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    • Climate Warming Consistently Reduces Grassland Ecosystem Productivity 

      Wu, Gao-Lin; Zheng, Zhen; Alatalo, Juha Mikael; Zhao, Jingxue; Liu, Yu ( Advanced Earth And Science , 2021 , Article)
      Future climate may profoundly impact the functioning of terrestrial ecosystems. However, we do not know well how the functioning of different types of grassland ecosystems is associated with variation in temperature and ...

    • Climate, trends and variability of extreme winds along the southwest coast of India 

      Abdulla, Cheriyeri Poyil; Aboobacker, Valliyil Mohammed; Vethamony, Ponnumony ( Wiley , 2023 , Article)
      The extreme wind climate and its trends and variability of the southwest coast of India, particularly the Kerala coast, are investigated using hourly reanalysis wind speeds for the period 1979–2021. The observed maximum ...

    • Climatic drivers and ecological implications of variation in the time interval between leaf-out and flowering 

      Liang, Guo; Liu, Xiaowei; Alatalo, Juha M.; Wang, Chuanyao; Xu, Jianchu; ... more authors ( Elsevier , 2023 , Article)
      Leaf-out and flowering in any given species have evolved to occur in a predetermined sequence, with the inter-stage time interval optimized to maximize plant fitness. Although warming-induced advances of both leaf-out and ...

    • Climatology and variability of wind speeds along the southwest coast of India derived from Climate Forecast System Reanalysis winds 

      Abdulla, Cheriyeri Poyil; Aboobacker, Valliyil Mohammed; Shanas, Puthuveetil Razak; Vijith, Vijayakumaran; Sajeev, Raveendran; ... more authors ( Wiley , 2022 , Article)
      Wind climate along the southwest coast of India (Kerala coast) has been analysed using 41 years of Climate Forecast System Reanalysis (CFSR) winds to delineate long-term trends and variability. The study reveals significant ...

    • Coal fly ash supported Ag@Bi2WO6: A novel heterogeneous nanocomposite for effective sunlight driven photocatalytic degradation of dye 

      Saleem, Muhammad Zubair; Nadeem, Nimra; Shahbaz, Muhammad; Al-Zaqri, Nabil; Rasul, Shahid; ... more authors ( Elsevier , 2023 , Article)
      Water contamination is a serious environmental issue. It has detrimental effects on the living habitat. This contaminated water is treated with numerous physicochemical techniques. Presently, adsorption-enhanced photo-catalysis ...

    • Coal fly ash supported CoFe2O4 nanocomposites: Synergetic Fenton-like and photocatalytic degradation of methylene blue 

      Nimra, Nadeem; Yaseen, Muhammad; Rehan, Zulfiqar Ahmad; Zahid, Muhammad; Shakoor, Rana Abdul; ... more authors ( Elsevier , 2022 , Article)
      Rapid industrialization is causing a serious threat for the environment. Therefore, this research was aimed in developing ceramic cobalt ferrite (CoFe2O4) nanocomposite photocatalyst coated with coal fly ash (CFA-CoFe2O4) ...

    • Community perspectives on conservation of water sources in Tarkeshwar sacred groves, Himalaya, India 

      Jana, Purna; Pandey, Rajiv; Semeraro, Teodoro; Alatalo, Juha M.; Areteno, Roberta; ... more authors ( IWA PUBLISHING , 2021 , Article)
      Sacred groves have significance in socio-culture and biodiversity conservation. This study evaluated local people's perceptions regarding conservation of sacred groves for water services, through willingness-to-pay (WTP), ...

    • A comparison of the macrofauna of natural and replanted mangroves in Qatar 

      Al-Khayat, J. A.; Jones, D. A. ( Academic Press , 1999 , Article)
      The present investigation quantifies the biodiversity of the Brachyura and fish living within the natural mangrove Avicennia marina, salt marsh find replanted mangal, and compares relevant features of the abiotic and biotic ...

    • A Comprehensive Literature Review on Cadmium (Cd) Status in the Soil Environment and Its Immobilization by Biochar-Based Materials 

      Ur Rahim, Hafeez; Akbar, Waqas Ali; Alatalo, Juha M. ( MDPI , 2022 , Article)
      Cadmium, Cd(II) pollution of soils is a serious environmental and agricultural issue, posing a threat to crop production, environmental quality, food safety, and human health. Therefore, immobilization of Cd(II) in soils ...

    • Comprehensive pore size characterization of Midra shale 

      Alessa, S.; Sakhaee-Pour, A.; Sadooni, F. N.; Al-Kuwari, H. A. ( Elsevier B.V. , 2021 , Article)
      Although the Middle East's carbonate reservoirs were the first and most studied rocks in the world, Middle Eastern shale reservoirs are still poorly understood compared with other unconventional formations in the US. We ...

    • A comprehensive review of urban microplastic pollution sources, environment and human health impacts, and regulatory efforts 

      Jin-Yong, Lee; Chia, Rogers Wainkwa; Veerasingam, S.; Uddin, Saif; Jeon, Woo-Hyun; ... more authors ( Elsevier B.V. , 2024 , Article)
      Microplastic (MP) pollution in urban environments is a pervasive and complex problem with significant environmental and human health implications. Although studies have been conducted on MP pollution in urban environments, ...

    • Concentration, composition and sources of PAHs in the coastal sediments of the exclusive economic zone (EEZ) of Qatar, Arabian Gulf 

      Soliman, Y.S.; Al Ansari, E.M.S.; Wade, T.L. ( Elsevier Ltd , 2014 , Article)
      Surface sediments were collected from sixteen locations in order to assess levels and sources of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) in sediments of Qatar exclusive economic zone (EEZ). Samples were analyzed for 16 ...

    • Connecting the multiple dimensions of global soil fungal diversity 

      Mikryukov, Vladimir; Dulya, Olesya; Zizka, Alexander; Bahram, Mohammad; Hagh-Doust, Niloufar; ... more authors ( American Association for the Advancement of Science , 2023 , Article)
      How the multiple facets of soil fungal diversity vary worldwide remains virtually unknown, hindering the management of this essential species-rich group. By sequencing high-resolution DNA markers in over 4000 topsoil samples ...

    • Consequences of marine barriers for genetic diversity of the coral-specialist yellowbar angelfish from the Northwestern Indian Ocean 

      Torquato F.; Range P.; Ben-Hamadou R.; Sigsgaard E.E.; Thomsen P.F.; ... more authors ( John Wiley and Sons Ltd , 2019 , Article)
      Ocean circulation, geological history, geographic distance, and seascape heterogeneity play an important role in phylogeography of coral‐dependent fishes. Here, we investigate potential genetic population structure within ...

    • Contaminant metals in costal marine sediment along the Doha Bay, Qatar 

      Al-Naimia, Hajer A.; Al-Ghoutib, Mohammad A.; Al-Shaikha, Ismail; Al-Yafeb, Mehsin; Al-Meer, Saeed ( Hamad bin Khalifa University Press (HBKU Press) , 2015 , Conference Paper)
      Heavy metals pollution in marine environments has become a worldwide problem with the fast industrial development in the east coastal region of Qatar, especially in the Doha bay area. Heavy metals are expected to be presented ...

    • Contamination of planktonic food webs in the Mediterranean Sea: Setting the frame for the MERITE-HIPPOCAMPE oceanographic cruise (spring 2019) 

      Marc, Tedetti; Tronczynski, Jacek; Carlotti, François; Pagano, Marc; Ismail, Sana Ben; ... more authors ( Elsevier Ltd , 2023 , Article)
      This paper looks at experiential feedback and the technical and scientific challenges tied to the MERITE-HIPPOCAMPE cruise that took place in the Mediterranean Sea in spring 2019. This cruise proposes an innovative approach ...

    • Contribution of the Zubair source rocks to the generation and expulsion of oil to the reservoirs of the Mesopotamian Basin, Southern Iraq 

      Al-Khafaji, Amer Jassim; Sadooni, Fadhil N.; Hindi, Mohammed Hadi ( Taylor & Francis , 2019 , Article)
      The huge quantities of oil and gas reserved in the fields of southern Iraq must be matched by enough source rocks that can generate and expel equivalent amounts of hydrocarbons. This study is an attempt to evaluate the ...

    • Contributions of Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy in microplastic pollution research: A review 

      Veerasingam, S.; Ranjani, M.; Venkatachalapathy, R.; Bagaev, Andrei; Mukhanov, Vladimir; ... more authors ( Taylor and Francis , 2020 , Article)
      © 2020 Taylor & Francis Group, LLC. Fourier transform infrared (FTIR) spectroscopy has been extensively used in microplastic (MP) pollution research since 2004. The aim of this review is to discuss and highlight the ...

    • Coral Research and Nursery Farm Project 

      Range, Pedro; Giraldes, Bruno; Al-Khayat, Jassim; M. Romeo, Manuel; Chacko, Nissy; ... more authors ( Qatar University Press , 2021 , Poster)
      In the framework of the Coral Management Plan for the North Field Expansion Project (NFE) and North Field Production Sustainability Project (NFPS), Qatargas has partnered with the Environmental Science Center (ESC) to ...

    • Correction to: CFD estimation of gas production in tight carbonates using single and dual-porosity models (Scientific Reports, (2023), 13, 1, (22668), 10.1038/s41598-023-48450-5) 

      Khadri, Syed Oubee; Hussein, Ibnelwaleed A.; Sadooni, Fadhil; Shirif, Ezeddin ( Nature Research , 2024 , Other)
      The Funding section in the original version of this Article was incorrect. "Qatar National Research Fund, NPRP11S-1228-170138 and NPRP12S-0305-190235, NPRP11S-1228-170138 and NPRP12S-0305-190235, NPRP11S-1228-170138 and ...