Essays about: "beach-cast management"

Found 2 essays containing the words beach-cast management.

  1. 1. Beach-cast fertilizers for cultivation of carrots and radishes on Swedish Gotland : The effect on crop size and nutrient composition

    University essay from KTH/Hållbar utveckling, miljövetenskap och teknik

    Author : Sofie Ögren; [2020]
    Keywords : Eutrophication; marine biofertilizer; beach-cast management; nutrient analysis; NMR;

    Abstract : In the eutrophicated Baltic, algal blooms with toxin-producing algae and plant overgrowth is a large threat to the marine environment, humans and animals. The use of external nutrient inputs into agriculture, such as mineral fertilizers (NPK), is reaching the Baltic through runoff which causes a constant, linear nutrient flow from land to the sea, which is one of the main contributors to accelerated eutrophication. READ MORE

  2. 2. Utilizing beach-cast seaweed for biochar production in Gotland : A study of energy and carbon balances of algal biochar

    University essay from KTH/Skolan för industriell teknik och management (ITM)

    Author : Johanna Sörbom; [2020]
    Keywords : ;

    Abstract : With global warming, rising environmental issues, and increased beach-cast production, climate change mitigation efforts are important for the future of the planet. Carbon dioxide removal technologies are now deemed essential to reach the Sustainable development goals and keep the temperature rise under 1.5 or 2 degrees °C. READ MORE