Reasonable ecological compensation standard is the key to solve farmland non-point source pollution. In the design of compensation standards, the current investigation included ecological benefits in selecting the experimental method. The Multinomial Logit model is used to analyze the willingness of farmers to receive compensation for non-point source pollution control of cultivated land. The results

Carbon price prediction is important for decreasing greenhouse gas emissions and coping with climate change. At present, a variety of models are widely used to predict irregular, nonlinear, and nonstationary carbon price series. However, these models ignore the importance of feature extraction and the inherent defects of using a single model; thus, accurate and stable prediction of carbon prices by

Antibiotics in the environment cause widespread concern as a result of their potent inhibitory action on microbial growth and their role in potentially creating selective conditions for proliferation of antibiotic resistant bacteria. Comprising a carbon skeleton, antibiotics should be amenable to microbial biodegradation, but this is still largely uncharted territory because of their simultaneous strong

Boundary layer height (BLH) is an important parameter in climatology and air pollution research, especially in urban city. We calculated the BLH with a bulk Richardson number (Ri) method over urban cities of China during 1980–2018 using European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts (ECMWF) ERA-interim data after carefully validation with sounding data obtained from two meteorology stations in

The field of soil biological remediation was initially focused on the use of microorganisms. For organic contaminants, biostimulation and bioaugmentation were the strategies of choice. For heavy metals, bioremediation was centered on the feasibility of using microorganisms to reduce metal toxicity. Partly due to the impossibility to degrade metals, phytoremediation emerged proposing the use of plants

In recent decades, climate change induced by enhanced global warming is one of the biggest challenges at the global level. Agriculture sectors significantly contribute to total anthropogenic greenhouse gas emission to the atmosphere. Wheat and maize, cultivated globally, and consumed in different forms, are considered as crucial staple cereal for ensuring food security to global population. The management

The reproductive characteristics of plants are likely affected by climate change e.g., changes in precipitation patterns and nitrogen deposition, but few studies have examined the effects of these ecological agents of selection on the seed yield and germination characteristics of perennial grasses. Here, we conducted a multiple-year pot experiment with Leymus chinensis, a common perennial grass in

Winter oilseed rape is traditionally established via plough-based soil cultivation and conventional sowing methods. Whilst there is potential to adopt lower cost, and less intensive establishment systems, the impact of these on greenhouse gas emissions have not been evaluated. To address this, field experiments were conducted in 2014/2015 and 2015/2016 to investigate the effects of 1) crop establishment

Infectious diseases caused by airborne bacteria and viruses are a major problem for both social and economic reasons. The significance of this phenomenon is particularly noticeable during the time of the coronavirus pandemic. One of the consequences is the increased interest in the air purifier (AP) market, which resulted in a significant increase in sales of these devices. In this study, we tested

China is the largest producer of carbon in the world. China’s construction industry has received widespread attention in recent years due to its environmental issues. However, little research has been conducted to investigate the environmental efficiency of the domestic part of this industry. As the foreign contribution is beyond China’s control, identification of domestic carbon emissions is necessary

Widely distributed shrubs in drylands can locally alter soil physicochemical properties, which distinguish soil under plant canopy from soil outside the canopy. In the present study, we used a dominant shrub species Artemisia gmelinii in a semiarid land, SW China, to investigate the consequences of “shrub resource islands” for soil microbial communities and enzymatic activities. Such investigation

The spatial variability of land cover in cities results in a heterogeneous urban microclimate, which is often not represented with regulatory meteorological sensor networks. Crowdsourced sensor networks have the potential to address this shortcoming with real-time and fine-grained temperature measurements across cities. We use crowdsourced data from over 500 citizen weather stations during summer in

Increasing agricultural land use intensity is one of the major land use/land cover (LULC) changes in wetland ecosystems. LULC changes have major impacts on the environment, livelihoods and nature conservation. In this study, we evaluate the impacts of investments in small-scale irrigation schemes on LULC in relation to regional development in Kilombero Valley, Tanzania. We used Remote Sensing (RS)

This paper presents a novel simulation tool to understand and to analyze biological models for wastewater treatment processes using microalgae. The models for this type of processes are very complex to be analyzed because of very different phenomena, variables and parameters involved. The model already included into the tool has been validated at controlled conditions simulating outdoor ones, it being

Climate change is one factor increasing the risk of hydro-meteorological hazards globally. The use of nature-based solutions (NbS), and more specifically ecosystem-based disaster risk reduction measures (Eco-DRR), has become a popular response for risk reduction that also provides highly-valued co-benefits. Public acceptance is important for NbS since they often rely on local collaborative implementation

The aquatic environments play a critical function in the widespread of antibiotic-resistant bacteria, ultimately impacting human health. We evaluated the abundance of Enterobacteriaceae and the various resistance gene determinants in final effluents of wastewater treatment plants (WWTPs) in the Eastern Cape Province, Republic of South Africa. A total of 44 presumptive Enterobacteriaceae was recovered

Monitoring fish assemblages in estuary environments is often difficult to standardize due to habitat complexity and gear-specific selectivity. This is further compounded by conventional sampling methods which require fish handling that might cause stress or mortality. To ameliorate these issues, we developed the Single-Platform Aquatic Species and Habitat Sampling System (Platform), an integrated and

Assessing the response of soil heterotrophic and autotrophic respiration to climate change is critical for forecasting terrestrial carbon cycle behavior in the future. In the present study, we conducted a drought experiment in Vitexnegundo var. heterophylla shrub ecosystem of the Middle Taihang Mountain. Three precipitation manipulation treatments (natural conditions/ambient precipitation (CK), reduced

Rice consumption is a major dietary source of Cd and poses a potential threat to human health. The aims of this study were to examine the influence of Fe and Cd application on yield and its yield components, dynamics of Cd in pore water, translocation factors, daily dietary intake and estimation of human health risks. A pot experiment was performed under glasshouse conditions where rice cultivars (Langi

River regulation alters the natural flow regime of streams with consequent impacts on terrestrial and aquatic habitats of the riparian zone. The severity of such impacts can be modulated by changing the redistribution rules at water intakes and reservoirs. Contrary to minimal-flow policies, non-proportional and proportional redistribution policies result in variable environmental flow releases, namely

Water-extractable organic matter (WEOM) in soil is the critical substrate that fuels microbial-driven biogeochemical cycles. However, questions remain regarding whether and how expanding impervious surface area under global urbanization may alter soil WEOM cycling. Based on absorbance and fluorescence spectroscopy and Fourier transform ion cyclotron resonance mass spectrometry (FT-ICR MS), we compared

The contribution of artificial reservoirs to greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions has been emphasized in previous studies. In the present study, we collected and updated data on GHG emission rates from reservoirs at the global scale, and applied a new classification method based on the hydrobelt concept. Our results showed that CH4 and CO2 emissions were significantly different in the hydrobelt groups (p

Encroachment of woody plants has negative effects on grass species and seriously challenging livestock production and pastoral livelihood in semi-arid savanna. The effect of thinning and season on grass species composition and biomass was investigated in lowland grazing area for three seasons. The study consisted of 15 plots (each 50m × 50m), thinned to differing intensities. The plots were located

The COVID-19 global pandemic has transformed the relationship between science and society. The ensuing public health crisis has placed aspects of this relationship in harsh relief; perceptions of scientific credibility, risk, uncertainty, and democracy are all publicly debated in ways unforeseen before the pandemic. This unprecedented situation presents opportunities to reassess how certain disciplines

Soil-water characteristic curve(SWCC) is an essential parameter for studying the mechanical properties of unsaturated tailings, which plays an important role in stability assessment and prediction of unsaturated tailings dam. In this paper, the matrix suction was measured indirectly by filter paper-based method to investigate the effects of key factors(gradation, temperature and initial dry density)on

The agitation was a significant factor for achieving the high performance of electrocoagulation (EC) system. The different agitations of stirring and aeration were implied to the hybrid EC system with the aim of maximizing the industrial wastewater treatment in a short electrolytic time. The coolant wastewater from an aluminum product industry was represented as industrial wastewater in this work.

As a new type of pollutants, Phthalate esters (PAEs) are common organic compound in industrial production and daily life, which are widely detected in surface water environment. Among them, dibutyl phthalate (DBP) and bis (2-ethylhexyl) phthalate (DEHP) have attracted much attention due to their harmful effects on aquatic life such as endocrine disrupting effects. In this study, the toxicity data of

In Colombia, the rise of agricultural and pastureland expansion continues to exert increasing pressure on the structure and ecological processes of savannahs in the Eastern Plains. However, the effect of land use change on soil properties is often unknown due to poor access to remote areas. Effective management and conservation of soils requires the development spatial approaches that measure and predict

The present study investigates the magnitude of fluoride (F-) contamination in agricultural land soil and food crops from F- endemic regions of Bankura and Purulia districts in West Bengal. Mean fluoride level in agricultural soil was 114 ± 59 mg/kg (n = 41) and 126 ± 65 mg/kg (n = 47) in Bankura and Purulia district, respectively. Considering the food crops cultivated in Bankura (n = 79) and Purulia

Despite emerging and increasing concerns related to marine micro and macroplastics, no systematic surveys have been undertaken yet in the Lebanese marine area. To understand the spatio-temporal variation of plastic litter (macro and microplastics) in the Lebanese marine environment and determine the sources of pollution, this study investigated the characteristics of plastic pollution in sea surface

Carbon emission leads to environmental and social consequences, which could be severe in the emerging economies. Due to the dilemma of emission and economic expansion, it is necessary to achieve more comprehensive understanding of the dynamic relationship between economic growth and carbon emission. Multivariate Wavelet analysis is introduced in addition to the decoupling analysis for BRICS countries

Under the tide of global economic integration, the risks of environmental pollution have become intensified. The close exchange of activities among the countries under the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI)will especially feel this contagion of environmental risks. Given this situation, this paper analyses the environmental risk contagion relations among the BRI countries and the characteristics of their

A new Mean Sea Surface (MSS) model called Shandong University of Science and Technology Antarctic Mean Sea Surface model (SDUST_ANT MSS) in the Antarctic Ocean is presented and validated in this paper. The SDUST_ANT MSS updates the DTU18 MSS with 6 years of Exact Repeat Mission (ERM) and Geodetic Mission (GM) data from HY-2A. Collinear adjustment was applied to all the ERM data to obtain the along-track

In Lake Tanganyika, blooms of nitrogen-fixing (diazotrophic) cyanobacteria emerge, when the upper water column re-stratifies after a period of upwelling and convective mixing. During this seasonal transition, diazotrophic cyanobacteria exploit the abundant phosphate and fix nitrogen after other phytoplankton taxa have consumed the available nitrate. However, it remains less clear, which mechanisms

The effects of acute and chronic exposure to semicarbazide were carried out on the sea cucumber Apostichopus japonicus. A half-maximal lethal concentration of 3.72 g/L of semicarbazide hydrochloride (95% confidence interval 3.43-4.02 g/L) was deduced. At 20%, 4%, and 2% of the half-maximal lethal concentrations, a 28-day exposure induced morphological alterations, oxidative stress, and acetylcholinesterase

Nature-based solutions (NBS) provide a promising means to a climate resilient future. To guide investments in NBS, stated preference (SP) studies have become a common tool to evaluate the benefits of NBS in developing countries. Due to subsistence lifestyles and generally lower incomes, SP studies in developing countries increasingly use time payments as an alternative to the traditionally implemented

This paper takes a new look on transition processes in social-ecological systems, identified based on household use of direct ecosystem services in a case study in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. It builds on the assumption that high dependence on local ecosystems for basic needs satisfaction corresponds to a “green loop” type of system, with direct feedbacks between environmental degradation and human

Interaction effects of temperature, light, nutrients and pH on growth and competition of Chlorella vulgaris and Anabaena sp. strain PCC was carried out by orthogonal design method to research how the environment factors to promote the growth of useful algae and restrain the growth of harmful algae. The results showed that the optimum conditions for growth of Chlorella vulgaris in uni-cultured system

Urban Green Space (UGS) is considered to be beneficial for health and wellbeing of urban residents. But there is growing evidence these benefits are not equally distributed. In this article we aim to understand the role that UGS play in the process of social exclusion and the role urban greening strategies can play in enhancing social equity for specific groups that are excluded: elderly people with

Currently, recycling or degradation treatments for tires are an enormous challenge. Despite efforts to dispose of or recycle it, rubber waste is increasing year by year worldwide. To create a rubber-recycling system, several researchers have proposed tire desulfurization. In this study, we compare two methods: one biological, using Acidobacillus ferroxidans in shake 250 mL flask experiments, and one

In recent years, biodegradable polymers have been hailed as one of the potential solutions to the plastic pollution problem, due to their ability to fully degrade rather than break down in smaller pieces over time. However, complete degradation of biodegradable polymers is often achievable only under strictly controlled conditions (i.e. increased temperature and pressure), which are not found in the

Identifying critical areas of ecosystem service supply and demand provides an important foundation for regional ecological security and land space optimization. The purpose of this study was to establish a spatial multi-scale integrated ecosystem service pattern assessment framework, in order to provide theoretical support for regional ecological protection planning and refined management. Taking the

Poor air quality influences the quality of life in the urban environment. The regulatory observation stations provide the backbone for the city administration to monitor urban air quality. Recently a suite of cost-effective air quality sensors has emerged to provide novel insights into the spatio-temporal variability of aerosol particles and trace gases. Particularly in low concentrations these sensors

River plastic pollution is an environmental challenge of growing concern. However, there are still many unknowns related to the principal drivers of river plastic transport. Floating aquatic vegetation, such as water hyacinths, have been found to aggregate and carry large amounts of plastic debris in tropical river systems. Monitoring the entrapment of plastics in hyacinths is therefore crucial to

The Andean Altiplano is characterized by its isolation, high altitude (> 3,600 m.a.s.l.), and a unique biodiversity, contains water systems such as lakes, rivers, wetlands, and salt flats. Near the southernmost area of the Andean Altiplano are two salt flats, Carcote and Ascotán, the former almost undisturbed by human intervention, and the latter historically intervened by brine-mining. These mining

Stakeholders of the small-scale (<50 MW generation capacity) hydropower sector in Uganda recognise the importance of sustainable development of the resources that have social and ecological importance. Uganda is experiencing a boom in hydropower projects resulting in over generation of electricity and its exportation to neighbouring nations. Limited policies are currently available in Uganda to direct

Due to their numerous merits (such as high durability, diverse applicability, ready-availability, low-cost, reusability, and so on), the presumably inevitable use of plastics makes their waste ubiquitously dispersed in our environment. The environmental damage posed, especially to the ecosystem, initiated the need for recourse control of these environmentally refractory pollutants. In this review,

Phthalate esters (PEs) are by far the most produced, and extensively used synthetic organic chemicals with notable applications in many industrial products such as vinyl upholstery, adhesives, food containers, packaging materials, inks, adhesives, cosmetics, paints, pharmaceuticals munitions, and insecticides among other. PEs have long been recognised as ubiquitous organic pollutants of prime environmental

The increasing cancer risk (CR) due to sediment- and soil-bound polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) is a major threat to public health. The CR of sediment- and soil-bound carcinogenic PAHs was estimated for the first time in coastal and residential areas near an industrial zone in Korea. Monte Carlo probabilistic simulations and sensitivity tests were conducted to calculate the CR and to identify

Plant residual is an effective way in retarding soil wind erosion in the agro-pastoral ecotone. However, few studies have determined the effects of sand plant residual on wind erosion resistance. Based on field surveys, the influences of Salix residual biomass of 200 g m-2, 400 g m-2, 600 g m-2 and 800 g m-2, soil incorporated with residual thickness of 0.5 cm, 1.0 cm and 2.0 cm, as well as typical

Abstract：The water-soluble heavy metal ions in contaminated soil may enter aquatic ecosystem through runoff, thus causing negative impact on the water environment. In this study, a two-year in situ experiment was carried out to explore an effective way to reduce the runoff erosion and water-soluble copper (Cu) and cadmium (Cd) in a contaminated soil (Cu: 1148 mgkg-1, Cd: 1.31 mg kg-1) near a large

Previous studies have shown that algal-derived dissolved organic matter (DOM) has a strong influence on the formation of disinfection byproducts (DBPs) during the treatment of drinking water. In the summer of 2010, we evaluated the role of nitrogen and phosphorus loading and phytoplankton abundance as drivers of the concentrations and quality of DOM and the associated DBP formation in 30 reservoirs

Global climate change is expected with ever rising human population on the planet earth. The different anthropogenic activities have resulted in increased levels of greenhouse gases(GHSs) in the atmosphere, higher temperatures, aberrant precipitation patterns and several other climate change that would affect all lives on this planet. This review article addresses the adaptation and mitigation of climate

Reducing energy intensity is conducive to the sustainable use of non-renewable fossil energy, and is also one of the main strategies to deal with climate change and environmental degradation. The effect of national macro-level factors on energy intensity has been basically confirmed, but the effect of regional low-carbon policy remains to be investigated. Based on this, our analysis exploits China’s

Understanding the extent of human influence on the environment and informing regulation and management is a role of ecological monitoring. Although challenging to develop and operate, some degree of integrated monitoring is often necessary, especially at regional scales, to address the complex questions of environmental management and regulation. The concept of integration is well-understood, but its

Volatile organic compounds (VOCs) are emitted by plants and microorganisms and have significant impacts on atmospheric chemistry. Soil systems are sources of VOCs driven by abiotic and biotic factors. We investigated the emissions of VOCs by soils and their plant cover from three contrasted biotopes: meadow, heathland and oak forest, during 24-hours in summer. We hypothesized that the spatial and temporal

The fish community of Lake Constance, a large, deep, oligotrophic lake has undergone drastic changes in recent years, with the sudden rise to dominance of invasive three-spined stickleback (Gasterosteus aculeatus) in the pelagic zone, a rather atypical habitat for this species in Central Europe. The core objective of this study was to compare the feeding ecology of stickleback and young Eurasian perch

To meet the increasing demands of the growing population and to cope with the challenges of global change, both the production of biological feedstock and the recovery of recyclable natural resources play a critical role. Microalgal biomass is a promising source of renewable multifunctional feedstock, but the production is costly and requires large amounts of water. Here, we explored the potential

Approaches that integrate feedback between climate, land, energy and water (CLEW) have progressed significantly in scope and complexity. The so-called nexus approaches have shown their usefulness in assessing strategies to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals in the contexts of increasing demands, resource scarcity, and climate change. However, most nexus analyses omit some important inter-linkages

Natural parks (NPs) have a primary role in supporting people’s welfare by maintaining the natural and cultural resources. Within the boundaries of a NP may coexist various activities such as the conservation of flora and fauna, forestry, agriculture and livestock, residential, and tourism. All these activities may contribute as source or sink of carbon dioxide and, despite some NPs have started to