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Overview

Kevin M. Hiscock is affiliated with the University of East Anglia in the United Kingdom. Their research primarily focuses on environmental science, with significant contributions in water science and technology, environmental chemistry, geochemistry and petrology, pollution, and environmental engineering.

Their work covers core topics including soil and water nutrient dynamics, hydrology and watershed management studies, groundwater and isotope geochemistry, water quality and pollution assessment, groundwater flow and contamination studies, microplastics and plastic pollution, and pharmaceutical and antibiotic environmental impacts.

Kevin M. Hiscock has been involved in multiple peer-reviewed publications. Notable recent papers include:

  • "Conservation tillage and soil health: Lessons from a 5-year UK farm trial (2013-2018)," 2020, Soil and Tillage Research
  • "Two decades of the EU Water Framework Directive: Evidence of success and failure from a lowland arable catchment (River Wensum, UK)," 2023, The Science of The Total Environment
  • "Temporal hydrochemical dynamics of the River Wensum, UK: Observations from long-term high-resolution monitoring (2011-2018)," 2020, The Science of The Total Environment
  • "Developing managed aquifer recharge (MAR) to augment irrigation water resources in the sand and gravel (Crag) aquifer of coastal Suffolk, UK," 2023, Journal of Environmental Management
  • "Evaluating the impacts of contrasting sewage treatment methods on nutrient dynamics across the River Wensum catchment, UK," 2021, The Science of The Total Environment

Frequent coauthors who have collaborated with Hiscock in their research include:

  • Richard J. Cooper
  • N. N. Balashova
  • Andrew Lovett
  • Brian J. Reid
  • Richard J. Reynolds

Their research has frequently been published in venues such as:

  • The Science of The Total Environment
  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • Journal of Environmental Management
  • Water Air & Soil Pollution
  • Soil and Tillage Research

Best Publications

  • Ground water and climate change

    Richard G. Taylor;Bridget R. Scanlon;Petra Döll;Matt Rodell

  • Beneath the surface of global change: Impacts of climate change on groundwater

    Timothy R. Green;Makoto Taniguchi;Henk Kooi;Jason J. Gurdak

  • Attenuation of groundwater pollution by bank filtration

    K.M. Hiscock;T. Grischek

  • Hydrogeology: Principles and Practice

    Kevin M. Hiscock

  • Position Paper: The role of expert opinion in environmental modelling

    Tobias Krueger;Trevor Page;Klaus Hubacek;Laurence Smith

  • Review of natural and artificial denitrification of groundwater

    K.M. Hiscock;J.W. Lloyd;D.N. Lerner

  • A dual isotope approach to identify denitrification in groundwater at a river-bank infiltration site.

    Teppei Fukada;Kevin M. Hiscock;Paul F. Dennis;Thomas Grischek

  • Marker species for identifying urban groundwater recharge sources: A review and case study in Nottingham, UK

    Mike H. Barrett;Kevin M. Hiscock;Stephen Pedley;David N. Lerner

  • Evaluating factors influencing groundwater vulnerability to nitrate pollution: developing the potential of GIS.

    Iain R Lake;Andrew A Lovett;Kevin M Hiscock;Mark Betson

  • Major agricultural changes required to mitigate phosphorus losses under climate change

    M. C. Ockenden;M. J. Hollaway;K. J. Beven;A. L. Collins

  • The effects of climate change on potential groundwater recharge in Great Britain

    M. Herrera-Pantoja;K. M. Hiscock

  • Factors affecting denitrification during infiltration of river water into a sand and gravel aquifer in Saxony, Germany

    T. Grischek;K.M. Hiscock;T. Metschies;P.F. Dennis

  • Changing climate and nutrient transfers: Evidence from high temporal resolution concentration-flow dynamics in headwater catchments

    M.C. Ockenden;C.E. Deasy;C.E. Deasy;C.McW.H. Benskin;K.J. Beven

  • A dual-isotope approach to the nitrogen hydrochemistry of an urban aquifer

    Teppei Fukada;Kevin M. Hiscock;Paul F. Dennis

  • Modelling the impacts of agricultural management practices on river water quality in Eastern England

    Sam D. Taylor;Yi He;Kevin M. Hiscock

  • Antecedent conditions, hydrological connectivity and anthropogenic inputs: Factors affecting nitrate and phosphorus transfers to agricultural headwater streams

    Faye N. Outram;Richard J. Cooper;Gisela Sünnenberg;Kevin M. Hiscock

  • Sustainable Groundwater Development

    K. M. Hiscock;M. O. Rivett;R. M. Davison

  • Use Of Nitrogen Isotopes To Identify Nitrogen Contamination Of The Sherwood Sandstone Aquifer Beneath The City Of Nottingham, United Kingdom

    C.N. Rivers;M.H. Barrett;K.M. Hiscock;P.F. Dennis

  • High-frequency monitoring of nitrogen and phosphorus response in three rural catchments to the end of the 2011–2012 drought in England

    F. N. Outram;Charlotte E M Lloyd;J. Jonczyk;C. McW. H. Benskin

  • An integrated 1D–2D hydraulic modelling approach to assess the sensitivity of a coastal region to compound flooding hazard under climate change

    Ulysse Pasquier;Yi He;Simon Hooton;Marisa Goulden

  • High-temporal resolution fluvial sediment source fingerprinting with uncertainty: a Bayesian approach

    Richard J. Cooper;Tobias Krueger;Kevin M. Hiscock;Barry G. Rawlins

Frequent Co-Authors

Andrew A. Lovett
Andrew A. Lovett University of East Anglia
Paul F. Dennis
Paul F. Dennis University of East Anglia
Adrian L. Collins
Adrian L. Collins Rothamsted Research
Philip M. Haygarth
Philip M. Haygarth Lancaster University
Keith Beven
Keith Beven Lancaster University
Paul J. A. Withers
Paul J. A. Withers Lancaster University
Pete Falloon
Pete Falloon Met Office
Barry Rawlins
Barry Rawlins British Geological Survey
Brian J. Reid
Brian J. Reid University of East Anglia
Jim Freer
Jim Freer University of Bristol

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