News archive - 2015

A new paper published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences presents the first geographically explicit and predictive modeling of the impact of river damming on the biogeochemical cycle of the nutrient element phosphorus.

A new publication by Ecohydrology researchers Philippe Van Cappellen and Raoul Couture and Spanish colleagues explores the fate of trace metals and sulfur in sediments of a reservoir lake impacted by acid mine drainage. The modeling study shows that the sediments act as a net sink for the pollutants, however, it will require cessation of the inflow of acid mine drainage to significantly improve water quality in the reservoir. DOI:10.1016/j.chemgeo.2015.10.023