目前已经确认传染病达1100多种

据报道,传染病在全球的暴发和传播越来越快,治愈难度也越来越大。 在未来的几年中,极有可能出现类似艾滋病、“非典”或是埃博拉病毒这样的传染病灾难。     

降雨径流时农田沟渠水体中氮、磷迁移转化规律研究

为有效阻控降雨条件下农田土壤流失氮、磷通过沟渠进入水体,通过对降雨时农田排水沟渠系统中总氮、总磷的测定和分析,研究降雨径流下沟渠系统水体中氮、磷的迁移转化规律和时空分布.结果表明,农田排水沟渠系统本身不太稳定,在外界条件(降雨)的作用下可以引起一系列的变化,同时农田排水沟渠系统又具有抗冲击可修复能力,可以使氮、磷的各项转化作用恢复.该特征使得总氮、总磷在沿程迁移过程中表现出一定的变化规律:总氮浓度沿程呈3次多项式曲线变化,总磷浓度整体呈指数递减变化;同时各断面的总氮、总磷自身转化也有其降解规律,总氮和总磷浓度随时间均呈3次多项式曲线变化.     

The spillover of tourism development on CO2 emissions: a spatial econometric analysis

Environmental Science and Pollution Research - Climate change and tourism’s interaction and vulnerability have been among the most hotly debated topics recently. In this context, the study...     

What makes residents more willing to participate in source separation of waste masks under the COVID-19 pandemic?

Journal of Material Cycles and Waste Management - With the outbreak of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19), the generation of a large amount of medical waste brought a rude shock to the existing solid...     

Changes in ecological networks and eco-environmental effects on urban ecosystem in China’s typical urban agglomerations

Environmental Science and Pollution Research - Exploring the changes in ecological networks (ENs), its eco-environment effects and the differences in urban agglomerations in various urbanization...     

Development of Smart Colorimetric Sensing Films Carbohydrate-Based with Soybean Wax and Purple Cauliflower Anthocyanins for Visual Monitoring of Shrimp Freshness

Journal of Polymers and the Environment - Novel pH-colorimetric intelligent films were designed from agar and methylcellulose matrix (AM) with soybean wax (SBW) in several percentages (5, 10, 15,...     

Elevated urbanization-driven plant accumulation and human intake risks of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in crops of peri-urban farmlands

As an ubiquitous carcinogen, polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) are closely related to anthropogenic activities. The process of urbanization leads to the spatial interlacing of farmlands and urbanized zones. However, field evidence on the influence of urbanization on the accumulation of PAHs in crops of peri-urban farmlands is lacking. This study comparatively investigated the urbanization-driven levels, compositions, and sources of PAHs in 120 paired plant and soil samples collected from the Yangtze River Delta in China and their species-specific human intake risks. The concentrations of PAHs in crops and soils in the peri-urban areas were 2407.92 ng g^?1 and 546.64 ng g^?1, respectively, which are significantly higher than those in the rural areas. The PAHs in the root were highly relevant to those in the soils (R²?=?0.63, p?<?0.01), and the root bioconcentration factors were higher than 1.0, implying the contributions of root uptake to plant accumulations. However, the translocation factors in the peri-urban areas (1.57?±?0.33) were higher than those in the rural areas (1.19?±?0.14), indicating the enhanced influence through gaseous absorption. For the congeners, the 2- to 3-ring PAHs showed a higher plant accumulation potential than the 4- to 6-ring PAHs. Principal component analysis show that the PAHs in the peri-urban plants predominantly resulted from urbanization parameters, such as coal combustion, vehicle emissions, and biomass burning. The mean values of estimated dietary intake of PAHs from the consumption of peri-urban and rural crops were 9116 ng day^?1 and 6601.83 ng day^?1, respectively. The intake risks of different crops followed the order rice?>?cabbage?>?carrot?>?pea. Given the significant input of PAHs from urban to farmland, the influence of many anthropogenic pollutants arising from rapid urbanization should be considered when assessing the agricultural food safety.

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Application of two modified kaolin materials in removing micro-plastics from water

Journal of Material Cycles and Waste Management - Some modified kaolin materials have the potential as adsorbents for the removal of numerous pollutants. In view of this, we developed two modified...