Application of Rapid Impacts Assessment Matrix (RIAM) in Detecting Environmental Impacts of Chabahar Desalination Plant by Hasan Sayyad, Mohsen Shahriari Moghaddam, Malihe Erfani, Saeed Mohammadi

“…The sustainable development of desalination units requires adherence to environmental standards to prevent the increase of pollutants in the effluent. The Rapid Impact Assessment Matrix (RIAM) Method is a way to organize, analyze, and present the results of a comprehensive environmental assessment. …”
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Fundamentals and Advances in Stimuli-Responsive Hydrogels and Their Applications: A Review by Iryna S. Protsak, Yevhenii M. Morozov

“…We then explore hydrogel design, synthesis, and structural engineering, followed by an overview of applications that are relatively well established from a scientific perspective, including biomedical uses (biosensing, drug delivery, wound healing, and tissue engineering), environmental applications (heavy metal and phosphate removal from the environment and polluted water), and soft robotics and actuation. Additionally, we highlight emerging and unconventional applications such as local micro-thermometers and cell mechanotransduction. …”
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China’s New Environmental Protection Law and Green Innovation: Evidence from Prefecture-Level Cities by Wen Chen, Ying Wu

“…The micromechanism analysis shows that the new environmental protection law can promote green innovation by imposing stricter financial constraints on enterprises in high-pollution industries and increasing their incentives for green innovation to meet green credit requirements. …”
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Adsorption isotherms and kinetics of vanadium by shale and coal waste by George William Kajjumba, Serdar Aydın, Sinan Güneysu

“…With increasing consumption of fossil fuels and development of energy storage systems, the levels of vanadium pollution are expected to increase. Utilizing natural shale and coal waste as adsorbents, batch adsorption, isotherms, and kinetics of vanadium was studied. …”
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The Evolution and Determinants of Interorganizational Coinvention Networks in New Energy Vehicles: Evidence from Shenzhen, China by Jia Liu, Zhaohui Chong, Shijian Lu

“…With the increasing attention to climate change, air pollution, and related public health issues, China’s new energy vehicles (NEVs) industry has developed rapidly. …”
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Microplastic Identification Using Impedance Spectroscopy and Machine Learning Algorithms by Juan Sarmiento, Maribel Anaya, Diego Tibaduiza

“…Currently, some of these pollutants are not correctly detected during water treatment processes or directly in ecosystems, which can carry health risks for humans and animals. …”
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Production, analysis of use and financing biogas projects by Marković Sanja

“…The growth of the global economy and population at global level has resulted in enormous consumption of fossil fuels, environmental pollution, increased greenhouse gas emissions and evident climate changes. …”
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Analysis of aerosol climate effects under global warming by Li Guo

“…The higher AOD values in spring and summer are mainly affected by sand and dust aerosols, localized pollution, and the EI Niño-Southern Oscillation (ENSO) phenomenon. …”
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Research Progress of Adsorption and Photocatalysis of Formaldehyde on TiO2/AC by Xinwei Zhu, Denghui Wang, Shien Hui

“…Based on the increasingly serious formaldehyde pollution, effective degradation of formaldehyde has become a practical problem that humans urgently need to solve. …”
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Digital transformation, green technology innovation and corporate value by Lijuan Zhang, Zirui Song

“…Additionally, heterogeneity tests indicate that digital transformation has a more significant influence on value enhancement for heavily polluting corporates, non-high-tech corporates, and smaller corporates. …”
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Environmental tax reform roles and strategies of local governments: A quasi-natural experiment from China by Tianyang Chu

“…Finally, with active local government cooperation, environmental tax reform could reduce pollution emissions and promote green economic transformation.…”
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Increase of the Photocatalytic Activity of TiO𝟐 by Carbon and Iron Modifications by Beata Tryba

“…The presence of carbon can increase the concentration of organic pollutants on the surface of TiO2 facilitating the contact of the reactive species with the organic molecules. …”
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Heavy Metal Distribution in Opportunistic Beach Nourishment: A Case Study in Greece by Spyros Foteinis, Nikolaos G. Kallithrakas-Kontos, Costas Synolakis

“…The existence and distribution of persistent pollutants, such as heavy metals, in coastal sediment used for opportunistic beach nourishment, is a problem that has not received much attention. …”
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Introduction to Mycelium Insulation as a Sustainable Insulation Material and Carbon Sink by Chen Michael Junyou

“…Climate change is becoming an even bigger threat with the continued production of pollution in the atmosphere. Mycelium insulation offers a potential part of the solution by being a carbon sink and a sustainable material in an otherwise very unsustainable industry of construction and insulation. …”
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Sustainable Development of Tourism under the Background of Low-Carbon and Green Economy by Lirong Han, Lei Li

“…The development of tourism industry not only promotes social and economic progress and the improvement of people’s happiness index but also causes resource damage and environmental pollution, which not only affects our living environment but also directly threatens the survival and development of mankind. …”
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Occurrence of Vanadium in Belgian and European Alluvial Soils by V. Cappuyns, E. Slabbinck

“…By analysis of both the Belgian and European data, the relationship between physicochemical soil characteristics and total V concentrations was quantified and some areas polluted with V were detected. A regression equation, in which V concentrations in alluvial soils were expressed as a function of major element composition, was proposed for the Belgian and European data. …”
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A Selective Bioreduction of Toxic Heavy Metal Ions from Aquatic Environment by Saccharomyces cerevisiae by A. M. Rahatgaonkar, N. R. Mahore

“…Bioremediation of heavy metal pollution remains a major challenge in environmental biotechnology. …”
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Use of vermicomposting biotechnology for recycling organic wastes in agriculture by Gunindra Nath Chattopadhyay

“…Apart from abatement of environmental pollution, such reuse of organic wastes in agriculture helps in the improvement of various physical, chemical and biological properties of the soils and, thus, helps in sustaining the soil health. …”
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DETERMINATION OF WATER QUALITY IN SPRINGS OF EKATERINBURG CITY AND SVERDLOVSK OBLAST by Vladimir S. Semenishchev, Svetlana M. Titova, Anna V. Voronina

“…We determined that water in only 7 springs (22%) fully met the requirements of sanitary norms from the point of view of content of chemical and radioactive pollutants. In 17 cases, water did not meet the requirements of the norms for the chemical factor, in 4 cases – for the radiation factor, and in 3 cases – for both the chemical and radiation factors. …”

Recent Progress on the Implementation of Renewable Biodiesel Fuel for Automotive and Power Plants: Raw Materials Perspective by Jayan Sentanuhady, Wisnu Hozaifa Hasan, Muhammad Akhsin Muflikhun

“…The use of biodiesel has a positive effect on reducing emissions and pollutants, but a particular method is needed to optimize the efficiency and effectiveness, both technically and nontechnically. …”
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