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Environmental Sciences
Isabel Marin-Beltran, Federico Demaria, Claudia Ofelio, Luis M. Serra, Antonio Turiel, William J. Ripple, Sharif A. Mukul, Maria Clara Costa
Summary: The metabolism of contemporary industrialized societies leads to overconsumption and waste of natural resources, causing irreversible environmental damage. To reduce our impact on the planet and live in harmony with other species, a shift in economic model, reduction of inequality, and improved natural resource management towards circular economies are necessary.
SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT
(2022)
Article
Multidisciplinary Sciences
Andrew N. Kadykalo, Lisa A. Kelly, Albana Berberi, Jessica L. Reid, C. Scott Findlay
Summary: The economic valuation of ecosystem services aims to use conventional economic tools, but estimating the value requires understanding ecological functions first. Research efforts by environmental scientists and economists show a positive correlation, with differences in focus on ecosystem services rather than types.
Article
Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
Ivan Scotti, Hadrien Lalague, Sylvie Oddou-Muratorio, Caroline Scotti-Saintagne, Rose Ruiz Daniels, Delphine Grivet, Francois Lefevre, Philippe Cubry, Bruno Fady, Santiago C. Gonzalez-Martinez, Anne Roig, Isabelle Lesur-Kupin, Francesca Bagnoli, Vanina Guerin, Christophe Plomion, Philippe Rozenberg, Giovanni G. Vendramin
Summary: Microgeographical adaptation occurs when directional selection persists despite gene flow. This study investigates the patterns of genomic divergence in four European and Mediterranean conifers with different life-history traits and ecological requirements. The results show that selection is strong in all species but affects different loci in each. Within-population diversity at microgeographical scales is likely to be a reservoir of adaptive potential.
Editorial Material
Environmental Sciences
Piotr Skorka, Agata Banach, Marek Banasiak, Joanna Bokalska-Rajba, Maciej Bonk, Pawel Czachura, Alberto Garcia-Rodriguez, Gabriela Gaspar, Natalia Hordynska, Adriana Kaczmarczyk, Kamila Kaploniak, Maciej Kocinski, Barbara Lopata, Edyta Mazur, Mohamadreza Mirzaei, Anna Misiewicz, Aida Parres, Anna Przystalkowska, Sylwia Pustkowiak, Mateusz Raczynski, Iwona Sadura, Aleksandra Splitt, Malgorzata Stanek, Jakub Sternalski, Alicja Wierzbicka, Marcin Wiorek, Pawel Zdunczyk
Summary: The study explored the most important conservation problems in Poland at local and national scales using the Delphi technique. Findings indicated differences in importance scores and problem frequencies between local and national scales, highlighting the need for a hierarchical conservation policy approach.
ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND POLLUTION RESEARCH
(2021)
Article
Economics
Kosuke Hirose, Toshihiro Matsumura
Summary: This study examines the impact of common ownership on emission levels and environmental activities. The results suggest that common ownership can reduce emissions by decreasing output, but it always hinders emissions abatement activities. Additionally, the effect of common ownership on welfare depends on the implicit carbon cost.
Review
Engineering, Environmental
Jun-Jie Zhu, Meiqi Yang, Zhiyong Jason Ren
Summary: Machine learning is widely used in environmental research, but inadequate studies can lead to incorrect conclusions. This study provides a compilation of common pitfalls and best practice guidelines for environmental machine learning research, based on literature analysis and the authors' own experience. By analyzing highly cited research articles, the study identifies key areas of concern and provides evidence-based data analysis to address misconceptions and improve the rigor of data preprocessing and model development standards.
ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY
(2023)
Review
Green & Sustainable Science & Technology
Cristina L. Popa, Simona Dontu, Dan Savastru, Elfrida M. Carstea
Summary: Citizen science has proven to be effective in monitoring plastic litter, providing data support for researchers and authorities, and creating awareness on plastic pollution at a society level. However, its impact on behavioral changes is still unclear.
Article
Environmental Studies
N. Hidalgo-Triana, A. Picornell, S. Reyes, G. Circella, H. Ribeiro, A. E. Bates, J. Rojo, P. B. Pearman, J. M. Artes Vivancos, S. Nautiyal, F. Q. Brearley, J. Perena, M. Ferragud, A. Monroy-Colin, J. M. Maya-Manzano, J. M. A. Senami Ouachinou, A. E. Salvo-Tierra, C. Antunes, M. Trigo-Perez, T. Navarro, P. Jaramillo, J. Oteros, A. Charalampopoulos, O. I. Kalantzi, H. Freitas, J. Scevkova, M. Zanolla, A. Marrano, O. Comino, J. J. Roldan, A. F. Alcantara, A. Damialis
Summary: COVID-19 lockdown measures have had both positive and negative impacts on the environment, but the perception of these changes and the resulting changes in daily habits have not been thoroughly evaluated.
ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT REVIEW
(2023)
Review
Environmental Studies
Jana Spulerova, Veronika Piscova, Noemi Matusicova
Summary: This review aims to summarize the current state of biosphere reserves (BRs) in Slovakia and assess the research activities undertaken there and their contribution to the goals of the World Network of BRs. The methodological approach was based on a literature review of studies found in the Web of Science database. The studies focused on biodiversity protection, BR management, land use changes, and scenario modeling. The strengths of BR in Slovakia include a long history of research, international collaborations, participatory studies, and a wide range of research topics. The review provides recommendations for further development through a SWOT analysis.
Review
Medicine, General & Internal
Jon Emery, Phyllis Butow, Julia Lai-Kwon, Larissa Nekhlyudov, Meg Rynderman, Michael Jefford
Summary: Improvements in early detection and treatment have led to a growing number of cancer survivors worldwide. However, existing models of care do not adequately address the diverse physical, psychosocial, and supportive care needs of these survivors. This paper summarizes the evidence on the management of common clinical problems faced by adult cancer survivors and provides guidance on addressing these issues in consultations.
Article
Multidisciplinary Sciences
Yuanyang Wang, Yanlin Yang, Chenyu Fu, Zengzeng Fan, Xiaoping Zhou
Summary: Environmental regulation stimulates green technology innovation in enterprises, with corporate environmental responsibility strengthening this relationship, along with the crucial factors of R&D expenditure and environmental investment. The geographic location characteristics of enterprises play a significant role in the execution of environmental regulation.
Article
Chemistry, Multidisciplinary
Aneta Baj, Nirawit Kaewnok, Juan A. Rivas-Loaiza, Magdalena Szymanska, Stanislaw Witkowski, Agnieszka Wojtkielewicz, Jacek W. Morzycki
Summary: A simple synthesis method for solanidane alkaloids from common steroidal sapogenins was developed. The previously described multi-step transformations were shortened to only four steps by focusing on the key-step of epimerization at C25. Different approaches to this reaction were investigated and it was found that the epimerization step is unnecessary if the starting sapogenin has the same configuration at C25 as the target alkaloid. This enabled the synthesis of related solanidane alkaloids with retention of configuration at this stereogenic center in a three-step procedure.
CHEMISTRY-A EUROPEAN JOURNAL
(2023)
Article
Geography
Zsofia Papp
Summary: This study examines the relationship between environmental attitudes and party choice, finding that voters with greener attitudes tend to choose greener parties. However, exposure to environmental problems weakens the influence of these attitudes, leading less environmentally concerned citizens to vote greener.
POLITICAL GEOGRAPHY
(2022)
Article
Multidisciplinary Sciences
Yu Wang, Saleem Ahmad, Liaqat Ali Waseem, Sonia Akhter, Mokhchy Jihane
Summary: This paper investigates the connection between corporate social responsibility, research and development, tax policy, and the purchase of green bonds. It develops a theoretical framework to examine how tax competition affects environmental degradation. The empirical findings from Moroccan province panel data reveal the importance of the threshold impact of CSR and the regional variation in the impact of tax competitiveness. Policy suggestions are provided to assist Morocco in reducing environmental pollution through taxation.
Article
Environmental Sciences
Bairoliya Sakcham, Apoorva Goel, Wen Zhang, Bin Cao
Summary: This study compared four commonly used protocols for preparing monochloramine (MCA) in environmental research. The results showed that different protocols could lead to substantial differences in the decay kinetics and disinfection efficacy of the prepared MCA. This highlights the immediate need for standardization of MCA preparation protocols in laboratory-scale drinking water research.
ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH
(2021)
Article
Biology
Victoria Y. Martin, Leslie Christidis, Gretta T. Pecl
Review
Multidisciplinary Sciences
Gretta T. Pecl, Miguel B. Araujo, Johann D. Bell, Julia Blanchard, Timothy C. Bonebrake, I-Ching Chen, Timothy D. Clark, Robert K. Colwell, Finn Danielsen, Birgitta Evengard, Lorena Falconi, Simon Ferrier, Stewart Frusher, Raquel A. Garcia, Roger B. Griffis, Alistair J. Hobday, Charlene Janion-Scheepers, Marta A. Jarzyna, Sarah Jennings, Jonathan Lenoir, Hlif I. Linnetved, Victoria Y. Martin, Phillipa C. McCormack, Jan McDonald, Nicola J. Mitchell, Tero Mustonen, John M. Pandolfi, Nathalie Pettorelli, Ekaterina Popova, Sharon A. Robinson, Brett R. Scheffers, Justine D. Shaw, Cascade J. B. Sorte, Jan M. Strugnell, Jennifer M. Sunday, Mao-Ning Tuanmu, Adriana Verges, Cecilia Villanueva, Thomas Wernberg, Erik Wapstra, Stephen E. Williams
Article
Biodiversity Conservation
Victoria Y. Martin, Emma I. Greig
BIOLOGICAL CONSERVATION
(2019)
Article
Environmental Sciences
Tina B. Phillips, Robyn L. Bailey, Vicki Martin, Holly Faulkner-Grant, David N. Bonter
Summary: The study indicates that individuals participating in citizen science projects are more likely to have negative views of non-native bird species, score higher on bird identification tasks, and engage more in managing invasive species. Respondents' perceptions of whether non-native birds are a problem at the continental scale were the most important predictor for undertaking management activities, emphasizing the significant role of individual factors such as perception.
JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT
(2021)
Article
Biodiversity Conservation
Chloe B. Wardropper, Ashley A. Dayer, Madeline S. Goebel, Victoria Y. Martin
Summary: The COVID-19 pandemic has fundamentally impacted environmental and conservation research, leading many scientists to switch to conducting surveys online. Online surveys offer new opportunities for participant recruitment, design, and testing. To ensure high-quality online surveys, consideration must be given to potential sampling and nonresponse errors, designing survey tools for multiple devices, testing the instrument, and using multiple protocols to identify data quality problems.
CONSERVATION BIOLOGY
(2021)
Article
Biology
David N. Bonter, Victoria Y. Martin, Emma Greig, Tina B. Phillips
Summary: This article explores the retention of participants in a large-scale citizen science project. The study found that the probability of retention was positively correlated with the diversity of species reported by a participant, but unrelated to the overall abundance of birds reported. Participants who successfully submitted observations were more likely to remain in the project than those who only registered. Measures of effort were also positively correlated with retention. This research provides a case study for understanding volunteer retention in environmental monitoring projects through demographic information and scientific data collected by participants.
Article
Biodiversity Conservation
Robyn L. Bailey, Holly A. Faulkner-Grant, Victoria Y. Martin, Tina B. Phillips, David N. Bonter
CONSERVATION SCIENCE AND PRACTICE
(2020)
Article
Environmental Sciences
Gretta T. Pecl, Jemina Stuart-Smith, Peter Walsh, Dianne J. Bray, Martha Kusetic, Michael Burgess, Stewart D. Frusher, Daniel C. Gledhill, Oliver George, Gary Jackson, John Keane, Victoria Y. Martin, Melissa Nursey-Bray, Andrew Pender, Lucy M. Robinson, Keith Rowling, Marcus Sheaves, Natalie Moltschaniwskyj
FRONTIERS IN MARINE SCIENCE
(2019)
Article
Environmental Sciences
Marla Hermoso, Victoria Y. Martin, Wolfgang Stotz, Stefan Gelcich, Martin Thiel
FRONTIERS IN MARINE SCIENCE
(2019)
Article
Hospitality, Leisure, Sport & Tourism
Betty Weiler, Victoria Y. Martin, Antonia Canosa, Amy Cutter-Mackenzie
JOURNAL OF LEISURE RESEARCH
(2018)
Review
Biology
Timothy C. Bonebrake, Christopher J. Brown, Johann D. Bell, Julia L. Blanchard, Alienor Chauvenet, Curtis Champion, I-Ching Chen, Timothy D. Clark, Robert K. Colwell, Finn Danielsen, Anthony I. Dell, Jennifer M. Donelson, Birgitta Evengard, Simon Ferrier, Stewart Frusher, Raquel A. Garcia, Roger B. Griffis, Alistair J. Hobday, Marta A. Jarzyna, Emma Lee, Jonathan Lenoir, Hlif Linnetved, Victoria Y. Martin, Phillipa C. McCormack, Jan McDonald, Eve McDonald-Madden, Nicola Mitchell, Tero Mustonen, John M. Pandolfi, Nathalie Pettorelli, Hugh Possingham, Peter Pulsifer, Mark Reynolds, Brett R. Scheffers, Cascade J. B. Sorte, Jan M. Strugnell, Mao-Ning Tuanmu, Samantha Twiname, Adriana Verges, Cecilia Villanueva, Erik Wapstra, Thomas Wernberg, Gretta T. Pecl
BIOLOGICAL REVIEWS
(2018)
Article
Environmental Studies
Victoria Y. Martin, Betty Weiler, Arianne Reis, Kay Dimmock, Pascal Scherrer
Article
Communication
Victoria Y. Martin
SCIENCE COMMUNICATION
(2017)
Article
Communication
Victoria Martin, Liam Smith, Alison Bowling, Les Christidis, David Lloyd, Gretta Pecl
SCIENCE COMMUNICATION
(2016)
