Developing a method for assessing environmental sustainability based on the Google Earth Engine platform

Environmental sustainability is the foundation and of great significance for the sustainable development of urban agglomerations. Taking the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei urban agglomeration as an example, we developed a method to effectively assess long-term regional environmental sustainability based on the Google Earth Engine (GEE) platform. We used the GEE to obtain 5206 Landsat remote sensing images in the region from 1983 to 2016 and developed the comprehensive environmental index (CEI) to assess regional environmental sustainability based on the theme-oriented framework proposed by the United Nations Commission on Sustainable Development. We found that the environmental sustainability of the urban agglomeration showed a trend of first rising, then falling, and then rising again in the past 30 years. The average CEI increased from 0.621 to 0.631 from 1985 to 1990, dropped to the lowest value of 0.618 in 2000, and then rose to the highest value of 0.672 in 2015. In particular, the extent of areas in which environmental sustainability improved (56% of the region) was greater than the extent of areas in which environmental deterioration occurred. The environmental sustainability of Hengshui, Xingtai, and Cangzhou in the southeast of the region has been significantly improved. The method proposed in this study provides an automatic, rapid, and extensible way to assess regional environmental sustainability and provides a scientific reference for improving the sustainability of the regional environment.

     

Near-surface wind profile test based on accuracy verification of UAV anemometer lifting height in an urban fringe built-up area

Environmental Science and Pollution Research - Multirotor UAVs (unmanned aerial vehicles) have been widely used in urban vertical wind environment testing, whereas less attention has been given to...     

The role of N6-methyladenosine methylation in environmental exposure-induced health damage

Environmental Science and Pollution Research - The health risks caused by environmental pollution have long been of substantial concern. With the development of epigenetics, a large number of...     

煤岩瓦斯复合动力灾害机理研究进展与展望

随着我国煤矿快速进入深部开采,煤岩瓦斯复合动力灾害日渐成为威胁深部煤炭安全高效开采的重大灾害,研究其发生机理成为煤矿安全领域新的重大科学问题。本文首先在调研统计的基础上,阐述我国煤岩瓦斯复合动力灾害的发生规律和主要破坏特征,从定性和初步定量研究角度对煤岩瓦斯复合动力灾害机理的研究现状进行综述分析,然后介绍笔者近年来在受载含瓦斯煤岩组合体耦合失稳诱发复合动力灾害机制方面的研究进展,最后展望煤岩瓦斯复合动力灾害机理研究中亟待解决的问题及未来研究方向。     

Hybrid zeolite-based ion-exchange and sulfur oxidizing denitrification for advanced slaughterhouse wastewater treatment

The discharge of slau ghterhouse wastewater（SWW） is incre asing and its wastewater has to be treated thoroughly to avoid the eutrophication.The hybrid zeolite-based ion-exchange and sulfur autotrophic denitrification（IX-AD） process was developed to advanced treat SWW after traditional secondary biological process.Compared with traditional sulfur oxidizing denitrification（SOD）,this study found that IX-AD column showed:（1） stronger ability to resist NO₃^-pollution load,（2） low...     

香港海域表层沉积物重金属空间分析

利用多元统计方法和空间内插值方法分析香港海域表层沉积物重金属的空间分布特征, 为优化香港沉积物重金属监测网络和控制香港地区重金属污染提供支持. 结果表明:①香港海域表层沉积物采样点在D_link/D_max<0.36处明显分为3类, 大致可分别代表轻度、中度、重度污染3种类型;②后退式判别分析具有良好的指标降维能力, 仅需6个显著性重金属指标(Zn, Pb, Cu, Cd, Fe和V)即可反映整个区域重金属空间分布差异性, 且具有84.50%的正确判别率;③基于GIS的反距离权重法(IDW)得到的显著性重金属指标的空间连续分布显示,V和Fe为B组采样点区域的特征元素, Zn, Pb, Cu和Cd在易受人类活动影响地区富集;④显著性指标富集因子的区域多项式内插模拟(LPI)显示,人类活动对Zn, Pb, Cu和Cd分布的强烈影响, 形成以长洲(SS7)、维多利亚湾、吐露港和后海湾为热点逐渐扩散的分布模式.      

基于高光谱特征提取的藻类叶绿素a反演模型

选取自然界中分布较广泛的小球藻和铜绿微囊藻为研究对象,进行室内藻类光谱试验,同步测定其ρ(叶绿素a),并分别建立基于混合高斯函数的小球藻和铜绿微囊藻高光谱信息模型. 在此基础上,利用模拟退火算法实现模型的非线性参数拟合,提取这2种藻的高光谱特征,通过非线性回归分析,反演得到分解后的高光谱信息模型的峰高(h_i)与ρ(叶绿素a)的定量模型,实现对水体中小球藻和铜绿微囊藻ρ(叶绿素a)的预测. 结果表明:藻类高光谱特征提取算法能有效揭示小球藻和铜绿微囊藻的光谱本质特征,并得出相应的小球藻和铜绿微囊藻叶绿素a反演模型.      

引江济巢对巢湖的水环境影响分析

建立了巢湖一维水质模型DYRESM-CAEDYM,并利用2005年的实测水质、水文、气象等数据对模型进行了参数率定,确立了适用于巢湖水环境特征的水质模型参数. 应用该模型模拟了调水对巢湖TN,TP和Chl-a指标的影响,结果表明,年调水量为9.57×108 m3时可使巢湖的ρ(TN)和ρ(TP)下降约16%和19%,ρ(Chl-a)峰值从51.42 μg/L降至38.96 μg/L,ρ(Chl-a)超过30 μg/L的天数从26 d减少到16 d,对巢湖夏季蓝藻暴发具有一定的缓解作用. 对比分析了流域污染综合治理对巢湖水环境的改善效果,结果显示,如果各支流的入湖污染负荷能够削减5%,同时开展底泥清淤工作,可使巢湖的ρ(TN)和ρ(TP)得到较大程度的改善,与没有治理的情况相比分别降低约24.9%和33.3%,使巢湖夏季的ρ(Chl-a)峰值从51.42 μg/L降至32.72 μg/L,ρ(Chl-a)超过30 μg/L的天数从26 d减少到7 d.      

氧化亚氮分解催化剂的研究进展

对近年来N2O分解反应催化剂的研究进行了综述,包括离子交换分子筛、过渡金属氧化物、负载型贵金属等催化剂.对于离子交换分子筛催化剂而言,分子筛骨架结构、交换离子类型、制备方法均对催化剂的活性有一定影响.在过渡金属氧化物催化剂中,Co-A1、Co-Mn-A1等类水滑石衍生复合氧化物的比表面积和催化活性均较高,在其表面添加适量的碱金属或碱土金属助剂可进一步提高催化活性.在贵金属催化剂中,还原型载体负载的催化剂活性较高.Co基复合氧化物负载Au催化剂有望成为实用型的N2O低温分解催化剂.