生物物种信息平台建设进展研究

信息技术的突飞猛进和互联网的迅速扩张,为生物多样性信息的收集、存储、提交、检索、分析、传播和使用带来了革命性的发展。生物多样性数据和信息服务的内容逐步从单一的名录数据库建设转向为多学科交叉的综合信息服务平台。本文结合国家生物多样性保护专项,在介绍国内外主流生物多样性信息平台建设现状的基础上,分析了我国现有平台存在的问题,并对下一步如何完善和推进平台应用进行探讨。     

大气降水中重金属离子特征研究

大气降水中重金属离子的研究可以反映大气污染、地表水污染的信息.通过对国内外大气降水中重金属研究现状的阐述和大气降水中重金属的来源进行理论分析,并利用实地大气降水采样分析,归纳出其中重金属的特征,监测当前大气的污染状况,从而为区域性的大气中重金属的污染评价及污染治理提供理论依据.降水中的重金属元素主要包括Pb、Mn、Zn、Cu、Cd、Cr等,通过分析测定可以为利用大气降水作为重要饮用水补给源的区域提供饮水安全保障.     

外源新碳对红壤团聚体及有机碳分布和稳定性的影响

以中国科学院长期定位试验站的红壤为研究对象,通过室内模拟实验,利用δ~(13)C示踪方法,将稳定同位素碳(δ13C)标记的水稻秸秆添加入红壤,研究水稻秸秆添加对红壤水稳性团聚体分布及稳定性的影响,探索水稻秸秆腐解过程中有机碳在不同粒级团聚体中的动态变化以及分布规律.研究结果表明:未添加水稻秸秆的红壤(对照组),微团聚体(250μm)占主体,2000μm粒级水稳性团聚体含量最少.与对照相比,添加水稻秸秆后(试验组)促进了2000μm粒级水稳性团聚体的团聚.不同培养时期,2000μm水稳性团聚体增加了108.3%~270.3%,促使大团聚体占主体,显著提高了红壤水稳性团聚体的平均重量直径(MWD)、几何平均直径(GMD)、R0.25值,降低了分形维数(D)值,土壤结构明显得到改善.各粒级团聚体有机碳含量也显著得到提高,2000μm团聚体有机碳含量比对照组增加了14.7%~41.5%.土壤有机碳在53μm粒级团聚体中分布随着粒级的增大而增大,即2000μm2000~250μm250~53μm.不同粒级团聚体δ13C值动态变化显著,有机碳的周转速率增大.外源新碳前期主要分配在2000μm、250~53μm粒级团聚体中,并促进了原有机碳的分解,后期主要分配在微团聚体中.红壤大团聚体有机碳含量与团聚体稳定性呈极显著的相关关系(p0.01).     

坐在旧居的门槛上

坐在旧居的门槛上,看门前的小河依旧平静地流淌。承载过无数蝉鸣的老柳树,只剩下半截树干埋在土里,可怜的身子在水面印上一个孤独的影子。树干旁的一丛宝贵竹热烈地长着枝枝叶叶,恣意地向那枯死的邻居张扬着旺盛的生命力,其中的一棵弯下高贵的腰把一身的绿叶探进水里,仿佛一枝绿色的长笛吹皱了一池春水。并不年轻     

Microfiber pollution: an ongoing major environmental issue related to the sustainable development of textile and clothing industry

Environment, Development and Sustainability - Textiles release microfibers to the environment during production, use, and at end-of-life disposal. There is a potentially large and growing risk to...     

农村变电站生活污水处理现状与探讨

我国大部分变电站位于农村地区,因无接入城市污水管网条件,农村变电站生活污水需就地处理后达标排放。变电站生活污水存在水量少、时变化系数大等特点,现有处理工艺不能正常运行或无法达标排放。本文借鉴农村生活污水处理技术,提出了生物组合法处理对策,可为变电站生活污水处理提供参考。     

Mitochondrial toxicity and in vitro biological effects of ambient PM2.5 from an urban site in China

Abstract

The roles of PM_2.5-induced mitochondrial damage and oxidative stress on mast cell degranulation were examined in vitro. Mast cells were treated with suspensions of PM_2.5 in Dulbecco’s modified Eagle’s medium at concentrations from 25 to 200?mg/L in the absence or presence of 10?mmol/L N-acetyl-L-cysteine. Biological effects and mitochondrial function were assessed by determining cell viability, β-hexosaminidase release, interleukin-4 secretion, reactive oxygen species generation, adenosine triphosphate production, potential alteration of mitochondrial membrane, and activities of mitochondrial electron transport chain complexes I and III. Exposure of mast cells to PM_2.5 induced reduction of adenosine triphosphate production, collapse of mitochondrial membrane potential, and inhibition of the activity of complex III. Co-treatment of mast cells exposed to PM_2.5 with N-acetyl-L-cysteine attenuated cytotoxicity and the production of reactive oxygen species, and decreased the release of β-hexosaminidase and interleukin-4. Evidently, PM_2.5-induced oxidative stress plays an essential role in mitochondrial toxicity and mast cell activation.     

Scenario-based assessment and multi-objective optimization of urban development plan with carrying capacity of water system

• Impact of urban development on water system is assessed with carrying capacity. • Impacts on both water resource quantity and environmental quality are involved. • Multi-objective optimization revealing system trade-off facilitate the regulation. • Efficiency, scale and structure of urban development are regulated in two stages. • A roadmap approaching more sustainable development is provided for the case city. Environmental impact assessments and subsequent regulation measures of urban development plans are critical to human progress toward sustainability, since these plans set the scale and structure targets of future socioeconomic development. A three-step methodology for assessing and optimizing an urban development plan focusing on its impacts on the water system was developed. The methodology first predicted the pressure on the water system caused by implementation of the plan under distinct scenarios, then compared the pressure with the carrying capacity threshold to verify the system status; finally, a multi-objective optimization method was used to propose regulation solutions. The methodology enabled evaluation of the water system carrying state, taking socioeconomic development uncertainties into account, and multiple sets of improvement measures under different decisionmaker preferences were generated. The methodology was applied in the case of Zhoushan city in South-east China. The assessment results showed that overloading problems occurred in 11 out of the 13 zones in Zhoushan, with the potential pressure varying from 1.1 to 18.3 times the carrying capacity. As a basic regulation measure, an environmental efficiency upgrade could relieve the overloading in 4 zones and reduce 9%‒63% of the pressure. The optimization of industrial development showed that the pressure could be controlled under the carrying capacity threshold if the planned scale was reduced by 24% and the industrial structure was transformed. Various regulation schemes including a more suitable scale and structure with necessary efficiency standards are provided for decisionmakers that can help the case city approach a more sustainable development pattern.     

Taxonomic and functional variations in the microbial community during the upgrade process of a full-scale landfill leachate treatment plant – from conventional to partial nitrification-denitrification

• Upgrade process was investigated in a full-scale landfill leachate treatment plant. • The optimization of DO can technically achieve the shift from CND to PND process. • Nitrosomonas was mainly responsible for ammonium oxidation in PND system. • An obviously enrichment of Thauera was found in the PND process. • Enhanced metabolic potentials on organics was found during the process update. Because of the low access to biodegradable organic substances used for denitrification, the partial nitrification-denitrification process has been considered as a low-cost, sustainable alternative for landfill leachate treatment. In this study, the process upgrade from conventional to partial nitrification-denitrification was comprehensively investigated in a full-scale landfill leachate treatment plant (LLTP). The partial nitrification-denitrification system was successfully achieved through the optimizing dissolved oxygen and the external carbon source, with effluent nitrogen concentrations lower than 150 mg/L. Moreover, the upgrading process facilitated the enrichment of Nitrosomonas (abundance increased from 0.4% to 3.3%), which was also evidenced by increased abundance of amoA/B/C genes carried by Nitrosomonas. Although Nitrospira (accounting for 0.1%–0.6%) was found to stably exist in the reactor tank, considerable nitrite accumulation occurred in the reactor (reaching 98.8 mg/L), indicating high-efficiency of the partial nitrification process. Moreover, the abundance of Thauera, the dominant denitrifying bacteria responsible for nitrite reduction, gradually increased from 0.60% to 5.52% during the upgrade process. This process caused great changes in the microbial community, inducing continuous succession of heterotrophic bacteria accompanied by enhanced metabolic potentials toward organic substances. The results obtained in this study advanced our understanding of the operation of a partial nitrification-denitrification system and provided a technical case for the upgrade of currently existing full-scale LLTPs.     

地震波斜入射下土质边坡的稳定性分析*

地震诱发的边坡失稳是重要的地质灾害类型之一,数值方法是对地震边坡进行分析的一项重要工具。基于黏弹性人工边界,通过将地震记录转化为等效地震荷载实现地震波在场地中的施加;并采用Mohr?Coulomb准则模拟土体的非线性特征。根据非线性有限元软件ABAQUS,建立了双面边坡的数值模型,通过分析地震波在不同角度入射下不同坡角边坡的地震响应,讨论了地震波入射角以及边坡坡角对破坏的影响。结果表明,地震波入射角和边坡形状改变了地震波在坡体内的传播规律,因此影响了边坡的破坏。随着地震波入射角的增加,靠近波源一侧坡面的滑动位移和滑动区域逐渐增加,而远离波源一侧的滑动位移和滑动区域逐渐减小。边坡坡度的增加引起坡面危害的逐渐加剧。本文讨论了不同尺寸边坡在不同地震作用下的破坏规律,从而为地震诱发边坡的失稳破坏提供了理论支撑,具有重要的现实工程意义。