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1. A 133-year record of eutrophication in the Chaihe Reservoir, Southwest China

Author:
Wenxian Sun; Xiaoyin Niu; Haowei Teng; Yanfei Ma; Longchao Ma; Yizhou Liu
Source:
Ecological indicators 2022 v.134 pp. 108469
ISSN:
1470-160X
Subject:
anthropogenic activities; aquatic environment; cesium radioisotopes; environmental assessment; eutrophication; evolution; humans; oxygen; risk; sediments; stable isotopes; sulfur; total nitrogen; total organic carbon; total phosphorus; China
Abstract:
... In order to reveal eutrophication evolution, radionuclides (²¹⁰Pb and ¹³⁷Cs), total organic carbon (TOC), total nitrogen (TN), total phosphorus (TP), total sulphur (TS) concentrations, stable carbon isotope (δ¹³C) were analyzed in a sediment core collected from Chaihe Reservoir in Kunming, Yunnan province, southwest China during 2019. The results showed that the ²¹⁰Pbₑₓ activities ranged from 9.67 ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.ecolind.2021.108469

2. A Comparison of the Environmental Performance between Construction Materials and Operational Energy of Nearly Zero-Energy Wood-Based Educational Building

Author:
Jozef Mitterpach; Rozália Vaňová; Přemysl Šedivka; Jozef Štefko
Source:
Forests 2022 v.13 no.2 pp. -
ISSN:
1999-4907
Subject:
computer software; energy; environmental assessment; environmental impact; environmental performance; life cycle impact assessment; nonrenewable resources
Abstract:
... This paper focused on the environmental performance of a nearly zero-energy wood-based educational building (NZEB-W) via the life cycle impact assessment (LCIA). It identifies the environmental impacts of construction materials and operational energy demands of the NZEB-W and compares them using the SimaPro 8 software with the IMPACT 2002+ method. The LCIA results from NZEB-W show that the overall ...
DOI:
10.3390/f13020220

3. A comprehensive exploration on distribution, risk assessment, and source quantification of heavy metals in the multi-media environment from Shaying River Basin, China

Author:
Minghui Hao; Qiting Zuo; Jialu Li; Shujuan Shi; Bei Li; Xinna Zhao
Source:
Ecotoxicology and environmental safety 2022 v.231 pp. 113190
ISSN:
0147-6513
Subject:
basins; ecotoxicology; environmental assessment; factor analysis; fuel combustion; heavy metals; models; pollutants; pollution; pollution control; risk assessment; sediments; soil; surface water; watersheds; China
Abstract:
... Comprehensively understand the distribution of pollutants in the multi-media environment at basin scale is of major importance to the ecological risk assessment and pollution control. In this study, multi-media contamination characteristics of eight heavy metals in the water, soil, and sediment from the Shaying River Basin of China have been analyzed to probe their ecological risks and potential s ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.ecoenv.2022.113190

4. A life cycle perspective of lamb meat production systems from Turkey and the EU

Author:
Andreas Geß; Anna Tolsdorf; Nathanael Ko
Source:
Small ruminant research 2022 v.208 pp. 106637
ISSN:
0921-4488
Subject:
acidification; case studies; environmental assessment; eutrophication; farmers; farms; fauna; flora; food production; issues and policy; lamb meat; land use change; life cycle assessment; meat production; profitability; research; sheep; sheep industry; Germany; Italy; Portugal; Slovenia; Spain
Abstract:
... This study assesses the environmental impacts and the life cycle costs (LCC) of various European lamb meat production systems. Primary data was collected on sheep farms in six countries: Germany, Italy, Portugal, Slovenia, Spain and Turkey. The main goal of the study was to indicate the most sustainable management form of sheep farming which is not only ecologically viable, but also economically p ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.smallrumres.2022.106637

5. A method for the generation of typical meteorological year data using ensemble empirical mode decomposition for different climates of China and performance comparison analysis

Author:
Xinying Fan
Source:
Energy 2022 v.240 pp. 122822
ISSN:
0360-5442
Subject:
databases; energy; environmental assessment; solar radiation; wind speed; China
Abstract:
... The typical meteorological year (TMY) is one of the key factors to accurately estimate building energy consumption and analysis indoor environment. Therefore, high-performance TMY is crucial. A new TMY generation method based on empirical mode decomposition (EEMD) in this paper was put forward for different climates of China. The results show that the proposed method effectively improves the repre ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.energy.2021.122822

6. A review on polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons distribution in freshwater ecosystems and their toxicity to benthic fauna

Author:
Fátima Jesus; Joana L. Pereira; Isabel Campos; Martha Santos; Ana Ré; Jacob Keizer; António Nogueira; Fernando J.M. Gonçalves; Nelson Abrantes; Dalila Serpa
Source:
Science of the total environment 2022 v.820 pp. 153282
ISSN:
0048-9697
Subject:
aquatic environment; benthic organisms; ecotoxicology; environmental assessment; freshwater; human health; hydrophobicity; sediments; toxicity
Abstract:
... Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) are a group of organic compounds, found ubiquitously in all environmental compartments. PAHs are considered hazardous pollutants, being of concern to both the environmental and human health. In the aquatic environment, PAHs tend to accumulate in the sediment due to their high hydrophobicity, and thus sediments can be considered their ultimate sink. Concurren ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.scitotenv.2022.153282

7. A spatial causal network approach for multi-stressor risk analysis and mapping for environmental impact assessments

Author:
Luk J.M. Peeters; Kate L. Holland; Cameron Huddlestone-Holmes; Andrew J. Boulton
Source:
Science of the total environment 2022 v.802 pp. 149845
ISSN:
0048-9697
Subject:
basins; decision making; environment; environmental assessment; environmental impact; humans; protected species; resource management; risk; Australia
Abstract:
... Environmental impact assessment (EIA) relies on rigorous scientific assessment of all potential causal pathways by which large-scale developments may impact on valued assets in a region. Despite their importance to informed decision-making, many EIAs are flawed by incomplete analysis of causal pathways, limited spatial assessment and a lack of transparency about how risks have been evaluated acros ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.scitotenv.2021.149845

8. Adaptive Management to Reduce Nest Inundation of a Critically Endangered Freshwater Turtle: Confirming the Win-win

Author:
Tom Espinoza; Sharon M. Marshall; Duncan J. Limpus; Col J. Limpus; Andrew J. McDougall
Source:
Environmental management 2022 v.69 no.5 pp. 972-981
ISSN:
0364-152X
Subject:
adaptive management; environmental assessment; infrastructure; nests; riparian areas; risk assessment process; rivers; turtles; viability; water storage; Queensland
Abstract:
... Inundation of Australian freshwater turtle nests has been identified as a threat to recruitment and long-term viability of species such as the critically endangered white-throated snapping turtle (Elseya albagula). Water level fluctuations within water storage infrastructure can inundate significant proportions of E. albagula nests in any year. Using an ecological risk assessment framework, operat ...
DOI:
10.1007/s00267-022-01601-2

9. Adsorption behaviors and mechanisms of antibiotic norfloxacin on degradable and nondegradable microplastics

Author:
Meng Sun; Yongkui Yang; Menglu Huang; Shaokang Fu; Yuying Hao; Siyu Hu; Donglin Lai; Lin Zhao
Source:
Science of the total environment 2022 v.807 pp. 151042
ISSN:
0048-9697
Subject:
adsorption; antibiotics; endothermy; environment; environmental assessment; heavy metals; hydrogen; ion exchange; ionic strength; microplastics; norfloxacin; pH; pollution; polybutylene succinate; polyethylene; polystyrenes; sorption isotherms; thermodynamics
Abstract:
... The misuse of both antibiotics and plastics significantly increases the environmental pollution problems associated with these contaminants. Moreover, microplastics can adsorb other pollutants in the environment. However, the mechanisms of antibiotic adsorption by degradable and nondegradable microplastics are not completely understood. In this study, we investigated the environmental behavior of ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.scitotenv.2021.151042

10. Adsorption of benzalkonium chlorides onto polyethylene microplastics: Mechanism and toxicity evaluation

Author:
Tae-Kyoung Kim; Minhee Jang; Yu Sik Hwang
Source:
Journal of hazardous materials 2022 v.426 pp. 128076
ISSN:
0304-3894
Subject:
COVID-19 infection; Daphnia magna; adsorption; benzalkonium chloride; environmental assessment; hydrophobicity; microplastics; pH; particle size; pollution; polyethylene; survival rate; toxicity
Abstract:
... Usage of disposable plastic products and disinfectants has been skyrocketing due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The random disposal of plastic products may result in greater microplastic pollution. Benzalkonium chloride is known as one of the most common ingredients of disinfectants. In this study, the adsorption behavior of benzalkonium chlorides (BAC₁₂, BAC₁₄, BAC₁₆) on polyethylene microplastics (PE ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.jhazmat.2021.128076

11. An approach for cancer risk-based apportionment of PM₂.₅ constituents and sources

Author:
Ashutosh K Pathak; Mukesh Sharma; Pavan K Nagar
Source:
Human and ecological risk assessment 2022 v.28 no.2 pp. 205-221
ISSN:
1549-7860
Subject:
United States Environmental Protection Agency; aerodynamics; carcinogens; coal; dust; environmental assessment; gasoline; humans; liquid petroleum gas; municipal solid waste; particle size; power plants; risk; toxicity; India
Abstract:
... The primary concern of PM₂.₅ (particle size of an aerodynamic diameter 2.5 micrometers or less) is its adverse health effects. As not all PM₂.₅ particles are equally toxic, a uniform PM₂.₅ mass control across the emitting sources may not provide the maximum health benefits. A new approach that apportions PM₂.₅ constituents, based on their toxicity and further realigns them into the sources, is dev ...
DOI:
10.1080/10807039.2022.2033612

12. An economic and environmental assessment of biofuel produced via microwave-assisted catalytic pyrolysis of forest residues

Author:
Hui Zhu; Jack Saddler; Xiaotao Bi
Source:
Energy conversion and management 2022 v.263 pp. 115723
ISSN:
0196-8904
Subject:
administrative management; biochar; biofuels; biomass; biorefining; carbon; carbon markets; coproducts; cradle-to-gate; economic feasibility; electricity; energy conversion; environmental assessment; environmental impact; forests; income; issues and policy; microwave treatment; petroleum; pollution control; pyrolysis; transportation industry; value added; Canada
Abstract:
... The conversion of forest residues into biofuels will enhance the decarbonization of the transportation sector and help the world reach its net-zero targets. Microwave-assisted catalytic pyrolysis (MACP) is an emerging thermo-catalytic conversion technology which, when coupled with low-carbon electricity, will result in negative emissions. The work described here assessed the economic feasibility a ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.enconman.2022.115723

13. An environmental assessment for municipal organic waste and sludge treated by hydrothermal carbonization

Author:
Lorena Espinoza Pérez; Andrea Espinoza Pérez; Ernesto Pino-Cortés; Fidel Vallejo; Luis A. Díaz-Robles
Source:
Science of the total environment 2022 v.828 pp. 154474
ISSN:
0048-9697
Subject:
biomass; climate change; energy efficiency; environment; environmental assessment; environmental impact; hydrochars; hydrothermal carbonization; life cycle assessment; municipal solid waste; organic wastes; renewable energy sources; sewage sludge
Abstract:
... Climate change is the world's greatest challenge today, the reason why it is urgent to optimize industrial processes and find new renewable energy sources. Hydrothermal carbonization (HTC) is one of the Waste-to-Energy technologies with greater projections due to its operative advantages. However, for its large-scale implementation, there are challenges related to the variability of the compositio ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.scitotenv.2022.154474

14. An evaluating system for wetland ecological risk: Case study in coastal mainland China

Author:
Houlang Duan; Xiubo Yu; Li Zhang; Shaoxia Xia; Yu Liu; Dehua Mao; Guangshuai Zhang
Source:
Science of the total environment 2022 v.828 pp. 154535
ISSN:
0048-9697
Subject:
biodiversity; case studies; cropland; environment; environmental assessment; habitats; occupations; risk; risk assessment process; water quality; wetlands; China
Abstract:
... Coastal wetland degradation and fragmentation contribute to habitat and biodiversity loss. We construct wetland ecological risk assessment framework to evaluate the risk posed to 35 coastal wetland national nature reserves (NNRs) in China for the years 2000 and 2020. Our wetland ecological risk index (WRI) is based on an external hazard sub-index (EHI) and an internal vulnerability sub-index. Most ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.scitotenv.2022.154535

15. An extended gained and lost dominance score method based risk prioritization for Fine-Kinney model with interval type-2 fuzzy information

Author:
Weizhong Wang; Wenjun Jiang; Xiao Han; Shuli Liu
Source:
Human and ecological risk assessment 2022 v.28 no.1 pp. 154-183
ISSN:
1549-7860
Subject:
decision making; environmental assessment; humans; models; prioritization; risk; risk assessment
Abstract:
... The Fine-Kinney model is one of the most extensively adopted classical occupational risk analysis techniques which has been regarded as a helpful means for addressing the risk identification and evaluation problems in various fields. However, current extended Fine-Kinney models have limited capacity to cope with occupational risk evaluation and prioritization problems considering interactive relat ...
DOI:
10.1080/10807039.2021.2023807

16. An integrated biomarker approach: non-monotonic responses to cadmium exposure in the suckermouth catfish Hypostomus plecostomus

Author:
Oriol Cano-Rocabayera; Mario Monroy; Ángela Margarita Moncaleano-Niño; María Camila Gómez-Cubillos; Michael J. Ahrens
Source:
Aquatic toxicology 2022 pp. 106193
ISSN:
0166-445X
Subject:
Hypostomus plecostomus; alkaloids; biomarkers; body condition; brain; catfish; cholinesterase; dose response; environmental assessment; food intake; health status; histology; indicator species; liver; oxygen consumption; pollution; toxicity; toxicology
Abstract:
... Environmental risk assessment in aquatic ecosystems typically uses biomarkers to detect interactions between potential hazards and biological systems. Next to knowing environmental contaminant levels in tissues and the environment, it is important to link to potentially deleterious effects at higher levels of biological organisation such as biochemistry, physiology and overall health status. In th ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.aquatox.2022.106193

17. Assessing the Portion of Diet Taken by Birds and Mammals from a Pesticide‐Treated Area—Proposal for a Joint Way Forward

Author:
Jan‐Dieter Ludwigs; Markus Ebeling; Sonja Haaf; Steven Kragten
Source:
Environmental toxicology and chemistry 2022 v.41 no.5 pp. 1344-1354
ISSN:
0730-7268
Subject:
birds; chemistry; data quality; developmental stages; diet; ecotoxicology; environmental assessment; food safety; mammals; pesticide application; pesticides; risk; variance; Europe
Abstract:
... An environmental risk assessment for birds and mammals is an important part of any application package for potential registration of pesticides in Europe. A realistic estimation of the exposure of a certain species to the pesticide under field conditions is a refinement factor in long‐term higher‐tier risk assessments. Although guidance on how to collect specific exposure data is provided, there i ...
DOI:
10.1002/etc.5311

18. Assessing the dynamic landscape ecological risk and its driving forces in an island city based on optimal spatial scales: Haitan Island, China

Author:
Jingwen Ai; Kunyong Yu; Zhen Zeng; Liuqing Yang; Yanfen Liu; Jian Liu
Source:
Ecological indicators 2022 v.137 pp. 108771
ISSN:
1470-160X
Subject:
commercialization; cropland; ecosystems; environmental assessment; forests; habitat fragmentation; humans; land use; landscapes; population density; risk; tourism; urbanization; China
Abstract:
... Since the construction of the 21st Century Maritime Silk Road, islands in China have undergone more rapid urbanization, commercialization, and tourism. The interactions between natural and anthropogenic processes, however, have severely disturbed island ecosystems. Therefore, it is crucial to understand these interactions and identify key areas for island ecosystem protection and restoration by as ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.ecolind.2022.108771

19. Assessment of methanol and electricity co-production plants based on coke oven gas and blast furnace gas utilization

Author:
Yi-Peng Xu; Run-Hao Liu; Meng-Zhuo Shen; Zheng-Ang Lv; Supat Chupradit; Ahmed Sayed M. Metwally; Mika Sillanpaa; Qian Qian
Source:
Sustainable Production and Consumption 2022 v.32 pp. 318-329
ISSN:
2352-5509
Subject:
carbon; carbon dioxide; economic sustainability; electricity; energy efficiency; environmental assessment; exergy; furnaces; heat; hydrogen; methanol; ovens; synthesis gas
Abstract:
... This study aims to develop an economically viable novel process with high thermodynamic efficiency for the co-generation of methanol and electricity from coke oven gas (COG) and blast furnace gas (BFG). For this purpose, two processes are proposed to utilize COG and BFG. In process A, syngas is obtained from COG reforming, and BFG, after providing the required heat for the reformer, is injected in ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.spc.2022.05.005

20. Assessment of the Environmental Balance in Agricultural Landscapes of the Dry Steppe Zone (Chestnut Soils, Volgograd Oblast)

Author:
A. M. Belyakov; A. V. Koshelev; M. V. Nazarova
Source:
Arid ecosystems 2022 v.12 no.1 pp. 108-112
ISSN:
2079-0961
Subject:
Castanea; Russia; agroecology; anthropogenic activities; crop rotation; decision making; environmental assessment; infrastructure; land use; rivers; steppes; tillage
Abstract:
... The agricultural landscapes of the dry steppe zone of chestnut soils (middle reaches of the Don River and lower reaches of the Volga River) exist in harsh soil–climatic conditions (the moisture deficit reaches 30–40%) and are currently affected by intense economic use. Many researchers believe that this is the reason behind their imbalance and varying degrees of degradation. Therefore, the procedu ...
DOI:
10.1134/S2079096122010024

21. Assessment of the circular economy in the Brazilian planted tree sector using the ReSOLVE framework

Author:
Mariana Tedesco; Flávio José Simioni; Simone Sehnem; Juliana Ferreira Soares; Luiz Moreira Coelho Junior
Source:
Sustainable Production and Consumption 2022 v.31 pp. 397-406
ISSN:
2352-5509
Subject:
circular economy; descriptive statistics; education; environmental assessment; industry; markets; surveys; trees; Brazil
Abstract:
... Industries are restructuring their productive systems based on sustainability to ensure the future availability natural resources. This article evaluates how industries from the planted tree sector in Brazil are applying the concept of circular economy (CE). A survey was conducted for the environmental assessment and determination of CE practices among companies of this sector using the ReSOLVE fr ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.spc.2022.03.005

22. Bio-uptake, tissue distribution and metabolism of a neonicotinoid insecticide clothianidin in zebrafish

Author:
Yi Yang; Limin Su; Ying Huang; Xiao Zhang; Chao Li; Jia Wang; Lingyun Fan; Shuo Wang; Yuan H. Zhao
Source:
Environmental pollution 2022 v.292 pp. 118317
ISSN:
0269-7491
Subject:
Danio rerio; aquatic environment; bioaccumulation factor; biotransformation; clothianidin; environmental assessment; fish; intestines; liver; pharmacokinetics; pollution; risk; tissue distribution; urea
Abstract:
... Neonicotinoids have been often detected in aquatic environment with high concentrations; however, little is known about their risk and fate to/in fish. This study systematically investigated the bio-uptake, tissue distribution and metabolism of neonicotinoids in zebrafish, taking clothianidin (CLO) as an example. The results revealed the uptake and elimination kinetics of CLO in whole fish and dif ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.envpol.2021.118317

23. Biodegradability, environmental risk assessment and ecological footprint in wastewater technologies for pharmaceutically active compounds removal

Author:
Carolina Rodrigues dos Santos; Yuri Abner Rocha Lebron; Victor Rezende Moreira; Konrad Koch; Míriam Cristina Santos Amaral
Source:
Bioresource technology 2022 v.343 pp. 126150
ISSN:
0960-8524
Subject:
acetaminophen; biodegradability; biodegradation; biofilm; diclofenac; ecological footprint; energy; environmental assessment; membrane bioreactors; pollutants; risk; wastewater; wastewater treatment
Abstract:
... Several studies have investigated the removal of pharmaceutically active compounds (PhACs) by wastewater treatment technologies due to the risk that these compounds pose to the environment. In this sense, advanced biological processes have been developed for micropollutants removal, such as membrane bioreactors and moving bed biofilm reactors. Thus, this review holistically evaluated the biodegrad ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.biortech.2021.126150

24. Brominated flame retardants (BFRs) in sediment from a typical e-waste dismantling region in Southern China: Occurrence, spatial distribution, composition profiles, and ecological risks

Author:
Siyuan Ling; Shanqi Zhou; Jiaqi Tan; Cong Lu; Mengru Fu; Cheng Peng; Wei Zhang; Shuangqing Hu; Kuangfei Lin; Bingsheng Zhou
Source:
Science of the total environment 2022 v.824 pp. 153813
ISSN:
0048-9697
Subject:
atmospheric deposition; biphenyl; bromination; decabromodiphenyl ethane; decabromodiphenyl ether; electronic wastes; environment; environmental assessment; risk; rivers; sediments; China
Abstract:
... Our study evaluated the current occurrence, composition, and spatial distribution of eight congeners of polybrominated diphenyl ethers (PBDEs) and seven novel brominated flame retardants (NBFRs) in sediment from Guiyu, a typical e-waste dismantling region in China. PBDEs levels ranged from 0.345 to 401,000 ng/g dw and NBFRs levels ranged from 0.581 to 73,100 ng/g dw. Almost all sediment samples co ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.scitotenv.2022.153813

25. Case of study on a sustainability building: Environmental risk assessment related with allergenicity from air quality considering meteorological and urban green infrastructure data on BIM

Author:
A. Rodríguez-Amigo; J.F. Fernández-Alvarado; S. Fernández-Rodríguez
Source:
Science of the total environment 2022 pp. 155910
ISSN:
0048-9697
Subject:
air quality; allergenicity; environment; environmental assessment; gardens; green infrastructure; meteorology; wind; Spain
Abstract:
... Digitisation is gaining importance with 3D workflow for architecture-specific annotation of built heritage. The objective is to use the Building Information Modeling (BIM) methodology in order to carry out a study of alternatives of impact on environmental sustainability associated with the potential allergenicity with green infrastructure on a new housing, located in Mérida (SW Spain). It is inte ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.scitotenv.2022.155910

26. Combining natural deep eutectic solvent and microwave irradiation towards the eco-friendly and optimized extraction of bioactive phenolics from Eugenia uniflora L.

Author:
Otávio Aguiar Souza; Vitória Giovanna da Silva Ramalhão; Lucas de Melo Trentin; Cristiano Soleo Funari; Renato Lajarim Carneiro; Vanderlan da Silva Bolzani; Daniel Rinaldo
Source:
Sustainable chemistry and pharmacy 2022 v.26 pp. 100618
ISSN:
2352-5541
Subject:
Eugenia uniflora; choline; environmental assessment; environmental impact; green chemistry; irradiation; microwave radiation; microwave treatment; phenolic compounds; solubilization; solvents; temperature; traditional medicine; volatile organic compounds
Abstract:
... To design a green chemistry future, the development of new protocols for standardization of phytomedicines should consider both traditional and environmental parameters. In the present study, we developed a new natural deep eutectic solvent (NADES)-based microwave-assisted extraction (MAE) of phenolics from leaves of Eugenia uniflora L. This species is used in folk medicine and included in the lis ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.scp.2022.100618

27. Comparative assessment of the fate and toxicity of chemically and biologically synthesized silver nanoparticles to juvenile clams

Author:
Amar Yasser Jassim; Jingjing Wang; Katy W. Chung; Frédéric Loosli; Anindya Chanda; Geoffrey I. Scott; Mohammed Baalousha
Source:
Colloids and surfaces 2022 v.209 pp. 112173
ISSN:
0927-7765
Subject:
Aspergillus parasiticus; Mercenaria mercenaria; biochemical compounds; citrates; clams; electrophoresis; environmental assessment; environmental fate; fractionation; fungi; juveniles; nanosilver; nontoxigenic strains; seawater; silver; sodium borohydride; synthesis; toxicity; transmission electron microscopy; zeta potential
Abstract:
... Nanoparticles (NPs) can be produced via physical, chemical, or biological approaches. Yet, the impact of the synthesis approaches on the environmental fate and effects of NPs is poorly understood. Here, we synthesized AgNPs through chemical and biological approaches (cit-AgNPs and bio-AgNPs), characterized their properties, and toxicities relative to commercially available Ag nanopowder (np-AgNPs) ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.colsurfb.2021.112173

28. Compost versus biogas treatment of sewage sludge dilemma assessment using life cycle analysis

Author:
Phoebe-Zoe Morsink-Georgali; Angeliki Kylili; Paris A. Fokaides; Agis M. Papadopoulos
Source:
Journal of cleaner production 2022 v.350 pp. 131490
ISSN:
0959-6526
Subject:
anaerobic digesters; anaerobic digestion; biogas; carbon dioxide; composts; decision making; ecological value; ecosystems; employment; energy; environmental assessment; environmental impact; gas production (biological); laws and regulations; life cycle assessment; sewage sludge; sewage treatment; wastewater treatment
Abstract:
... The establishment of the Urban Wastewater Treatment Directive resulted in an immense increasing quantity of sewage sludge produced from wastewater treatment plants. With most up to date the “Ex-post evaluation of certain waste stream directives”, various legislation and strategies were derived from fulfilling the requirements resulting from this directive appropriately, in an economical and enviro ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.jclepro.2022.131490

29. Comprehensibility evaluation and redesign of safety/warning pictograms used on pesticide packaging in Central India

Author:
Gaurav Patel; Prabir Mukhopadhyay
Source:
Human and ecological risk assessment 2022 v.28 no.1 pp. 22-42
ISSN:
1549-7860
Subject:
agricultural industry; environmental assessment; ergonomics; humans; pesticides; India
Abstract:
... In the central Indian context, there are some pictograms used in almost all the pesticides packages. The objective of this study was to evaluate the existing pictograms used on pesticide packaging in the Indian context and redesign the same in tandem with the ergonomic attributes of the local users. Twelve frequently used pictograms were selected for ergonomic analysis and redesign in tandem with ...
DOI:
10.1080/10807039.2021.2011130

30. Comprehensive analysis of a novel integration of a biomass-driven combined heat and power plant with a compressed air energy storage (CAES)

Author:
Fatemeh Lashgari; Seyed Mostafa Babaei; Mona Zamani Pedram; Ahmad Arabkoohsar
Source:
Energy conversion and management 2022 v.255 pp. 115333
ISSN:
0196-8904
Subject:
administrative management; air; biomass; carbon dioxide; economic feasibility; electricity; electricity costs; environmental assessment; exergy; gasification; heat; power plants; solar energy; wind
Abstract:
... Unlike wind and solar energy, biomass is capable of providing stable and controllable energy output in an energy system at zero or even negative net emission rate. The combination of a gasification unit with a Brayton cycle is one of the traditional methods of utilizing biomass resources. This work presents a thorough (Energy, Exergy, Economic, Exergoeconomic, and Environmental) analysis of a biom ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.enconman.2022.115333

31. Coupling Coordination Analysis and Prediction of Landscape Ecological Risks and Ecosystem Services in the Min River Basin

Author:
Shihe Zhang; Quanlin Zhong; Dongliang Cheng; Chaobin Xu; Yunni Chang; Yuying Lin; Baoyin Li
Source:
Land 2022 v.11 no.2 pp. -
ISSN:
2073-445X
Subject:
ecosystem services; ecosystems; environmental assessment; land; land use; landscapes; models; prediction; socioeconomic development; sustainable development; urban areas; watersheds
Abstract:
... Watershed landscape ecological security and ecosystem service functions are the material basis and environmental guarantee for promoting socioeconomic development. Analyzing the spatiotemporal characteristics of landscape ecological risks (LERs) and ecosystem services (ESs) and exploring the coupling coordination relationship between the two are of great significance for promoting the construction ...
DOI:
10.3390/land11020222

32. Cross-regional scale pollution of freshwater biofilms unveiled by antibiotic resistance genes

Author:
Yuan Yao; Zongbao Liu; Ka Kin Yip; Yang Pu; Wenda Cheng; Meng Li; Olivier Habimana
Source:
Science of the total environment 2022 v.818 pp. 151835
ISSN:
0048-9697
Subject:
aminoglycosides; antibiotic resistance; antibiotic resistance genes; bacitracin; biofilm; chloramphenicol; environment; environmental assessment; freshwater; humans; metagenomics; pollution; polymyxins; tetracycline; veterinary medicine
Abstract:
... A comprehensive global profile of the distribution of ARGs in freshwater biofilms is lacking. We utilized metagenomic approaches to reveal the diversity, abundance, transferability and hosts of ARGs in 96 freshwater biofilm samples from 38 sampling sites across four countries. The abundant ARGs were associated with bacitracin, multidrug, polymyxin macrolide-lincosamide-streptogramin (MLS) aminogly ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.scitotenv.2021.151835

33. Dataset of costs of the mitigation hierarchy and plant translocations in France

Author:
Margaux Julien; Bruno Colas; Serge Muller; Bertrand Schatz
Source:
Data in Brief 2022 v.40 pp. 107722
ISSN:
2352-3409
Subject:
data collection; environmental assessment; environmental impact; protected species; stakeholders; France
Abstract:
... These data are coming from the derogation requests for the destruction of protected species in the context of construction or development work in France. These derogation requests include, among other things, the contents of an environmental impact assessment and the costs of the measures suggested to reduce the impact on the environment. In the article connected to this dataset, we studied the qu ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.dib.2021.107722

34. Dataset of physico-chemical water parameters, phytoplankton, flora and fauna in mangrove ecosystem at Sungai Kertih, Terengganu, Malaysia

Author:
Siti Mariam Muhammad Nor; Maisarah Jaafar; Nik Mohd Shibli Nik Jaafar; Nurul Shahida Redzuan; Wan Bayani Wan Omar; Muhammad Yazid Deraman; Siti Nur Syasya Nadhirah Azli; Nur Adilla Shehrom; 'Ainna Mahyudin; Nor Ain Bahari; Nurul Nadhirah Zulkafli; Nur Faezati Jaafar; Siti Nur Syaza Ma'ad; Mohammad Izuan Mohd Zamri; Azrun Amirudin; Nur Ain Abdullah; Nurulhuda Zakaria
Source:
Data in Brief 2022 v.42 pp. 108096
ISSN:
2352-3409
Subject:
Bivalvia; Crustacea; amphibians; biodiversity; coastal ecosystems; data collection; electrical conductivity; environmental assessment; fauna; flora; mangrove forests; oxygen; pH; phytoplankton; reptiles; rivers; salinity; temperature; trees; Malaysia
Abstract:
... This data article presents the composition of selected physico-chemical water parameters, phytoplankton, flora and fauna in Sungai Kertih, Terengganu, Malaysia. Sungai Kertih is surrounded by mangrove forest and located nearby to a coastal hill namely Bukit Labohan that supports vast biological resources to its adjacent inhabitants. Therefore, a biodiversity and environmental assessment was conduc ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.dib.2022.108096

35. Development of a ratiometric fluorescent probe with large Stokes shift and emission wavelength shift for real-time tracking of hydrazine and its multiple applications in environmental analysis and biological imaging

Author:
Zhonglong Wang; Yan Zhang; Zhiyuan Meng; Mingxin Li; Chenglong Zhang; Lijuan Yang; Yiqin Yang; Xu Xu; Shifa Wang
Source:
Journal of hazardous materials 2022 v.422 pp. 126891
ISSN:
0304-3894
Subject:
Arabidopsis thaliana; detection limit; ecosystems; environmental assessment; fluorescent dyes; human health; hydrazine; mobile telephones; nanofibers; pH; photostability; soil; vapors; wavelengths
Abstract:
... As a tremendously noxious and extensively utilized chemical reagent, hydrazine (N₂H₄) has become a serious threat to ecosystem and human health. Thus, it is desirable to exploit an efficient method for real-time tracking of hydrazine. Here, a novel ratiometric fluorescent probe PBQ-AB for hydrazine was rationally constructed from isolongifolanone. This probe displayed an extremely large Stokes shi ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.jhazmat.2021.126891

36. Differences in acoustic detectibility of bat species hamper Environmental Impact Assessment studies

Author:
Jasja Dekker; Wiegert Steen; Herman B. Bouman; Roland E. van der Vliet
Source:
European journal of wildlife research 2022 v.68 no.2 pp. 14
ISSN:
1612-4642
Subject:
Eptesicus; Myotis; Pipistrellus nathusii; Pipistrellus pipistrellus; Plecotus; acoustics; autumn; echolocation; environmental assessment; environmental impact; landscapes; probability; research; surveys; wildlife; Netherlands
Abstract:
... Different bat species are known to differ in their detectability. Having available presence-absence data from 100 randomly stratified selected 1 km² squares in the north of the Netherlands, collected during autumn 2009 and spring 2010 following Environmental Impact Assessment protocols, we calculated probabilities of occupancy and detection for ten bat species. Not only did we investigate their pr ...
DOI:
10.1007/s10344-022-01562-1

37. Direct determination of Cu, Cr, and Ni in river sediments samples using double pulse laser-induced breakdown spectroscopy: Ecological risk and pollution level assessment

Author:
Carla Pereira De Morais; Diego Victor Babos; Vinícius Câmara Costa; Jordan Brizi Neris; Gustavo Nicolodelli; Milene Corso Mitsuyuki; Frederico Fabio Mauad; Stéphane Mounier; Débora Marcondes Bastos Pereira Milori
Source:
Science of the total environment 2022 pp. 155699
ISSN:
0048-9697
Subject:
atomic absorption spectrometry; chemical species; chemometrics; environment; environmental assessment; laws and regulations; models; pollution; prediction; risk; rivers; toxicity
Abstract:
... Double pulse laser-induced breakdown spectroscopy (DP LIBS) has attracted much attention for analyzing trace elements due to its higher sensitivity when compared to single pulse laser-induced breakdown spectroscopy (SP LIBS). However, the development of quantitative methods in LIBS for the analysis of complex samples, such as sediments, is a great challenge due to the matrix effects that are very ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.scitotenv.2022.155699

38. Distribution and ecological risk assessment of heavy metals using geochemical normalization factors in the aquatic sediments

Author:
Ulaganathan Arisekar; Robinson Jeya Shakila; Rajendren Shalini; Geevartnam Jeyasekaran; Muruganantham Keerthana; Natarajan Arumugam; Abdulrahman I. Almansour; Karthikeyan Perumal
Source:
Chemosphere 2022 v.294 pp. 133708
ISSN:
0045-6535
Subject:
agricultural wastes; anthropogenic activities; environmental assessment; environmental protection; estuaries; heavy metals; marine ecosystems; mass spectrometry; pollution load; risk; rivers; sediments; sewage
Abstract:
... Thamirabharani river acquires a noticeable quantity of sewage and agriculture waste from local inhabitants. The distribution of heavy metals in the surface sediments of the Thamirabharani river was analyzed using Inductively Coupled Plasma- Mass Spectrometry (ICP-MS) to study the ecological risks. The heavy metal concentrations in the sediments ranged from 0.098 ± 0.03(Cd) to 159.181 ± 13.36 mg kg ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.chemosphere.2022.133708

39. Distribution of Pb isotopes in different chemical fractions in bed sediments from lower reaches of the Xiangjiang River, Hunan province of China

Author:
Bo Peng; Haisheng Chen; Xiaohong Fang; Shurong Xie; Sicheng Wu; Chunxia Jiang; Yanan Dai
Source:
Science of the total environment 2022 v.829 pp. 154394
ISSN:
0048-9697
Subject:
coal; combustion; environment; environmental assessment; granite; heavy metals; rivers; sediments; silicates; thorium; uranium; China
Abstract:
... This paper reports Pb isotopes in different fractions following the three step BCR and 1 M HCl extractions on river sediments from lower reaches of the Xiangjiang river in China, and highlights the importance of Pb isotopes in heavy metal contamination assessment. Lead concentrations and Pb isotopes in bulk sediments and sediment fractions (leachates and residues) from the river were analysed usin ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.scitotenv.2022.154394

40. Distributions and impacts of plutonium in the environment originating from the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant accident: An overview of a decade of studies

Author:
Junwen Wu; Xuemin Zheng; Jisheng Chen; Guosheng Yang; Jian Zheng; Tatsuo Aono
Source:
Journal of environmental radioactivity 2022 v.248 pp. 106884
ISSN:
0265-931X
Subject:
Japan; accidents; air; databases; dust; environmental assessment; fractionation; marine environment; nuclear power; plant litter; plutonium; power plants; radioactivity; seawater; Pacific Ocean
Abstract:
... This paper reviews the current knowledge on plutonium (Pu) isotopic composition (the atom or activity ratios) and activity concentrations of ²³⁸Pu, ²³⁹Pu, ²⁴⁰Pu, and ²⁴¹Pu resulting from the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant (FDNPP) accident in 2011. In this critical review, we document the characteristic values of Pu atom or activity ratios (fingerprints) and present their spatial distributio ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.jenvrad.2022.106884

41. Ecological Assessment, Spatial Analysis, and Potential Sources of Heavy Metals (HMs) in Soils with High Background Values in the Lead-Zinc Mine, Hezhang County, Southwestern China

Author:
Fugui Zhang; Chengwen Wang; Xiaomeng Cheng; Honghong Ma; Ling He
Source:
Water 2022 v.14 no.5 pp. -
ISSN:
2073-4441
Subject:
agricultural land; atomic absorption spectrometry; basalt; carbonate rocks; environmental assessment; fluorescence emission spectroscopy; food security; geographic information systems; pH; pyrite; risk; soil; soil pollution; water; China
Abstract:
... The heavy metals (HMs) usually have high natural background levels in lead-zinc mines. Strengthening the ecological risk assessment and accurate identification sources of HMs is an important component of land resource utilization and food security. A total of 795 soil samples (with a depth of 0~20 cm) were collected in Hezhang County, an area of typical high background levels of HMs with more than ...
DOI:
10.3390/w14050783

42. Ecological preferences of living benthic foraminifera from the Mahanadi river-dominated north-western Bay of Bengal: A potential environmental impact assessment tool

Author:
Syed Mohammad Saalim; Rajeev Saraswat; Rajiv Nigam
Source:
Marine pollution bulletin 2022 v.175 pp. 113158
ISSN:
0025-326X
Subject:
Retaria; ammonia; dissolved oxygen; environmental assessment; food availability; marine pollution; organic carbon; oxygen; paleoecology; riparian areas; Bay of Bengal; India
Abstract:
... The ecological preferences of living benthic foraminifera from the riverine influx dominated eastern continental margin of India have been studied. The living benthic foraminifera were abundant on the upper slope (~100–700 m). Three distinct species assemblages were identified. Assemblage 1 (Ammonia beccari, Pseudononion costiferum, Hanzawaia nipponica, Bolivina frondalis, Bolivina dilatata, Boliv ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.marpolbul.2021.113158

43. Ecological risk assessment and bioaccumulation of toxic trace element, copper, in wheat varieties irrigated with non-conventional water resources in a semi-arid tropics

Author:
Zafar Iqbal Khan; M. Iftikhar Hussain; Asma Zafar; Kafeel Ahmad; Muhammad Arslan Ashraf; Mukhtar Ahmed; Ayshah Aysh ALrashidi; Haifa Abdulaziz Sakit ALHaithloul; Suliman Mohammed Alghanem; Muhammad Imran Khan; Yasir Hamid; Hidayat Hussain
Source:
Agricultural water management 2022 pp. 107711
ISSN:
0378-3774
Subject:
bioaccumulation factor; cost effectiveness; cultivars; edaphic factors; environmental assessment; food crops; forestry; groundwater; human health; industrial wastewater; irrigation water; municipal wastewater; phytoremediation; pollution; soil; soil amendments; toxicity; trace elements; wastewater irrigation; water management; wheat
Abstract:
... In developing countries, using non-conventional water for irrigation is a traditional and cost-effective tool. However, its long-term use for agriculture and forestry will led to toxic metal bioaccumulation in plants and soil environment. Copper (Cu) is an essential plant nutrient but its excess accumulation can cause significant issues and risks to human health following food crop consumption. Th ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.agwat.2022.107711

44. Ecological risk assessment and seasonal variation of heavy metals in water and sediment collected from industrially polluted Cuddalore coast, Southeastern India

Author:
Anbazhagan Vinothkannan; Partheeban Emmanuel Charles; Rajendran Rajaram
Source:
Regional studies in marine science 2022 v.49 pp. 102134
ISSN:
2352-4855
Subject:
boats; coasts; ecosystems; environmental assessment; marine science; monsoon season; pollution; risk; seasonal variation; sediments; summer; India
Abstract:
... Concentrations and ecological risk assessments for four heavy metals (Cu, Cd, Pb, and Zn) were analysed. The seasonal variations of metals in water and sediments from sites with different anthropogenic activities were assessed. Outcomes revealed higher concentration of metals in sediments compared to water. Order of metals in water is Zn>Pb>Cu>Cd, and in sediment is Zn>Cu>Pb>Cd. Seasonal distribut ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.rsma.2021.102134

45. Ecological risk assessment for organophosphate esters in the surface water from the Bohai Sea of China using multimodal species sensitivity distributions

Author:
Yanjie Qi; Ziwei Yao; Xindong Ma; Xiaolin Ding; Kuixing Shangguan; Mingxing Zhang; Nan Xu
Source:
Science of the total environment 2022 v.820 pp. 153172
ISSN:
0048-9697
Subject:
aquatic environment; bromination; chronic toxicity; environmental assessment; marine ecosystems; organophosphorus compounds; phosphates; risk; surface water; water quality; China; Yellow Sea
Abstract:
... Organophosphate esters (OPEs) as the foremost substitutes of brominated flame retardants have been ubiquitously found in the aquatic environment around the world. However, the information on the community-level risks induced by OPEs to the marine ecosystem remains scarce. This study adopted ten commonly used species sensitivity distribution (SSD) parametric statistical approaches coupled with the ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.scitotenv.2022.153172

46. Ecological risk assessment models for simulating impacts of land use and landscape pattern on ecosystem services

Author:
Yao Qian; Zheng Dong; Yan Yan; Lina Tang
Source:
Science of the total environment 2022 v.833 pp. 155218
ISSN:
0048-9697
Subject:
basins; environment; environmental assessment; exports; forests; grasslands; habitats; land use; landscapes; models; pollution; risk; urbanization; water purification; watersheds
Abstract:
... Rapid urbanization involves the expansion of construction land, which changes the land use and landscape pattern in watersheds. Moreover, it degrades ecosystem services and habitat quality, thus creating adverse ecological impacts such as the diffusion of non-point source (NPS) pollution. Therefore, it is urgent to investigate the adverse effects and potential ecological risks caused by variations ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.scitotenv.2022.155218

47. Ecological risk assessment of marine microplastics using the analytic hierarchy process: A case study in the Yangtze River Estuary and adjacent marine areas

Author:
Feng Zhang; Guyu Peng; Pei Xu; Lixin Zhu; Changjun Li; Nian Wei; Daoji Li
Source:
Journal of hazardous materials 2022 v.425 pp. 127960
ISSN:
0304-3894
Subject:
air; case studies; databases; environmental assessment; estuaries; marine ecosystems; microplastics; models; pollution; risk; Yangtze River
Abstract:
... Microplastic (MP) pollution is ubiquitous in the terrestrial and marine environments, even in the air. However, ecological risk assessment studies of microplastics are scarce. In the present study, an ecological risk assessment model was built to evaluate the risks of microplastics in the Yangtze River Estuary and adjacent marine areas. A basic index database of the impacts of MP pollution on the ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.jhazmat.2021.127960

48. Ecological risk assessment of pesticides in urban streams of the Brazilian Amazon

Author:
Andreu Rico; Rhaul de Oliveira; Gabriel Silva de Souza Nunes; Cristiana Rizzi; Sara Villa; Beatriz De Caroli Vizioli; Cassiana C. Montagner; Andrea Viviana Waichman
Source:
Chemosphere 2022 v.291 pp. 132821
ISSN:
0045-6535
Subject:
biodiversity; carbendazim; chlorpyrifos; chlorpyrifos-methyl; environmental assessment; fish; freshwater; gas chromatography; liquids; malathion; rain; risk assessment; rivers; toxicity; Amazon River; Amazonia; Brazil
Abstract:
... The use of pesticides in households and peri-urban areas of the Amazon has increased notably during the last years. Yet, the presence of these contaminants in Amazonian freshwater ecosystems remains unexplored. Here, we assessed the exposure to 18 pesticides and 5 transformation products in the Amazon River and in the urban streams of Manaus, Santarém, Macapá, and Belém (Brazil). Pesticide concent ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.chemosphere.2021.132821

49. Ecological risk assessment of soil and water loss by thermal enhanced methane recovery: Numerical study using two-phase flow simulation

Author:
Yi Xue; Jia Liu; Xin Liang; Songhe Wang; Zongyuan Ma
Source:
Journal of cleaner production 2022 v.334 pp. 130183
ISSN:
0959-6526
Subject:
coal; coalbed methane; drainage; ecosystems; environmental assessment; groundwater; habitat destruction; heat; methane; models; permeability; pollution; quantitative analysis; risk; soil; soil degradation; temperature
Abstract:
... Thermal enhanced methane recovery inevitably aggravates the soil and water loss, causing severe harm to the sustainability of groundwater environment and the surrounding ecosystem. Therefore, quantitative analysis of the effect of thermal enhanced methane recovery on groundwater loss and ecological risk of coalbed methane development zone is necessary. In this study, a coupling model of gas draina ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.jclepro.2021.130183

50. Ecological risk assessment of toxic metal(loid)s for land application of sewage sludge in China

Author:
Liquan Chu; Wei He; Fuliu Xu; Yindong Tong; Fuqing Xu
Source:
Science of the total environment 2022 v.836 pp. 155549
ISSN:
0048-9697
Subject:
death; ecotoxicology; environment; environmental assessment; issues and policy; land application; risk; risk assessment; sewage sludge; soil; toxicity; zinc
Abstract:
... Sewage sludge, including those after biological or thermochemical treatments, has the potential to be used as fertilizers for recycle of resources. However, its potential ecological risk is also of great concern to policy making. This study employed comprehensive ecological risk assessment (ERA) methods to evaluate the risk caused by the toxic metal(loid)s in sewage sludge throughout China. The co ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.scitotenv.2022.155549

51. Economic and environmental analysis of green transport penetration in Pakistan

Author:
Muhammad Shahid; Kafait Ullah; Kashif Imran; Neha Masroor; Muhammad Bilal Sajid
Source:
Energy policy 2022 v.166 pp. 113040
ISSN:
0301-4215
Subject:
carbon dioxide; case studies; combustion; economic evaluation; energy; energy policy; environmental assessment; oils; vehicles (equipment); Pakistan
Abstract:
... The transport sector is going through a transition from a traditional to a sustainable system. Advanced countries have evaluated the costs and benefits of such transition, however, developing countries like Pakistan have rarely looked into evaluating such transition rigorously. This paper uses the transport sector of Pakistan as a case study and provides an economic evaluation of different scenari ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.enpol.2022.113040

52. Economic and environmental analysis of waste-based bioenergy integration into industrial cassava starch processes in Africa

Author:
Richard Kingsley Padi; Annie Chimphango; Anthony Paul Roskilly
Source:
Sustainable Production and Consumption 2022 v.31 pp. 67-81
ISSN:
2352-5509
Subject:
anaerobic digestion; bioelectricity; biogas; cassava; cassava starch; circular economy; ecotoxicology; environmental assessment; eutrophication; fossil fuels; freshwater; fuel oils; gate-to-gate; heat; liquids; prices; profitability; starch; steam; thermal energy; viability; waste management; wastewater; wood; Angola; Cameroon; Democratic Republic of the Congo; Ghana; Malawi; Nigeria; Tanzania
Abstract:
... This study assessed the economic and environmental performances of cassava waste bioenergy (CWB) [bioelectricity, thermal energy for starch drying (TESD)] generation in cassava starch facilities (CSF) using cassava stems (CS) and cassava starch wastewater (CWW) in the contexts of seven leading cassava growing countries in Africa (Angola, Cameroon, DR Congo, Ghana, Malawi, Nigeria, Tanzania). The C ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.spc.2022.02.002

53. Economic and environmental assessment of directly converting CO2 into a gasoline fuel

Author:
María J. Fernández-Torres; Wynand Dednam; José A. Caballero
Source:
Energy conversion and management 2022 v.252 pp. 115115
ISSN:
0196-8904
Subject:
administrative management; carbon; carbon dioxide; circular economy; clean energy; climate change; energy conversion; energy use and consumption; environmental assessment; fossil fuels; gasoline; heat; liquids
Abstract:
... The threat posed by Climate Change demands urgent action on finding clean energy solutions with a view to cutting fossil fuel consumption. However, a sudden stop in the use of fossil fuels is not possible without a profound disruption of the economy. This transition is expected to take several decades, and therefore every type of renewable energy should be considered as part of the solution mix. I ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.enconman.2021.115115

54. Ecotoxicological aspects related to the occurrence of emerging contaminants in the Dinaric karst aquifer of Jadro and Žrnovnica springs

Author:
Ana Selak; Jasmina Lukač Reberski; Göran Klobučar; Ivana Grčić
Source:
Science of the total environment 2022 v.825 pp. 153827
ISSN:
0048-9697
Subject:
aquifers; bioaccumulation; computer simulation; deet; ecotoxicology; environment; environmental assessment; groundwater; karsts; relative risk; rivers; spring; surface water; toxicity; water supply; watersheds; Croatia
Abstract:
... Karst aquifers are globally important source of drinking water and harbor specific ecosystems that are vulnerable to anthropogenic contamination. This paper provides insights into the occurrence and ecotoxicological characterization of 21 emerging contaminants (ECs) detected in the karst catchment of Jadro and Žrnovnica springs (Dinarides, Croatia). Karst springs used for water supply, surface wat ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.scitotenv.2022.153827

55. Effects of Biochar Produced from Cornstalk, Rice Husk and Bamboo on Degradation of Flumioxazin in Soil

Author:
Ye Chen; Tingting Lan; Jianmin Li; Guangqian Yang; Kankan Zhang; Deyu Hu
Source:
Soil & sediment contamination 2022 v.31 no.3 pp. 333-347
ISSN:
1549-7887
Subject:
adsorption; bamboos; biochar; corn stover; environmental assessment; feedstocks; flumioxazin; half life; liquid chromatography; mass spectrometry; polluted soils; pyrolysis; remediation; rice hulls; sediment contamination; temperature
Abstract:
... Application of biochar provide a novel approach against organic contaminated soil issues. The objective of this study was to evaluate the effect of biochars amendment on flumioxazin degradation using batch experiments. A simple and accurate pretreatment method coupled with liquid chromatography tandem with mass spectrometry was developed and successfully applied on the assessment trials of the eff ...
DOI:
10.1080/15320383.2021.1937936

56. Effects of soil cadmium exposure on physio-ecological characteristics of Bletilla striata

Author:
Qin Xu; Jihong Qin; Hui Sun; Xiaoqin Wang; Wenqing Chen; Zhi Li
Source:
Environmental science and pollution research 2022 v.29 no.3 pp. 4008-4023
ISSN:
0944-1344
Subject:
Bletilla striata; absorption; biomass; cadmium; carbon; economic valuation; environmental assessment; health effects assessments; heavy metals; hormesis; human health; medicinal properties; pollution; polysaccharides; research; rhizomes; risk; soil; total nitrogen; toxicity
Abstract:
... Bletilla striata (Thunb.) Reichb.f. has shown rather extraordinary medicinal and economic value in recent years. However, the artificial cultivation of B. striata faces quite a lot of obstacles, especially the quality degradation and heavy metal pollution problems. Cadmium (Cd) in particular, is reported to generally exceed the standard in the artificial cultivation of B. striata. So far, little a ...
DOI:
10.1007/s11356-021-15809-y

57. Environmental Assessment Impact of Acid Mine Drainage from Kizel Coal Basin on the Kosva Bay of the Kama Reservoir (Perm Krai, Russia)

Author:
Evgeniya Ushakova; Elena Menshikova; Sergey Blinov; Boris Osovetsky; Pavel Belkin
Source:
Water 2022 v.14 no.5 pp. -
ISSN:
2073-4441
Subject:
Russia; acid mine drainage; acute toxicity; basins; coal; ecotoxicology; environmental assessment; evaporation; mineral content; pollution; risk factors; rivers; sediments; stream flow; streams; water
Abstract:
... The Kosva Bay is permanently affected by acid mine drainage (AMD) from Kizel Coal Basin in the Perm Krai of Russia. This discharge is released in the middle part of the Kosva River from the abandoned mines. This study investigates the current trace element (TE) concentrations for Zn, Cu, Pb, Ni, Cr, Cd, As, and Hg and the mineral composition, major oxides, grain size of sediments, and acute toxici ...
DOI:
10.3390/w14050727

58. Environmental and economic benefits of electric, hybrid and conventional vehicle treatment: A case study of Lithuania

Author:
Kamilė Petrauskienė; Rasa Tverskytė; Jolanta Dvarionienė
Source:
Waste management 2022 v.140 pp. 55-62
ISSN:
0956-053X
Subject:
automobiles; carbon dioxide; case studies; economic analysis; environmental assessment; financial economics; gasoline; life cycle assessment; markets; material flow analysis; Lithuania
Abstract:
... Reuse, recovery, and recycling of end-of-life vehicles (ELVs) are encouraged owing to various economic and environmental benefits. Automotive remanufacturing serves as a specific circular marketing system for the reuse of recovered parts that can bring economic benefits for both dismantling companies and consumers. This study aimed to reveal the economic and environmental benefits of the end-of-li ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.wasman.2022.01.009

59. Environmental and human health risks of plastic composites can be reduced by optimizing manufacturing conditions

Author:
Yoorae Noh; Tolulope Odimayomi; Seyedeh Mahboobeh Teimouri Sendesi; Jeffrey P. Youngblood; Andrew J. Whelton
Source:
Journal of cleaner production 2022 v.356 pp. 131803
ISSN:
0959-6526
Subject:
acetophenones; air; ambient pressure; carcinogenicity; ecotoxicology; endocrine-disrupting chemicals; environmental assessment; ethylbenzene; human health; humans; infrastructure; maleates; manufacturing; styrene; toluene; xylene
Abstract:
... New plastic composites are being manufactured outdoors, inside buried water and sewer pipes. This cured-in-place-pipe (CIPP) practice has been less expensive than other infrastructure repair options, but pollutants discharged during and after plastic manufacture pose environmental and human health problems. The study goal was to better understand how composite manufacturing conditions could be alt ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.jclepro.2022.131803

60. Environmental assessment of four waste cooking oil valorization pathways

Author:
Fabiana Frota de Albuquerque Landi; Claudia Fabiani; Beatrice Castellani; Franco Cotana; Anna Laura Pisello
Source:
Waste management 2022 v.138 pp. 219-233
ISSN:
0956-053X
Subject:
biodiesel; bitumen; cradle-to-gate; environmental assessment; environmental impact; green waste; industry; models; phase transition; primary energy
Abstract:
... Global waste is expected to grow substantially by 2050, therefore, defining an effective waste management strategy is a crucial topic for both industry and academia. Nowadays, food and green waste, in particular, represent a large share of the total waste production. All this considered, effectively processing and eventually reusing materials such as waste cooking oil is of paramount importance. T ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.wasman.2021.11.037

61. Environmental assessment of rubber recycling through an innovative thermo-mechanical devulcanization process using a co-rotating twin-screw extruder

Author:
Mattia Costamagna; Valentina Brunella; Maria Paola Luda; Umberto Romagnolli; Bruno Muscato; Marco Girotto; Marcello Baricco; Paola Rizzi
Source:
Journal of cleaner production 2022 v.348 pp. 131352
ISSN:
0959-6526
Subject:
acidification; circular economy; climate change; ecotoxicology; energy; environmental assessment; environmental impact; eutrophication; freshwater; life cycle assessment; ozone; ozone depletion; photochemistry; rubber; wastes
Abstract:
... Under the umbrella of the transition toward a circular economy, the evaluation of the environmental sustainability of processes aiming to the recycling of materials is essential. Rubbers, like ethylene-propylene diene monomer (EPDM), represent a class of materials that have become an environmental, social and economic issue, so the evaluation of the end-of-life management of these materials is of ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.jclepro.2022.131352

62. Environmental impact assessment of biomass supported electricity generation for sustainable rural energy systems - A case study of Grenada County, Mississippi, USA

Author:
Hariteja Nandimandalam; Veera Gnaneswar Gude; Mohammad Marufuzzaman
Source:
Science of the total environment 2022 v.802 pp. 149716
ISSN:
0048-9697
Subject:
acidification; biomass; case studies; coal; electricity; electricity generation; environment; environmental assessment; eutrophication; greenhouse gases; life cycle assessment; natural gas; rural communities; smog pollution; sustainable development; transportation; waste wood; water content; wood; Grenada; Mississippi
Abstract:
... Fossil fuels have been the major source of electricity supply in the United States of America (USA) for many decades. While a significant shift has occurred from coal-dominated supply to natural gas and renewable source based supplies in recent decades, there is still large potential to improve biomass supported electricity contribution in rural communities, which depend majorly on forest-related ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.scitotenv.2021.149716
CHORUS:
10.1016/j.scitotenv.2021.149716

63. Environmental impact assessment of second life and recycling for LiFePO4 power batteries in China

Author:
Yixuan Wang; Baojun Tang; Meng Shen; Yizhou Wu; Shen Qu; Yujie Hu; Ye Feng
Source:
Journal of environmental management 2022 v.314 pp. 115083
ISSN:
0301-4797
Subject:
cobalt oxide; cradle-to-grave; durability; energy; environmental assessment; environmental impact; fossil fuels; iron phosphates; lithium; manganese; nickel; China
Abstract:
... The number of spent lithium-ion batteries (LIBs) will increase exponentially in the coming decade with the retirement of electric vehicles (EVs). There is a knowledge gap in assessing the environmental impact of different terminal disposal paths for EV LIBs in China. Here, we take representative lithium iron phosphate (LFP) power batteries as example and carry out a bottom-up life cycle assessment ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.jenvman.2022.115083

64. Environmental impacts and leachate analysis of waste rubber incorporated in construction and road materials: A review

Author:
Abbas Mohajerani; Halenur Kurmus; David Conti; Lucinda Cash; Adrian Semcesen; Mohammed Abdurahman; Md Tareq Rahman
Source:
Science of the total environment 2022 v.835 pp. 155269
ISSN:
0048-9697
Subject:
environmental assessment; leachates; leaves; rubber; tires; toxicity
Abstract:
... In recent years, the recycling of waste tyre rubber in construction and road materials has emerged as a potential innovative solution to the growing waste rubber tyre dilemma. However, to determine the feasibility of any recycling method, it is crucial to assess the potential environmental implications of the proposed method. The environmental conditions waste tyre rubber products are exposed to a ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.scitotenv.2022.155269

65. Estimation of Unintended Treated Wastewater Contributions to Streams in the Yangtze River Basin and the Potential Human Health and Ecological Risk Analysis

Author:
Yindong Tong; Miao Qi; Peizhe Sun; Wanxiao Qin; Ying Zhu; Xuejun Wang; Yanxue Xu; Wei Zhang; Jingjing Yang
Source:
Environmental science & technology 2022 v.56 no.9 pp. 5590-5601
ISSN:
1520-5851
Subject:
environmental assessment; human health; models; organic matter; rivers; sanitation; sustainable development; wastewater; wastewater treatment; water reuse; water supply; watersheds; Yangtze River
Abstract:
... “Clean water and sanitation” is one of the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals. One primary objective of wastewater treatment is to remove contaminants such as pathogens, nutrient, and organic matter from wastewater, while not all contaminants could be removed effectively. Wastewater treatment plants would inevitably represent concentrated point sources of residual contaminant loadings in ...
DOI:
10.1021/acs.est.1c02131

66. Eutrophication and sediment–water exchange of total petroleum hydrocarbons and heavy metals of Hashilan wetland, a national heritage in NW Iran

Author:
Sajjad Abbasi; Sara Sheikh Fakhradini; Neamatollah Jaafarzadeh; Pooria Ebrahimi; Shirin Yavar Ashayeri
Source:
Environmental science and pollution research 2022 v.29 no.18 pp. 27007-27025
ISSN:
0944-1344
Subject:
environmental assessment; eutrophication; heavy metals; nitrates; petroleum; phosphates; pollution; regression analysis; research; risk; sediments; wetlands; Iran
Abstract:
... The heavy metal(loid)s concentrations in water and sediments were analyzed in the Hashilan wetland to assess the spatial distribution, pollution status, fate, partitioning, and ecological risk and also to identify the heavy metal(loid)s sources in sediments using PMF (Positive Matrix Factorization) and APCs-MLR (absolute principal component score-multiple linear regression) receptor models. Accord ...
DOI:
10.1007/s11356-021-17937-x

67. Evaluation of a green-sustainable industrialized cleaner utilization for refractory cyanide tailings containing sulfur

Author:
Haoyu Li; Jun Wang; Xuejun Zhu; Tao Yang; Jun Deng; Beilei Yan; Xuehua Mao; Yi Zhang; Shiwei Li
Source:
Science of the total environment 2022 v.827 pp. 154359
ISSN:
0048-9697
Subject:
chlorination; chlorine; corrosion; cyanides; environment; environmental assessment; gold; industrialization; microwave treatment; mineralogy; pollution; slags; sulfur; thermal stress; transportation; volatilization
Abstract:
... In order to achieve the clean treatment of refractory cyanide tailings containing sulfur, a novel microwave-assisted chlorination thermal treatment recovery technology was proposed in this paper. On the basis of studying the mineralogy of cyanide tailings, the treatment capacity of common chlorinated agents for refractory cyanide tailings containing sulfur was compared. CaCl₂ as the best chlorinat ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.scitotenv.2022.154359

68. Evaluation of pollution indices, health hazards and source identification of heavy metal in dust particles and storm trajectory simulation using HYSPLIT model (Case study: Hendijan center dust, southwest of Iran)

Author:
Seyedeh Akram Jooybari; Hamidreza Peyrowan; Payman Rezaee; Hamid Gholami
Source:
Environmental monitoring and assessment 2022 v.194 no.2 pp. 107
ISSN:
0167-6369
Subject:
absorption; adults; case studies; dust; environmental assessment; health effects assessments; heavy metals; human health; ingestion; models; pollution; risk; storms; wind erosion; Iran; Iraq; Syria
Abstract:
... Atmospheric dust is one of the most recent environmental pollutions in Iran. This study examines the concentration of heavy metals and the assessment of environmental and human health risk in the dust samples of Hendijan region as one of the most important centers of wind erosion in the southwestern of Iran. ICP-MSS analysis was performed on 18 samples of fine dust to specify the concentration of ...
DOI:
10.1007/s10661-022-09760-9

69. Extraction, identification, and environmental risk assessment of microplastics in commercial toothpaste

Author:
Chidhambaram T. Madhumitha; Natchimuthu Karmegam; Muniyandi Biruntha; Alagarsamy Arun; Abdulaziz A. Al Kheraif; Woong Kim; Ponnuchamy Kumar
Source:
Chemosphere 2022 v.296 pp. 133976
ISSN:
0045-6535
Subject:
Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy; cellophane; environmental assessment; filtration; microparticles; microplastics; poly(vinyl chloride); polyamides; polypropylenes; toothpaste; India
Abstract:
... Microplastics in personal care and food products are given much importance globally due to the adverse impact of microplastics on living beings. In the present study, microplastics from ten different commercially sold toothpaste in India were extracted by vacuum filtration and characterized with microscopic and Fourier-transform infrared spectroscopic analyses. Results revealed that colorless frag ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.chemosphere.2022.133976

70. Flooding frequency and floodplain topography determine abundance of microplastics in an alluvial Rhine soil

Author:
Markus Rolf; Hannes Laermanns; Lukas Kienzler; Christian Pohl; Julia N. Möller; Christian Laforsch; Martin G.J. Löder; Christina Bogner
Source:
Science of the total environment 2022 v.836 pp. 155141
ISSN:
0048-9697
Subject:
Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy; bioavailability; earthworms; environment; environmental assessment; floodplains; hydrodynamics; microplastics; rivers; soil profiles; time series analysis; topography; vegetation cover; Denmark; Rhine River
Abstract:
... Rivers are major pathways for the transport of microplastics towards the oceans, and many studies focus on microplastic abundance in fluvial ecosystems. Although flooding strongly affects transport of microplastics, knowledge about the potential input via floodwaters, spatial distribution, and fate of microplastics in adjacent floodplains remains very limited. In this study, we suggest that local ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.scitotenv.2022.155141

71. Framework for the environmental impact assessment of operational shipping

Author:
Jana Moldanová; Ida-Maja Hassellöv; Volker Matthias; Erik Fridell; Jukka-Pekka Jalkanen; Erik Ytreberg; Markus Quante; Jenny Tröltzsch; Ilja Maljutenko; Urmas Raudsepp; K. Martin Eriksson
Source:
Ambio 2022 v.51 no.3 pp. 754-769
ISSN:
0044-7447
Subject:
air pollution; environmental assessment; laws and regulations; marine pollution; Baltic Sea
Abstract:
... Shipping is an important source of pollution affecting both atmospheric and aquatic environments. To allow for efficient mitigation of environmental degradation, it is essential to know the extent of the impacts of shipping in relation to other sources of pollution. Here, we give a perspective on a holistic approach to studies of the environmental impacts of operational shipping through presentati ...
DOI:
10.1007/s13280-021-01597-9

72. Geochemical characteristics and estimation of groundwater pollution in catchment areas of Timok and Pek Rivers, Eastern Serbia: Determination of early-stage groundwater pollution in mining areas

Author:
Dragana Adamovic; Daizo Ishiyama; Hiroshi Kawaraya; Yasumasa Ogawa; Zoran Stevanovic
Source:
Groundwater for sustainable development 2022 v.16 pp. 100719
ISSN:
2352-801X
Subject:
calcium; copper; environmental assessment; environmental impact; geochemistry; groundwater; groundwater contamination; pH; rivers; sulfates; surface water; sustainable development; watersheds; Serbia
Abstract:
... Long-term mining activities in the Bor and Majdanpek porphyry copper mining areas located in Eastern Serbia have led to serious environmental problems, the most notable being surface water pollution by heavy metals downstream of the mining sites. However, the geochemical characteristics and environmental impact on groundwater in the mining areas are not clear. This study clarified the geochemistry ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.gsd.2021.100719

73. Getting closer to SDG12: incorporating industrial ecology principles into project EIA

Author:
Amani G. Rweyendela
Source:
Journal of environmental planning and management 2022 v.65 no.6 pp. 953-974
ISSN:
1360-0559
Subject:
environmental assessment; humans; industrial ecology; sustainable development
Abstract:
... In gearing up environmental impact assessment (EIA) as a tool for achieving the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 12 – ensuring sustainable consumption and production – the concept of industrial ecology (IE) can offer valuable innovations. IE urges the derivation of sustainable and innovative designs from nature. This contribution sought to explore how to operationalize IE within ...
DOI:
10.1080/09640568.2021.1974361

74. Green building system integration into project delivery utilising BIM

Author:
Mohamed Marzouk; Rana Ayman; Zaid Alwan; Nehal Elshaboury
Source:
Environment, development and sustainability 2022 v.24 no.5 pp. 6467-6480
ISSN:
1387-585X
Subject:
carbon dioxide; energy; environment; environmental assessment; information exchange
Abstract:
... The buildings contribute towards global warming; they account for the majority of global energy use and carbon dioxide emissions. In this regard, green buildings are considered as solutions to slow global warming. Many challenges exist in delivering green building solutions, determining appropriate building information modelling (BIM) execution strategies, and standardising information exchange. T ...
DOI:
10.1007/s10668-021-01712-6

75. Heavy metal content and potential ecological risk assessment of sediments from Khnifiss Lagoon National Park (Morocco)

Author:
Ali Tnoumi; Massimo Angelone; Giovanna Armiento; Raffaela Caprioli; Cinzia Crovato; Maurizio De Cassan; Maria Rita Montereali; Elisa Nardi; Luisa Parrella; Marco Proposito; Antonio Schirone; Fabio Spaziani; Bendahhou Zourarah
Source:
Environmental monitoring and assessment 2022 v.194 no.5 pp. 356
ISSN:
0167-6369
Subject:
coasts; environmental assessment; geochemistry; geochronology; heavy metals; littoral zone; multivariate analysis; national parks; risk; sediments; wetlands; Morocco
Abstract:
... Coastal lagoons are important but sensitive environments, being transitional zones between land and sea. The Khnifiss lagoon is the most important desert wetland in Morocco, but little data have been produced concerning heavy metal geochemistry and enrichments in the sediments. Therefore, 26 surface sediments (15 intertidal and 11 subtidal) and 2 sediment cores were collected in 2016 and analyzed ...
DOI:
10.1007/s10661-022-10002-1

76. Heavy metal leaching behaviour and long-term environmental risk assessment of cement-solidified municipal solid waste incineration fly ash in sanitary landfill

Author:
Qin Liu; Xiaona Wang; Ming Gao; Yanyan Guan; Chuanfu Wu; Qunhui Wang; Yi Rao; Shu Liu
Source:
Chemosphere 2022 v.300 pp. 134571
ISSN:
0045-6535
Subject:
acid rain; cement; drainage systems; environmental assessment; environmental impact; fly ash; heavy metals; landfills; leachates; municipal solid waste; pH; prediction; rain; solidification; waste incineration
Abstract:
... Cement solidification is a commonly used pre-treatment method for municipal solid waste incineration fly ash (MSWIFA) prior to sanitary landfill. However, the long-term environmental risk of cement-solidified MSWIFA blocks in the exposed scenario of zoning sanitary landfill remains unclear. In this study, the leaching characteristics of different heavy metals in cement-solidified MSWIFA blocks und ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.chemosphere.2022.134571

77. Heavy metal pollution and ecological risk assessment in the surface water from a marine protected area, Swatch of No Ground, north-western part of the Bay of Bengal

Author:
Mahmudul Hasan; Mahfujur Rahman; Alif al Ahmed; Md. Atikul Islam; Mahfuzur Rahman
Source:
Regional studies in marine science 2022 v.52 pp. 102278
ISSN:
2352-4855
Subject:
cluster analysis; environmental assessment; heavy metals; human health; industrial wastes; marine protected areas; marine science; pollution; principal component analysis; risk; risk assessment; surface water; waste management; Bay of Bengal
Abstract:
... The primary intends of the study was to ascertain the degree of pollution, spatial distribution, and prime sources of heavy metals in a marine protected area, Swatch of No Ground, north-western part of the Bay of Bengal. Six heavy metals were considered, and their concentrations were found in the decreasing order of Fe > Pb > Cu > Zn > Ni > Cd. Several indices namely Heavy metal pollution index (H ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.rsma.2022.102278

78. Heavy metals pollution characteristics and risk assessment in sediments and waters: The case of Tianjin, China

Author:
Youping Shou; Junjie Zhao; Yuxin Zhu; Jianzhe Qiao; Zhangfeng Shen; Wei Zhang; Ning Han; Avelino Núñez-Delgado
Source:
Environmental research 2022 v.212 pp. 113162
ISSN:
0013-9351
Subject:
carcinogenicity; coastal water; coasts; environmental assessment; environmental health; health effects assessments; heavy metals; lead; models; pollution; research; risk; risk assessment; sediments; surface water; surveys; watersheds; China
Abstract:
... Potential health and ecological risks due to heavy metal pollution in surface waters and sediments were evaluated based on a health risk assessment model and a potential ecological risk index method. Combined with the reclamation progress of Tianjin Nangang Industrial Zone, in China, a survey was carried out in the area dealing with heavy metals concentrations in surface waters and sediments, cove ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.envres.2022.113162

79. Imidazolium ionic liquids as potential persistent pollutants in aqueous environments: Indirect photochemical degradation kinetics and mechanism

Author:
Yin Qiu; Liming Wang
Source:
Environmental research 2022 v.211 pp. 113031
ISSN:
0013-9351
Subject:
biodegradability; dehydrogenation; environmental assessment; half life; hydrogen; hydrophilicity; hydroxylation; imidazoles; photochemistry; prediction; research; sodium; toxicity; water pollution
Abstract:
... Ionic liquids (ILs) with promising application are likely to become ubiquitous contaminants in water environment for their high hydrophilicity, low biodegradability, and especially its potential toxicity. In this work, we have investigated photochemical transformation of six imidazolium ILs for fate prediction and ecological risk assessment. We found that the reaction rates of the ILs with •OH, CO ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.envres.2022.113031

80. Impact of cooling tower technology on performance and cost-effectiveness of CSP plants

Author:
S. El Marazgioui; A. El Fadar
Source:
Energy conversion and management 2022 v.258 pp. 115448
ISSN:
0196-8904
Subject:
carbon; computer software; cost effectiveness; electricity; energy conservation; energy conversion; environmental assessment; greenhouses; guidelines; heat; solar energy; water conservation; water shortages
Abstract:
... Cooling towers are indispensable components for heat rejection in concentrated solar power (CSP) plants. However, the overall performance of CSP plants relies heavily on the choice of cooling tower technology. This paper aims at assessing the impact of cooling tower technology on CSP plant from performance, economic, and environmental perspectives. To achieve this goal, seven CSP projects worldwid ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.enconman.2022.115448

81. Impact of heavy metals (cadmium and copper) stress on the bioturbation potential of polychaete Perinereis aibuhitensis (family Nereididae)

Author:
Zijuan Gong; Qingtian Zhang
Source:
Marine environmental research 2022 v.177 pp. 105621
ISSN:
0141-1136
Subject:
Nereididae; bioturbation; cadmium; copper; ecological restoration; environmental assessment; fauna; prediction; redox potential; research; sand; synergism; toxicity; transportation
Abstract:
... The change of macrofaunal bioturbation potential (BP) under environmental stress has application value in ecological restoration and ecological models. Single and combined toxic effects of metals cadmium and copper on the BP of polychaete Perinereis aibuhitensis were studied. The distribution of tracer sand showed a negative correlation between the transportation capacity of P. aibuhitensis and th ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.marenvres.2022.105621

82. Import, export, and speciation of mercury in Kongsfjorden, Svalbard: Influences of glacier melt and river discharge

Author:
Jihee Kim; Sae Yun Kwon; Kitae Kim; Seunghee Han
Source:
Marine pollution bulletin 2022 v.179 pp. 113693
ISSN:
0025-326X
Subject:
environmental assessment; freshwater; glaciers; marine pollution; mercury; methylation; methylmercury compounds; river flow; runoff; seawater; Arctic region; Norway
Abstract:
... The major sources and sinks of total mercury (THg) and methylmercury (MeHg) in Kongsfjorden were estimated based on spreadsheet-based ecological risk assessment for the fate of mercury (SERAFM). SERAFM was parameterized and calibrated to fit Kongsfjorden using the physical properties of the fjord, runoff coefficients of Hg, transformation rate constants of Hg, partition coefficients of Hg, Hg load ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.marpolbul.2022.113693

83. Ingestion of microplastics by commercial fish species from the southern Black Sea coast

Author:
Ahmet Raif Eryaşar; Kenan Gedik; Tanju Mutlu
Source:
Marine pollution bulletin 2022 v.177 pp. 113535
ISSN:
0025-326X
Subject:
Engraulis encrasicolus; Merlangius merlangus; Mullus barbatus; anchovies; coasts; environmental assessment; marine pollution; microplastics; polyethylene; polypropylenes; wastes; Black Sea
Abstract:
... Microplastic (MP) contamination is a serious threat to today's marine life. Therefore, this study investigates MP ingestion in three commercial fish species (European anchovy Engraulis encrasicolus, whiting Merlangius merlangus, and red mullet Mullus barbatus) from the Turkish coast of the Black Sea. Ninety-five MPs were detected in all examined fish (371). Fiber forms were detected in the majorit ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.marpolbul.2022.113535

84. Integrating Life Cycle Thinking in a policy decision tool: Its application in the pineapple production in Dominican Republic

Author:
Laura García-Herrero; Laura Brenes-Peralta; Francesco Leschi; Matteo Vittuari
Source:
Journal of cleaner production 2022 pp. 132094
ISSN:
0959-6526
Subject:
climate change; cradle-to-gate; data collection; decision making; environmental assessment; eutrophication; farms; food security; freshwater; fruits; humans; issues and policy; mineral resources; pineapples; site preparation; stakeholders; supply chain; toxicity; Caribbean; Central America; Dominican Republic
Abstract:
... The tropical fruit sector plays a crucial role in global agriculture due to its growth and contribution to food security. However, this sector has been identified as the source of several environmental externalities, attracting researchers, policy-makers and sectoral actors to promote alternative practices within food systems that would aid in moving towards sustainability according to Agenda 2030 ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.jclepro.2022.132094

85. Is “consideration of alternatives” in project level environmental impact assessment studies in developing countries an eyewash: an Indian case-study

Author:
A.K.A Rathi
Source:
Journal of environmental planning and management 2022 v.65 no.3 pp. 418-440
ISSN:
1360-0559
Subject:
development projects; environmental assessment; India
Abstract:
... Consideration of alternatives for a development project, with the prime objective of selecting the most appropriate alternative that supports sustainability of the environmental resources, should be the heart of an EIA study. This study was undertaken to examine how alternatives were addressed in 46 EIA reports for infrastructural projects accorded environmental clearance in India, adopting the ya ...
DOI:
10.1080/09640568.2021.1886058

86. Lab-scale and economic analysis of biogas production from swine manure

Author:
Hellen Luisa de Castro e Silva; Maxi Estefany Huamán Córdova; Regina Mambeli Barros; Geraldo Lucio Tiago Filho; Electo Eduardo Silva Lora; Afonso Henriques Moreira Santos; Ivan Felipe Silva dos Santos; Maria Cláudia Costa de Oliveira Botan; Juliano Romanzini Pedreira; Barbara Karoline Flauzino
Source:
Renewable energy 2022 v.186 pp. 350-365
ISSN:
0960-1481
Subject:
biofertilizers; business enterprises; carbon dioxide; economic evaluation; economic feasibility; economic sustainability; energy; environmental assessment; gas production (biological); income; organic fertilizers; pig manure; renewable energy sources; Brazil
Abstract:
... The current study presents a technical and economic evaluation of biogas production from swine manure in the Southern of Minas Gerais, Brazil. For the study, laboratory-scale experiments were performed by digesting the local samples in Anaerobic Sequencing Batch Reactors to evaluate the energy potential and economic feasibility for the entire enterprise in two scenarios. An environmental analysis, ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.renene.2021.12.114

87. Life Cycle Assessment in mineral processing – a review of the role of flotation

Author:
Benedetta Marmiroli; Lucia Rigamonti; Pablo R. Brito-Parada
Source:
international journal of life cycle assessment 2022 v.27 no.1 pp. 62-81
ISSN:
0948-3349
Subject:
energy; environmental assessment; intermediate product; inventories; supply chain
Abstract:
... PURPOSE: The aim of this literature review is to investigate the role of the beneficiation stage in the Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) of metals and minerals with a focus on the flotation process. METHODS: The systematic literature search included LCA studies comprising the beneficiation stage in their system boundaries and resulted in 29 studies that met the criteria requirements and were analysed. ...
DOI:
10.1007/s11367-021-02005-w

88. Life cycle assessment of food waste anaerobic digestion with hydrothermal and ionizing radiation pretreatment

Author:
Xionghui Fei; Wenbao Jia; Ting Chen; Yongsheng Ling
Source:
Journal of cleaner production 2022 v.338 pp. 130611
ISSN:
0959-6526
Subject:
Monte Carlo method; anaerobic digestion; computer software; energy; environmental assessment; environmental impact; food waste; ionization; life cycle assessment; waste treatment; China
Abstract:
... Extensive research has been conducted on the life cycle assessment of anaerobic digestion of food waste. However, few studies have evaluated the environmental impact of anaerobic digestion from a technical perspective. This study focuses on the environmental impact of using ionization radiation pretreatment technology in the anaerobic digestion of food waste and compares it with that of traditiona ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.jclepro.2022.130611

89. Life cycle environmental impact assessment of Taean coal power plant with CO2 capture module

Author:
Han Sol Jung; Seung Gul Ryoo; Yong Tae Kang
Source:
Journal of cleaner production 2022 v.357 pp. 131663
ISSN:
0959-6526
Subject:
air pollutants; carbon dioxide; carbon sequestration; coal; environmental assessment; environmental impact; environmental law; greenhouse gases; models; power plants; South Korea
Abstract:
... To prevent the generation of pollutants and secondary pollutants owing to the adoption of novel technologies or processes including carbon capture and storage (CCS), it is necessary to characterize the environmental impact more precisely based on actual data. This study established an analysis model utilizing life cycle assessment (LCA) data at the secondary data level, based on the actual data of ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.jclepro.2022.131663

90. Life-cycle analysis, by global region, of automotive lithium-ion nickel manganese cobalt batteries of varying nickel content

Author:
Olumide Winjobi; Jarod C. Kelly; Qiang Dai
Source:
Sustainable materials and technologies 2022 v.32 pp. e00415
ISSN:
2214-9937
Subject:
cobalt; cobalt oxide; electricity; energy; energy density; environmental assessment; environmental impact; environmental performance; greenhouse gas emissions; greenhouse gases; greenhouses; industry; life cycle assessment; lithium; manganese; models; nickel; supply chain
Abstract:
... The batteries in electric vehicles can account for one-third of their production greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions; thus, it is important to understand how these batteries' environmental performance is affected by both the battery's chemistry and production location. In this study, we examined how transitioning to higher‑nickel, lower-cobalt, and high-performance automotive lithium nickel manganese c ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.susmat.2022.e00415

91. Microcystis aeruginosa's exposure to an antagonism of nanoplastics and MWCNTs: The disorders in cellular and metabolic processes

Author:
Yafei Zhang; Xin Li; Jie Liang; Yuan Luo; Ning Tang; Shujing Ye; Ziqian Zhu; Wenle Xing; Jiayin Guo; Hui Zhang
Source:
Chemosphere 2022 v.288 pp. 132516
ISSN:
0045-6535
Subject:
Microcystis aeruginosa; antagonism; carbon nanotubes; cytotoxicity; environmental assessment; freshwater; nanoplastics; photosynthesis; pollution; polystyrenes; transcriptome
Abstract:
... Nanoplastics and carbon nanotubes (CNTs) is one of the emerging environmental contaminants and a widely used engineering nanomaterial, and their biological toxicity has been frequently studied. However, there has been no research on the combined exposure of these two totally different shape nanoparticles. To explore their potential threat to freshwater ecosystems, Microcystis aeruginosa (M. aerugi ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.chemosphere.2021.132516

92. Microplastic pollution in surface seawater and beach sand from the shore of Rayong province, Thailand: Distribution, characterization, and ecological risk assessment

Author:
Panida Prarat; Parnuch Hongsawat
Source:
Marine pollution bulletin 2022 v.174 pp. 113200
ISSN:
0025-326X
Subject:
environmental assessment; marine pollution; microplastics; polyethylene; risk; sand; seawater; Thailand
Abstract:
... The distribution, characteristics, and ecological risk of microplastics in beach sand and seawater samples collected along the shore of Rayong province, Thailand, were investigated in this study. The average microplastics abundance in beach sand and seawater was 338.89 ± 264.94 particles/kg d.w. and 1781.48 ± 1598.36 particles/m³, respectively. Beach sand and seawater had the most yellow-brown par ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.marpolbul.2021.113200

93. Microplastic pollution in the environment and organisms of Xiangshan Bay, East China Sea: An area of intensive mariculture

Author:
Xiang Yu; Wei Huang; Youji Wang; Yuntao Wang; Liang Cao; Zhi Yang; Shuozeng Dou
Source:
Water research 2022 v.212 pp. 118117
ISSN:
0043-1354
Subject:
Cephalopoda; environmental assessment; fauna; fish; hydrodynamics; mariculture; microplastics; pollution; research; risk; sediments; surface water; zooplankton; East China Sea
Abstract:
... Microplastic (MP) pollution in oceans is an emerging environmental problem that poses ecological risks for marine ecosystems. Based on the abundance, distribution, and characteristics of microplastics (MPs) in surface water, sediment, and organisms, MP sources, pollution, trophic transfer, and ecological risk in Xiangshan Bay, an area of intensive mariculture in East China Sea, were assessed in th ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.watres.2022.118117

94. Microplastics in the sediments of small-scale Japanese rivers: Abundance and distribution, characterization, sources-to-sink, and ecological risks

Author:
A. H. M. Enamul Kabir; Masahiko Sekine; Tsuyoshi Imai; Koichi Yamamoto; Ariyo Kanno; Takaya Higuchi
Source:
Science of the total environment 2022 v.812 pp. 152590
ISSN:
0048-9697
Subject:
chlorides; energy-dispersive X-ray analysis; environment; environmental assessment; ethylene; microplastics; peroxidation; pollution; pollution control; poly(vinyl chloride); polyethylene; polymethylmethacrylate; polypropylenes; polyurethanes; propylene; riparian areas; risk; rivers; sediments; spectral analysis; styrene; surface water; toxicity
Abstract:
... Microplastic pollution in small-scale river sediments remains mostly unknown. This study explored microplastics in the sediments of four small-scale Japanese rivers in Yamaguchi Prefecture: the Awano, Ayaragi, Asa, and Majime. Sediment samples (n = 23) were collected from the selected stations. Density separation and wet peroxidation methods were applied to extract microplastics. Polymers were det ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.scitotenv.2021.152590

95. Minerals and trace elements in a long term paddy soil-rice system in the north of Iran: Human health and ecological risk assessment

Author:
Mohsen Ahmadpour; Mohammad Hosein Sinkakarimi; Mohammad Hossein Gorjian Arabi; Mohammadreza Abdollahpour; Amirhossein Mansour; Aref Asgharpour; Iman Islami; Mousa Ahmadpour; Seyed Hamid Hosseini; Mojtaba Shokrollahzadeh Taleshi; Jeffrey Levengood; Paul Hapeman
Source:
Journal of food composition and analysis 2022 v.110 pp. 104573
ISSN:
0889-1575
Subject:
acceptable daily intake; arsenic; barium; bromine; cadmium; cesium; environmental assessment; food composition; germanium; human health; indium; lithium; molybdenum; paddies; potassium; rice; risk; selenium; soil; strontium; zinc; Iran
Abstract:
... We determined concentrations of 52 elements in 480 paired rice and soil samples from northern Iran in June and October. The contamination factor, enrichment factor and geoaccumulation index indicated that bromine (Br), cadmium (Cd), cesium (Cs), germanium (Ge), indium (In) and selenium (Se) were enriched in soils from both June and October. Copper (Cu), molybdenum (Mo), potassium (K) and Zinc (Zn) ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.jfca.2022.104573

96. Mixture toxicity prediction of substances from different origin sources in Daphnia magna

Author:
Ana Rita R. Silva; Sandra F. Gonçalves; Maria D. Pavlaki; Rui G. Morgado; Amadeu M.V.M. Soares; Susana Loureiro
Source:
Chemosphere 2022 v.292 pp. 133432
ISSN:
0045-6535
Subject:
Daphnia magna; acetaminophen; ammonium hydroxide; antagonism; aquatic ecosystems; boric acid; environmental assessment; prediction; risk; risk assessment; sodium fluoride; synergism; toxicity
Abstract:
... Due to several anthropogenic activities, water bodies have been heavily impacted by contaminants identified in aquatic ecosystems, including pharmaceuticals, personal care products, agricultural and industrial chemicals. Risk assessment based on chemical mixtures is still default in many monitoring studies, with decisions being based solely on a chemical-by-chemical basis. The present study aimed ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.chemosphere.2021.133432

97. Monitoring and Assessment of Environmental Quality in Coastal Environments

Author:
Sílvia C. Gonçalves
Source:
Environments 2022 v.9 no.2 pp. -
ISSN:
2076-3298
Subject:
coastal ecosystems; environment; environmental assessment; environmental monitoring; environmental quality; humans; pressure
Abstract:
... Coastal ecosystems are presently one of the most impacted environments by contamination and human pressures [...] ...
DOI:
10.3390/environments9020025

98. Multigenerational exposure to gamma radiation affects offspring differently over generations in zebrafish

Author:
Noëmie Guirandy; Béatrice Gagnaire; Virginie Camilleri; Isabelle Cavalié; Fabien Pierron; Patrice Gonzalez; Olivier Simon
Source:
Aquatic toxicology 2022 v.244 pp. 106101
ISSN:
0166-445X
Subject:
Danio rerio; ecotoxicology; environmental assessment; fish; gamma radiation; irradiation; larvae; phenotype; population dynamics; progeny; reproductive performance; reproductive success; sex ratio; survival rate; toxicity
Abstract:
... Mutigenerational studies are now of great interest in ecotoxicology and previous studies have shown the importance of conducting multigenerational studies when assessing radiation toxicity in fish. In our study, the first objective was to study the early life stages (embryo-larval stages) and critical functions such as reproduction (which are generally studied in the context of ecological risk ass ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.aquatox.2022.106101

99. Novel conditioner for efficient dewaterability and modification of oily sludge with high water content

Author:
Biming Liu; Yue Teng; Wenbin Song; Haixia Wu
Source:
Environmental science and pollution research 2022 v.29 no.17 pp. 25417-25427
ISSN:
0944-1344
Subject:
dioxins; environmental assessment; environmental protection; fly ash; free radicals; heavy metals; petroleum; pollution; redox reactions; research; sludge; toxicity; water content
Abstract:
... The oily sludge with high water content (OS) was dewatered, modified, and converted into solid fuel by a novel chemical conditioner (OSO-101). The effect of OSO-101 dosage on the dewaterability of OS was studied, showing that OSO-101 dosage of 15% (wt.) could achieve the best dewaterability efficiency of OS (98.18%). Meanwhile, compared with some conventional conditioners, OSO-101 developed by our ...
DOI:
10.1007/s11356-021-17150-w

100. Occupational Safety Climate in the Swedish Equine Sector

Author:
Cecilia Lindahl; Åsa Bergman Bruhn; Ing-Marie Andersson
Source:
Animals 2022 v.12 no.4 pp. -
ISSN:
2076-2615
Subject:
climate; diagnostic techniques; environmental assessment; horses; occupational health and safety; prioritization; questionnaires; risk assessment; working conditions
Abstract:
... The Swedish equine sector is considered a high-risk work environment, with relatively high injury rates and high severity of injuries. General safety research has identified a correlation between the safety performance and safety culture, but little is known about the intricacies of the safety culture in the Swedish equine sector, especially concerning managers’ and employees’ perceptions of their ...
DOI:
10.3390/ani12040438