We explore the oft-repeated claim that river water quality in Great Britain is “better now than
at any time since the Industrial Revolution”. We review available data and ancillary evidence …

Water quality is generally high in watercourses draining forested areas. However, forest
management can lead to detrimental effects on water quality and the aquatic environment …

Increasing diffuse nitrate loading of surface waters and groundwater has emerged as a
major problem in many agricultural areas of the world, resulting in contamination of drinking …

Multicompartment and multiscale long-term observation and research are important
prerequisites to tackling the scientific challenges resulting from climate and global change …

We review and qualitatively assess the importance of interactions and feedbacks in
assessing climate change impacts on water and agriculture in Europe. We focus particularly …

Often the Before-After-Control-Impact (BACI) design is suggested as being a statistically
powerful experimental design in environmental impact studies. If the timing and location of …

Mounting interest in ecological restoration of streams and rivers, including that motivated by
the Water Framework Directive, has stimulated examination of whether management and …

Core Ideas We provide an overview of the TERENO‐Rur hydrological observatory. We
present information on general physical characteristics of the Rur catchment. Ongoing …

Human activity has doubled the loading of biologically available nitrogen to the terrestrial
biosphere compared to pre-industrial levels (Vitousek et al., 1997; Galloway et al., 2004; …

Nitrate is necessary for agricultural productivity, but can cause considerable problems if
released into aquatic systems. Agricultural land is the major source of nitrates in UK …