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The impact of international technical cooperation in new energy industry on carbon emissions: evidence from the top 30 countries in the global innovation index
International cooperation has become a global consensus to solve environmental problems. This paper selects the top 30 countries in the global innovation index as the research sample, based on Patent Cooperati...
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Synergistic removal of organic pollutants from water by CTF/BiVO4 heterojunction photocatalysts
Herein, a series of covalent triazine framework/bismuth vanadate (CTF/BiVO4) heterojunction catalysts were prepared using the hydrothermal method. The mechanism of the CTF/BiVO4 heterojunction photocatalyst in th...
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Open AccessWater pum** effect over the organic ions defined graphene oxide membrane impulses high flux desalination
Graphene oxide (GO) membranes have shown great potential in ionic sieving from aqueous solutions. However, it remains challenging for GO membranes to exclude small ions with a large water flux. Herein, organic...
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Identifying potentially contaminated areas with MaxEnt model for petrochemical industry in China
The presence of heavy metal and organic pollutants in wastewater effluents, flue gases, and even solid wastes from petrochemical industries renders improper discharges liable to posing threats to the ecologica...
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Policy shock effect of SDP on environmental total factors productivity: 53 coal cities versus 165 non-resource-based cities
The trend of economic decline for coal cities is a serious threat to the high-quality development of China’s economy, and how to improve the environmental total factor productivity (ETFP) has become an urgent ...
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Gonadal antioxidant responses to seawater acidification and hypoxia in the marine mussel Mytilus coruscus
This study investigated the combined effects of seawater acidification and hypoxia on the antioxidant response in gonads of the thick shell mussel Mytilus coruscus. Mussels were collected along the Shengsi Island...
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Antibiotic resistance genes and bacterial community on the surfaces of five cultivars of fresh tomatoes
Antibiotic resistance genes and bacteria (ARGs and ARB) in vegetable or fruit pose risks to ecological environment health. However, the assessment of ARGs and ARB from one popular vegetable, fresh tomato, has ...
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Nutrient Uptake and Distribution in Mycorrhizal Cuttings of Populus × canadensis ‘Neva’ Under Drought Stress
Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi (AMF) have been reported to improve the resistance to drought stress in some plant species. The aim of this study was to evaluate the effects of Rhizophagus irregularis inoculation on...
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Temporal variability of free-living microbial culturability and community composition after an Akashiwo sanguinea bloom in Shenzhen, China
Dinoflagellate blooms currently caused serious environmental problems in different areas of the world. Recent studies revealed close relationship between dinoflagellate blooms and microbial community dynamics,...
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Enhanced antioxidant capacity and upregulated transporter genes contribute to the UV-B-induced increase in blinin in Conyza blinii
Conyza blinii (C. blinii) is a traditional Chinese medicinal plant mainly grown in Sichuan, China. C. blinii is suitable for studying the mechanism of plant tolerance to UV-B due to its living conditions, charact...
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Diverse bacterial populations of PM2.5 in urban and suburb Shanghai, China
Airborne bacteria play key roles in terrestrial and marine ecosystems and human health, yet our understanding of bacterial communities and their response to the environmental variables lags significantly behin...
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Effect of Sterilization on Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Fungal Activity and Soil Nutrient Status
The purposes of this study are to evaluate the effect of sterilization on arbuscular mycorrhizal fungal activity and soil nutrient status, and to determine the time needed to eliminate the colonization capabil...
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Risk of contamination of infiltrated water and underground soil by heavy metals within a ceramic permeable brick paving system
The risk of heavy metal contamination of infiltrated water and underground soil on a permeable brick paving system was investigated. The paving system was constructed as a frame structure base on top of a 1.0-...
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Wood Plastic Composites from the Waste Lignocellulosic Biomass Fibers of Bio-Fuels Processes: A Comparative Study on Mechanical Properties and Weathering Effects
Using the lignocellulosic biomass materials to produce wood (wood fibers/natural fibers) plastic composites (WPCs) is one of the most environmentally friendly and economical ways to solve the residuals of bior...
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Disturbance of chiral ionic liquids to phototaxis of Chlamydomonas reinhardtii: regular analysis and mechanism attempt
Given the recent extensive synthesis and application of ionic liquids (ILs), finding a sensitive and visual indicator to provide a fast-initial risk assessment of IL use has become a pressing issue. In this st...
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Effect of different seasons (spring vs summer) on the microbiota diversity in the feces of dairy cows
We aimed to study how seasonal heat stress (i.e., spring vs. summer) influenced microbiota diversity in the dairy cows’ feces using Illumina MiSeq sequencing. Sixteen dairy cows were experiencing spring thermo...
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Evaluation of combined developmental neurological toxicity of di (n-butyl) phthalates and lead using immature mice
In this study, the immature mice were taken to assess the potential neurological toxicity of lead (Pb) and di (n-butyl) phthalates (DBP) combination exposure. Mouse administration with DBP combination with Pb ...
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Effect of dissolved organic matters and inorganic ions on TiO2 photocatalysis of diclofenac: mechanistic study and degradation pathways
Diclofenac (DCF) exists extensively in sewage treatment plant effluent, and it is one of the most reported environmental pharmaceutical contaminants. In this work, the photocatalytic degradation of DCF by tita...
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Insights into redox mediator supplementation on enhanced volatile fatty acids production from waste activated sludge
Anaerobic fermentation of waste activated sludge (WAS) for recycling valuable volatile fatty acids (VFAs) is economically valuable. However, the fermentation of protein is the rate-limiting step of VFA product...
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Distribution, source, and environmental risk assessment of phthalate esters (PAEs) in water, suspended particulate matter, and sediment of a typical Yangtze River Delta City, China
Phthalates (PAEs) in drinking water sources such as the Yangtze River in develo** countries had aroused widespread concern. Here, the water, suspended particulate matter (SPM), and sediment samples were coll...