Review
Biodiversity Conservation
Pauline Delbosc, Ilse Lagrange, Clemence Rozo, Farid Bensettiti, Jan-Bernard Bouzille, Douglas Evans, Arnault Lalanne, Sebastien Rapinel, Frederic Bioret
Summary: Research on the conservation status of coastal habitats under the EU's Habitats Directive has shown varied methods and tools, with a focus on coastal dunes in the Mediterranean biogeographic region. There are knowledge gaps in data availability and measurement methods, and the assessment process is complicated and expert-driven. Multiscalar approaches and innovative technologies like databases and remote sensing may help improve replicable methods and monitoring.
BIOLOGICAL CONSERVATION
(2021)
Article
Biodiversity Conservation
Marek Marciniak, Daniel Gebler, Mateusz Grygoruk, Joanna Zalewska-Galosz, Krzysztof Szoszkiewicz
Summary: The study aimed to assess the influence of filtration stream and hydraulic gradient on water crowfoot distribution in European rivers. The study found that the hyporheic zones covered with Ranunculus vegetation were mainly influenced by groundwater drainage. The intensity of groundwater filtration varied significantly, and the non-vegetated riverbed had a higher filtration rate compared to the zones with Ranunculus. The study provides evidence for the importance of water exchange in the hyporheic zone for the growth and conservation of Ranunculus vegetation.
ECOLOGICAL INDICATORS
(2023)
Article
Ecology
Benjamin L. Branoff, Giancarlo Cicchetti, Susan Jackson, Margherita Pryor, Leah M. Sharpe, Emily Shumchenia, Susan H. Yee
Summary: This study built an ecosystem service capacity matrix for MassBays by combining a literature review with local expert input. The matrix was then applied to evaluate the spatial and temporal dynamics of select ecosystem services of coastal habitats across MassBays from 1996 to 2016. The results showed significant variations in the distribution of service provisioning among the five regions, with saltmarsh, seagrass, and tidal flats playing key roles. Over the 20-year period, MassBays experienced a 5% overall loss in ecosystem services, with seagrass decline and tidal flats increase being the main drivers of service changes. The analysis provides valuable insights for local managers in developing management plans that consider ecosystem services.
ECOSYSTEM SERVICES
(2023)
Article
Green & Sustainable Science & Technology
Gabriela Mendoza-Gonzalez, Arely Paredes-Chi, Dalia Mendez-Funes, Maria Giraldo, Edgar Torres-Irineo, Eliana Arancibia, Rodolfo Rioja-Nieto
Summary: The study in Yucatan, Mexico, revealed the importance of beaches and coastal dunes in various aspects of society, economy, and culture, while also highlighting the threats of degradation due to pollution and land-use changes. The local community's perceptions present an opportunity to develop public conservation strategies for these ecosystems.
Article
Ecology
Susan H. Yee, Leah M. Sharpe, Benjamin L. Branoff, Chloe A. Jackson, Giancarlo Cicchetti, Susan Jackson, Margherita Pryor, Emily Shumchenia
Summary: The Massachusetts Bays National Estuary Partnership is part of the EPA's National Estuary Program. They recently updated their management plan to include restoration targets for coastal habitats and explored the benefits of restoring degraded ecosystems for humans. Using a text mining approach, they identified key stakeholders and their priorities for estuarine habitats. The top beneficiaries included residents, experiencers and viewers, property owners, educators and students, and commercial or recreational fishers. Identifying these priorities helps set locally-relevant restoration goals and design projects that benefit the communities.
ECOLOGICAL INFORMATICS
(2023)
Article
Biodiversity Conservation
Jianji Liao, Dian Zhang, Shangke Su, Shanshan Liang, Jianguo Du, Weiwei Yu, Zhiyuan Ma, Bin Chen, Wenjia Hu
Summary: Assessment and mapping of coastal habitat quality are critical for integrated coastal zone management. This study proposes a novel framework that integrates an ecosystem service assessment model and global ecosystem classification to predict habitat quality across land and sea. The study identifies multiple threats to coastal habitats and reveals a strong correlation between threat intensity and habitat quality changes. It also highlights the potential benefits of coastal management policies on different habitat types.
ECOLOGICAL INDICATORS
(2023)
Article
Environmental Studies
Arthur Sanguet, Nicolas Wyler, Benjamin Guinaudeau, Noe Waller, Loreto Urbina, Laurent Huber, Claude Fischer, Anthony Lehmann
Summary: This article presents a method for identifying green infrastructure in a cross-border, urbanized territory between Switzerland and France in the area of influence of the city of Geneva. The method uses multiple inputs to calculate and identify areas of highest ecological interest, with the resulting maps being immediately transferred to local authorities and incorporated into planning to achieve ecological transition goals by 2050.
Article
Multidisciplinary Sciences
Olivier Clement Gatwaza, Xiangrong Wang
Summary: The study highlights issues with National Parks and nature reserves in Rwanda, including inadequate protection of threatened species and ecosystem services. Recommendations for improvement include guiding economic development towards green growth and ensuring the well-being of both people and nature.
Article
Green & Sustainable Science & Technology
Qiang Ren, Chunyang He, Qingxu Huang, Peijun Shi, Da Zhang, Burak Guneralp
Summary: Urban expansion in dryland areas has significant indirect impacts on surrounding habitats, with the potential to threaten a large number of threatened species globally. Strategic management is crucial to mitigate the substantial impacts of dryland urban expansion on biodiversity.
NATURE SUSTAINABILITY
(2022)
Article
Green & Sustainable Science & Technology
Alberto Barausse, Cecil Meulenberg, Irene Occhipinti, Marco Abordi, Lara Endrizzi, Giovanna Guadagnin, Mirco Piron, Francesca Visintin, Liliana Vizintin, Alessandro Manzardo
Summary: Climate change has a significant impact on coastal biodiversity and the benefits it brings to humans. This study proposes a novel methodology that combines ISO 14090's systematic approach, ecosystem services assessment, and stakeholder participation to perform climate risk assessment in Natura 2000 sites. The results show the importance of site-specific adaptation measures tailored to address the unique response of each site to climate change.
Article
Agriculture, Multidisciplinary
Karina Garcia, Elissa M. Olimpi, Leithen M'Gonigle, Daniel S. Karp, Erin E. Wilson-Rankin, Claire Kremen, David J. Gonthier
Summary: Agricultural intensification and expansion have negatively impacted biodiversity in agroecosystems, which threatens the ecosystem services provided by wildlife. Birds play a crucial role in providing ecosystem services to farmers by consuming arthropod pests; however, some bird species may also consume crops and act as pests themselves. This study investigated how organic strawberry farms in California could enhance bird biodiversity and shift the bird community composition from strawberry-consuming species to pest-eating species. The results suggest that increasing semi-natural habitat at the landscape and local scales can increase bird abundance across farms, while conserving or restoring semi-natural vegetation at the farm scale can promote pest control.
AGRICULTURE ECOSYSTEMS & ENVIRONMENT
(2023)
Article
Biodiversity Conservation
Ezequiel Gonzalez, Martin Strobl, Petr Jansta, Tomas Hovorka, Tomas Kadlec, Michal Knapp
Summary: Creating unsown patches in agricultural fields can increase parasitoid species richness and abundance, providing important resources for natural enemies of crop pests and supporting greater biodiversity. Additionally, unsown patches in oilseed rape fields are more significant during crop senescence, potentially aiding in pest control and enhancing agricultural ecosystem stability.
BIOLOGICAL CONSERVATION
(2022)
Article
Oceanography
Laura Basconi, Silvia Rova, Alice Stocco, Fabio Pranovi
Summary: A multiple coastal and marine ecosystem services assessment was conducted in the Northern-Central Adriatic Sea, considering seven ecosystem services. The assessment revealed the (un)sustainability of human uses in the area and analyzed the synergies and tradeoffs among ecosystem services. These findings are important for natural resources management and maritime spatial planning in the Northern-Central Adriatic Sea.
OCEAN & COASTAL MANAGEMENT
(2023)
Article
Ecology
Rossella Boscolo Brusa, Alessandra Feola, Federica Cacciatore, Emanuele Ponis, Adriano Sfriso, Piero Franzoi, Matteo Lizier, Paolo Peretti, Bruno Matticchio, Nicola Baccetti, Valerio Volpe, Luigi Maniero, Andrea Bonometto
Summary: The Habitat Directive of European Union recognizes the Coastal Lagoons as priority habitats due to the threat of their disappearance. Restoration of these habitats can follow natural or ecological approaches, and a methodological approach is detailed with five key issues: environmental context, desired state, policies and socio-economic context, typology of recovery, and monitoring methods. The LIFE Lagoon Refresh project in the Venice Lagoon is presented as a case study, including actions such as freshwater diversion, morphological restoration, transplants, and reduction of hunting and fishing pressures.
FRONTIERS IN ECOLOGY AND EVOLUTION
(2022)
Article
Environmental Sciences
Miguel Inacio, Eduardo Gomes, Katazyna Bogdzevic, Marius Kalinauskas, Wenwu Zhao, Paulo Pereira
Summary: This study develops three quantitative models to assess and map the supply, flow, and demand of coastal recreation as a cultural ecosystem service (CES). The results highlight the characteristics of coastal recreation activities in different locations and regions. The validation of the models reveals a mismatch between the model results and respondents' preferences.
JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT
(2022)
Article
Environmental Sciences
Wanben Wu, Xiangyu Luo, Julius Knopp, Laurence Jones, Ellen Banzhaf
Summary: This study assessed the quantity and equity of ecosystem services (ES) in different scenarios in cities of China and Europe. The results showed that Chinese cities experienced dramatic changes in land cover and ES over the past 20 years, while Shanghai and Beijing saw an increase in green infrastructure (GI) and ES in their long-term built-up areas. The ecological protection scenario effectively increased the quantity of ES and improved its distribution equity.
Article
Plant Sciences
Edy Fantinato, Francesco Pio Tozzi, Angela Stanisci, Gabriella Buffa
Summary: The objective of this study was to determine whether changes in species composition in coastal dune communities depend on the colonisation of a neophyte plant, Oenothera stucchii, or on concurrent processes that favour its colonisation. The researchers used the species-habitat network approach to identify potential drivers of changes in species composition and found that colonised communities had a more homogeneous composition of species. They suggest that changes in plant communities may not solely depend on colonisation by O. stucchii, but also on other concomitant processes that promote its colonisation.
Article
Environmental Sciences
Flavio Marzialetti, Paolo Gamba, Antonietta Sorriso, Maria Laura Carranza
Summary: This research explores the potential of active remote sensors for mapping urban areas and monitoring urban expansion processes. It presents a case study in Cordoba, Argentina, where SAR data and urban extraction algorithms were used to quantify urban surface increase and describe urbanization processes. The study demonstrates the accuracy of SAR-based urban extraction and cover change. The trajectory analysis reveals the different spatial processes and their effects on the sustainability of the metropolitan area. The proposed SAR mapping procedure coupled with landscape analysis proves to be useful in detecting and depicting urban expansion, and it could be a valuable indicator for monitoring the achievement of Sustainable Development Goals.
Article
Environmental Sciences
Michele Innangi, Flavio Marzialetti, Mirko Di Febbraro, Alicia Teresa Rosario Acosta, Walter De Simone, Ludovico Frate, Michele Finizio, Priscila Villalobos Perna, Maria Laura Carranza
Summary: Coastal dune ecosystems are threatened by invasive alien plants, and using remote sensing techniques, particularly unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), can be effective for mapping these species. In this study, UAV images were used to map a dune invader (Carpobrotus sp. pl.) using image segmentation and machine learning classification. The results showed that using both RGB and multispectral data improved the prediction of Carpobrotus, mapping the whole plant or its vegetative parts produced the best results, and a training area corresponding to 20% of the total area was sufficient for model building.
Article
Environmental Studies
Maria Carla de Francesco, Francesco Pio Tozzi, Gabriella Buffa, Edy Fantinato, Michele Innangi, Angela Stanisci
Summary: Invasive alien plants pose a major threat to biodiversity, particularly in Mediterranean dunes. This study found that there are three critical thresholds related to invasive plant cover, Oenothera stucchii Soldano abundance, and distance from dune paths, which can cause a decline in diagnostic species cover in shifting and transition dunes.
Review
Environmental Studies
Priscila Villalobos Perna, Mirko Di Febbraro, Maria Laura Carranza, Flavio Marzialetti, Michele Innangi
Summary: Coastal environments face significant threats from invasive alien plants (IAP), and Remote Sensing (RS) can be a valuable tool for detecting and mapping IAP. This systematic literature review examined 68 research papers published between 2000 and 2021 that implemented, recommended, or discussed RS tools for IAP mapping in coastal environments. The review found that China and the USA had the most research on this topic, with Sporobolus being the most extensively studied genus. The number of studies increased rapidly from 2015, coinciding with a shift from RS for IAP detection to RS for invasion modeling. Aircraft were the most commonly used platform in the 2000s, followed by satellites from 2005 and unmanned aerial vehicles from 2014. Frequentist inference was the dominant classification approach in the 2000s, while machine learning gained popularity after 2009. RS applications varied across coastal ecosystem types and countries. The study highlights the huge potential of RS for improving IAP monitoring and emphasizes the need for advanced applications that incorporate current and future Earth observation data.
Article
Plant Sciences
Marco Varricchione, Maria Laura Carranza, Valter Di Cecco, Luciano Di Martino, Angela Stanisci
Summary: FUN-VIOLA is a database that contains field measured plant functional traits for Mediterranean high mountain habitats in Central Italy. It includes records of 9 plant traits of 80 species and subspecies found in alpine and subalpine grasslands of Central Apennines. The information provides unique insights into the plant functional ecology of alpine and subalpine vegetation in Mediterranean limestone mountains.
Article
Environmental Sciences
Vanessa Lozano, Mirko Di Febbraro, Giuseppe Brundu, Maria Laura Carranza, Alessandro Alessandrini, Nicola Maria Giuseppe Ardenghi, Elena Barni, Gianni Bedini, Laura Celesti-Grapow, Kevin Cianfaglione, Annalena Cogoni, Gianniantonio Domina, Simonetta Fascetti, Giulio Ferretti, Bruno Foggi, Mauro Iberite, Lorenzo Lastrucci, Lorenzo Lazzaro, Andrea Mainetti, Francesca Marinangeli, Chiara Montagnani, Carmelo Maria Musarella, Simone Orsenigo, Simonetta Peccenini, Lorenzo Peruzzi, Laura Poggio, Chiara Proietti, Filippo Prosser, Aldo Ranfa, Leonardo Rosati, Annalisa Santangelo, Alberto Selvaggi, Giovanni Spampinato, Adriano Stinca, Gabriella Vacca, Mariacristina Villani, Consolata Siniscalco
Summary: This study used a methodological framework to assess and analyze the invasion risk of 14 invasive alien plants of Union concern in Italy. The framework combined invasive Species Distribution Models based on propagule pressure, abiotic and biotic factors, and the local interpretable model-agnostic explanation analysis. The study found that the distribution of invasive alien plants in Italy is influenced by biogeographic regions, protected areas, abiotic factors, propagule pressure, and biotic filters.
SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT
(2023)
Article
Multidisciplinary Sciences
Stephan Kambach, Francesco Maria Sabatini, Fabio Attorre, Idoia Biurrun, Gerhard Boenisch, Gianmaria Bonari, Andraz Carni, Maria Laura Carranza, Alessandro Chiarucci, Milan Chytry, Juergen Dengler, Emmanuel Garbolino, Valentin Golub, Behluel Gueler, Ute Jandt, Jan Jansen, Anni Jaskova, Borja Jimenez-Alfaro, Dirk Nikolaus Karger, Jens Kattge, Ilona Knollova, Gabriele Midolo, Jesper Erenskjold Moeslund, Remigiusz Pielech, Valerijus Rasomavicius, Solvita Rusina, Jozef Sibik, Zvjezdana Stancic, Angela Stanisci, Jens-Christian Svenning, Sergey Yamalov, Niklaus E. Zimmermann, Helge Bruelheide
Summary: Ecological theory predicts a close relationship between macroclimate and functional traits, but global climatic gradients only weakly correlate with local plant communities' trait composition, suggesting the importance of factors that have been ignored. This study investigates the consistency of climate-trait relationships across European habitats and finds that the predictive power of climate increases with more narrowly defined habitats for certain functional traits, emphasizing the need to consider habitat definition in future predictions of climatic effects on plant communities.
NATURE COMMUNICATIONS
(2023)
Article
Biodiversity Conservation
Yuan Chen, Meixia Lin, Tao Lin, Junmao Zhang, Laurence Jones, Xia Yao, Hongkai Geng, Yuqin Liu, Guoqin Zhang, Xin Cao, Hong Ye, Yulin Zhan
Summary: Vegetation phenology changes caused by urbanization could lead to shifts in ecosystem services in urban areas and impact on human health. The characteristics of urbanization affect vegetation phenology need to be emphasized, especially in China with a complex natural environment and rapid urbanization background. In this study, we used remote sensing-based phenological data (MODIS MCD12Q2) to analyze the spatial heterogeneity of vegetation phenology caused by urbanization between urban and non-urban areas in 320 cities across China. We found a significant difference between vegetation phenology in urban and its corresponding non-urban area at national and the regional scale.
ECOLOGICAL INDICATORS
(2023)
Article
Environmental Sciences
Michela Perrone, Mirko Di Febbraro, Luisa Conti, Jan Divisek, Milan Chytry, Petr Keil, Maria Laura Carranza, Duccio Rocchini, Michele Torresani, Vitezslav Moudry, Petra Simova, Dominika Prajzlerova, Jana Mullerova, Jan Wild, Marco Malavasi
Summary: Biodiversity monitoring is important for ecosystem conservation, and remote sensing provides a convenient approach for collecting frequent and near-real-time information. This study investigates the applicability of spectral diversity (SD) metrics for monitoring plant diversity by comparing different types of SD metrics. The results show that SD is positively related to species richness and functional diversity, but only explains a small fraction of the variance in the models, and the strength of the relationship depends on habitat type.
REMOTE SENSING OF ENVIRONMENT
(2023)
Review
Geography
Andrew K. Palmer, Mark Riley, Beth F. T. Brockett, Karl L. Evans, Laurence Jones, Sarah Clement
Summary: As the demand for relational approaches to nature and wellbeing research grows, the concept of affordances is becoming increasingly important as a useful way to think about nature experiences. However, current affordance thinking has limitations in understanding how people's background, culture, and circumstances shape interactions with nature, which is crucial for inclusivity and representation. Bourdieu's theory of practice can address these influences by examining how our social environment patterns our practices, attitudes, and perceptions. This paper reviews the applications of affordances and explores how Bourdieu's concepts can complement and integrate with affordance thinking for novel applications in greenspace research.
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)
