Satisfying the growing need for water storage: the role of sand dams in an integrated storage framework
Continued spring phenological advance under global warming hiatus over the Pan-Third Pole
Published in Frontiers in Plant Science
The global surface temperature has witnessed a warming hiatus in the first decade of this century, but how this slowing down of warming will impact spring phenology over Pan-Third Pole remains unclear. Here, we combined multiple satellite-derived vegetation indices with eddy covariance datasets to evaluate the spatiotemporal changes in spring pheno...
Integrated water availability modelling to assess sustainable agricultural intensification options in the Meki Catchment...
The Meki catchment in the Central Rift Valley basin of Ethiopia is currently experiencing irrigation expansion and water scarcity challenges. The objective of this study is to understand the basin’s current and future water availability for agricultural intensification. This was done by simulating scenarios through an integrated SWAT-MODFLOW model ...
Characterization and DNA Stable-Isotope Probing of Methanotrophic Bioaerosols
Published in Microbiology Spectrum
The growth and activity of bacteria have been extensively studied in nearly every environment on Earth, but there have been limited studies focusing on the air. Suspended bacteria (outside of water droplets) may stay in the atmosphere for time frames that could allow for growth on volatile compounds, including the potent greenhouse gas methane. We ...
Water reuse in the Middle East and North Africa: a sourcebook
Hydrological modelling for reservoir operation: application of SWAT Model for Kalu Ganga Catchment, Sri Lanka
Kalu Ganga, a major tributary of Amban Ganga, is one of the perennial rivers of Sri Lanka. Also, Amban Ganga is a major tributary of Mahaweli Ganga. The Kalu Ganga starts from Knuckles mountains, and about 90% of the catchment is covered with forests. The Government of Sri Lanka constructed Kalu Ganga and Moragahakanda Reservoirs in 2014 to increas...
Circular bio-economy innovations for resilient refugee and host communities in East Africa
A multicriteria analysis of groundwater development pathways in three river basins in Sub-Saharan Africa
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Reliance on groundwater in Sub-Saharan Africa is growing and expected to rise as surface water resource variability increases under climate change. Major questions remain about how groundwater will be used, and who informs these decisions. We represent different visions of groundwater use by ‘pathways’: politically and environmentally embedded soci...
Improving the physiological responses and stomatal characteristics of Paspalum vaginatum during the winter season
Published in IOP Conference Series: Earth and Environmental Science
Drought is a universal problem that affects plant production and degrades soil. The point of this study was to appraise the physiological responses of Paspalum vaginatum to water stress and to attempt to minimize its impacts using organic amendment in arid and semi-arid climates. In winter 2019, a pot investigation was undertaken for this reason in...
Macabeo (Viura) grape response to climate variability in areas located at different elevations in the Rioja Designation ...
Published in Journal of the science of food and agriculture
This research aims to analyse the influence of climatic conditions on phenology and grape composition of Macabeo, which is one of the white varieties authorized in Rioja DOCa. Phenological dates for flowers separated and harvest, and grape composition were evaluated for the period 2008-2020 in five plots, located at different elevations (457-650 m ...
