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Usability of Brachiaria mutica (para grass) and Cyperus rotundus (nut grass) as bioadsorbents for the removal of methylene blue from aqueous solution: isotherms, kinetics, and thermodynamics studies
Recent decades have witnessed an enormous increase in concentrations of dye effluent and its harmful effect on aquatic environment. The treatment of...
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Wastewater Treatment in India—A New Perspective
The increasing population of India has initiated a growing demand for freshwater. In the present scenario, scale of urbanization and industrial...
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The Lesser-Known Lakes and Wetlands of the Kenya Rift
Many small lakes and wetlands are present in the Kenya Rift. A few, such as Lake Sonachi, have been studied; others have received little attention....
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Spatiotemporal Distribution of Microbial Tetraether Lipids in a Lake and Its Inflowing River: Implications for the Identification of Flooding Events
Microbial glycerol dialkyl glycerol tetraethers (GDGTs) in lacustrine sediments are widely used to reconstruct terrestrial paleoenvironments....
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Aquatic Weeds and the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam
Aquatic vegetation are constant problems on reservoirs, lakes, wetlands and waterways around the world with water hyacinthWater hyacinth being the...
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Removal of Nitrogen Oxyanion (Nitrate) in Constructed Wetlands
The increasing levels of nitrogen oxyanion pollution especially nitrate in water environments have become a critical issues of concern because of the...
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Hydrate Ridge—A Gas Hydrate System in a Subduction Zone Setting
Hydrate Ridge is a 6–10 km wide, 22 km long N–S striking thrust ridge within the Cascadia accretionary prism offshore of Oregon in the NE Pacific...
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Influence of initial molding parameters and natural moisture migration on biochar-based soil composite for thermal backfills applications
Sustainable materials are essential for next generation infrastructures that not only improve their functionality but also have minimal impact on the...
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Fruit farming: environmental perspective in Arba Minch Zuria Wereda, Gamo Zone, Ethiopia
This research was aimed to assess the environmental impacts of fruit farming in Arba Minch Zuria Wereda. In order to effectively address the...
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Survey, Characterization, Ecology, and Management of Macrophytes in Chilika Lagoon
Chilika lagoon is a macrophyte dominated ecosystem. The diversity and distribution of macrophytes provide a key to understand the ecological health...
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Assessment of flow characteristics through a grassed canal
Vegetation is defined as a kind of surface roughness, which reduces the capacity of the channel and retards the flow by causing loss of energy...
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Watershed characteristics and physico-chemical analysis of lakes and reservoirs in North Western, Ethiopia
This study investigates the physico-chemical characteristics of Lakes and reservoirs in relation to the watershed condition of North Western...
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A review on facile synthesis of nanoparticles made from biomass wastes
Superabsorbent hydrogels (SAHs) based on carboxymethyl cellulose (CMC) have sparked the interest of scientists and researchers due to their numerous...
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Zirconium: A Hardly Known Metal
Zirconium is the 40th chemical element and a hardly known metal. It was discovered in zircon and has extraordinary properties. This chapter briefly...
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Physico-mechanical characterization of eco-friendly gypsum composites incorporating shredded surgical face masks
The global pandemic triggered by COVID-19 significantly increased the use of personal protective equipment especially surgical face masks....
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Influence of biochar amendment on stormwater management in green roofs: experiment with numerical investigation
Green roof is known to minimize urban waterlogging owing to its water retention capacity due to the presence of substrate soil layer. Biochar, which...
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A New Intelligent Model for Computing Crack in Compacted Soil-Biochar Mix: Application in Green Infrastructure
There have been studies analysing water retention and cracking in soil-biochar mix, but there is lack of model for estimating cracking in these kind...
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Physico-Chemical and Heavy Metal Analysis of Effluent Wastewater from Rold Gold Jewellery Industries and to Review on Its Safe Disposal Using Phytoremediation Approach with Special Emphasis on Hydrilla Verticillata, an Aquatic Plant
Machilipatnam, the headquarters of Krishna District, is well known for its rold gold jewellery which has a great demand from different parts of the...
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Modern Pollen Assemblage and Micro-morphometric Analysis of Arboreal and Non-arboreal Taxa from Lucknow District of Central Ganga Plain, India: A Window to Palaeoclimatic Studies
The present study was intended to establish a modern pollen analogue from the open-land areas of the Lucknow district as well as to investigate...
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Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam and hydrologic hegemony over Abbay Basin
The hydropolitics over the Abbay basin has a long history of hydrologic hegemony by Egypt. The conflict over the Abbay River mainly occurred between...
