For the estimation of global karst carbon sink, a few conventional methods usually require
the parameters that are difficult to measure, resulting in the big cost. Moreover, under the …

Taejon Metropolitan City located in the central part of South Korea has grown and urbanized
rapidly. The city depends heavily on groundwater as a water resource. Because of …

The Nandong Underground River System (NURS) is located in a typical karst agriculture
dominated area in the southeast Yunnan Province, China. Groundwater plays an important …

Natural and anthropogenic activities have proven to be the main sources of contaminants in
groundwater. Hence, the need for continuous evaluation of the controlling factors of …

Abstract Chronic Kidney Disease of uncertain etiology (CKDu) is a widespread health issue
in rural dry zone regions in Sri Lanka. Monaragala region, located in eastern Sri Lanka is …

Environmental land use conflicts are uses of the land that ignore soil capability. In this study,
environmental land use conflicts were investigated in mainland Portugal, using Partial Least …

The quality of groundwater was evaluated in a rural watershed of northern Portugal (River
Sordo basin) where environmental land use conflicts have developed in the course of a …

Natural background levels (NBLs) and threshold values (TVs) are crucial parameters for
identification and the quantification of groundwater pollution, and the evaluation of pollution …

Incipient groundwater salinization has been identified in many arid and semi-arid regions
where groundwater is increasingly used for irrigation, but the dominant processes at stake in …

This study was conducted to determine the concentrations of trace elements, their sources,
and human health risks associated with arsenic contamination in groundwater of the Niğde …