Hot Topics Hot Topics by ERAN Terrestrial and River www.sciencedirect.com https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0045653519322581?via=ihubAbundance and distribution of radioactive cesium-rich microparticles released from the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant into the environmentThe abundance and distribution of highly radioactive cesium-rich microparticles (CsMPs) that were released from the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Pl… Nature Reviews Earth & Environment 6 Posts 1 Pocket https://www.nature.com/articles/s43017-020-0099-xRadionuclides from the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant in terrestrial systemsThe 2011 nuclear accident in Fukushima, Japan, released large amounts of radionuclides, including 10 PBq of relatively long-lived radiocaesium, into the atmosphere. 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High… Air Forest www.sciencedirect.com https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0045653519320144?via=ihubImpact of forest thinning on the dynamics of litterfall derived 137Cs deposits in coniferous forest floor after Fukushima accidentThe effects of a 50% forest thinning intensity on Fukushima-derived 137Cs deposition by litterfall and its discharge by runoff in hillslope coniferous… Chemistry www.sciencedirect.com https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0048969720340614?via=ihubParticulate plutonium released from the Fukushima Daiichi meltdownsTraces of Pu have been detected in material released from the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant (FDNPP) in March of 2011; however, to date the phy… www.sciencedirect.com https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0301479719317360?via=ihubDynamics of Strontium and geochemically correlated elements in soil during washing remediation with eco-complaint chelatorsIn the study, the dynamics of Sr2+ and geochemically correlated elements (Ca2+, Ba2+, and Y3+) in soil with chelators in the mix (soil to chelator rat… www.sciencedirect.com https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0026265X19311725?via=ihubSimultaneous determination of ultra-trace level 237Np and Pu isotopes in soil and sediment samples by SF-ICP-MS with a single column chromatographic separationThis work presents a method developed for simultaneous analysis of ultra-trace level 237Np and Pu isotopes in soil and sediment samples by sector fiel… Ocean www.sciencedirect.com https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0265931X18304624?via=ihubRadiocesium in North Pacific coastal and offshore areas of Japan within several months after the Fukushima accidentWe measured activity concentrations of radiocesium (134Cs and 137Cs) in seawater samples collected in North Pacific coastal and offshore areas of Japa… Agriculture Aquatic organisms www.sciencedirect.com https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0045653519311701?via=ihubDissolution of radioactive, cesium-rich microparticles released from the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant in simulated lung fluid, pure-water, and seawaterTo understand the chemical durability of highly radioactive cesium-rich microparticles (CsMPs) released from the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant… Others AMETSOC https://journals.ametsoc.org/view/journals/hydr/20/8/jhm-d-19-0049_1.xmlUncertainty of Reference Pixel Soil Moisture Averages Sampled at SMAP Core Validation SitesAbstractDespite extensive efforts to maximize ground coverage and improve upscaling functions within core validation sites (CVS) of the NASA Soil Moisture Active Passive (SMAP) mission, spatial averages of point-scale soil moisture observations often fail to accurately capture the true average of the reference pixels. Therefore, some level of pixel-sca...
