2025 June - 37 articles
Plastic pollution and its environmental consequence are on the rise globally. In Nigeria, the proliferation of plastic bottle and sachet water (PBSW) manufacturing companies in various parts of the country has led to an increase in plastic waste gene...
Burnout is a complex phenomenon influenced by both environmental and individual factors. This pilot study explores the predictive role of occupational noise perception and stress vulnerability on burnout symptoms among industrial workers. A cross-sec...
The interactions between marine predators such as the Mediterranean monk seal (Monachus monachus) and fish farms have raised concerns regarding the potential environmental impacts of the industry on surrounding marine ecosystems. This study investiga...
Background: Lithium is an essential commodity; however, its mining and processing can expose miners to airborne contaminants such as inhalable dust, respirable dust and respirable crystalline silica. These exposures may adversely affect respiratory h...
Coastal erosion poses a significant threat to small tropical island regions, where coastal tourism and infrastructure play vital economic roles. However, the processes affecting tropical beaches, particularly in Central America, remain underexplored...
Agricultural practices significantly influence agroecosystem biodiversity, driving a growing focus on the development of environmentally sustainable management strategies. Olive (Olea europaea L.) is one of the most widely cultivated tree crops in th...
Small-scale decentralised wastewater treatment facilities are essential to provide services to remote regional communities. This study presents an innovative and sustainable approach to wastewater treatment by integrating ozone nanobubble technology...
The common leopard (Panthera pardus) in Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJ and K), Pakistan, is increasingly threatened by habitat fragmentation and climate change. This study employs a dual-model approach, integrating Maximum Entropy (MaxEnt) and Random For...
This study investigates the combined application of coagulation–flocculation–sedimentation (CFS) and adsorption using corncob (CC) biosorbent for the removal of textile dyes from aqueous solutions. Two synthetic dyes Bemacron Blue RS 01 (...
Dredging is essential for the maintenance of ports, waterways, lakes, and lagoons to ensure their operability and economic value. Over the last few decades, scientists have focused on the significant environmental challenges associated with dredging,...
Introduction: Gentrification, commonly defined as low-socioeconomic-status (SES) neighborhoods experiencing rapid increases in rental value, can lead to changes in the built and social neighborhood environment. Schools are an important location for p...
Heavy metal pollution is a growing public health concern owing to rising environmental pollution throughout the world. The situation is more vulnerable in Bangladesh; therefore, this study assessed contamination levels in different land use categorie...
The Earth’s degassing is an important factor in evaluating global carbon budget estimates and understanding the carbon cycle. As a result, numerous studies have focused on this topic. However, current estimates predominantly focus on subaerial...
Particulate matter is a mixture of fine dust and tiny droplets of liquid suspended in the air. PM10 is a pollutant composed of particles smaller than 10 µm. These particles are harmful to the respiratory system. The air quality in the region an...
Despite growing international consensus on the urgency of climate action, global CO2 emissions have continued to rise, exposing a critical implementation gap between environmental ambition and reality. This study explores the readiness and structural...
Persistent organohalogen pollutants—including halogenated nitrophenols (HNCs), trichloroethylene (TCE), and per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS)—pose serious environmental and health risks due to their stability, toxicity, and bioac...
Organophosphorus (OP) pesticides are a class of chemicals that are extensively used worldwide. The exposure to and use of organophosphates can be assessed by analyzing their metabolites and degradation products, such as dialkyl phosphate (DAP), dialk...
Environmental impacts, such as elevated temperatures due to urban heat islands (UHIs), associated with land cover change due to urbanization, should not be ignored. In contrast to conventional impermeable concrete, permeable pavements have been imple...
Atmospheric emissions of industrial-origin trace metals are a major environmental problem that negatively affects air quality and the functioning of forest ecosystems. Traditional air quality monitoring methods require investments in equipment and in...
Soil management in vineyards is a crucial component of sustainable viticulture. Weed control under the row has traditionally been addressed using mechanical, physical, and chemical techniques, but herbicides pose environmental and health risks. The c...
Air quality monitoring (AQM) is key to maintaining healthy air in cities. This is crucial in low- and middle-income countries due to increasing evidence of poor air quality but lack of monitors to consistently collect evaluate air quality data and ef...
Urban air pollution from potentially toxic elements (PTEs) presents a critical threat to public health and environmental sustainability. The current study employed Syntrichia moss in a passive biomonitoring capacity to ascertain the levels of atmosph...
Microplastics are found in Earth’s atmosphere, lithosphere, hydrosphere, pedosphere, and ecosphere. While there is a growing interest and need to solve this grand challenge in both the academic and policy realms, few have engaged with academics...
The recovery of lithium from extracts obtained from a black mass of spent lithium-ion batteries treated with a ternary solvent system at acidic pH was investigated using flat-sheet nanofiltration (NF) membranes operated according to a dead-end config...
Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFASs) are a family of synthetic chemicals that were used to improve the quality of several commercial products by making them resistant to heat, oil, stains, and grease. By containing a fluorinated carbon tail an...
During the intense heatwaves of late summer 2024, Washington, D.C.’s urban landscape revealed the powerful influence of urban morphology on microclimates and air quality. This study investigates the impact of building height-to-width (H/W) rati...
This review reports some aspects of soil contaminant chemistry and its fundamental role in shaping the soil–human health relationship. Exposure to soil contaminants can occur through direct pathways, such as ingestion, inhalation, and dermal co...
This review assesses biochar’s potential to mitigate nitrogen (N) losses when co-applied with N fertilizers, emphasizing mechanisms linked to its measurable physicochemical properties. The mitigation of ammonia (NH3) volatilization shows variab...
Seafood waste is often landfilled and/or discarded into water, raising microbiological pollution and environment policy concerns. Repurposing this low-cost biomass collected at point-source processing centers can help reduce greenhouse gas emissions...
Antarctica and the Southern Ocean are important sinks in the global mercury (Hg) cycle, and in the marine environment, inorganic Hg can be converted by bacteria to monomethylmercury (MeHg), a highly bioavailable and toxic compound that biomagnifies a...
The spread of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) in the environment poses a severe threat to soil organisms, aquatic life, and human health. Many PFAS compounds are mobile and easily transported from soils to groundwater and further to surfac...
Background: Cardiovascular disease (CVD) is a major global health burden influenced by genetic, behavioral, and environmental factors. Among these, exposure to per- and poly-fluoroalkyl substances (PFASs) and toxic metals has been increasingly implic...
The objective of this article is to conduct a review to analyze global trends in the use of air pollution models under the influence of climate variability (CV) over urban areas. Five scientific databases were used (2013–2024): Scopus, ScienceD...
Given the implications of heat stress on contaminant uptake and the importance of salmonid fish to Northern Indigenous peoples, investigating temperature-driven patterns in trace metal bioavailability is essential for assessing climate change risks....
Wariness is increasing about resident times of microplastics (MPs) in soils; however, limited knowledge is available on ultraviolet (UV) light exposure of MPs to soil fauna. This study investigated the effects of virgin and photoaged polyethylene mic...
The Limpopo Province, situated in the northern part of South Africa, is mainly comprising rural areas that lack adequate facilities for drinking water. Boreholes are the main source of drinking water in rural and urbanized areas of Limpopo Province....
Honey bees are one of the most significant pollinators and contribute to the pollination of various crops. The honey bee, Apis mellifera (Linnaeus, 1758), has unique characteristics that could be successfully used to improve biomonitoring approaches...
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