焉耆盆地不同耕地土壤中微量元素污染风险对比研究

从新疆焉耆盆地不同耕地类型（辣椒地、小麦地、玉米地、番茄地、向日葵地、甜菜地）采集186个土壤样品,测定其中8种元素（As、Cd、Cr、Cu、Mn、Ni、Pb和Zn）的含量,利用污染负荷指数法（PLI）和潜在生态风险指数法（RI）,对不同耕地中微量元素的污染和潜在生态风险进行评估。结果表明：（1） 焉耆盆地不同耕地中As、Cd、Cr、Cu、Ni、Pb与Zn含量平均值均未超出国家土壤环境质量二级标准;（2） 不同耕地中8种元素单项污染指数反映的环境风险各不相同,各耕地类型土壤PLI的平均值均呈现轻度污染;（3）不同耕地类型土壤中As、Cd、Cr、Cu、Ni、Pb和Zn的单项生态风险指数与各耕地类型RI值均属轻微风险水平。从空间分布可以看出,研究区所有农田类型的土壤RI在空间分布上均呈现轻微生态风险态势。辣椒地与小麦地中潜在生态风险指数较大的区域位于博湖县南部的农田,玉米地、番茄地、向日葵地和甜菜地中潜在生态风险指数较大区域主要分布于和硕县东部的农田。     

新疆焉耆盆地农田土壤重金属环境容量分析

为进一步了解土壤环境容量状况,从焉耆盆地采集191个农田土壤样品,测定其中As、Ni、Cr、Cu、Pb、Cd和Zn 7种重金属元素的含量,基于GIS技术,采用综合容量指数法分析农田土壤重金属环境容量特征与空间分布规律。结果表明:1）焉耆盆地农田土壤中As、Cd、Cr、Cu、Ni、Pb与Zn含量平均值均未超出GB 15618—2018《土壤环境质量农用地土壤污染风险管控标准（试行）》中的土壤风险筛选值;2）农田土壤各重金属元素单项环境容量指数平均值由大到小依次为:As、Cr、Ni、Cu、Pb、Cd、Zn。As的环境容量指数处于高容量状态,Ni、Cr、Cu、Pb、Cd、Zn等元素环境容量指数均处于中容量状态;3）研究区7种重金属元素环境容量空间分布情况不同,研究区各容量区土壤面积顺序为:中容量区 > 高容量区 > 低容量区 > 超载区 > 警戒区。该结果可为研究区农田土壤环境保护和管理提供依据。     

Trichoderma harzianum: a green sorbent for Pb(II) uptake from aqueous solutions

This investigation describes the use of specially cultivated, nonliving biomass of Trichoderma harzianum as a biosorbent for the batch removal of Pb(II) from a stirred system under different experimental conditions. The metal removal depended upon pH, sorbent particle size, initial Pb(II) concentration, shaking speed, and sorption time. The optimal experimental conditions for the removal of Pb(II) by T. harzianum with an initial metal concentration of 100 mg L^?1 were obtained at a particle size of 53 μm, a pH of 4.5, a shaking speed of 200 rpm, and a contact time of 720 min. The results were analyzed in terms of adsorption isotherms and kinetic models. The Freundlich isotherm model and pseudo second-order model fitted well in the data. T. harzianum proved to be a good biomaterial for accumulating Pb(II) from aqueous solutions (q = 460 mg g^?1).     

Potentially toxic elements in soil of the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province and Tribal areas,Pakistan: evaluation for human and ecological risk assessment

Environmental Geochemistry and Health - Potentially toxic elements (PTEs) contaminations in the soil ecosystem are considered as extremely hazardous due to toxicity, persistence and bioaccumulative...     

The nexus of tourism,renewable energy,income, and environmental quality: an empirical analysis of Pakistan

Environment, Development and Sustainability - In the current study, we investigate the dynamic association of tourism, renewable energy, income, foreign direct investment (FDI), and carbon dioxide...     

Does national carbon pricing policy affect voluntary environmental disclosures? A global evidence

Environmental Economics and Policy Studies - This paper examines the relationship between institutional pressure of national carbon pricing policy and the voluntary environmental disclosures (VED)...     

Organochlorine pesticides in the surrounding soils of POPs destruction facility: source fingerprinting,human health,and ecological risks assessment

Environmental Science and Pollution Research - The elimination of persistent organic pollutants (POPs) obsolete pesticides stockpiles, particularly the organochlorine pesticides (OCPs), is one of...     

Antibacterial and Catalytic Performance of Green Synthesized Silver Nanoparticles Embedded in Crosslinked PVA Sheet

Journal of Polymers and the Environment - In this research work, a green method of using Saussurea costus extract for the synthesis of silver nanoparticles (AgNPs) is developed. Analysis of the...     

Spatio-temporal assessment and trend analysis of surface water salinity in the coastal region of Bangladesh

The study was designed to collect water samples over two seasons—wet-monsoon season (n = 96) (March–April) and dry-monsoon season (n = 44) (September–October)—to understand the seasonal variation in anion and cation hydrochemistry of the coastal rivers and estuaries contributing in the spatial trend in salinity. Hydrochemical examination of wet-monsoon season primarily revealed Ca–Mg–HCO₃ type (66%) and followed by Na–Cl type (17.70%) water. In the dry-monsoon season, the scenario reversed with primary water being Na–Cl type (52.27%) followed by Ca–Mg–HCO₃ type (31.81%). Analysis of Cl/Br molar ratio vs. Cl (mg/L) depicted sampling area affected by seawater intrusion (SWI). Spatial analysis by ordinary kriging method confirmed approximately 77% sample in the dry-monsoon, and 34% of the wet-monsoon season had shown SWI. The most saline-intruded areas in the wet-monsoon seasons were extreme south-west coastal zone of Bangladesh, lower Meghna River floodplain and Meghna estuarine floodplain and south-eastern part of Chittagong coastal plains containing the districts of Chittagong and Cox’s Bazar adjacent to Bay of Bengal. In addition, mid-south zone is also affected slightly in the dry-monsoon season. From the analyses of data, this study could further help to comprehend seasonal trends in the hydrochemistry and water quality of the coastal and estuarine rivers. In addition, it can help policy makers to obligate some important implications for the future initiatives taken for the management of land, water, fishery, agriculture and environment of coastal rivers and estuaries of Bangladesh.

     

A novel lens of stock market capitalization and environmental degradation

Environmental Science and Pollution Research - This research article examines the impact of stock market capitalization on carbon emissions using forty high carbon-emitting countries from 1996 to...