Do renewable energy and natural gas consumption mitigate CO2 emissions in the USA? New insights from NARDL approach

Environmental Science and Pollution Research - This article attempts to explore the asymmetric impact of renewable energy and natural gas consumptions on CO2 emissions for the selected ten most...     

Testing the impact of real interest rate,income, and energy consumption on Turkey’s CO2 emissions

Environmental Science and Pollution Research - This paper aims to explore the impact of real interest rates (RIN), income, trade, foreign direct investment (FDI), and energy consumption on...     

Towards the analysis of urban livability in China: spatial–temporal changes,regional types,and influencing factors

Environmental Science and Pollution Research - The increasing drift of urbanization and its impact on urban human settlements are of major concern for China cities. Therefore, demystifying the...     

Exploring the nature of EKC hypothesis in Asia’s top emitters: role of human capital,renewable and non-renewable energy consumption

Environmental Science and Pollution Research - The present study uses both carbon dioxide emission and ecological footprints as proxies for environmental degradation to examine the environmental...     

Study of turbulent diffusion above and within a forest—application in the case of SO2

Some results concerning characteristics of airflow within and above a forest are presented: horizontal mean windspeed profiles, turbulence intensities, turbulent transfer coefficients, autocorrelation curves, energy spectra, turbulence scales, microscales.To understand the mechanisms of SO₂ diffusion within and above a forest, we have to calculate SO₂ fluxes at the top of the canopy and two methods are used for this: the first one uses speed fluctuations and the second one mean speed values.The aim of that work is to determine the behaviour of the forest towards SO₂ and to develop a diffusion model of SO₂ with associated absorption by the roughness.     

Impacts of globalization and energy consumption on environmental degradation: what is the way forward to achieving environmental sustainability targets in Nigeria?

Environmental Science and Pollution Research - One of the major problems the world is currently facing is climate change. This is due to the use of fossil fuel combustion, which increases the...     

Does sustainable environmental agenda matter in the era of globalization? The relationship among financial development,energy consumption,and sustainable environmental-economic growth

Environmental Science and Pollution Research - The purpose of this research is to explore the connection of financial development, sustainable environmental-economic growth, and energy consumption...     

The distribution and transport of sulfate “species” in the New York metropolitan area during the 1977 Summer Aerosol Study

The atmospheric distribution of sulfate was analyzed at four sites operated by various cooperating laboratories for the period of 18 July–29 August 1977 in the New York metropolitan subregion. The sulfate concentrations measured in NYC were categorized according to wind trajectory and values ≥ 15 μg m⁻³ were normally associated with a strong westerly component. SO^{2 −}₄ values ≤ 5 μg m⁻³ were associated with other wind trajectories, that had not passed over the Ohio Valley. Comparison of the 1977 study with the New York Summer Aerosol Study (1976) indicated that on the average the SO^{2 −}₄ concentrations were slightly lower in 1977. The highest concentrations (> 20 μgm⁻³) occurred simultaneously with the return flow of ozone-laden high pressure systems.The results of a SO^{2 −}₄ episode which affected the region from 3–9 August 1977 were analyzed using trajectory analyses, satellite imagery and measurements of the chemical species H⁺, NH⁺₄, and SO^{2 −}₄. Transport of SO^{2 −}₄ was observed and the presence of a strong acid distribution in the rural areas was denonstrated. The aerosol in New York City appeared to be more nearly neutral, probably a result of reaction with ammonia.     

Correction to: Does sustainable environmental agenda matter in the era of globalization? The relationship among financial development,energy consumption,and sustainable environmental-economic growth

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Study on the threshold relationship between landscape pattern and water quality considering spatial scale effect—a case study of Dianchi Lake Basin in China

Environmental Science and Pollution Research - It is of great significance to analyze the threshold relationship between landscape pattern and water quality for watershed water environment...     

COVID-19 pandemic: environmental and social factors influencing the spread of SARS-CoV-2 in São Paulo,Brazil

Environmental Science and Pollution Research - The new coronavirus SARS-CoV-2 has infected more than 14 million people worldwide so far. Brazil is currently the second leading country in number of...     

Revaluation of the “Chattanooga School Children Study” in the Light of Other Contemporary Governmental Studies: The Possible Impact of These Findings On the Present NO2 Air Quality Standard

Data have been collected to indicate the presence of a number of biologically antagonistic air contaminants in ambient air in the immediate vicinity of Chattanooga, Tenn., as a result of the operation of the Volunteer Army Ammunition Plant, Tyner, Tenn. It follows, therefore, from these data that adverse health effects observed in the course of the Chattanooga School Children Study may be accounted for either totally or in part by the presence of epidemiologically interfering compounds such as sulfuric and nitric acid vapors which were not measured in air at the time of the health effects study. It is suggested that the presence of these interferences be considered detrimental to the formulation of a valid air quality standard for nitrogen dioxide.     

Exploring the impact of transition in energy mix on the CO2 emissions from China’s power generation sector based on IDA and SDA

Environmental Science and Pollution Research - The energy transition from coal and oil to renewable energy, nuclear energy, and natural gas is a fundamental way for emission reduction of...     

Research on the nonlinear dynamic relationship between FDI and CO2 emissions in the “One Belt,One Road” countries

Environmental Science and Pollution Research - This study examines the relationship between FDI and CO2 emissions in a nonlinear framework using data from countries along the “One Belt, One...     

Vitality of viruses,including SARS-CoV-2, in airborne particulate matter: the “micellar model” hypothesis

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Comment on “A Comparative Validation of the RAM and PTMTP Models for Short-Term S02 Concentrations in Two Urban Areas”

The purpose of this paper is to describe oxidant production and transport along the western shore of Lake Michigan. Air quality and meteorological data were collected in this area of the midwest during the summers of 1976–1978 using a ground-based laboratory and an Instrumented aircraft. Ozone, oxides of nitrogen, hydrocarbons (both total and individual), halocarbons, and numerous meteorological parameters were monitored continuously at the ground site near Kenosha, WI. Aircraft measurements included ozone, oxides of nitrogen, condensation nuclei, visual range (nephelometer), sulfur dioxide, temperature, and relative humidity.     

Fourteenth National Congress of the Environmental and Cultural Heritage Chemistry Division, “Chemistry in a Sustainable Society,” held in Rimini (Italy) in June 2013

This report briefly presents the aims and the fields of interest of the Environmental and Cultural Heritage Division (Italian Chemical Society) and the issues addressed during its national congress, held in Rimini in June 2013. The broad range of topics raised by different speakers, the variety of affiliations and institutions participating at the conference, the scientific organisations and private companies co-sponsoring the different sessions give a clear picture of the interdisciplinarity which is a hallmark of this division.