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Hydrogeochemical Studies within the North China Plain - Hengshui City, Hebei Province, China

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Hengshui Lake, Hebei, China ,  王计 ;  CC BY-SA 2.5 ,  Link   Evolution characteristics and causes of iodine and fluoride in groundwater of  Hengshui City in North China   (TUO  et al. , 2024) https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-024-83601-2 Classification of deep and shallow groundwater wells based on machine learning in the Hebei Plain North China (ZHOU et al. , 2024) https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-024-69238-1.pdf Hydrochemical evolution characteristics and mechanism of groundwater funnel areas under artificial governance in Hengshui City, North China (JIAQI et al. , 2023) https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1470160X23002017 Mapping and Analysis of Land Subsidence in Hengshui, China, based on InSAR Observations (LI et al. , 2023) https://www.mdpi.com/2073-445X/12/9/1684/pdf Groundwater hydrochemical characteristics and processes along flow paths in the North China Plain (XING et al. , 2013) https://www.academia.edu/download/4...

Ultramafic Rock Weathering and Geogenic Chromium Speciation in Natural Waters - Zlatibor, Serbia

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  Zlatibor, pogled sa vrha Ravni Tornik/View from Ravni Tronik  Mountain Peak , Elena LUPSOR ; CC BY-SA 4.0 International , Link Method validation and geochemical modelling of chromium speciation in natural waters (RUSINIAK et al. , 2024) https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-024-77425-3 Tcrni Rsav River viewed from Ljubis Village (Čajetina Municipality, Western Serbia) , Boervedt ; CC BY-SA 4.0 International , Link Also... Chromium fluxes and speciation in Ultramafic catchments and global rivers (MCCLAIN and MAHER, 2016)* https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/am/pii/S0009254116300213 (*):  Manuscript PDF!

The Impact of the 2020 MV Wakashio Very Low Sulfur Fuel Oil Spill

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Oil Spill in Mauritius (New Image of 16 August 2020) , European Union Copernicus Sentinel-2 ; Link Oil spill still contaminating sensitive Mauritius mangroves three years later (Samuel JEREMIC, Curtin University ; November 26, 2024) https://www.curtin.edu.au/news/media-release/oil-spill-still-contaminating-sensitive-mauritius-mangroves-three-years-on/ Featured Research Article : Very low sulfur fuel oil spilled from the MV Wakashio in 2020 remains in sediments in a Mauritius mangrove ecosystem nearly three years after grounding (SCARLETT et al. , 2024) https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0025326X24012608?via%3Dihub Also... MV Wakashio grounding incident in Mauritius 2020:  The world's first major spillage of Very Low Sulfur Fuel Oil (SCARLETT et al. , 2022) https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0025326X21009516 IMO helping to mitigate the impacts of MV Wakashio oil spill in Mauritius , International Maritime Organization (IMO) ; CC BY-SA 2.0 , Link

Afar Dallol Drilling (ADD-ON) Project: Danakil Depression, Ethiopia

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Danakil Depression, Ethiopia , Monja ŠEBELA/SentinelHub ; CC BY-SA 2.0 , Link From coral reefs toward unveiling the deep geobiosphere in extreme rift settings:  Afar Dallol Drilling (ADD-ON) (ENDESHAW et al. , 2024) https://www.pastglobalchanges.org/publications/pages-magazines/pages-magazine/138075 Nature and significance of Late Pleistocene to Holocene thick evaporate deposits of the Danakil Depression, Afar Ethiopia (RIME et al. , 2024) https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/sed.13237 Workshop Report:  Afar Dallol Drilling - ONset of sedimentary processes in an active rift basin (ADD-ON) [FOUBERT et al., 2024] https://sd.copernicus.org/articles/33/207/2024/sd-33-207-2024.html

Organochloride Pesticides within the La Antigua River Watershed - Veracruz, Mexico

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  R í o La Antigua en Veracruz , Koffermejia ; CC BY-SA 4.0 International , Link Spatiotemporal distribution of organochlorine pesticides in the upper La Antigua watershed, Veracruz Mexico (VALDESPINO et al. , 2024) https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-024-77223-x Ladder in the heart of the Cloud Forest , John LESZCZYNSKI , CC BY-SA 2.0 , Link

Study: Oxidation of Glacial Meltwaters as a Potential Methane Sink

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  Iceland (2024-04-28) , NASA ; Link Oxidation is a potentially significant methane sink in land-terminating glacial runoff (STROCK et al. , 2024) https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-024-73041-3 Also... Sediment geochemistry and mineralogy from a glacial terrain river system in southwest Iceland   (THORPE et al., 2019) https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0016703719305010 Glacial Meltwater Hydrochemistry (BROWN, 2002) http://repository.geologyscience.ru/bitstream/handle/123456789/30763/Brow_02.pdf?sequence=1&isAllowed=y Iceland's Glaciers (MODIS 2021-08-12) , NASA ; Link ,

Environmental Capacity of Heavy Metals in Soils - Dulan County, Qinghai Province, China

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  Location Map of the Qaidam Basin , YANG et al. , 2022; Link A study based on high density data examines the current status and evolution laws of heavy metal environmental capacity in the Bardawu area of the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau (WANG et al. , 2024) https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-024-72813-1 Location of Dulan County (Pink), Qinghai Province, China , Croquant ; CC BY-SA 3.0 , Link Landsat 8 image of Qaidam Basin, China ; USGS , Link

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Hydrous Arc Lava Geochemistry: An Alternative

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Satellite Derived Bathymetry of the Mariana Arc Region ,  NOAA ;  CC BY-SA 2.0   Link An alternative to the igneous crust fluid + sediment melt paradigm for arc lava geochemistry (TURNER and LANGMUIR, 2024) https://www.science.org/doi/abs/10.1126/sciadv.adg6482 Also... An Evaluation of Five Models of Arc Volcanism (TURNER and LANGMUIR, 2022) https://academic.oup.com/petrology/article-abstract/63/3/egac010/6528795

Emergency Ban of Dacthal® Herbicide by US EPA

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Dimethyl tetrachloroterephthalate (Dacthal®) , Yikrazuul ; Link EPA Issues Emergency Order to Stop Use of Pesticide Dacthal to Address Serious Health Risk (Press Release, US EPA, August 6, 2024) https://www.epa.gov/newsreleases/epa-issues-emergency-order-stop-use-pesticide-dacthal-address-serious-health-risk-4 Also ... Assessment of Pesticide residues in selected arable farm lands in Ogbomoso South local government area of Oyo state, Nigeria (ADESINA et al., 2024) https://agriscitech.eu/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/9-AST_2_June_2024.pdf Sources and occurrence of Dacthal in the Canadian atmosphere (YAO et al ., 2007) https://www.academia.edu/download/43939924/Sources_and_occurrence_of_dacthal_in_the20160321-13775-184qfi1.pdf Website : Chlorthal-dimethyl (PubChem) https://pubchem.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/compound/Chlorthal-dimethyl

"Dark Oxygen" Production from Polymetallic Nodules on the Deep Seafloor

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Manganese nodules on the seafloor in the Clarion-Clipperton Zone , ROV KIEL 6000 - GEOMAR ; CC BY-SA 4.0 International , Link Research Article : Evidence of dark oxygen production at the abyssal seafloor (SWEETMAN et al., 2024) https://www.nature.com/articles/s41561-024-01480-8

Groundwater Contamination Modelling using FEFLOW - Ayad River Basin, India

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Groundwater contamination modelling in Ayad River Basin, Udaipur ( Kuldeep PARETA, 2024) https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-024-67752-w (PARETA, 2024)

Climate Change, Brownification, and Drinking Water Quality

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Water Clarity Metrics , Jessica S. TURNER ;  CC BY-SA 4.0 International , Link Climate Driven Increases in Source Water Natural Organic Matter:  Implication for the Sustainability of Drinking Water Treatment (SWINAMER et al. , 2024) https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/acs.est.4c01894 Also... Clarifying water clarity:  A call to use metrics best suited to corresponding research and management goals in aquatic ecosystems (TURNER et al. , 2022) https://aslopubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/lol2.10301

Geochemical Studies of Flores Island - Azores, Portugal

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  Ilha das Flores , Otávio NOGUEIRA ; CC BY-SA 2.0 , Link Precise dating of large flank collapses by single-grain 40Ar/39Ar on pyroclastic deposits from the example of Flores Island (Azores) [HILDENBRAND et al. , 2024] https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-024-62583-1 Also... The recent volcanism of Flores Island (Azores):  Stratigraphy and eruptive history of the Funda Volcanic System   (ANDRADE et al. , 2022) https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0377027322002372 Hydrogeochemistry assessment of volcanic lakes in the Flores Island Protected Areas (Azores, Portugal) [ANTUNES and RODRIGUES, 2014] https://scielo.pt/pdf/rgci/v14n2/v14n2a12.pdf Flores Area Map , Ruben JC FURTADO ; CC BY-SA 4.0 , Link

GHG emissions from Glaciers, Ice sheets

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Matanuska Glacier, Alaska , Laura ALIER;   CC BY-SA 4.0 , Link CH4 emissions from runoff water of Alaskan mountain glaciers (KONYA et al. , 2024) https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-024-56608-y Also ... Proglacial methane emissions driven by meltwater and groundwater flushing in a high Arctic glacial catchment (KLEBER et al. , 2024) https://egusphere.copernicus.org/preprints/2024/egusphere-2024-1273/ Ice sheets matter for the global carbon cycle (WADHAM et al ., 2019) https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-019-11394-4 Glacial lake in Alam Kun , Hadi KARIMI; CC BY-SA 3.0 , Link