Although it is well established that soils are the dominating source for atmospheric nitrous
oxide (N2O), we are still struggling to fully understand the complexity of the underlying …

The Soil and Water Assessment Tool (SWAT) model has emerged as one of the most widely
used water quality watershed‐and river basin–scale models worldwide, applied extensively …

Reducing nitrogen inputs, in particular nitrate, to groundwater is becoming increasingly
important to fulfil requirements of the European Water Framework Directive. When …

A wide variety of tools aim to support decision making by modelling, map** and
quantifying ecosystem services. If decisions are to be properly informed, the accuracy and …

Benchmarks provide context and are a critical element of all ecological assessments. Over
the last 25 y, hundreds of papers have been published on various aspects of ecological …

Effective water policy requires good information. The System of Environment-Economic
Accounting Ecosystem Accounting (SEEA-EA) organises information on ecosystems and the …

Ecohydrology is an integrative science studying the relationships between hydrological,
biogeochemical and ecological processes in soils, rivers and lakes, and at the catchment …

The coupling of an hydrological and a crop model is an efficient approach to study the
impact of the interactions between agricultural practices and catchment physical …

Defining effective measures to reduce nitrate pollution in heterogeneous mesoscale
catchments remains challenging when based on concentration measurements at the outlet …

While biofuels may yield renewable fuel benefits, there could be downsides in terms of water
quality and other environmental stressors, particularly if corn is relied upon exclusively as …