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Karl G. Richards is affiliated with Teagasc - The Irish Agriculture and Food Development Authority in Ireland. Their research primarily focuses on environmental science and agricultural and biological sciences, with a notable emphasis on subfields including environmental chemistry, soil science, pollution, ecology, and industrial and manufacturing engineering.

The scientist's work covers a range of topics related to soil and water nutrient dynamics, soil carbon and nitrogen dynamics, wastewater treatment and nitrogen removal, pharmaceutical and antibiotic environmental impacts, phosphorus and nutrient management, peatlands and wetlands ecology, and pesticide and herbicide environmental studies.

Their recent publications include:

  • Urease and Nitrification Inhibitors-As Mitigation Tools for Greenhouse Gas Emissions in Sustainable Dairy Systems: A Review (2020) published in Sustainability
  • Nitrogen fertilisers with urease inhibitors reduce nitrous oxide and ammonia losses, while retaining yield in temperate grassland (2020) published in The Science of The Total Environment
  • Increasing soil pH reduces fertiliser derived N2O emissions in intensively managed temperate grassland (2021) published in Agriculture Ecosystems & Environment
  • Beneficial effects of multi-species mixtures on N2O emissions from intensively managed grassland swards (2021) published in The Science of The Total Environment
  • Application of plasma activated water for decontamination of alfalfa and mung bean seeds (2020) published in Food Microbiology

Frequent co-authors in their publications include:

  • Gary Lanigan
  • Patrick J. Forrestal
  • Dominika Król
  • Enda Cummins
  • Martin Danaher

Karl G. Richards has published multiple times in several scientific journals, with the highest number of contributions appearing in:

  • The Science of The Total Environment (13 publications)
  • Agriculture Ecosystems & Environment (5 publications)
  • Soil Biology and Biochemistry (4 publications)
  • Irish Journal of Agricultural and Food Research (3 publications)
  • Nutrient Cycling in Agroecosystems (3 publications)

Best Publications

  • Microbial Contamination of Fresh Produce: What, Where, and How?

    Bernardino Machado-Moreira;Bernardino Machado-Moreira;Karl Richards;Fiona Brennan;Florence Abram

  • Management, regulation and environmental impacts of nitrogen fertilization in northwestern Europe under the Nitrates Directive; a benchmark study

    H. J. M. van Grinsven;H. F. M. ten Berge;T. Dalgaard;B. Fraters

  • Denitrification potential in subsoils: A mechanism to reduce nitrate leaching to groundwater

    Mohammad M. R. Jahangir;Mohammad M. R. Jahangir;Mohammed I. Khalil;Mohammed I. Khalil;Paul Johnston;L. M. Cardenas

  • Reducing nitrous oxide emissions by changing N fertiliser use from calcium ammonium nitrate (CAN) to urea based formulations.

    M.A. Harty;P.J. Forrestal;C.J. Watson;K.L. McGeough

  • Exploring nitrogen indicators of farm performance among farm types across several European case studies

    M. Quemada;L. Lassaletta;L.S. Jensen;O. Godinot

  • Combining stable isotopes with contamination indicators: A method for improved investigation of nitrate sources and dynamics in aquifers with mixed nitrogen inputs.

    Eddy P. Minet;Eddy P. Minet;R. Goodhue;Wolfram Meier-Augenstein;R. M. Kalin

  • Long-Term Persistence and Leaching of Escherichia coli in Temperate Maritime Soils

    Fiona P. Brennan;Fiona P. Brennan;Vincent O'Flaherty;Gaelene Kramers;Gaelene Kramers;Jim Grant

  • Modelling soil phosphorus decline: Expectations of Water Framework Directive policies

    R. P. O. Schulte;A. R. Melland;O. Fenton;M. Herlihy

  • Evaluation of cover crop and reduced cultivation for reducing nitrate leaching in Ireland.

    K. V. Hooker;C. E. Coxon;R. Hackett;L. E. Kirwan

  • Urease and Nitrification Inhibitors—As Mitigation Tools for Greenhouse Gas Emissions in Sustainable Dairy Systems: A Review

    Maria P. Byrne;John T. Tobin;Patrick J. Forrestal;Martin Danaher

  • Dairy industry derived wastewater treatment sludge: Generation, type and characterization of nutrients and metals for agricultural reuse

    S.M. Ashekuzzaman;Patrick Forrestal;Karl Richards;Owen Fenton

  • Improving and disaggregating N2O emission factors for ruminant excreta on temperate pasture soils

    Dominika Krol;Rachael Carolan;E. Minet;K. L. McGeough

  • Phylogenetic and functional potential links pH and N 2 O emissions in pasture soils

    M. D. Sainur Samad;Ambarish Biswas;Lars R. Bakken;Timothy J. Clough

  • Time lag: a methodology for the estimation of vertical and horizontal travel and flushing timescales to nitrate threshold concentrations in Irish aquifers

    Owen Fenton;Rogier P.O. Schulte;Philip Jordan;Stanley T.J. Lalor

  • In situ denitrification and DNRA rates in groundwater beneath an integrated constructed wetland.

    M.M.R. Jahangir;M.M.R. Jahangir;M.M.R. Jahangir;O. Fenton;C. Müller;R. Harrington

  • Ammonia emissions from urea, stabilized urea and calcium ammonium nitrate: insights into loss abatement in temperate grassland

    Patrick J. Forrestal;Mary A. Harty;Mary A. Harty;Rachael Carolan;Gary Lanigan

  • Denitrification and indirect N2O emissions in groundwater: Hydrologic and biogeochemical influences

    Mohammad M. R. Jahangir;P. Johnston;M. Barrett;M.I. Khalil

  • Carbon and nitrogen dynamics and greenhouse gas emissions in constructed wetlands treating wastewater: a review

    Mohammad M. R. Jahangir;Karl G. Richards;Mark G. Healy;L. Gill

  • Characterization of Environmentally Persistent Escherichia coli Isolates Leached from an Irish Soil

    Fiona P. Brennan;Fiona P. Brennan;Florence Abram;Fabio A. Chinalia;Karl G. Richards

  • Anaerobic digestion of agricultural manure and biomass - Critical indicators of risk and knowledge gaps.

    Rajat Nag;Agathe Auer;Bryan K. Markey;Paul Whyte

  • Factors affecting nitrate distribution in shallow groundwater under a beef farm in South Eastern Ireland

    Owen Fenton;Karl G. Richards;Laura Kirwan;Mohammed I. Khalil

  • AGRICULTURE, METEOROLOGY AND WATER QUALITY IN IRELAND: A REGIONAL EVALUATION OF PRESSURES AND PATHWAYS OF NUTRIENT LOSS TO WATER

    Rogier P. Schulte;Karl G. Richards;Karen M. Daly;Isabelle Kurz

Frequent Co-Authors

Gary Lanigan
Gary Lanigan Teagasc - The Irish Agriculture and Food Development Authority
Owen Fenton
Owen Fenton Teagasc - The Irish Agriculture and Food Development Authority
Christoph Müller
Christoph Müller Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research
Vincent O'Flaherty
Vincent O'Flaherty University of Galway
Tim J. Clough
Tim J. Clough Lincoln University
Per-Erik Mellander
Per-Erik Mellander Teagasc - The Irish Agriculture and Food Development Authority
Mark G. Healy
Mark G. Healy University of Galway
Rogier P.O. Schulte
Rogier P.O. Schulte Wageningen University & Research
Karl Ritz
Karl Ritz University of Nottingham
Nicholas M. Holden
Nicholas M. Holden University College Dublin

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