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Evolution of Alkaline Mine Drainage and Unique Biodiversity on Soil-Free Mine Substrates, Southern New Zealand
Relatively impermeable soil-free substrates (clay-rich outcrops and sediments) exposed at eight abandoned placer gold mines generate alkaline mine...
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Phytolith evidence of water management for rice growing and processing between 8,500 and 7,500 cal years bp in the middle Huai river valley, China
The archaeological sites of Shunshanji and Han**g are recorded as the earliest Neolithic sites in the middle Huai river valley, China, which were...
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Understanding crop processing and its social meaning in the **nzhai period (1850–1750 cal bce): a case study on the **nzhai site, China
Although the **nzhai period (1850–1750 cal bce ) has been widely regarded as a critical time for the development of urbanization in China, little is...
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From weeds to wheat: a diachronic approach to ancient biocultural diversity in the Santa María valley, northwest Argentina
The aim of this paper is to analyse continuities and changes in plant diversity and use in the southern part of the Santa María valley in northwest...
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Evaluating the applicability of Brachiaria mutica (Forssk.) (Paragrass) and Cyperus rotundus L. (Nutgrass) as bioadsorbents to remove Cr(VI): isotherms, kinetics, and thermodynamic studies
The era of post-industrialization has remarkably increased the concentration of Cr(VI), negatively affecting environmental sustainability. Therefore,...
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Analysis of farmers’ environmental sustainability behavior: the use of norm activation theory (a sample from Iran)
Human activities are the most effective and significant cause of environmental changes, some of which are destructive and others are beneficial. One...
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Palynology: A Tool to Decipher the Impact of Anthropogenic Activity on Palaeo-Vegetation—A Review Based on Fossil Pollen Records from India
The applications of palynology to understand palaeo-environment and palaeo-vegetation changes have been well established from deposits ranging from...
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Archaeobotanical evidence and ethnobotanical interpretation of plants used as coffin pillow fillings in burials in Poland (17th-18/19th centuries)
The aim of this article is the study of the botanical material in the fillings of 54 coffin pillows from Catholic and Protestant burials dated to the...
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Processing and storage of tree fruits, cereals and pulses at PPNA Sharara, southern Jordan
Recent excavations at the Pre-Pottery Neolithic A site of Sharara (ca. 9250 cal bc ) in southern Jordan have yielded a rich assemblage of charred...
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Optimal Water Allocation of Surface and Ground Water Resources Under Climate Change with WEAP and IWOA Modeling
The water evaluation and planning (WEAP) approach and the invasive weed optimization algorithm (IWOA) are herein employed to determine the optimal...
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An estate at Zincirli? Land use and resource exploitation at the Middle Bronze Age monumental building Complex DD in Zincirli, Gaziantep Province of Turkey
Near Eastern monumental buildings once hosted institutions with a variety of economic and environmental footprints. In this article examining a...
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A rapid field crop data collection method for complexity crop** patterns using UAV and YOLOv3
Crop type map** using remote sensing is critical for global agricultural monitoring and food security. However, the complexity of crop planting...
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Global risks of Bedellia somnulentella (Lepidoptera: Bedelliidae) invasion: a modeling exercise using a mechanistic model, CLIMEX
This study aimed to identify the global risk of invasion and establishment of Bedellia somnulentella , a pest of the sweet potato crop, for the...
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Indoor Air Pollution in Kenya
Indoor air pollution is an environmental health challenge in Kenya, particularly in rural households, and low-income urban areas. This review aims to...
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Livestock management at the Late Iron Age site of Baltarga (eastern Pyrenees): an integrated bio-geoarchaeological approach
Despite the important role of livestock farming amongst Iron Age communities living in mountain regions, there is little information about livestock...
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Spatial Distribution of Different Forms of Soil Phosphorus of a **guoli (Pyrus bretschneideri) Orchard in Yanji, China
AbstractThe distribution of phosphorus in permanent crop** systems such as orchards soil differs from that of other agricultural soils because of...
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Phytoliths from modern plants in the Canary Islands as a reference for the reconstruction of long-term vegetation change and culture-environment interactions
The Canary Islands were the first part of the Macaronesian archipelago to have been settled by humans. The various ways in which the indigenous...
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Design of TETHYS: a greenhouse plant-smart water harvesting and air-cleaning system
A framework to formulate a multiscale model based on the “speaking plant” approach is proposed. It is composed of a network of sensors to assess...
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Development of crop growing from the late Yangshao to early Longshan period in the Zhengluo region of central China: phytolith evidence from the Shuanghuaishu site
The Zhengluo region in central China is the core area for the start of the process from which Chinese civilization emerged during the late Yangshao...
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Civilization Built from Soil
Our environment today is “of the people, by the people, and for the people”, in a way that Abraham Lincoln could not have suspected in his well-known...