Black fungi and ants: a genomic comparison of species inhabiting carton nests versus domatia by Yu Quan, Nickolas Menezes da Silva, Bruna Jacomel Favoreto de Souza Lima, Sybren de Hoog, Vania Aparecida Vicente, Veronika Mayer, Yingqian Kang, Dongmei Shi

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Plastic debris characteristics and the effect of wind on Bawean Island Beaches, East Java, Indonesia by Nurhafizh Sri Albarra, Defri Yona, Muhammad Arif Asadi, Syarifah Hikmah Julinda Sari, Riski Agung Lestariadi, Akhmad Amirudin

“…Keywords: Marine Debris Plastic Weathering Wind Direction Marine Pollution Macroplastic…”
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Acceptability of improved cook stoves-a scoping review of the literature. by Bipin Adhikari, Sophie Suh Young Kang, Aaryan Dahal, Salum Mshamu, Jacqueline Deen, Christopher Pell, Lorenz von Seidlein, Jakob Knudsen, Thomas Chevalier Bøjstrup

“…Improved cooking stoves (ICS) are intended to reduce indoor air pollution and the inefficient use of fuel yet there is often reticence to shift permanently to ICS. …”
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Source Identification of VOCs and their Environmental Health Risk in a Petrochemical Industrial Area by Nattaporn Pinthong, Sarawut Thepanondh, Akira Kondo

“…The T/B ratio was within the range 3.54–5.15, confirming that vehicle emissions were the main source of pollutants during the entire investigated period in the community area. …”
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Evaluation of the Most Current and Effective Methods in the Analysis of Chlorinated Dioxins in Ground Beef by Ebere C. Anyanwu, Mohamed H. El-Saeid, Akpan I. Akpan, Mahmoud A. Saled

“…Chlorinated dioxins are the group of environmental pollutants consisting of 210 chlorinated dibenzo-p-dioxins and dibenzofurans. …”
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IMPLEMENTASI SISTEM PENGOLAHAN DATA SKY QUALITY METER BERBASIS VISUAL BASIC UNTUK ANALISIS PERUBAHAN TINGKAT KECERAHAN LANGIT by Mustofa Ahyar, Yudhiakto Pramudya, Okimustava Okimustava

“…Model pengembangan waterfall mampu untuk membuat sistem pengolahan data SQM, data dengan berbagai kolom dapat dipilih secara otomatis dan cepat sehingga dapat dibuat grafik tingkat kecerahan langit terhadap waktu. Light pollution dramatically affects the brightness of the sky. …”
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Assessment of Water Quality Parameters in Lake Hayq, Northeastern Ethiopia by Assefa Tecklie, Yohannes Nigussie, Adem Bilale

“…However, the lake ecosystem is being degraded by pollution, siltation, and excessive growth of macrophytes, buffer zone degradation, overfishing, and climate variability. …”
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A Novel Hybrid MPPT Controller for PEMFC Fed High Step-Up Single Switch DC-DC Converter by Shaik Rafikiran, C. H. Hussaian Basha, C. Dhanamjayulu

“…The features of fuel stack networks are very quick static response, plus low atmospheric pollution. Also, this type of power supply system consists of high flexibility and more reliability. …”
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Analyses of house-owners’ awareness and compliance with urban greenery regulations in Madina, Ghana by Seth Akagla, Yaw Agyeman Boafo

“…Although the benefits of urban greenery, including biodiversity conservation, pollution mitigation, and reduction of urban heat island effects, are widely recognized, adherence to corresponding building regulations poses a significant challenge in many Global South countries, including Ghana. …”
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Strength Characteristics of Cement Treated and Expanded Polystyrene Mixed Lightweight of Waste Soil from the Construction Site of a Yangtze River Bridge in China by Weihua Lu, Jianyun Wang, Yongxing Zhang

“…In the past decades, the speed and scale of Chinese infrastructure construction have been enormous, and the resulting construction waste is also quite amazing, which has become a huge threat to environmental protection. If the pollution-free engineering utilization of the construction waste can be achieved at a low cost, it will undoubtedly be a great benefit for the country and the people. …”
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Comparison between Physical Parameters and Sensory Parameters Regarding Travel Behavior Based on Sensitivity Analysis by Wissam Qassim Al-Salih, Domokos Esztergár-Kiss

“…This method encourages travelers to switch from private transportation to public transport, thus reducing pollution and emission. Furthermore, by searching for the most sensitive factors in travel behavior, the sensitivity analysis might highlight the directions of the improvement. …”
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Bed Separation Characteristics of an LTCC Panel and Subsidence Controlling Grouting: Case Study of Longquan Coal Mine, China by Jun Zheng, Guoqing Zhou, Yuliang Zhou, Dongfeng Yuan, Tielin Zhao

“…By using gangue power slurry, BSBG could not only effectively mitigate the surface subsidence but also solve the problems of environmental pollution and land occupation caused by traditional gangue stacking. …”
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Influence of Regional Transport Mechanisms on the Fingerprint of Biomass-Burning Aerosols in Buenos Aires by Ana G. Ulke

“…The days with AOD greater than 0.15 show overall behaviour like other urban sites with pollution of different origins. The evaluation of the selected data reveals that higher values of AOD and changes in the Ångström exponent are linked to the dispersion of biomass-burning aerosols. …”
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Chemical and Physical Quality Criteria of Bulakbaşı Stream in Turkey and Usage of Drinking, Fisheries, and Irrigation by Fazıl Şen, Abdullah Aksoy

“…According to EU, WHO, and Turkish standards, Bulakbaşı stream is not polluted and it has suitable quality with respect to drinking, aquaculture, and irrigation.…”
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The Ecological Model of Pastures Zoning of Kurdistan Province Emphasizing on the Climatic Elements of Temperature and Precipitation by Gholamali Mozafari, Farshad Safarpour

“…Pastures are renewable natural resources which provide the grass for the cattle need, adjust the weather and hydrological flows, provide water for aquifer, prevent soil erosion, control pollution, dispel food poisoning, and bring about soil formation through improving soil formation processes. …”
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Rapid Built-up of PM10 in the Ambient Air of the Leeward Side Resulting from Strong Pressure Gradient Force Associated with Density Current by Wei-Kuo Soong, Chung-Hsuang Hung

“…Abstract Meteorological factors can result in air pollution. Some studies have indicated that the leeward side effect’s weak flow and subsidence play major roles in inducing high PM10 (particulate matter with a diameter of ≤ 10 µm) in southern Taiwan during winter due to topographic blocking. …”
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A Protective Role of Canonical Wnt/β-Catenin Pathway in Pathogenic Bacteria-Induced Inflammatory Responses by Zhongjia Jiang, Weiping Zhou, Xing Tian, Peng Zou, Ning Li, Chunmeng Zhang, Yanting Li, Guangyan Liu

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J. M. KEYNES AND HIS ECONOMIC THEORY: AN ETHICAL PERSPECTIVE by S. N. Ivaskovsky

“…It isstressed that the ethical views of Keynes correspond with the concept of the "ethic of responsibility"- a relatively new scientific discipline, which originated as a response to the risks of technogenic era: pollution, resource constraints, overpopulation, lack of stability of the world economy. …”
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Application of Combustion Module Coupled with Cavity Ring-Down Spectroscopy for Simultaneous Measurement of SOC and δ13C-SOC by Dan Liu, Zhiguo Yu, Junjie Lin

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Treatment of Comprehensive Wastewater from Chemical and Pharmaceutical Parks by Fly Ash-Coated Iron Electrode Electrocoagulation by Huajing Zhu, Zeli Chen

“…With the rapid development of the economic system and the continuous development of industry, environmental pollution is becoming more and more important, so wastewater treatment urgently needs to be strengthened. …”
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