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Optimisation of process parameters using response surface methodology to improve the liquid fraction yield from pyrolysis of water hyacinth
The water hyacinth has been identified as a persistent threat to the pillars of sustainability, resulting in an increased demand for cost-effective...
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Human induced fish declines in North America, how do agricultural pesticides compare to other drivers?
Numerous anthropogenic factors, historical and contemporary, have contributed to declines in the abundance and diversity of freshwater fishes in...
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An emerging role of microplastics in the etiology of lung ground glass nodules
BackgroundMicroplastic pollution has become a serious global environmental threat. The abundance of microplastics in the air is an order of magnitude...
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Global Ocean Governance and Ecological Civilization
The ocean is fundamentally important for humankind. The ocean is also vital for the world’s economic development. A healthy ocean environment is a...
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Community kitchen tandoors (CKT)-a potential candidate for air pollution mitigation strategies?
Community kitchen tandoor (CKT) is a clay-based hollow cylindrical device commonly used in South Asian and Middle Eastern countries for baking...
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Urban Sustainability and SDGs Implementation Between Regional Strategy and Local Practice: Case of Sardinia
The UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) provide a global agenda toward 2030 that need to be implemented at the local level to become effective....
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Deploying digitalisation and artificial intelligence in sustainable development research
Many industrialised countries have benefited from the advent of twenty-first century technologies, especially automation, that have fundamentally...
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Applications of Nanotechnology in Preservation and Development of the Plants: A Look Back
In this era of global warming, agrarian strategies across the world are plagued with a slew of issues. Improved nano-engineering is a useful...
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Methods to control harmful algal blooms: a review
The recent rise of red tide harmful algal blooms has induced ecosystem degradation, economic losses, and aquaculture damage, yet little is known on...
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Nanobiosensors’ Potentialities for Environmental Monitoring
Pollutants have become the global concern for which there is an intense demand for a quick, reliable, and sustainable system for their determination...
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Impacts and Threats of Marine Litter in African Seas
With a focus on plastic pollution, this chapter discusses the impacts of marine litter on the natural environment, the people and the economies of...
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Terrestrial ecotoxicity of glyphosate, its formulations, and co-formulants: evidence from 2010–2023
Glyphosate (GLY), the most widely used herbicide in the world, is frequently detected in various environmental matrices, including soil, the...
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Forest Tree Virome as a Source of Tree Diseases and Biological Control Agents
Purpose of ReviewThe collective virome of forest trees can be considered to include not only plant viruses, but also viral communities harbored by...
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Decontamination Strategies and Technologies for Tackling COVID-19 Hospitals and Related Biomedical Waste
The complexities of waste management have been...
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Micro/nano-plastics occurrence, identification, risk analysis and mitigation: challenges and perspectives
Micro/nanoplastics (MP/NPs) are emerging global pollutants that garnered enormous attention due to their potential threat to the ecosystem in virtue...
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Carbon pool dynamics after variable retention harvesting in Nothofagus pumilio forests of Tierra del Fuego
BackgroundIt is necessary to determine the implications for managing forest stands using variable retention harvesting for maintaining carbon and for...
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An insight into different microplastic detection methods
Microplastic (< 5 mm) is a worldwide threat and emerging concern that contaminates almost all environmental compartments. These pollutants possess...
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Approaches in Sunflower to Mitigate Impact of Climate Change
Adaptability and stability of yield is one of the most important requirements in sustainable agriculture. The ideal sunflower genotype would produce...