A multidisciplinary study integrating geological, geomorphological, geophysical, geotechnical, and numerical modeling has been implemented to assess the potential cascading geohazard of the El Arrecife landslide. It is an active landslide, located in the tectonically active central Betic Cordillera (southern Spain), posing a threat to the Rules reservoir, and to the N-323 and A-346 roads, and the A-44 highway, connecting the c...

The objective of this research was to evaluate the effect of a commercial mix of condensed and hydrolysable tannins feed additive to lactating dairy cows. Two high-scale dairy farm units, similar management and diets were used. All lactating cows in one unit were fed with the mix of tannins (ByPro ® 0.3%DMI), the other unit was the Control. Cows were categorized per DIM, 0 to 30, 31 to 120, 121 to 365, and more. Milk yield and...

Lasiodiplodia theobromae is a pathogenic fungus of more than 500 plant species, including avocado ( Persea americana Mill.). The global production volume of avocado exceeded 911,000 metric tons in 2023. Although detailed quantitative surveys of yield losses caused by L. theobromae are not available for most avocado-producing regions, estimates indicate that this pathogen is associated with stem-end rot disease in 30-35% of plo...

With ongoing global warming, increasing water deficits promote physiological stress on forest ecosystems with negative impacts on tree growth, vitality, and survival. How individual tree species will react to increased drought stress is therefore a key research question to address for carbon accounting and the development of climate change mitigation strategies. Recent tree‐ring studies have shown that trees at higher latitude...

Under the recently adopted Kunming‐Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework, 196 Parties committed to reporting the status of genetic diversity for all species. To facilitate reporting, three genetic diversity indicators were developed, two of which focus on processes contributing to genetic diversity conservation: maintaining genetically distinct populations and ensuring populations are large enough to maintain genetic diversit...

One of the consequences of mining is the release of heavy metals into the environment, especially water bodies. Phytoremediation of areas contaminated by heavy metals using Vetiver grass and Indian mustard is cost-effective and environmentally friendly. This study aimed at enhancing remediation of heavy metal contaminated water through the simultaneous hybrid application of clay minerals (attapulgite and bentonite) and Vetiver...