Bryophytes as Indicators of Disturbance in One of the Last Remnants of the Mountain Forests of El Oro Province, Ecuador by Ángel Benítez, Richard Nagua, Jefferson Medina, Gregorio Lapo, Erika Yangua-Solano, Rolando Andrade-Hidalgo

“…Bryophytes are highly dependent on their external environments because they are sensitive to environmental changes related to disturbance, fragmentation, air pollution, and climate change. The richness and composition of bryophytes in remnants of primary and secondary forests were analyzed, where the richness and cover were recorded on trunk bases of 120 trees. …”
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Selenium-Modified Biochar Synergistically Achieves the Safe Use of Selenium and the Inhibition of Heavy Metal Cadmium by Wanjing Wang, Haiyan Jiang, Zebin Tan, Luyao Yu, Jie Chen, Qingliang Xiao, Qinlei Rong, Chunhuo Zhou

“…To address cadmium pollution in China’s cultivated land, chitosan, inorganic and organic selenium were used to modify rice husk charcoal for cadmium inhibition. …”
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A Data-Driven Review of the Financial Performance and Environmental Compliance of Shariah-Compliant Businesses by Hassan Syed, Rahmi Deniz Özbay, Klemens Katterbauer, Sema Yılmaz Genç

“…As a result, there has been an increase in the divestment of firms that use forced labor, lack diversity in their workforces, and operate in highly polluting sectors. Islamic banking incorporates Shariah law's guiding principles, which place a heavy emphasis on protecting the environment and advancing society. …”
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Spatial Variation of Arsenic in Soil, Irrigation Water, and Plant Parts: A Microlevel Study by M. S. Kabir, M. A. Salam, D. N. R. Paul, M. I. Hossain, N. M. F. Rahman, Abdullah Aziz, M. A. Latif

“…Arsenic pollution became a great problem in the recent past in different countries including Bangladesh. …”
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A Combined Computational and Experimental Study on Nanoparticle Transport and Partitioning in the Human Trachea and Upper Bronchial Airways by Jiawei Ma, Wei-Chung Su, Yi Chen, Yidan Shang, Jingliang Dong, Jiyuan Tu, Lin Tian

“…Abstract In the past few decades, the transport and deposition of aerosol in the human respiratory tract has been a crucial area of research, resulting in the identification of the toxicity pathways of inhaled pollutants and facilitating the design of efficient drug delivery systems for targeted treatment. …”
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Effect of Sugar Cane Bagasse Ash Incorporated as Viscosity Modifying Agent on Fresh, Microstructure and Mechanical Properties of Self-Compacting Concrete by Usman Amjad, Muhammad Sarir, Diyar Khan, Inzimam Ul Haq, Muhammad Wajahat Ali Khawaja, Khalid Mahmood

“…Overall, adding SBA to cement manufacturing during clinkerization can reduce environmental pollution and lower production costs.…”
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Application of DEA technique in SWOT analysis of oily sludge management using fuzzy data by H. Borgheipour, Z. Moghaddas, M. Abbassi, N. Abbaszadeh Tehrani

“…The proper management of oily sludge from petroleum products storage tanks is necessary because inappropriate methods for dredging of tanks may result in high costs and increased environmental pollution. The purpose of the current study is to rank the strategies outlined by strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats analysis using data envelopment analysis model, which provides enriched insights into management of waste from dredging of tanks. …”
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Evaluation of Zn Adenine-Based Bio-MOF for Efficient Remediation of Different Types of Dyes by Eslam Salama, Ali Hamdy, Hassan S. Hassan, Wael A. Amer, El-Zeiny M. Ebeid, Mona Ossman, Marwa F. Elkady

“…These findings demonstrated that the synthesized Zn bio-MOF is an effective and promising adsorbent material for the removal of both cationic and anionic dyes from polluted water.…”
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The panel threshold analysis of digitalization on manufacturing industry’s green total factor productivity by Lu Liu, Yulong Xin, Bei Liu, Yuankui Pang, Weiran Kong

“…The empirical results show that: (1) Digitalization has a significant threshold impact on IGTFP, and the research results are still robust according to changing the threshold variable algorithm and carrying on a Winsorize test. (2) Industry technological innovation (ITI) plays a threshold role in the process of digitalization impact on IGTFP. (3) Heterogeneity analysis shows that the impact mechanism varies depending on differentiated industry factor intensity and industry pollution degree. Therefore, policymakers should formulate differentiated industry digitalization strategies.…”
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Analysis of Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) Decisions in Amasya Province within the Framework of EIA Regulation and Examination of its Relationship with Economic Indicators by Nusret Çoban, Ayla Bilgin

“…In order to prevent environmental pollution and to utilize natural resources more efficiently, environmentally friendly policies have been developed in our country in accordance with international developments. …”
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Kinetic Modeling Study of the Industrial Sulfur Recovery Process for Operating Condition Optimization by Shan Huang, Zhaohui Teng, Lisheng Zhang, Qulan Zhou, Na Li

“…Our research provides a way to improve the sulfur recovery process in the industry, and it can be helpful to reduce pollution emissions and improve economic performance.…”
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Spatiotemporal heterogeneity management: Optimizing the critical role of ecosystem services in achieving Sustainable Development Goals by Lingli Zuo, Guohua Liu, Junyan Zhao, Jiajia Li, Shuyuan Zheng, Xukun Su

“…Western Sichuan demonstrated stronger performance in environment-related SDGs in the Sichuan Province, while the Sichuan Basin showed better progress in socio-economic-related SDGs; (2) habitat quality, carbon sequestration, air pollution removal, and soil retention significantly influenced the development of 9 SDGs; (3) supporting, regulating, and provisioning service bundles have persistent and stable spatiotemporal heterogeneity effects on SDG1, SDG8, SDG11, SDG13, and SDG15. …”
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Natural resources heterogeneity and environmental sustainability in G20 nations: post-COP28 analysis by Abdulrahman Alomair, Ridwan Lanre Ibrahim, Ridwan Lanre Ibrahim, Abdulaziz S. Al Naim

“…Interestingly, natural gas provides diverging direct and indirect impacts on both pollutants. More so, green policies and environmental taxes support promoting environmental sustainability. …”
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Pilot-Scale Removal of Trace Steroid Hormones and Pharmaceuticals and Personal Care Products from Municipal Wastewater Using a Heterogeneous Fenton’s Catalytic Process by George Tangyie Chi, John Churchley, Katherine D. Huddersman

“…The pollution of water sources by endocrine disrupting compounds (EDCs) and pharmaceutical and personal care products (PPCPs) is a growing concern, as conventional municipal wastewater treatment systems are not capable of completely removing these contaminants. …”
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High‐Strength, Thermally Stable, and Processable Wood Fiber/Polyamide Composites for Engineering Structural Components by Zhengtong You, Haigang Wang, Feng Zhang, Haoyuan Zhang, Chuwen Zou, Zhifang Zhou, Yonggui Wang, Zefang Xiao, Daxin Liang, Qingwen Wang, Wentao Gan, Yanjun Xie

“…Abstract Hybrid wood fiber/plastic composites offer a high‐value‐added utilization for agroforestry waste, which also providing a promising solution for reducing white pollution. However, the interface incompatibility between natural wood fibers and polymers significantly impairs the mechanical properties of the composites. …”
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Exploring the Interaction between Local Communities and Environmental Policies: A Qualitative Study of Conflicts between Natives and Rangers around the Protected Areas of Bojaq Nat... by Yaser Khoshsirat Salimi, Ali Ruhani, Hossein Afrasiabi, Sadegh Salehi

“…Over the past few decades, the organization's conservative management of existing resources coupled with ineffective monitoring of issues, such as seawater pollution, overharvesting, and decline of spawning fish populations, had significantly diminished local fish stocks. …”
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Descriptions anatomiques et hypothèses étiologiques des déformations des mains et des pieds observées chez les chimpanzés de Sebitoli (Parc national de Kibale, Ouganda) by Pauline Couchoud, Marie Cibot, Emmanuelle Pouydebat, Sabrina Krief

“…L’objectif de notre étude est de représenter ces déformations des membres afin de distinguer les anomalies d’origine humaine (pièges, pollution environnementale…) de celles issues d’un contexte naturel (agressions lors de conflits, chute accidentelle, arthrose…). …”
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Dynamic Characteristics of Aerosol Optical Properties over Dibrugarh City in the North-Eastern Indian Region during 2018–2021 by Akshansha Chauhan, Shukla Acharjee, Ramesh P. Singh, Brent Holben

“…The change in the aerosol properties may cause short and long-term impacts, the knowledge of such changes is useful in the estimation of the pollution sources of any region. We have carried out the analysis of the aerosols’ optical and radiative properties using AERONET station data from 2018 to 2021 in Dibrugarh City. …”
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NATURE-USE AND SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT by V. A. Gorbanyov

“…The article shows that humanity is now faced with two interrelated problems: First - this is a problem of rational use of geoecosystem services, including natural resources, and secondly - the problem of environmental protection of pollution and save geoecosystem services, that is there are two "sides of the coin" - geoecological and resource. …”
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Is the green credit policy useful for improving energy intensity? Evidence from cities in China by Ting Pan, Boqiang Lin

“…Abstract The green credit policy (GCP) is an essential financial policy tool for solving the problem of environmental pollution, and urban energy conservation is an effective way to achieve the goal of carbon neutrality. …”
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