Issue 6
Water and wastewater
Exploring the novel environmentally friendly dye degradation mechanism of NiO-Polypyrrole polymer nanocomposites in degrading the organic pollutants under sunlight
Water and Wastewater Treatment
According to estimates, around 15-50% of textile dyes fail to adhere to the fabric during the dyeing process, resulting in their discharge into wastewater. This wastewater is often used for agricultural irrigation in impoverished nations which harms plant germination and development. In this study...
Urban flood detection with the augmentation of gradient boosting and machine learning for prior warning sign over vulnerable zones
Urban environment and health
Urban flooding has severely threatened the ecosystem and human life in recent years. The key to managing stormwater is to understand what causes it. The forceful effects of building shape on urban floods should be addressed, which results in a significant underestimation of flood danger. Algorithms...
Navigating Heavy Metal Removal: Insights into Advanced Treatment Technologies for Wastewater: A review.
Water and Wastewater Treatment
This paper provides an overview of heavy metal removal technologies for wastewater treatment, with a focus on adsorption, chemical oxidation, ion exchange, and various coagulation processes. The discussion revolves around wastewater characterization as an essential first step in creating efficient...
Sustainable Solutions for Heavy Metal Contamination: Characterization and Regeneration of Water Hyacinth Biosorbent in Wastewater Treatment
Water and Wastewater Treatment
The water hyacinth biosorbent has undergone thorough characterization and assessment for its capacity to remove heavy metals, specifically Pb(II) and Hg(II), from aqueous solutions. Notably, the biosorbent demonstrated an impressive maximum adsorption capacity for Pb and Hg, reaching values of 158.7...
Analysis of Climate Change for Drought Forecasting Using High-Resolution Data and Ensemble Learning with Optimized Pruning Model
Climate change mitigation and adaptation
Investigating the influence of climate change on drought in a dynamic environment is essential for human society, agriculture, and ecology. Draught forecasting often considers machine learning techniques that use climate-mode indices as predictor variables. However, forecasting in long lead times is...
Antifungal potential of essential oil of Mentha spicata (L) in the biological control against phytopathogenic fungi
Environmental Health
Mentha species are commonly used in traditional medicine for their several pharmacological properties. They are also used as spice and are known for their bactericidal, antiviral and fungicidal properties. The objective of this study is to evaluate the antifungal activity of Mentha spicata essential...
Elimination of nickel and chromium(VI) ions from industerial wastewater by electrodialysis/characteristics/impact of parameters
Water and Wastewater Treatment
Healthy water is a concern for the world due to rapid population growth and technological advancement. The entry of heavy metals into water as a result of various activities causes water pollution that has persistent effects. In this study, a specially designed electrodialysis cell was used to...
Assessment of Saturated Hydraulic Conductivity with Using Soil Particle Size Distribution: A Comparative Study of Constant Head and Falling Head Methods
Floods, Droughts and Water scarcity
The purpose of soil hydraulic conductivity is to retain soil water contents, and soil water pressure. In this study investigates two different methods to understand the soil hydraulic conductivity of loam and clay soils. The present research conducted a laboratory experiment to measure the saturated...
Climate change and air pollution
Enhancing the European Space Agency’s Climate Change Initiative Soil Moisture Product over China
Ecology, environmental change and management
Soil moisture heavily influences the energy exchange between land and the atmosphere, and it plays an important role in ecological systems. Quantitatively acquiring soil moisture information is important for agricultural production, ecological protection and other processes. The current range of...
Research on the impact of green logistics on carbon emission intensity of transportation industry
Environmental Management and Policies
With the serious challenge of global climate change, the Chinese government has proposed the "dual carbon" goals. In this context, the importance of green logistics as an effective way to reduce emissions in the transportation industry is becoming more and more prominent. This paper aims to explore...
Reliable Air Quality Assessment in Dynamic Environments using Reward-learning Routing with Flying MANET Technology
Air Quality
Air pollution poses significant threats to ecosystems, atmosphere, and the health of both humans and wildlife. It is primarily caused by industrial and chemical pollutants, leading to deterioration in air, water, and soil quality. As a result, effective air quality monitoring is crucial for...
Spatial correlation network structure of carbon productivity from the livestock sector in China and its driving factors: a perspective of social network analysis
Climate change mitigation and adaptation
Exploring the spatial correlation network structure of provincial livestock carbon productivity and its driving factors can provide new policy perspectives for realizing the synergy of regional pollution and carbon reduction. This study constructs 2006-2021 panel data models by social network...
Study on the Impact of China's Digital Economy on Agricultural Carbon Emissions
Ecology, environmental change and management
Under the background of China's “double carbon” goal, digital economy has become an important way to reduce carbon emissions in China. This paper utilizes the provincial panel data of China from 2012 to 2022, introduces the perspective of agricultural science and technology innovation, empirically...
Can customer ESG performance improve corporate carbon emission productivity? --An empirical study from listed companies in China
Ecology, environmental change and management
With the increasing awareness of sustainable development, the ESG performance has become a focal point for both companies and their stakeholders. This study, Chinese A-share listed companies as an example, constructs a sample of paired enterprises and customers to examine the impact of customer ESG...
Deep learning-based air pollution prediction model using modified gated recurrent unit
Air Quality
In recent days air quality has been very poor in urban society due to a lot of industries, vehicles and so on. To overcome poor quality, an air quality prediction is much needed to manage an urban area and control pollution. In this article, deep learning (DL) namely a Modified Gated Recurrent Unit...
Air Pollution Monitoring Model in Real-time with cloud based Channel Ranging and Stego Privacy Preservation
Air Quality
Monitoring air quality in polluted environments is crucial for human health, but traditional methods using meteorological equipment have limitations in complex terrains and are costly. This study proposes a novel approach to address air pollution monitoring in urban areas by visually assessing the...
Removal of toluene from Air- scream using semi industrial two-phase bioscrubber with cutting oil: An intervention study
Environmental Health
Toluene is a monocyclic aromatic compound that finds widespread use in various industrial processes. Due to its harmful effects on human health and environment, this study aimed to remove toluene from the air stream using a two-phase bioscrubber. The bioscrubber design consisted of an absorption...
Environmental Regulation, Industrial Structure and Low-Carbon Development
General
In this paper, the provincial panel data of china from the year 2006 to 2019 are used to analyze the association among environmental regulations, industrial structure od industries and low-carbon development. The results show that regional industrial CO2 emissions in China's east, center, and west...
Air Pollution Prediction using Attention Module With CNN -OptBiLSTM
Air Quality
Predicting air pollution using environmental data assessment parameters becomes increasingly significant amid growing fears about climate change and the sustainability of urban areas. The use of sophisticated deep learning (DL) methods to model the intricate relation among these variables represents...
Circular economy
Reviewing Biopolymers: Pioneering Sustainable Alternatives to Traditional Plastics
Emerging pollutants
The global demand for plastic has risen, driven by plastic-based goods, exerting strain on the existing waste treatment infrastructure. Plastics typically consist of synthetic and semi-synthetic materials, mainly composed of polymers. Plastics include lightweight, cost-effective, easily...
Effect of Dry Mix Alkali Activated Slag Binder Composite Properties Cured in Ambient Condition
Solid Waste Management
A dry mix (solution-free) alkali-activated slag (a primary cementitious material) and/or fly ash based binder composition is developed that can be cast in-site and consequently cured at ambient temperature. Mortar specimens were cast by mixing slag and or fly ash, river sand, powder form alkaline...
Magnesite Mine Waste as a Sustainable Binder for Low-Fines Self-Compacting Concrete: Engineering Property and Ecological Impact
Solid Waste Management
Mine waste management has become a global concern due to its environmental and health impacts, as well as the high cost of disposal. Recent advancements focus on recycling mine waste into resources using effective conservation methods and waste management systems. The building sector, a major...
Chlorophyll-Enriched Chitosan-CuO-ZnO Nanoparticles for Antimicrobial Activities
Environmental Management and Policies
Chitosan-doped copper oxide and zinc oxide nanoparticles (CuO-CS-ZnO NPs) were prepared utilizing sol-gel synthesis route. Chlorophyll was added in the process of making NPs to enhance the effects of these NPs. The prepared NPs were thoroughly analyzed using advanced techniques including X-ray...
An Overview of Circular Economy Management Approach for Sustainable Construction and Demolish Waste Management
Solid Waste Management
The construction industry has been identified as a major contributor to environmental degradation, particularly through the generation of waste. Unsustainable production and consumption patterns in the construction industry have resulted in high amounts of waste, which is often disposed of in...
Enhancing Concrete Durability: Sustainable Ternary Blends Incorporating Agricultural and Industrial Wastes
Solid Waste Management
The demand for sustainable concrete in civil infrastructure operations grows by the day, resulting in the use of agricultural and industrial byproducts and controlling high-cost nanomaterials. Ternary blended concrete is an excellent alternative to conventional concrete for long-term development by...
Green, environmentally friendly synthesis of MnO Nanoparticles for corrosion inhibition in mild steel
General
This study uses green, environmentally friendly methods to synthesize manganese oxide nanoparticles (MnO-NPs) that can be applied on mild steel as a safe and eco-friendly material with corrosion inhibition attributes. Mukia madaraspatana leaf extract is effective in the green synthesis of Mno-NPs...
Boosting biodiesel production from waste vegetable oil water using Acid-Base Sequential Catalysis
Biowaste
The use of active and recyclable catalysts is advantageous for catalytic biodiesel synthesis from waste vegetable oils which is in demand owing to frequent calls on environmental pollution and for clean renewable energy production. For this study, homogenous catalysts are effective at converting...
A Silica Nano-Additive's Impact on the Performance and Emissions of a Diesel Engine Using DTBP Blended Low Viscous Waste Orange Peel Oil
Biowaste
In the current study, the effect of silicon dioxide (SiO2) nano-additive mixed with Orange peel oil (OPO) as Biodiesel was investigated in relation to the operation and emission characteristics of a diesel engine. Orange peel oil was extracted from the orange Peel waste by using steam distillation...
Solid waste management
Critical review on source tracing method based on heavy metals in soil: key parameters, data processing and environmental geochemical information extraction
Soil and groundwater contamination and remediation
Heavy metals have significant environmental impacts on human health and ecosystems. Appropriate remediation measures can be developed based on the source characteristics of heavy metals. So tracking the source of heavy metal pollution has become a prerequisite for assessing its potential pollution...
Exploration of Composting Strategies for Sustainable Organic Waste Management in Urban Environments
Solid Waste Management
The management of organic waste in urban environments poses significant challenges due to the high volume of waste generated and limited disposal options. Composting is a promising technique for converting organic waste into valuable compost that can be used to improve soil health and reduce the...