in the vineyard: a sustainable technology for the recovery of nutrients from winery organic waste
(Water Science and Technology, 2020-07-09)The present study describes a pilot-scale experimental validation of a forced-convection greenhouse solar dryer, combined with a biofilter, for controlled atmospheric emissions. This set-up was applied ... -
The importance of including soil carbon changes, ecotoxicity and biodiversity impacts in environmental life cycle assessments of organic and conventional milk in Western Europe
(Journal of Cleaner Production, 2019-01-04)Estimates of soil carbon changes, biodiversity and ecotoxicity have often been missing from life cycle assessment based studies of organic dairy products, despite evidence that the impacts of organic ...