Article
Agriculture, Multidisciplinary
Sepide Khaeez, S. Mehdy Hashemy Shahdany
Summary: The study found that implementing non-structural alternatives can improve the effectiveness and equity of agricultural water distribution in different scenarios. Furthermore, these alternatives also have positive effects on reducing energy consumption and groundwater extraction.
COMPUTERS AND ELECTRONICS IN AGRICULTURE
(2021)
Article
Thermodynamics
Pedro Cabrera, Jose Antonio Carta, Henrik Lund, Jakob Zinck Thellufsen
Summary: This paper introduces a new method that increases the contribution of renewables to an island's primary energy supply by linking the water infrastructure and energy system. The study highlights the importance of wind technology integration in renewable exploitation in insular water-energy systems, with wind energy contributing more than 70% of the renewable participation in this case study.
ENERGY CONVERSION AND MANAGEMENT
(2021)
Article
Nanoscience & Nanotechnology
Wang Hee Lee, Chan Woo Lee, Gi Doo Cha, Byoung-Hoon Lee, Jae Hwan Jeong, Hyunseo Park, Junhyeok Heo, Megalamane S. Bootharaju, Sung-Hyuk Sunwoo, Jeong Hyun Kim, Kyung Hyun Ahn, Dae-Hyeong Kim, Taeghwan Hyeon
Summary: A floatable photocatalytic platform consisting of porous elastomer-hydrogel nanocomposites is designed to address the challenges of solar energy and mass transfer, catalyst instability, and reverse reactions. It achieves efficient hydrogen evolution and demonstrates potential for commercialization in seawater and highly turbid water.
NATURE NANOTECHNOLOGY
(2023)
Article
Computer Science, Interdisciplinary Applications
Diego Avesani, Andrea Galletti, Sebastiano Piccolroaz, Alberto Bellin, Bruno Majone
Summary: Large-scale hydrological models require high memory allocation and CPU time, with High Performance Computing offering the opportunity for increased resolutions. However, poor scalability due to components that must be executed in series may offset the advantages. The HYPERstreamHS model uses a dual-layer parallelization strategy and suggests careful organization and grouping of processors for optimal performance, with this subdivision being problem specific.
ENVIRONMENTAL MODELLING & SOFTWARE
(2021)
Article
Construction & Building Technology
Elissaios Sarmas, Evangelos Spiliotis, Vangelis Marinakis, Georgios Tzanes, John K. Kaldellis, Haris Doukas
Summary: This study introduces an energy management method that smooths electricity consumption and shaves peaks by smart scheduling of water pumping stations. Machine learning models are used to accurately forecast electricity consumption and production of renewable energy sources, and an algorithm is used to optimize the allocation of operating hours of the pumps to minimize predicted peaks. An evaluation on a Greek remote island shows that the method can reduce the deviation of electricity consumption and provides some conclusions.
SUSTAINABLE CITIES AND SOCIETY
(2022)
Article
Automation & Control Systems
Sarmad Riazi, Kristofer Bengtsson, Bengt Lennartson
Summary: The proposed optimization method enhances the performance criteria of an AGV system while reducing energy consumption. By optimizing productivity-related performance criteria, the method not only decreases traveled distance but also lowers cruise velocity to save energy.
IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON AUTOMATION SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING
(2021)
Review
Chemistry, Physical
Yanjie Zheng, Rodrigo A. Caceres Gonzalez, Kelsey B. Hatzell, Marta C. Hatzell
Summary: Solar-thermal desalination technologies have the potential to provide large quantities of desalinated water in remote and inland regions. However, efficient integration between solar capture and desalination remains a critical challenge, especially when exploring concentrating solar technologies. Important metrics of success must be considered to ensure the success of large-scale solar-thermal desalination plants.
Article
Engineering, Electrical & Electronic
Francois Pacaud, Michel De Lara, Jean-Philippe Chancelier, Pierre Carpentier
Summary: Microgrids are recognized as an important tool for integrating decentralized renewable energies, but their management is complicated due to multiple stochastic productions and demands, as well as storage. This study introduces a network structure to microgrids, where buildings with production and storage capabilities can exchange energy surplus. The problem is formulated as a multistage stochastic optimization problem, and decomposition methods are shown to be faster and more efficient than existing algorithms.
IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON POWER SYSTEMS
(2022)
Article
Environmental Sciences
Emily Grubert, Adrienne Marshall
Summary: The energy system is a major water user, and understanding its water consumption is a challenging empirical task. Water use has different impacts depending on location, timing, and socioenvironmental context. Different decarbonization pathways and policy environments also have varying water use implications. The current twin non-stationarities in hydrology and energy systems make understanding water use for energy critical for decision support. However, water-for-energy data are highly uncertain and not centrally collected, requiring substantial efforts from researchers to collect inventory data.
WILEY INTERDISCIPLINARY REVIEWS-WATER
(2022)
Article
Agronomy
Ronny Lauerwald, Nicolas Guilpart, Philippe Ciais, David Makowski
Summary: The EU's increasing domestic soybean production to reduce imports could lead to a significant increase in crop water deficits, especially in France, Italy, Hungary, and Romania. This is mainly due to the assumption of shorter root depth for soybean compared to maize.
AGRICULTURAL AND FOREST METEOROLOGY
(2023)
Review
Energy & Fuels
Tian Mu, Zhiqiao Wang, Ning Yao, Min Zhang, Miao Bai, Zhaohui Wang, Xin Wang, Xin Cai, Yue Ma
Summary: This article re-evaluates the commercial Li-ion batteries (LIBs) technologies and comprehensively assesses the viability of alternative beyond Li ion chemistries, such as sodium ion batteries, aqueous zinc batteries as well as solid-state lithium batteries. The advantages, raw material accessibility, cell prototyping, and manufacturability readiness of each category are summarized and commented, with emphasis on the gap between lab-scale models and practical production. Feasible recycling routine to integrate spent LIBs into a complete manufacturing loop remains an urgent priority. Large-scale energy storage requires collaborative efforts from researchers, manufacturers, government, and multiple parties of the energy sector, while technological advances facilitate the parallel optimization of LIBs manufacturing and development of nascent battery technologies within a more green, sustainable, and carbon-neutral framework.
JOURNAL OF ENERGY STORAGE
(2023)
Article
Chemistry, Physical
Qusay Hassan, Aws Zuhair Sameen, Hayder M. Salman, Marek Jaszczur
Summary: The study compares wind and solar solutions for large-scale production of green hydrogen, providing a precise technique and standardization for performance assessment. The findings show that the optimum electrolyser capacity can match the energy produced by the wind turbine power plant and solar photovoltaics power plant.
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF HYDROGEN ENERGY
(2023)
Article
Materials Science, Multidisciplinary
Joshua Lamb, Judith A. Jeevarajan
Summary: Battery safety is crucial across individual component, cell, and system levels, especially in large high-energy systems like lithium-ion batteries. Despite advancements in performance, there are significant gaps in understanding the safety performance of emergent battery technologies.
Article
Energy & Fuels
Meng Yuan, Peter Sorknaes, Henrik Lund, Yongtu Liang
Summary: This paper provides a comprehensive analysis of the bidding strategies of large-scale Li-ion batteries in 100% renewable smart energy systems. The results show that large-scale battery storage plays a limited role in future energy systems that follow the smart energy system concept. The findings of this study provide general strategies for battery bidding and operation in 100% RE systems.
Review
Thermodynamics
Jacek Kalina
Summary: This paper presents a subjective review of emerging trends and innovations in the design of large-scale energy systems. The aim of the study is to identify major changes and emerging novelties that may impact modern societies and future energy systems, as well as to address the increasing complexity and multidimensionality of energy system planning and design. The paper proposes the AARTT review framework, categorizing trends and innovations into awareness, approaches, resources, technologies, and tools. It concludes that a holistic approach and interdisciplinary activities are required for the future energy system.
Article
Multidisciplinary Sciences
Beate Kraft, Nico Jehmlich, Morten Larsen, Laura A. Bristow, Martin Konneke, Bo Thamdrup, Donald E. Canfield
Summary: A study shows that ammonia-oxidizing archaea in the ocean are capable of producing nitrous oxide and oxygen after oxygen depletion, indicating a reevaluation of their role in oxygen-depleted environments.
Article
Environmental Sciences
Martin Drews, Pavan Kumar, Ram Kumar Singh, Manuel De La Sen, Sati Shankar Singh, Ajai Kumar Pandey, Manoj Kumar, Meenu Rani, Prashant Kumar Srivastava
Summary: Mathematical models are widely used to explore the progression of COVID-19, with forecasts being highly uncertain and dependent on the quality of training data. Different interventions have different effects and influencing factors such as local strategies and environmental conditions can impact the accuracy of predictions.
SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT
(2022)
Article
Meteorology & Atmospheric Sciences
Elin Andree, Martin Drews, Jian Su, Morten Andreas Dahl Larsen, Nils Dronen, Kristine Skovgaard Madsen
Summary: This study investigates the wind-driven sea-level responses along the complex Danish coastlines and finds that extreme water levels increase linear-to-quadratically with increased wind speed. A complementary methodology is proposed to generalize the synthetic modeling results based on site-specific relations and dynamic model simulations, which performs reasonably well for the highly complex coastlines around Denmark. These findings are important for decision-making and mitigating the impacts of current and future flooding hazards.
WEATHER AND CLIMATE EXTREMES
(2022)
Article
Plant Sciences
Katsuhiro Shiono, Akiko Koshide, Kazunari Iwasaki, Kazumasa Oguri, Takeshi Fukao, Morten Larsen, Ronnie N. Glud
Summary: Submergence during germination limits the growth of most higher plants, but some wetland plants like rice can germinate under submerged conditions. This study provides direct evidence for the hypothesis that the elongating shoot tissue acts as a snorkel to acquire atmospheric oxygen during germination in rice. The parallel application of an O-2 optode system and automated scanning system proves to be a powerful tool for examining the effect of environmental conditions on germination in rice and other plants.
FRONTIERS IN PLANT SCIENCE
(2022)
Article
Energy & Fuels
Stefan N. Petrovic, Morten Andreas Dahl Larsen, Alessandro Colangelo, Oleksandr Diachuk, Roman Podolets, Andrii Semeniuk, Chiara Delmastro, Olexandr Balyk
Summary: Data centres are significant electricity consumers, contributing to around 1% of global electricity usage. In this article, a thermodynamic model is used to analyze the electricity usage for cooling and excess heat availability in different locations in Ukraine under two climate scenarios. The findings demonstrate the variation in electricity consumption and excess heat availability within the country.
ENERGY STRATEGY REVIEWS
(2023)
Article
Environmental Sciences
Martin Drews, Max Steinhausen, Morten Andreas Dahl Larsen, Mads Lykke Domgaard, Levente Huszti, Tibor Racz, Michel Wortmann, Fred Fokko Hattermann, Kai Schroeter
Summary: Pluvial floods pose an increasing threat to urban environments worldwide due to human-induced climate change. High-resolution pluvial flood models are urgently needed to inform climate change adaptation and risk reduction measures, but are often not empirically tested due to limited local rainfall events and monitoring capabilities. Volunteered Geographic Information (VGI) collected from various sources can be used to monitor pluvial floods during and after extreme rain events, but its reliability is sometimes questioned. In this research, the utility of VGI is explored to evaluate the performance of pluvial flood models and gain insights for improvement. The findings highlight the untapped potential and challenges in using VGI for model evaluation, suggesting that it could become an essential tool to enhance confidence in model-based risk assessments for climate change adaptation and disaster risk reduction.
SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT
(2023)
Article
Environmental Sciences
Andrea Sainz Mapes, Morten Andreas Dahl Larsen
Summary: The current transition toward added renewables is crucial for mitigating climate change effects, but it also has environmental impacts beyond greenhouse gas emissions, particularly regarding water dependencies. The selection of power production technologies can significantly affect water resource renewability and dry summer conditions, leading to potential power plant shutdowns. Therefore, water resource sustainability and management should be considered in the energy transition.
JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT
(2023)
Article
Energy & Fuels
Holger Hoff, Mbeo Ogeya, Devaraj de Condappa, Robert J. Brecha, Morten Andreas Dahl Larsen, Kirsten Halsnaes, Seyni Salack, Safietou Sanfo, Sebastian Sterl, Stefan Liersch
Summary: In support of West Africa's potential energy transition under climate change, an international team of scientists and local stakeholders in Ghana and Burkina Faso jointly assessed different mitigation and adaptation pathways for energy and water supply and demand, using a transdisciplinary approach. They co-developed future scenarios based on stakeholder knowledge, national plans, and simulations, showing that ambitious scenarios could meet West Africa's rapid increase in electricity demand through renewables, while phasing out fossil fuels in line with the Paris Agreement.
ENERGY STRATEGY REVIEWS
(2023)
Article
Geosciences, Multidisciplinary
Elin Andree, Jian Su, Morten Andreas Dahl Larsen, Martin Drews, Martin Stendel, Kristine Skovgaard Madsen
Summary: When natural hazards interact in compound events, they may reinforce each other. This is a concern today and in light of climate change. We explore how various prior conditions could have influenced peak water levels for the devastating coastal flooding event in the western Baltic Sea in 1872. Our research indicates that a more hybrid approach to analysing compound events and readjusting our present warning system to a more contextualised framework may provide a firmer foundation for climate adaptation and disaster risk management.
NATURAL HAZARDS AND EARTH SYSTEM SCIENCES
(2023)
Article
Environmental Sciences
Kirsten Halsnaes, Morten Andreas Dahl Larsen, Tanya Pheiffer Sunding, Mads Lykke Domgaard
Summary: This paper investigates the coastal flooding risks in two Danish urban areas with varying levels of resolution, damage costs, and flood models, and identifies significant differences between the modeling approaches.
Proceedings Paper
Computer Science, Hardware & Architecture
Elena Politi, Iraklis Varlamis, Konstantinos Tserpes, Morten Larsen, George Dimitrakopoulos
Summary: In the past 20 years, there has been a significant increase in the use of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), making them popular tools in various fields and contributing to scientific advances in engineering, remote sensing, and computer science. Drones utilize technologies such as visual search, image recognition, object detection, and tracking to offer solutions in areas like construction and traffic monitoring. BVLOS drones are transforming into aerial sensing platforms that generate and combine data from current sensors to enable new services and innovative business models. The combination of cloud and edge computing resources appears to be a promising solution to address computation-intensive offloading and latency challenges.
2022 16TH IEEE INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON SERVICE-ORIENTED SYSTEM ENGINEERING (SOSE 2022)
(2022)
Proceedings Paper
Computer Science, Information Systems
Merijn Van Tooren, Morten Larsen, Daniel Reti
COMPUTER SAFETY, RELIABILITY, AND SECURITY, SAFECOMP 2022 WORKSHOPS
(2022)
Review
Geosciences, Multidisciplinary
Anna Rutgersson, Erik Kjellstrom, Jari Haapala, Martin Stendel, Irina Danilovich, Martin Drews, Kirsti Jylha, Pentti Kujala, Xiaoli Guo Larsen, Kirsten Halsnaes, Ilari Lehtonen, Anna Luomaranta, Erik Nilsson, Taru Olsson, Jani Sarkka, Laura Tuomi, Norbert Wasmund
Summary: Natural hazards are extreme events that occur naturally and have negative effects on people and the environment. Understanding their causes, likelihood, and consequences helps society be better prepared and develop adaptation strategies. In the Baltic Sea region, natural hazards related to climate change are identified as a significant challenge. This study summarizes existing knowledge about extreme events in the region, including storms, waves, sea level changes, floods, and their implications for society and ecosystems.
EARTH SYSTEM DYNAMICS
(2022)
Article
Environmental Sciences
Toshimi Nakajima, Mao Kuragano, Makoto Yamada, Ryo Sugimoto
Summary: This study compared the contribution of submarine groundwater discharge (SGD) to river nutrient budgets at nearshore and embayment scales, and found that SGD-derived nutrients become more important at larger spatial scales.
SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT
(2024)
Article
Environmental Sciences
Fan Liu, Lei Zhang, Chongyang Zhang, Ziguang Chen, Jingguang Li
Summary: NO2 emissions from wall-mounted gas stoves used for household heating have become a significant source of indoor pollution in Chinese urban areas. The high indoor concentration of NO2 poses potential health risks to residents. It is urgently necessary to establish relevant regulations and implement emission reduction technologies to reduce NO2 emissions from wall-mounted gas stoves.
SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT
(2024)
Letter
Environmental Sciences
Hans Peter H. Arp, Raoul Wolf, Sarah E. Hale, Sivani Baskaran, Juliane Gluege, Martin Scheringer, Xenia Trier, Ian T. Cousins, Harrie Timmer, Roberta Hofman-Caris, Anna Lennquist, Andre D. Bannink, Gerard J. Stroomberg, Rosa M. A. Sjerps, Rosa Montes, Rosario Rodil, Jose Benito Quintana, Daniel Zahn, Herve Gallard, Tobias Mohr, Ivo Schliebner, Michael Neumann
SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT
(2024)
Article
Environmental Sciences
Philomina Onyedikachi Peter, Binessi Edouard Ifon, Francois Nkinahamira, Kayode Hassan Lasisi, Jiangwei Li, Anyi Hu, Chang-Ping Yu
Summary: This study investigates the relationship between dissolved organic matter (DOM) and Rare Earth Elements (REEs) in sediments from Yundang Lagoon, China. The results show four distinct fluorescent components, with protein-like substances being the most prevalent. Additionally, the total fluorescence intensity and LREE concentrations exhibit a synchronized increase from Outer to Inner to Songbai Lake core sediments. The findings demonstrate a strong correlation between DOM content and pollution levels.
SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT
(2024)
Article
Environmental Sciences
Surya Gupta, Pasquale Borrelli, Panos Panagos, Christine Alewell
Summary: The objective of this study is to incorporate soil hydraulic properties into the erodibility factor (K) of USLE-type models. By modifying and improving the existing equations for soil texture and permeability, the study successfully included information on saturated hydraulic conductivity (Ksat) into the calculation of K factor. Using the Random Forest machine learning algorithm, two independent K factor maps with different spatial resolutions were generated. The results show that the decrease in K factor values has a positive impact on the modeling of soil erosion rates.
SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT
(2024)
Article
Environmental Sciences
Jesmin Akter, Wendy J. M. Smith, Yawen Liu, Ilho Kim, Stuart L. Simpson, Phong Thai, Asja Korajkic, Warish Ahmed
Summary: The choice of workflow in wastewater surveillance has a significant impact on SARS-CoV-2 concentrations, while having minimal effects on HF183 and no effect on HAdV 40/41 concentrations. Certain components in the workflow can be interchangeable, but factors such as buffer type, chloroform, and homogenization speed can affect the recovery of viruses and bacteria.
SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT
(2024)
Article
Environmental Sciences
Yu Luo, Xueting Yang, Diwei Wang, Hongmei Xu, Hongai Zhang, Shasha Huang, Qiyuan Wang, Ningning Zhang, Junji Cao, Zhenxing Shen
Summary: Atmospheric PM2.5, which can generate reactive oxygen species (ROS), is associated with cardiorespiratory morbidity and mortality. The study found that both the mass concentration of PM2.5 and the DTT activity were higher during the heating season than during the nonheating season. Combustion sources were the primary contributors to DTT activity during the heating season, while secondary formation dominated during the nonheating season. The study also revealed that biomass burning had the highest inherent oxidation potential among all sources investigated.
SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT
(2024)
Article
Environmental Sciences
Erin L. Murphy, Leah R. Gerber, Chelsea M. Rochman, Beth Polidoro
Summary: Plastic pollution has devastating consequences for marine organisms. This study uses a trait-based framework to develop a vulnerability index for marine mammals, seabirds, and sea turtles in Hawai'i. The index ranks 63 study species based on their vulnerability to macroplastic pollution, providing valuable information for species monitoring and management priorities.
SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT
(2024)
Article
Environmental Sciences
Kenji Maurice, Amelia Bourceret, Sami Youssef, Stephane Boivin, Liam Laurent-Webb, Coraline Damasio, Hassan Boukcim, Marc-Andre Selosse, Marc Ducousso
Summary: Growing pressure from climate change and agricultural land use is destabilizing soil microbial community interactions. Little is known about microbial community resistance and adaptation to disturbances, hindering our understanding of recovery latency and implications for ecosystem functioning. This study found that anthropic disturbance and natural disturbance have different effects on the topology and stability of soil microbial networks.
SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT
(2024)
Article
Environmental Sciences
Yunhao Li, Yali Feng, Haoran Li, Yisong Yao, Chenglong Xu, Jinrong Ju, Ruiyu Ma, Haoyu Wang, Shiwei Jiang
Summary: Deep-sea mining poses a serious threat to marine ecosystems and human health by disturbing sediment and transmitting metal ions through the food chain. This study developed a new regenerative adsorption material, OMN@SA, which effectively removes metal ions. The adsorption mechanism and performance of the material for metal ion fixation were investigated.
SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT
(2024)
Article
Environmental Sciences
Antonio Medici, Margherita Lavorgna, Marina Isidori, Chiara Russo, Elena Orlo, Giovanni Luongo, Giovanni Di Fabio, Armando Zarrelli
Summary: Valsartan, a widely used antihypertensive drug, has been detected in high concentrations in surface waters due to its unchanged excretion and incomplete degradation in wastewater treatment plants. This study investigated the degradation of valsartan and identified 14 degradation byproducts. The acute and chronic toxicity of these byproducts were evaluated in key organisms in the freshwater trophic chain.
SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT
(2024)
Article
Environmental Sciences
Jiang Lin, Lianbao Chi, Qing Yuan, Busu Li, Mingbao Feng
Summary: This study investigated the photodegradation behavior and product formation of two representative pharmaceuticals in simulated estuary water. The study found that the formed transformation products of these pharmaceuticals have potential toxicity on marine organisms, including oxidative stress and damage to cellular components.
SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT
(2024)
Article
Environmental Sciences
Hua Fang, Dongdong Jiang, Ye He, Siyi Wu, Yuehong Li, Ziqi Zhang, Haoting Chen, Zixin Zheng, Yan Sun, Wenxiang Wang
Summary: This study revealed that exposure to lower levels of air pollutants led to decreased pregnancy rates, with PM10, NO2, SO2, and CO emerging as the four most prominent pollutants. Individuals aged 35 and above exhibited heightened susceptibility to pollutants.
SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT
(2024)
Article
Environmental Sciences
Ali Shaan Manzoor Ghumman, Rashid Shamsuddin, Amin Abbasi, Mohaira Ahmad, Yoshiaki Yoshida, Abdul Sami, Hamad Almohamadi
Summary: In this study, inverse vulcanized polysulfides (IVP) were synthesized by reacting molten sulfur with 4-vinyl benzyl chloride, and then functionalized using N-methyl D-glucamine (NMDG). The functionalized IVP showed a high mercury adsorption capacity and a machine learning model was developed to predict the amount of mercury removed. Furthermore, the functionalized IVP can be regenerated and reused, providing a sustainable and cost-effective adsorbent.
SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT
(2024)
Article
Environmental Sciences
Rita Bonfiglio, Renata Sisto, Stefano Casciardi, Valeria Palumbo, Maria Paola Scioli, Erica Giacobbi, Francesca Servadei, Gerry Melino, Alessandro Mauriello, Manuel Scimeca
Summary: This study investigated the presence of aluminum in human colon cancer samples and its potential association with biological processes involved in cancer progression. Aluminum was found in tumor areas of 24% of patients and was associated with epithelial to mesenchymal transition (EMT) and cell death. Additional analyses revealed higher tumor mutational burden and mutations in genes related to EMT and apoptosis in aluminum-positive colon cancers. Understanding the molecular mechanisms of aluminum toxicity may improve strategies for the management of colon cancer patients.
SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT
(2024)