Association between air pollution and COVID-19 infection: evidence from data at national and municipal levels

Environmental Science and Pollution Research - The impact of high concentrations of air pollution on COVID-19 has been a major air quality and life safety issue in recent studies. This study aimed...     

Facile in situ synthesis of silver nanocomposites based on cellulosic paper for photocatalytic applications

Environmental Science and Pollution Research - In this work, various photocatalysts were synthesized with an impregnation-precipitation process to in situ decorate Ag-based nanoparticles (NPs,...     

Impact of invasive ant species on native fauna across similar habitats under global environmental changes

Environmental Science and Pollution Research - Biotic invasions can predominantly alter the dynamics, composition, functions, and structure of natural ecosystems. Social insects, particularly ants,...     

Review and prospects of mining chemical dust suppressant: classification and mechanisms

Environmental Science and Pollution Research - Coal mine pollution is a serious threat to the mine safe production and occupational health of miners. Chemical dust suppression can effectively...     

Simultaneous nitrification and denitrification in a PCL-supported constructed wetland with limited aeration

Environmental Science and Pollution Research - Considerable advances have been made in the substrate design and operation strategies of constructed wetlands to facilitate nitrogen elimination....     

Shaping effects of rice,wheat, maize,and soybean seedlings on their rhizosphere microbial community

The rhizosphere microbiome plays critical roles in plant growth and is an important interface for resource exchange between plants and the soil environment. Crops at various growing stages, especially the seedling stage, have strong shaping effects on the rhizosphere microbial community, and such community reconstruction will positively feed back to the plant growth. In the present study, we analyzed the variations of bacterial and fungal communities in the rhizosphere of four crop species: rice, soybean, maize, and wheat during successive cultivations (three repeats for the seedling stages) using 16S rRNA gene and internal transcribed spacer (ITS) high-throughput sequencing. We found that the relative abundances of specific microorganisms decreased after different cultivation times, e.g., Sphingomonas, Pseudomonas, Rhodanobacter, and Caulobacter, which have been reported as plant-growth beneficial bacteria. The relative abundances of potential plant pathogenic fungi Myrothecium and Ascochyta increased with the successive cultivation times. The co-occurrence network analysis showed that the bacterial and fungal communities under maize were much more stable than those under rice, soybean, and wheat. The present study explored the characteristics of bacteria and fungi in crop seedling rhizosphere and indicated that the characteristics of indigenous soil flora might determine the plant growth status. Further study will focus on the use of the critical microorganisms to control the growth and yield of specific crops.

     

改性HDPE填料的制备及对MBBR脱氮除磷效果的强化

为解决传统填料亲水性差、挂膜速度慢等问题,对高密度聚乙烯(HDPE)填料进行亲水改性并改善填料的挂膜性能及在移动床生物膜反应器(MBBR)中的应用效果,用浸涂的方式将纳米SiO₂、聚乙烯醇(PVA)、聚多巴胺(PDA)等材料涂覆在HDPE填料表面,对改性后填料进行接触角、SEM、FT-IR和XPS表征以及MBBR挂膜启动实验,研究化学需氧量(COD)、氨氮(NH₃-N)、总氮(TN)、总磷(TP)的去除效果以及对填料挂膜时间、生物膜量、蛋白质和多糖含量的影响。结果表明：改性后,填料接触角由94.82°降至 60.1°,填料亲水性明显增强;填料表面出现褶皱,粗糙度增加;上述材料成功负载在填料表面并引入了亲水基团且未改变填料基本结构;填料挂膜时间由25 d提前至16 d,挂膜时间提前了9 d,COD、NH₃-N、TN、TP去除率分别达到94.9%、95.4%、83.5%、71.6%,与改性前比分别提高了9.3%、6.7%、13.7%、11.5%;填料的生物膜量是改性前的1.57倍,从27.35 mg·g⁻¹提高到42.87 mg·g⁻¹,其中蛋白质和多糖的含量分别从改性前的6.48 mg·g⁻¹和3.38 mg·g⁻¹提高到8.83 mg·g⁻¹和5.82 mg·g⁻¹,分别为改性前的1.36倍和1.72倍。由此可以看出,表面涂覆可以提高HDPE填料的亲水性,改性后的HDPE填料可以缩短在MBBR中的挂膜时间及强化对COD、NH₃-N、TN、TP的去除效果。本研究结果可为HDPE填料亲水改性的深入研究及在MBBR中的实际应用提供参考。     

Construction and application of comprehensive drought monitoring model considering the influence of terrain factors: a case study of southwest Yunnan,China

Environmental Science and Pollution Research - Droughts in winter and spring are one of the most prominent natural disasters in the Yunnan Province in China. They occur frequently, with long...     

Solid phase extraction with pyrenebutyric acid-bonded silica for analysis of polychlorinated biphenyls in sewage water by gas chromatography-mass spectrometry

A solid phase extraction (SPE) method using pyrenebutyric acid-bonded silica (PYB) as sorbent was developed to determine 23 polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) in sewage water by gas chromatography-mass spectrometry (GC-MS). Factors were optimized in SPE procedures including elution solvent, pH, and cartridge burden. The recoveries of 23 PCB congeners were 69.44-111.91% under optimized conditions. Comparisons were also conducted among PYB-SPE, C(18)-SPE and United States Environmental Protection Agency 608 (USEPA608) methods in the analysis of PCBs in sewage water samples. The results showed that the performance of PYB-SPE method was similar with USEPA608 method and better than C(18)-SPE method. Both PYB-SPE and USEPA608 methods were then employed to analyze PCBs in real spiked sewage water samples. The recoveries of PCB congeners determined by PYB-SPE method ranged from 70.6% to 92.4% in real spiked sewage water samples which were identified to be in accordance with USEPA608 method. Limits of detection (LOD) were in the range of 0.06-0.22ngL(-1) for PCB congeners. The optimized PYB-SPE method was successfully applied to the determination of PCBs in sewage water samples.     

沸石-茭白复合床技术脱氮中试研究

通过模拟农村暴雨径流水质 ,开展了沸石 茭白复合床技术处理农村暴雨径流的中试研究 ,分析了在不同工况下床体中各态氮的变化规律 ,结果表明 ,该项技术应用于暴雨径流氮的控制是可行的。