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Yi-Ming Zhang, Peter Brimblecombe and Chon-Lin Lee
Microplastics are a major environmental issue. In marine systems, these break down into small fragments that may lodge within organisms, but they behave as vectors for chemicals when pollutants such as metals, polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs), pes...
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Paripurnanda Loganathan, Jaya Kandasamy, Harsha Ratnaweera and Saravanamuthu Vigneswaran
Poly- and perfluoroalkyl substances (PFASs) encompass a diverse group of engineered chemicals extensively manufactured and utilized in various facets of human life. They exhibit widespread distribution in aquatic environments due to their prevalent usage...
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Jure Sr?e, Marko Perkovic and Aleksander Grm
The environmental effects of ship propellers were not even close to fully examined before the current massive ships were introduced to sea trade. Larger ships, result in greater length, beam, draft and propulsion power. Of concern here is the under-keel ...
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Lukasz Kajtoch
Horticulture is one of the land use types in agricultural landscapes, which is beneficial for nature if traditional ways of management are implemented. Orchards are affected by three negative transformations: abandonment that leads to afforestation; grub...
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Helen K. French, Mona C. Hansen, Kamilla G. Moe and Julie Stene
In cold climates, the use of de-icing chemicals in the winter can lead to groundwater contamination, especially when used in large quantities, such as at airports. Oslo Airport, Gardermoen, is situated on Norway?s largest rain-fed aquifer. Potassium form...
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Tessia Rakgotho, Nzumbululo Ndou, Takalani Mulaudzi, Emmanuel Iwuoha, Noluthando Mayedwa and Rachel Fanelwa Ajayi
Salinity is an abiotic stress that is responsible for more than 50% of crop losses worldwide. Current strategies to overcome salinity in agriculture are limited to the use of genetically modified crops and chemicals including fertilizers, pesticides and ...
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Christine Levesque and Pat E. Rasmussen
Mercury (Hg) is one of the top ten chemicals of concern for public health, according to the World Health Organization. This study investigates Hg concentrations in house dust collected from urban single family homes, to better understand typical indoor r...
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Ruta Bariseviciute, Evaldas Maceika, Laurynas Juodis, Algirdas Pabedinskas, Justina ?apolaite, ?ilvinas E?erinskis, Laurynas Butkus and Vidmantas Remeikis
The Ignalina Nuclear Power Plant (INPP) in Lithuania is a rare case when lake water is used instead of river or sea water for cooling. Lake Druk?iai with water residence time of 3?4 year and undisturbed sediment layers is a unique system to assess the im...
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Alfonso Menchén, Yolanda Espín, Nicolás Valiente, Beatriz Toledo, Manuel Álvarez-Ortí and Juan José Gómez-Alday
Saline lakes are subject to numerous environmental impacts related to human activities, changing the chemical and biological natural conditions of the ecosystem. Sustainable development depends on the conservation of such delicate saline ecosystems, whic...
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Estefanía Bonnail, Rocío Antón-Martín, Inmaculada Riba and T. Ángel DelValls
The Ganges River receives inputs from highly populated cities of India (New Delhi, Calcutta, among others) and a strong influence of anthropogenic activities until reaching the Bay of Bengal. It is a seasonal river with 80% of discharges occurring betwee...
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