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Air Pollution
Air pollution is a pressing global issue that profoundly impacts human health, ecosystems, and overall quality of life. This chapter provides a...
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Responses of the Antioxidant System of Embryos of the Rusty Blenny Parablennius sanguinolentus (Pallas, 1814) (Blenniiformes: Blenniidae) to Pollution of the Marine Environment with Heavy Fuel Oil
AbstractOil pollution remains a serious problem for marine ecosystems, especially for coastal waters that are known as spawning areas of many fish...
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Fuel for food: Access to clean cooking fuel and food security in India
While the health and environmental impacts of using biomass fuels for cooking are well-established in the literature, there is little empirical...
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Fuel Alternatives for Develo** Countries
Currently, around 2.6 billion people rely on traditional biomass (fuelwood, charcoal, dung, and agricultural residues) for heating and cooking. With...
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Effect of Hydrocarbon Pollution on the Fungal Communities of the Littoral Sediments of the White and Barents Seas
AbstractThe effect of hydrocarbon pollution on the fungal communities of littoral sediments of the cold-water White and Barents seas was...
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Sustainable kitchen wastewater treatment with electricity generation using upflow biofilter-microbial fuel cell system
The microbial fuel cell (MFC) is considered a modern technology used for treating wastewater and recovering electrical energy. In this study, a new...
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Population Growth and Environmental Pollution in the Global South
Global human population has been on the rise, particularly in develo** countries. The challenge of satisfying the needs of the increasing...
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Using house sparrow in biomonitoring lead in Tehran air pollution
Urbanization is spreading all over the world, with more than half of the people now living in urban ecosystems. Pollutants such as metals have...
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Cyanobacteria as Bioindicator of Water Pollution
Water pollution is a global problem in recent times, and its remedy has become imperative to safeguard the health of ecosystems and humans. To solve...
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Are biodegradable plastic mulch films an effective way to solve residual mulch film pollution in farmland?
AimThe pollution caused by agricultural plastic mulch film and the resulting microplastics has garnered significant attention. The partial...
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Pollution and Wildlife Health
Pollution is a pervasive and growing threat to wildlife health. This chapter discusses two broad groups of pollution, those whose abatement could...
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Urban Air Pollution
This chapter examines one of the most severe urban environmental changes in the SENA region, urban air pollution. It first introduces the global...
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Environmental Pollution: Threats, Impact on Biodiversity, and Protection Strategies
Africa boasts immense natural and mineral resources, as they form the skeletal structure of the economy. These resources are distributed across the...
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Assessments of the impacts of chemical and hydrocarbon pollution on Ologe Lagoon water and its prokaryotic community structure
Ologe Lagoon, in Lagos State Nigeria, is one of the freshwaters exposed to chemical and hydrocarbon pollution. The impacts of anthropogenic pollution...
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Ocean Noise Pollution
Sound travels very fast and very efficiently underwater, so can sometimes be heard over thousands of kilometers of ocean. Marine animals sense their...
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Heavy Metal Pollution in Atmosphere from Vehicular Emission
The transport sector contributes a significant source of air pollution in metro cities. It emits various types of organic and inorganic pollutants in...
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Microbial Study with Mathematical and Statistical Modelling for Synchronous Biotreatment of Actual Restaurant Wastewater and Bioelectricity Recovery in Microbial Fuel Cell
The demand for energy resources is constantly increasing. That means need more fossil fuels to provide them. People consume a lot of food and this...
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From cells to power cells: harnessing bacterial electron transport for microbial fuel cells (MFCs)
Microbial fuel cells (MFCs), which use bacterial electron transport mechanisms to generate energy, have become a viable technology for renewable...
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Increasing the Resistance of Wheat to Oil Pollution Using Endophytic Bacteria Bacillus subtilis
AbstractThe effect of treatment of wheat seeds with a suspension culture of cells of endophytic bacteria of the strain Bacillus subtilis 26D and...
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Environmental Degradation in the Niger Delta Ecosystem: The Role of Anthropogenic Pollution
Pollution is the addition of unpleasant substances into the environment that damage health. The Niger Delta is the hotbed of oil and gas exploration...