US agricultural sector analysis on pesticide externalities – the impact of climate change and a Pigovian tax     

Nikolinka G. Shakhramanyan  Uwe A. Schneider  Bruce A. McCarl 《Climatic change》2013,117(4):711-723

Residuals from agricultural pesticides threaten the environment and human health. Climate change alters these externalities because it affects pest pressure and pesticide application rates. This study examines damages from pesticide externalities in US agriculture under different climate projections and the effects of alternative regulations. We find divergent impacts of externality regulation and climate change on agricultural production in the US. A Pigovian tax on pesticide externalities generally increases crop production cost, but farm revenue improves because of increased commodity prices. Climate change generally decreases US farm revenue because production increases and prices fall. Results also show a heterogeneous effect of climate change on pest management intensities across major crops.  相似文献   

Experimental study of mechanical and hydraulic properties of bedded rock salt from the Jintan location   总被引：1，自引：0，他引：1  

Wei Xing  Juan Zhao  Uwe Düsterloh  Dieter Brückner  Zhengmeng Hou  Lingzhi Xie  Jianfeng Liu 《Acta Geotechnica》2014,9(1):145-151

A series of triaxial compression tests, triaxial extension tests, and triaxial compression creep tests were conducted to evaluate the strength, deformability, and permeability of rock salt from the Jintan location. Based on a previous analysis, the measured data can be physically modeled very well as shown by the constitutive model Hou/Lux and indicate that China’s representative bedded rock salt from the Jintan location is characterized by good ductility and deformation properties, similar to the European high-purity rock salt. Based on a comparison of compression as well as extension failure strength determined at rock salt from Jintan location, a similarity of compression and extension failure strength could be demonstrated. Permeation flow seems to be an anisotropic process because the permeability measured at samples prior to failure by compression tests differs to those measured at samples prior to failure by extension tests. The anisotropy of damage and destruction of rock salt has a significant influence on permeability. In case of triaxial compression tests, the measured permeability increases two to six orders of magnitude because of consistent direction of injection and cracks. In case of triaxial extension tests, however, the permeability increases less with a maximum of two orders in magnitude. The test results are significant for understanding the load-bearing behavior of rock salt from Jintan location and investigations with reference to the stability and tightness of underground caverns.  相似文献   

Redox-dependent removal of 27 organic trace pollutants: compilation of results from tank aeration experiments     

Victoria Burke  Doreen Richter  Ulrike Hass  Uwe Duennbier  Janek Greskowiak  Gudrun Massmann 《Environmental Earth Sciences》2014,71(8):3685-3695

The biodegradation of various wastewater-derived organic trace pollutants occurring in different aquatic compartments of the environment was previously reported to be influenced by the prevailing redox conditions. However, comparative studies on the redox-dependent degradation behavior of organic trace pollutants are scarce. The objective of the study presented herein, was to compile and evaluate data from several comparable previous tank experiments, thus, providing an overview on the redox-dependent removal of a total of 27 wastewater-derived trace compounds, including phenazone type compounds, antimicrobials, ß-blockers, psychoactive drugs and sulfonamides. Removal rate constants were fitted assuming first-order degradation kinetics. Six compounds were identified to be removed solely under oxic, three compounds solely under anoxic conditions. Others persisted under all experimental conditions, while some were removed under both oxic and anoxic conditions.  相似文献   

SEDMIN - Microsoft Excel™ spreadsheet for calculating fine-grained sedimentary rock mineralogy from bulk geochemical analysis     

Uwe R. Kackstaetter 《Central European Journal of Geosciences》2014,6(2):170-181

Normative mineralogical calculations from bulk geochemistry of sedimentary rocks are problematic because of variable depositional environments, particle hydraulics and sedimentary source systems. The development of SEDMIN, a Microsoft Excel? spreadsheet solution, is a practical attempt for a computational routine focusing specifically on smectite, chlorite, kaolinite, illite and the ambiguous sericite within various pelitic sedimentary lithologies. While in essence a mathematical approach, the use of statistical evaluation of empirical lithogeochemical data combined with modal analytical procedures yields reasonable geochemical associations, more precise chemical phases and revised procedural allotment paradigms. Thus, an algorithm using TiO₂ as a key to the normative calculation of kaolinite is proposed. Incorporating additional parameters, such as LOI (Loss-on-ignition) in conjunction with carbon, sulfur, carbonate and sulfate, provides that clay phases can be more accurately determined than from bulk oxides alone. Even when presented with atypical sample data, the spreadsheet solution is able to accurately predict predominant clay minerals. Besides some drawbacks, the likely benefit from SEDMIN is the incorporation of results in classification norms and diagrams indicative of sedimentary lithologies. The ”SEDMIN Sedimentary Mineral Calculator.xlsx” spreadsheet can be freely downloaded from http://earthscienceeducation.net/SEDMINSedimentaryMineralCalculator.xlsx.  相似文献   

The atmospheric impact on fluxes of nitrogen, POPs and energy in the German Bight     

M. Schulz  J. van Beusekom  K. Bigalke  U. Brockmann  W. Dannecker  H. Gerwig  H. Grassl  C. -J. Lenz  K. Michaelsen  U. Niemeier  T. Nitz  E. Plate  T. Pohlmann  T. Raabe  A. Rebers  V. Reinhardt  M. Schatzmann  K. H. Schlünzen  R. Schmidt-Nia  T. Stahlschmidt  G. Steinhoff  K. von Salzen 《Ocean Dynamics》1999,51(2-3):133-154

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