River dam impacts on biogeochemical cycling

T Maavara, Q Chen, K Van Meter, LE Brown… - Nature Reviews Earth & …, 2020 - nature.com
The increased use of hydropower is currently driving the greatest surge in global dam
construction since the mid-20th century, meaning that most major rivers on Earth are now …

A review on effectiveness of best management practices in improving hydrology and water quality: Needs and opportunities

Y Liu, BA Engel, DC Flanagan, MW Gitau… - Science of the Total …, 2017 - Elsevier
Best management practices (BMPs) have been widely used to address hydrology and water
quality issues in both agricultural and urban areas. Increasing numbers of BMPs have been …

Global trends of cropland phosphorus use and sustainability challenges

T Zou, X Zhang, EA Davidson - Nature, 2022 - nature.com
To meet the growing food demand while addressing the multiple challenges of exacerbating
phosphorus (P) pollution and depleting P rock reserves,,,,,,,,,,,,,–, P use efficiency (PUE, the …

[HTML][HTML] Protecting and restoring Europe's waters: An analysis of the future development needs of the Water Framework Directive

L Carvalho, EB Mackay, AC Cardoso… - Science of the Total …, 2019 - Elsevier
Abstract The Water Framework Directive (WFD) is a pioneering piece of legislation that aims
to protect and enhance aquatic ecosystems and promote sustainable water use across …

Best management practices for diffuse nutrient pollution: Wicked problems across urban and agricultural watersheds

A Lintern, L McPhillips, B Winfrey… - Environmental …, 2020 - ACS Publications
Extensive time and financial resources have been dedicated to address nonpoint sources of
nitrogen and phosphorus in watersheds. Despite these efforts, many watersheds have not …

Agriculture and eutrophication: where do we go from here?

PJA Withers, C Neal, HP Jarvie, DG Doody - Sustainability, 2014 - mdpi.com
The eutrophication of surface waters has become an endemic global problem. Nutrient
loadings from agriculture are a major driver, but it remains very unclear what level of on-farm …

Long-term accumulation and transport of anthropogenic phosphorus in three river basins

SM Powers, TW Bruulsema, TP Burt, NI Chan… - Nature …, 2016 - nature.com
Global food production depends on phosphorus. Phosphorus is broadly applied as fertilizer,
but excess phosphorus contributes to eutrophication of surface water bodies and coastal …

Human perturbation of the global phosphorus cycle: changes and consequences

Z Yuan, S Jiang, H Sheng, X Liu, H Hua… - … science & technology, 2018 - ACS Publications
The phosphorus (P) cycle is an important Earth system process. While natural P mobilization
is slow, humans have been altering P cycle by intensifying P releases from lithosphere to …

Key sustainability challenges for the global phosphorus resource, their implications for global food security, and options for mitigation

RB Chowdhury, GA Moore, AJ Weatherley… - Journal of Cleaner …, 2017 - Elsevier
Global food security is a priority for the future development agenda of the United Nations.
Given the high dependence of the modern global food production system on the continuous …

Increased soluble phosphorus loads to Lake Erie: Unintended consequences of conservation practices?

HP Jarvie, LT Johnson, AN Sharpley… - Journal of …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Cumulative daily load time series show that the early 2000s marked a step‐change increase
in riverine soluble reactive phosphorus (SRP) loads entering the Western Lake Erie Basin …