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A framework to assess permafrost thaw threat for land transportation infrastructure in northern Canada
Prediction of permafrost stability is associated with challenges, such as data scarcity and climate uncertainties. Here we present a data-driven...
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Threat Perception and Adaptive Capacity of Natural World Heritage Site Management
This study offers new insights into the largest threats to natural and mixed World Heritage sites in developed countries as considered by their...
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“You talk of threat, but we think of comfort”: the role of place attachment in small remote communities in Iceland that experience avalanche threat
According to the Icelandic Meteorological Office, climate change may increase the likelihood, intensity, and frequency of some natural hazards in the...
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The hidden threat to food safety and human health: microplastics
Plastic, which has become an indispensable part of our daily life due to its wide range of uses, is produced worldwide by millions of tons, and most...
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The under-investigated plastic threat on seagrasses worldwide: a comprehensive review
Marine plastic pollution is a well-recognised and debated issue affecting most marine ecosystems. Despite this, the threat of plastic pollution on...
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Threat of low-frequency high-intensity floods to global cropland and crop yields
Flood hazards pose a significant threat to agricultural production. Agricultural adaptations tend to be prevalent and systematic in high-frequency...
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The looming threat of profenofos organophosphate and microbes in action for their sustainable degradation
Organophosphates are the most extensively used class of pesticides to deal with increasing pest diversity and produce more on limited terrestrial...
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Microplastic contamination, an emerging threat to the freshwater environment: a systematic review
Microplastics have been noticed as widespread in an aquatic environment at the microscale. They have nonstop increased due to the increase in the...
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Landfill leachate a new threat to water quality: a case study from the Temperate Himalayas
Landfills are commonly seen as the most cost-efficient and practical approach to waste management in various regions around the world. Nonetheless,...
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Wild Animal Migration As a Potential Threat of Introduction of New Viruses into Russia
AbstractThe SARS-CoV-2 pandemic has shown how serious the problem of re-emerging zoonotic infections is for our existence. Migrations of animals,...
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North–South Waste Trade: Prime Example of the Circular Economy or Major Environmental Threat?
Traditional linear economic models have long since proven their unsustainability in our finite world. Consequently, recent years have seen a steady...
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Environmental carbapenem-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii in wastewater receiving urban river system of eastern India: a public health threat
The present study determined the effect of untreated wastewater on the prevalence of carbapenem resistance in Acinetobacter baumannii (CRAB) in both...
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Are microplastics in livestock and poultry manure an emerging threat to agricultural soil safety?
Microplastics (MPs) have attracted much attention in recent years, due to the difficulty of degradation and threats to ecological systems and humans....
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Focusing COVID-19-associated mucormycosis: a major threat to immunocompromised COVID-19
COVID-19 disease has been identified to cause remarkable increase of mucormycosis infection cases in India, with the majority of cases being observed...
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Habitat suitability, range dynamics, and threat assessment of Swertia petiolata D. Don: a Himalayan endemic medicinally important plant under climate change
In the current era of the anthropocene, climate change is one of the main determinants of species redistribution and biodiversity loss. Worryingly,...
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Carbon emissions and food production: why climate change is a threat to Nigeria’s food security
The dependency of Nigeria on the importation of food will likely be accentuated by changing climate thereby necessitating the existing focus on...
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Water regulation in roman law considered from opposing standpoints: as essential resource and threat to humans and their environment
The ambivalence of water as a resource and as an environment was acknowledged very early on in Roman history as it is noticeable in the 5th cent. BC...
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Microplastic and Nanoplastic: A Threat to the Environment
Microplastics (MPs) and nanoplastics (NPs) have become significant environmental concerns due to their potential adverse effects on marine and human...
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A potential threat from biodegradable microplastics: mechanism of cadmium adsorption and desorption in the simulated gastrointestinal environment
It has been demonstrated that microplastics (MPs) can accumulate heavy metals from the environment and transfer them into organisms via the food...
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Gremmeniella abietina: a Loser in the Warmer World or Still a Threat to Forestry?
Purpose of ReviewGremmeniella abietina is a destructive forest pathogen responsible for Scleroderris canker, shoot dieback, defoliation, and tree...
