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Effects of land-use patterns at different scales on water quality in the Huaihe River Basin in China

by Wu Wu lin Li Xiaolong Li Gao Liangmin Gao Zhang Kai Zhang Pang Zhendong Pang

Issue 5

Water and wastewater treatment and reuse

The influence of land-use patterns on water quality in the Huaihe River Basin was analyzed using the Nemerow index, correlation and multiple linear regression analysis based on the measured data from 62 sampling sites in the Huaihe River Basin (China). In the point buffer zone, a significant...

land-use ; spatial scale ; Nemerow index ; correlation ; Huaihe River Basin

Perceptions of Environmental Sustainability and Luxury: Influences on Organic Food Buying Behavior among Millennials and Generation Z in Greece

by Skordoulis Michalis Panagiotakopoulou Konstantina Manolis Dimosthenis Papagrigoriou Aristidis Kalantonis Petros

Issue 5

Environmental management and policy

The generational cohorts known as Millennials and Generation Z exhibit distinct behaviors and attitudes, differing significantly from older generations in various aspects including environmental perceptions and purchasing behaviors. Notably, organic foods are sometimes associated with luxury, as...

organic foods luxury foods +6 more

Characterization and Calibration of a Photodiode Based Pyranometer for Solar Energy Applications

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Anandhakumar G et al. View all

Issue 5

Sustainable Energy

In the domain of solar science, a pyranometer assumes a pivotal position, functioning as an indispensable tool for appraising solar irradiance across the abbreviated wavelengths of the solar spectrum, spanning from 300 to 3000 nanometers. Conventional pyranometers typically employ intricate and...

Thermopile Photodiode +3 more

The impacts of green finance on regional carbon emission：Evidence from China

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Lingjuan Xu Associate professor et al. View all

Issue 5

Environmental management and policy

Green finance has become an important tool for the low-carbon development in China. This research constructs a comprehensive indicator system, and carefully describes the spatial characteristics of green finance and carbon emissions in China from 2012 to 2021. Then, the dynamic SDM and the mediating...

carbon emission Green Finance +2 more

A review of using deep learning from an ecology perspective to address climate change and air pollution

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Gopi.P et al. View all

Issue 2

Environmental management and policy

Artificial intelligence techniques that can shatter pattern recognition accuracy records, has recently attracted a lot of attention. With its flexibility and capacity to handle massive and complicated datasets, deep learning has transformed numerous academic domains, including bioinformatics and...

Climate change Environment +4 more

A new method of nowcasting wildfires and impacts: a case study for the USA

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Panayiotis Varotsos et al. View all

Issue 1

Environmental management and policy

In recent years, there has been a steady increase in the intensity and frequency of wildfires worldwide mainly due to the escalating climate crisis and land-use change. Wildfires result in a decline in air quality and cause damage to property, crops, resources, wildlife, and human lives. Since...

Environment fire ecology +2 more

Analysis of seasonal variation and dispersion pattern of ambient air pollutants in an urban environment

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Jeyadharmarajan Jeyanthi et al. View all

Issue 5

Air pollution and health

The level of air pollution increased in urban areas due to local atmospheric conditions and dispersion of various air pollutants. In this study, the air quality index was carried out in four places in the urban zone and investigated the seasonal variation of PM2.5, PM10, SO2, NO2, and O3 over one...

Particulates Fluidyn-PANACHE +4 more

Coastline change rate estimation on the southern coastal districts of Tamil Nadu, India using the multi temporal Google Earth images and GIS based statistical approach

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Kumar et al. View all

Issue 4

Environmental management and policy

Coastal erosion is the process of wearing away material from the coastal profile due to an imbalance in the supply and export of material from a particular section of the coast which cause property damage, and the loss of land. This study investigates the rate of erosion and accretion along the...

DSAS Shoreline change +3 more

Determination of Parameters for Watershed delineation using various satellite derived Digital Elevation Models and its accuracy

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KALIAPPAN, S. et al. View all

Issue 4

Hydrology and Water Resources Management

Digital Elevation Model (DEM) is an inevitable tool for many applications, such as natural resource management. In the present scenario, it is available with various resolutions from meter to sub-meter accuracy. These data are used extensively to explore the river basin's physical features by...

Watershed Delineation Morphometric analysis +6 more

Groundwater Vulnerability Assessment Phenomenon using DRASTIC & Modified DRASTIC Modeling validated with Nitrate Concentration.

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Shanmuharajan Meenakshi Balasubramanian et al. View all

Issue 3

Air pollution and health

Urbanized areas groundwater vulnerability and contamination are serious issues that require due attention. There are other models, notably the DRASTIC models employed to assess the vulnerability of groundwater. In a modified version of the DRASTIC model known as anthropogenic influence was...

DRASTICA Groundwater Pollution +3 more

Leachate transport phenomenon on groundwater quality: modeling using MODFLOW and MT3DMS tools

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S. Kanmani et al. View all

Issue 3

Air pollution and health

The dumping of solid waste in uncontrolled landfills can cause significant impacts on the environment and human health. The open dumps cause the formation of leachate which contaminated the groundwater; use of these groundwater reported danger to the human health. The goal of groundwater protection...

Solid waste Open Dumping +3 more

Artificial Neural Network and Weighted Arithmetic Indexing Approach for Surface Water Quality Assessment of the Brahmani River

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Madhusmita Ghadai et al. View all

Issue 4

Air pollution and health

An approach was used in this study to relate the predicted and calculated water quality index (WQI) of the Brahmani River. The WQI was predicted using an artificial neural network (ANN) tool, and the weighted Arithmetic Index technique was used to calculate the WQI (WAI). The WQI is calculated using...

ANN Brahmani River +3 more

Preliminary Research on Removal of Organic Substances Contained in Wastewater from Plastic Lenses Production

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Katarzyna Umiejewska et al. View all

Issue 2

Water and wastewater treatment and reuse

250 million people worldwide suffer from visual impairment. 64% of them wear glasses. More than 80 percent of all eyeglasses worn today have plastic lenses. Plastic lenses made of polycarbonate discs are created through the process of machining which requires the use of a coolant. The ensuing...

COD industrial wastewater treatment +3 more

A Google Earth Engine tool to assess water budget and its individual components

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Alexandra Gemitzi et al. View all

Issue 2

Hydrology and Water Resources Management

In the present work a new freely available web-based tool is developed within Google Earth Engine (GEE) that aims to support water agencies, farmers and public services acquire information on the water budget components in the areas of their interest. The tool makes use of the high-resolution land...

Water budget Remote Sensing +2 more

CORRELATION OF METEOROLOGICAL PARAMETERS TO CHARACTERIZE WIND SITES: A CASE STUDY OF N'GUIGMI, NIGER

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MOUMOUNI GUERO Mohamed (elhmehd@gmail.com) et al. View all

Issue 2

Environmental data analysis and modelling

To assess the impact of climate change on wind regimes, we performed a statistical analysis of some meteorological parameters. Indeed, variables such as temperature, humidity, pressure, and insolation are rarely or not considered in the estimation of wind regimes and therefore in the...

Climate variability Principal component analysis +3 more

Eco-friendly filtration of Nickel from the Sludge during Electrochemical Machining of Monel 400 Alloys

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VENGATAJALAPATHI NAGARAJAN et al. View all

Issue 2

Air pollution and health

Electrochemical Machiningplayed a vital role in the aircraft, atomic, and healthcare industries via electrochemical machining (ECM). Even with difficult-to-machine materials. ECM has generally preferred to machine Nickel-based alloys compared to other non-conventional and conventional machining...

EECM Eco-friendly Electrochemical Machining +4 more

ECO-FRIENDLY DYEING OF COTTON FABRIC WITH WASTE TEA LEAVES BASED TANNIN NATURAL DYE

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Dr. Muhammad Naveed Anjum et al. View all

Issue 3

General

Natural products have always been appreciated due to the awareness about environmental standards for global health by using green technologies in their isolation and extraction. Thereupon natural dyes have been used in all fields due to having ecofriendly, therapeutic and aesthetic nature. For the...

Cotton Microwave radiation +3 more

Eco-friendly isolation of tannin based natural colorant from coconut coir (Cocos nucifera) for dyeing of bio-mordanted wool fabric

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shumaila kiran et al. View all

Issue 1

General

Due to hazardous effluent load of synthetic dyes, the global community is now seeking inclusion of natural products particularly green dyes and pigment in various fields. Current study has been concerned with utilization of eco-friendly tools for isolation of colorants from plant wastes such as...

Coconut coir microwave treatment and wool dyeing +3 more

Multivariate Extension of the Singular Spectrum Analysis A New Tool in Understanding the Intraseasonal-Oscillation (ISO) of Philippines Summer Monsoon and its Association with Extreme Rainfall Events

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WARREN I. LUZANO et al. View all

Issue 3

Climate change

The intraseasonal low-frequency oscillation is studied by using gridded rainfall dataset from 1979 to present. Multivariate Singular Spectrum Analysis (SSA) was used in the extraction of these modes. We have found out that there is a significant increasing trend in the relative strength of low...

singular spectrum analysis multivariate SSA +2 more

Application of the Analytic Hierarchy Process (AHP) to select the best oil spill cleanup method in marine protected areas for calm sea condition

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Giambattista Guidi et al. View all

Issue 3

Oil spill cleanup is a complex and expensive activity. There are several commonly used techniques available today. The paper suggests criteria for the selection of the best available technique that could be employed in case of oil spills in the Mediterranean Sea under specific circumstances, i.e...

oil spill best available techniques +6 more

Air pollution as a result of the development of motorization

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mzabochnicka@is.pcz.czest.pl et al. View all

Issue 2

Air pollution and health

The problem of air pollution is one of the most important problems faced by the world in the context of large urban agglomerations. Numerous activities are being undertaken all over the world to both counteract existing pollution and prevent the emergence of another one. Manufacturing is one of the...

air pollution automotive +2 more

Hydrological modeling of Upper Ribb watershed, Abbay Basin, Ethiopia.

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Mithas Ahmad Dar et al. View all

Issue 2

Hydrology and Water Resources Management

Hydrological modeling of a watershed is necessary for water resources planning and management. The hydrology of upper Ribb watershed has been analyzed using spatially semi-distributed Soil and water assessment tool (SWAT) model. This study aimed to determine the water balance components and its...

Runoff water balance +2 more

Spatio-temporal Land Use Regression Modelling of Ozone Levels in Athens, Greece.

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Klea Katsouyanni et al. View all

Issue 1

Air pollution and health

Spatio-temporal methods have been developed for the estimation of concentrations of pollutants such as particulate matter and nitrogen dioxide for application in epidemiological studies. A limited number of city-specific spatio-temporal ozone (O3) models have been proposed until today. Our aim was...

Spatio-temporal modeling Ozone +4 more

Particle-based modeling and meshless simulation of flows with Smoothed Particle Hydrodynamics

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Filippos Sofos et al. View all

Issue 4

Protection and restoration of the environment

Smoothed Particle Hydrodynamics (SPH) is a promising simulation technique in the family of Lagrangian mesh-free methods, especially for flows that undergo large deformations. Particle methods do not require a mesh (grid) for their implementation, in contrast to conventional Computational Fluid...

SPH Smoothed Particle Hydrodynamics +4 more

Simple and low cost dithizone-functionalized polymer membranes as a tool for mercury preconcentration and monitoring in aqueous bodies. Preliminary results using X-ray absorption near-edge structure (XANES).

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Nikolaos Kallithrakas-Kontos et al. View all

Issue 4

CEST2017 - Heavy metals in the environment

Here the effectiveness of cation selective membranes, produced for divalent mercury (Hg2+) preconcetration from aqueous bodies, is examined. To this end, the behavior of PVC-based membranes, functionalized with dithizone for mercury complexation, is examined by means of Energy Dispersive X-ray...

Hg Mercury +5 more