Journal of Material Cycles and Waste Management - In this study, the amount of medical waste generated in a high-populated city in Turkey between January 2018 and August 2021 was evaluated, and the... 相似文献
Environmental Chemistry Letters - Plastic pollution in water ecosystems is threatening the survival of wildlife. In particular, microplastics may be encapsulated into calcium carbonate, a crucial... 相似文献
In sustainable development, energy is critical in human activities and shapes a sustainable future. Thus, it is an unignorable element in human development. This paper analyzes the contributions of renewable energy sources (RES)’s to the economic, environmental, and social dimensions of sustainable development. Moreover, we add energy security as a possible fourth dimension into the analysis. For the sample size, we limit the countries members of the OECD and run generalized methods of moments for the period from 1995 to 2015. This method can produce efficient estimators under the problems of endogeneity, omitted-variable bias, measurement errors, and heteroscedastic residuals. According to the results, RES has a small reducing effect (?.007%) on output in the Cobb-Douglas production function for the economic dimension. We found that RES has a positive contribution to the environmental dimension and abates the level of carbon emission (?.093%). RES also confirms the inverted-U shape of environmental Kuznets curve. In the social dimension, RES improves human development and a 1% increase in RES consumption causes to .0045% increase in human development. In the last contribution, RES has a positive effect on sustainable energy supply security in the context of electricity generation (.032%). Although the effects of RES on the environment, social, and energy security are significant, they are limited. These limitations point to barriers that can be overcome over time. Our conclusions recommend that these effects might flourish with technical developments and political support in the long run. Furthermore, public awareness, rising income level, and economies of scale are also beneficial in this process. As a result, RES might be an excellent source for a sustainable future and development. Especially, RES might have remarkable contributions to the 7th, 11th, 12th, and 13th goals of sustainable development.
Environmental Modeling & Assessment - Lucas–Washburn equation is a fundamental expression which is used to describe capillary rise in porous materials according to average pore radius,... 相似文献
The model of random population dynamics in a sampling site returns geometric distribution of longevities of continuous presence (=persistence) and Poisson distribution of the presence–absence transitions. This discrete-time stochastic process describes the presence–absence pattern observed in the beetles surveyed 6 years on Mount Carmel, Israel. Homogeneous pools of species mostly on the Families rank, exhibit the predicted by the model patterns. Conformity to an ergodic hypothesis is the criterion of ecological homogeneity. This criterion assumes the equivalence of short-term behavior of entire pool and long-term behavior of any species from this pool. The pool of all 801 species of Order Coleoptera does not match the model. Thus a taxon of an arbitrary rank may not be considered a priory as a unit of ecological study. Determined from field data parameters of the model are biased and magnitude of the bias depends on longevity of the survey. Parameter of distribution depends also on species tolerance, which is the level adaptation of given species to given environment in given time interval. Random process of species turnover may be considered as a game of species to gain their presence against deteriorative fluctuations of environmental conditions. 相似文献
Active biomonitoring of the air quality in Belgrade, Serbia, was performed using the moss Sphagnumgirgensohnii. Moss bags were exposed in parallel with and without irrigation for 3 and 6 months, respectively, at three different sites.
Twenty-nine elements were determined in the exposed moss samples by INAA. For all exposure periods, higher uptake in the irrigated
moss bags was evident for Al, Cr, Fe, Zn and Sr. Elements such as Cl, K, Rb and Cs were depleted in the moss tissue during
the time of exposure. For most of the elements the accumulation after 6 months exceeded that observed after 3 months. 相似文献
Young forests can be manipulated in diverse ways to enhance their ecological values. We used stem maps from two dense, second-growth stands in western Washington and a spatially explicit light model (tRAYci) to simulate effects of five silvicultural manipulations on diameter distribution, species composition, spatial patterning, and light availability. Each treatment removed 30% of the basal area, but differed in how trees were selected for removal. Three primary treatments were thin from below (removing the smallest trees), random thin (removing trees randomly), and gap creation (removing all trees in circles ∼1 tree height in diameter). Two additional treatments combined elements of these approaches: random ecological thin (a mixture of thin from below and random thin) and structured ecological thin (a mixture of thin from below and gap creation). 相似文献
This study presents an assessment of the potential impact of geological contamination of the environment on the health of
the population in Spišsko-Gemerské rudohorie Mts. (SGR Mts.). The concentration levels of potentially toxic elements (mainly
As, Cd, Cu, Hg, Pb, Sb, and Zn) were determined in soils, groundwater, surface water, and stream sediments as well as in the
food chain (locally grown vegetables). A medical study included some 30 health indicators for all 98 municipalities of the
study area. The As and Sb contents in human fluids and tissues were analyzed in one municipality identified to be at the highest
risk. Based on element content, environmental and health risks were calculated for respective municipalities. Out of 98 municipalities
14 were characterized with extremely high environmental risk and 10 were characterized with very high carcinogenic risk from
arsenic (groundwater). Extensive statistical analysis of geochemical data (element contents in soils, groundwater, surface
water, and stream sediments) and health indicators was performed. Significant correlations between element contents in the
geological environment and health indicators, mainly cancer and cardiovascular diseases, were identified. Biological monitoring
has confirmed the transfer of elements from the geological environment to human fluids and tissues as well as to the local
food chain. 相似文献
This investigation assesses the feasibility of calculating and visualizing health risk estimates from exposure to groundwater
contaminated with arsenic (As) using data from national geochemical databases. The potential health risk associated with As-contaminated
groundwater was assessed based on an elaboration of existing geochemical data in accordance with accepted methodological procedures
established for human health risk assessment (U.S. Environmental Protection Agency methodology). A screening analysis approach
was used for estimating the contribution of As to the total chronic health risk from exposure to groundwater contaminated
with potentially toxic elements, including As, Ba, Cd, Cu, Hg, Pb, Sb, Se and Zn, and the results indicate that As contributes
significantly (>50%) to this total health chronic risk in about 10% of Slovak territory. Based on the calculation of the
potential risk level by exposure modelling, increased chronic as well as carcinogenic risk levels (medium to high) were documented
in approximately 0.2 and 11% of the total Slovak area, respectively. The areas characterized by high health risk levels are
mainly those geogenically contaminated. High and very high carcinogenic risk was determined in 34 of 79 districts and in 528
of 2924 municipalities. 相似文献