Browsing Environmental Science Center by Publisher "Nature Research"

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    • Assessment of leaf morphological, physiological, chemical and stoichiometry functional traits for understanding the functioning of Himalayan temperate forest ecosystem 

      Rawat, Monika; Arunachalam, Kusum; Arunachalam, Ayyandar; Alatalo, Juha M.; Pandey, Rajiv ( Nature Research , 2021 , Article)
      Leaf functional traits support plant survival and growth in different stress and disturbed conditions and respond according to leaf habit. The present study examined 13 leaf traits (3 morphological, 3 chemical, 5 physiological, ...

    • Environmental impact of utilization of “produced water” from oil and gas operations in turfgrass systems 

      Shaikh, Sameera S.; Abu-Dieyeh, Mohammed H.; Al Naemi, Fatima A.; Ahmed, Talaat; Al-Ghouti, Mohammad A. ( Nature Research , 2020 , Article)
      © 2020, The Author(s). This study attempted to use produced water (PW) to irrigate turfgrass species, Cynodon dactylon and Paspalum sp. Assessment on established grasses, heavy metal accumulation and germination tests for ...

    • Experimental warming differentially affects vegetative and reproductive phenology of tundra plants 

      Collins, Courtney G.; Elmendorf, Sarah C.; Hollister, Robert D.; Henry, Greg H.R.; Clark, Karin; ... more authors ( Nature Research , 2021 , Article)
      Rapid climate warming is altering Arctic and alpine tundra ecosystem structure and function, including shifts in plant phenology. While the advancement of green up and flowering are well-documented, it remains unclear ...

    • Genetic diversity of Prosopis juliflora in the state of Qatar and its valuable use against postharvest pathogen of mango fruits 

      Saleh, Iman; Ahmed, Talaat; Halboosi, Ream; Abu-Dieyeh, Mohammed ( Nature Research , 2022 , Article)
      Mango (Mangifera indica) is the second most internationally traded tropical fruit in the world. The fruit has high nutritional value. Its susceptibility to postharvest diseases and chill injuries increases its storage cost ...

    • Global plant trait relationships extend to the climatic extremes of the tundra biome 

      Thomas, H. J. D.; Bjorkman, A. D.; Myers-Smith, I. H.; Elmendorf, S. C.; Diaz, J. Kattge, S.; ... more authors ( Nature Research , 2020 , Article)
      The majority of variation in six traits critical to the growth, survival and reproduction of plant species is thought to be organised along just two dimensions, corresponding to strategies of plant size and resource ...

    • Globally invariant metabolism but density-diversity mismatch in springtails 

      Potapov, Anton M.; Guerra, Carlos A.; van den Hoogen, Johan; Babenko, Anatoly; Bellini, Bruno C.; ... more authors ( Nature Research , 2023 , Article)
      Soil life supports the functioning and biodiversity of terrestrial ecosystems. Springtails (Collembola) are among the most abundant soil arthropods regulating soil fertility and flow of energy through above- and belowground ...

    • Influence of temperature, salinity and Mg:Ca ratio on microbially-mediated formation of Mg-rich carbonates by Virgibacillus strains isolated from a sabkha environment. 

      Al Disi, Zulfa Ali; Bontognali, Tomaso R R; Jaoua, Samir; Attia, Essam; Al-Kuwari, Hamad Al Saad; ... more authors ( Nature Research , 2019 , Article)
      Studies have demonstrated that microbes facilitate the incorporation of Mg into carbonate minerals, leading to the formation of potential dolomite precursors. Most microbes that are capable of mediating Mg-rich carbonates ...

    • Mapping and accuracy assessment of siltation of recharge dams using remote sensing technique 

      Rajendran, Sankaran; Nasir, Sobhi; Jabri, Khalifa Al ( Nature Research , 2020 , Article)
      © 2020, The Author(s). This study demonstrates the use of ASTER data to map the siltation of the Al-Khod Dam constructed at the lower reaches of Samail Catchment area, north Muscat, Sultanate of Oman. In this study, the ...

    • Monitoring oil spill in Norilsk, Russia using satellite data. 

      Rajendran, Sankaran; Sadooni, Fadhil N; Al-Kuwari, Hamad Al-Saad; Oleg, Anisimov; Govil, Himanshu; ... more authors ( Nature Research , 2021 , Article)
      This paper studies the oil spill, which occurred in the Norilsk and Taimyr region of Russia due to the collapse of the fuel tank at the power station on May 29, 2020. We monitored the snow, ice, water, vegetation and wetland ...

    • Temporal variations in ambient air quality indicators in Shanghai municipality, China 

      Chen, Yuanyuan; Bai, Yang; Liu, Hongtao; Alatalo, Juha M.; Jiang, Bo ( Nature Research , 2020 , Article)
      © 2020, The Author(s). Official data on daily PM2.5, PM10, SO2, NO2, CO, and maximum 8-h average O3 (O3_8h) concentrations from January 2015 to December 2018 were evaluated and air pollution status and dynamics in Shanghai ...

    • Variability of blue carbon storage in arid evaporitic environment of two coastal Sabkhas or mudflats 

      Al Disi, Zulfa Ali; Naja, Khaled; Rajendran, Sankaran; Elsayed, Hadil; Strakhov, Ivan; ... more authors ( Nature Research , 2023 , Article)
      Coastal Sabkhas are mudflats found in arid coastal regions that are located within the supratidal zone when high rates of evaporation lead to high salinity. While evaporitic minerals often accumulate underneath the surface, ...