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Zuhier Alakayleh, Xing Fang and T. Prabhakar Clement
This study aims at furthering our understanding of the Modified Philip?Dunne Infiltrometer (MPDI), which is used to determine the saturated hydraulic conductivity Ks and the Green?Ampt suction head ? at the wetting front. We have developed a forward-mode...
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Lu Wang, Cunjie Yan, Wenqi Zhang and Yinghu Zhang
Exploring the crop production water footprint and their driving factors is of significant importance for management of agricultural water resources. However, how do we effectively assess the total agricultural water consumption and explore the significan...
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Ying Wang, Yahan Shi, Xiaofeng Xu and Yunjie Zhu
With the continuous advancement of the economy, the issues of resource scarcity and environmental damage are becoming increasingly severe. For example, in terms of water resources, the problems of environmental pollution and ecological imbalance in the w...
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Xiushuang Li, Jianglan Shi, Juan Chen and Xiaohong Tian
Legume green manure (LGM) is an excellent organic amendment conducive to soil quality and nutrient cycling; however, the use of LGM was once repealed in the rain-fed agriculture of northern China. The objective was to investigate the effects that plantin...
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Giovanni Briguglio and Vincenzo Crupi
The increasingly stringent requirements?in terms of limiting pollutants and the constant need to make maritime transport safer?generated the necessity to foresee different solutions that are original. According to the European Maritime Safety Agency, the...
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Farhan Ahmad, Sanket Rawat and Yixia Zhang
Magnesium oxychloride cement (MOC), an alternative to ordinary Portland cement (OPC), has attracted increasing research interest for its excellent mechanical properties and its green and sustainable attributes. The poor water resistance of MOC limited it...
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Dario Autovino, Vincenzo Alagna, Cristina Bondì and Massimo Iovino
Green roofs can be a valid solution for stormwater management in urban environments. The objective of this study was to develop a laboratory procedure for the hydraulic characterization of artificial substrates, used in the realization of green roofs, ba...
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Munir Bhatti, Amanjot Singh, Edward McBean, Sadharsh Vijayakumar, Alex Fitzgerald, Jan Siwierski and Lorna Murison
Cyanobacteria, also known as blue-green algae, are photosynthetic bacteria that play a crucial role in aquatic ecosystems and are susceptible to changes in temperature. Hence, as global temperatures rise due to climate change, some Cyanobacterial species...
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Milica Colovic, Anna Maria Stellacci, Nada Mzid, Martina Di Venosa, Mladen Todorovic, Vito Cantore and Rossella Albrizio
This study analyzed the capability of aerial RGB (red-green-blue) and hyperspectral-derived vegetation indices to assess the response of sweet maize (Zea mays var. saccharata L.) to different water and nitrogen inputs. A field experiment was carried out ...
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Mengyang Wu, Simeng Cui, Liting Qiu, Pingping Zhang and Xinchun Cao
Although irrigation systems largely sustain global agricultural production, their efficiency is often alarmingly low. While irrigation water (blue water) is critical for the water-saving irrigation of rice with a high water demand, the process and effici...
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