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Is producer services agglomeration a “new engine” for urban green economic development? an econometric analysis of Chinese cities
Green economic development is an effective tactic for China to cope with the predicament of resources and the environment. As “smoke-free industries”, producer services are becoming the main contributors to ur...
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Evaluation of smart community resilience: empirical evidence from Heilongjiang province, China
Building smart community resilience has become imperative for addressing vulnerabilities to uncertain disturbances. Consequently, assessing smart community resilience levels is crucial. This study aims to deve...
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Correction to: Can new energy demonstration city policy reduce carbon emissions? A quasi‑natural experiment from China
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What drives the green transformation of enterprises? A case of carbon emissions trading pilot policy in China
As an important policy instrument to achieve greenhouse gas emission reduction, carbon emissions trading has also promoted the green transformation of enterprises while achieving carbon reduction targets. This...
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When will China’s industrial carbon emissions peak? Evidence from machine learning
The manufacture of products in the industrial sector is the principal source of carbon emissions. To slow the progression of global warming and advance low-carbon economic development, it is essential to devel...
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Can new energy demonstration city policy reduce carbon emissions? A quasi-natural experiment from China
Against achieving carbon peaking by 2030 and carbon neutrality by 2060 context in China, the new energy demonstration city policy (NEDCP) has a crucial function to perform in promoting resource utilization eff...
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Does green finance improve carbon emission efficiency? Experimental evidence from China
As a noteworthy initiative of financial supply-side reform to precisely support the green development system, can green finance (GF) help achieve the dual goals of “carbon peaking” and “carbon neutrality”? Usi...
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Piezocatalytic removal of water bacteria and organic compounds: a review
In the context of climate change, freshwater shrinkage and industrialization, human diseases are increasing due to water pollution by toxic chemicals and pathogenic bacteria, calling for advanced methods to tr...
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Can carbon emission trading pilot policy drive industrial structure low-carbon restructuring: new evidence from China
Industrial structure low-carbon restructuring is an essential channel to accelerate China’s economic growth and fulfilling carbon emission reduction goals. Whether carbon emission trading pilot policy, as an i...
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Activity-density and spatial distribution of termites on a fine-scale in a tropical rainforest in **shuangbanna, southwest China
The community composition and activity-density of termites can influence nutrient cycling and other ecological functions. However, the spatial distribution and the activity-density of termites on a fine-scale ...
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Effects of microplastic combined with Cr(III) on apoptosis and energy pathway of coral endosymbiont
The combined effect of polyethylene (PE) microplastics and chromium (Cr(III)) on the scleractinian coral Acropora pruinosa (A. pruinosa) was investigated. The endpoints analysed in this study included the endosym...
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The impact of local government competition and green technology innovation on economic low-carbon transition: new insights from China
The government-led Chinese economic development system determines that local government competition is a significant factor affecting the economic low-carbon transition. Driving an economic development mode wi...
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Open AccessRole of biochar toward carbon neutrality
Carbon neutrality by the mid-twenty-first century is a grand challenge requiring technological innovations. Biochar, a traditional soil amendment which has been used for fertility improvement and contaminant r...
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Does government intervention affect CO2 emission reduction effect of producer service agglomeration? Empirical analysis based on spatial Durbin model and dynamic threshold model
Achieving carbon peak and carbon neutrality is an inherent requirement for countries to promote green recovery and transformation of the global economy after the COVID-19 pandemic. As “a smoke-free industry,” ...
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Assessing the impact of energy internet and energy misallocation on carbon emissions: new insights from China
With the deterioration of environmental quality caused by fossil energy use, the research on energy internet and energy misallocation is of critical relevance to achieve low-carbon sustainable development. How...
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Combined effects of copper and microplastics on physiological parameters of Tubastrea aurea corals
Microplastics (MPs) have been a serious environmental problem because it can carry pollution like heavy metals and organic pollutants. However, the combined effect of MPs and bivalent copper ion (Cu(II)) on th...
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Analysis of the mechanism of the impact of internet development on green economic growth: evidence from 269 prefecture cities in China
As the digital economy develops rapidly and the network information technology advances, new development models represented by the network economy have emerged, which have a crucial impact on green economic gr...
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Energy structure, digital economy, and carbon emissions: evidence from China
As a new production factor, digitalization plays a vital role in society, economy, and the environment. Based on the expanded STIRPAT model, this paper empirically tests the impact of energy structure and digi...
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Impact of financial development and technological innovation on the volatility of green growth—evidence from China
China’s green growth has shown a trend of fluctuation year by year. Simultaneously, Chinese local governments have pursued simple economic growth driven by the interests of “political competition” for a long t...
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Distributional patterns of soil nematodes in relation to environmental variables in forest ecosystems
Understanding biodiversity and biogeographic distribution of soil fauna is an important topic in ecology. While nematode communities have been compared among ecosystems, knowledge remains limited about how env...