After a bit of a hiatus, ERG was able to get together to celebrate the holidays! Happy Holidays and Happy New Year!
The Water Institute has published a press release on a new paper, co-authored by Water Institute members Fereidoun Rezanezhad, Philippe Van Cappellen and Jonathan Price, along with Ecohydrology Researc
A new paper, co-authored by Ecohydrology Research Group members Eunji Byun, Fereidoun Rezanezhad, Linden Fairbairn, Steph Slowinski, and Philippe Van Cappellen has been published in Scientific Reports. The paper is titled “Temperature, moisture and freeze-thaw controls on CO2 production in soil incubations from northern peatlands” and assesses the impact of climate warming on winter carbon losses in peatland ecosystems.
A new paper in the journal Hydrological Processes outlines 10 best practices to help water science researchers to share their data according to the findable, accessible, interoperable, and reusable (FAIR) principles. The paper is first authored jointly by Bhaleka Persaud from the Ecohydrology Research Group (ERG) and Krysha Dukacz from McMaster University. The other authors are affiliated with the Global Water Futures (GWF) program and include Philippe Van Cappellen as well as Homa Kheyrollah Pour a former Research Associate in ERG now at Laurier University.
A new paper, co-authored by Ecohydrology Research Group member Fereidoun Rezanezhad, has been published in Environmental Technology & Innovation. The article, titled "Effects of solid manure particle fractionation on transport, retention, and release of Escherichia coli”, investigated the effect of manure fraction sizes on bacteria transport and retention and the effect of manure heterogeneity on bacteria release through the soils.
Rute Pinto details how vital it is to optimise our aquatic ecosystem services, ensuring a sustainable and healthy future for our planet’s natural environment.
Read the full article HERE
The Innovation News Network has featured the ecohydrology research groups work on northern peatlands and climate change in their Special Issue 8.
You can check out the profile here: LINK
The NSERC Industrial Research Chair (IRC) in Water Treatment at Waterloo held its annual partner information days on November 3-4. The information days started off with a keynote presentation entitled “Microplastics and nanoplastics: Knowns and unknowns” given by Philippe. The talk covered the key issues related to microplastic pollution of aquatic environments and the recent progress in sampling, characterizing and identifying environmental micro- and nano-plastic particles.
Since October 31 through to November 12, the 26th UN Climate Change Conference of the Parties (COP26) has been taking place.
Fereidoun and the Water Institute will be representing UW to present the University at a Peatlands Pavilion virtual side event, "Canada’s Peatlands as a Nature-based Solution to Climate Change" on November 11th
Flavins and siderophores are organic molecules exuded by plant roots, fungi and bacteria under iron-deficient conditions. In a new paper published in the journal Fundamental Research, a team of ERG researchers and colleagues from the China University of Geosciences (CUG) analyze the catalytic effects of two representative compounds, riboflavin (also known as vitamin B2) and desferrioxamine B, on the oxidation of aqueous ferrous Fe(II) by molecular oxygen (O2).