The concentration of polychlorinated biphenyls (PCB) in urban soils from five European cities, with different climate, soil and intensity of industry, were investigated. Results showed that the level of PCB in soil is influenced mainly by industry, rather than climate condition or soil properties. Prevalent PCB compound had 6 Cl atoms; in the city of Ljubljana the prevailing compounds were 141 and 138.
COBISS.SI-ID: 5837945
Forth IPCC report concludes that the global warming has been with a big probability caused by man activities.WG1and WG2, the program of observations and modelling represent the major part of this reseach to which most of future concern should be paid. The significance of improved climate models was anlysed and the importance of understanding of key processes. The significance of adaptation, melioration, forcasting and understanding of effects on climated change is stressed in relation to vulnerability of natural environments and adaptation capacity of whole society.
COBISS.SI-ID: 5976185
Terestrial isopodes P.scaber were used for the first time as sesitive bioindicators of bioavailability of heavy metals residual in soil after remediation with chelating agents. Environmental Pollution is one of the leading journals in the field of Environmental sciences.
COBISS.SI-ID: 5982585
The microbial response under naturally highly elevated CO2 was followed by a molecular analysis of cbbL gene, encoding for the large subunit of Rubisco, a carboxylase which of crucial importance for C assimilation in chemolitoautotrophs. Extremely elevated soil CO2 concentrations in mofete soil reduce cbbL abundance.
COBISS.SI-ID: 5663097
We investigated the short-term dynamic of stomatal response to a sudden [CO2] increase (from 400 to 700 µmol(CO2) mol–1) in maize supplied with different amounts of water. Generalized logistic curves were fitted to standardized stomatal response data. Soil water stress and high VPD significantly decreased relative stomatal closure in response to [CO2] rise, but simultaneously accelerated stomatal response to [CO2]. VPD significantly affected the response of well-watered plants.
COBISS.SI-ID: 6138489