H2O2 formation from photocatalytic processes at the ZnO/water interface

The paper focuses on the production of H2O2 by photocatalysis over ZnO in an aerated aqueous phase. The presence of different reductants that increase the H2O2 production in the aqueous phase is analysed; particular attention is paid to nitrite, which has been shown to be the reductant that produces the most significant increments in the H2O2 production. The photocatalytic anodic decomposition of ZnO in the presence of the different reductants is also investigated. From the results obtained, the relevance of the ZnO photocatalysis in the formation of environmental hydrogen peroxide is estimated.     

于桥水库沉积物-水界面氮磷剖面特征及交换通量

于桥水库是天津市重要的饮用水源地,但近年来呈现富营养化加重趋势,而其内源负荷及污染分布特征尚不清楚.本研究利用Peeper(pore water equilibrium)技术获取沉积物-水界面氮磷剖面特征,分析于桥水库间隙水氮磷分布的空间差异;采集沉积物无扰动柱样分析沉积物中易释放态氮及磷的赋存特征,并利用原柱样静态培养法对其水土界面氮磷交换速率进行估算.结果表明:(1)沉积物中活性磷、氨氮、硝态氮和亚硝态氮的含量分别为0.5~6.5、0.5~10.9、2.2~16.2和0.05~0.6 mg·kg~(-1),在垂直方向随深度增加营养盐含量降低,而在空间分布上差异显著.(2)上覆水中PO_4~(3-)-P和NH_4~+-N质量浓度较低,间隙水中PO_4~(3-)-P和NH_4~+-N质量浓度远大于上覆水,表明于桥水库间隙水具有向上覆水体扩散营养盐的潜力.在垂直方向上间隙水中PO_4~(3-)-P和NH_4~+-N具有在0~5 cm快速增加,之后表现出逐渐降低的趋势.(3)静态释放结果表明,PO_4~(3-)-P和NH_4~+-N从沉积物间隙水扩散至上覆水中,其释放通量分别为1.1~13.3 mg·(m~2·d)~(-1)和20.6~250.5 mg·(m~2·d)~(-1);NO-3-N交换通量在-20.4~33.4 mg·(m~2·d)~(-1)之间,NO_2~--N交换通量在-7.4~0.4 mg·(m~2·d)~(-1)之间.PO_4~(3-)-P和NH_4~+-N为于桥水库主要的沉积物内源向上覆水释放营养盐,总体释放速率在空间上呈现南高北低、淋河口和水坝前较高的释放特征.与类似研究比较可知,于桥水库沉积物-水界面通量相对较高,表明沉积物是于桥水库上覆水营养盐的重要来源.     

三峡库区典型河流水-气界面CO2通量日变化观测及其影响因素分析

为研究河流水-气界面CO_2通量的季节和日变化特征;于2016年7月15～17日以及2017年11月4～6日对三峡库区嘉陵江支流竹溪河进行定点定时采集表层水样,并同步监测关键环境因子,采用亨利定律结合薄边界层模型计算其水-气界面CO_2通量F(CO_2).结果表明,竹溪河表层水CO_2分压p(CO_2)及界面CO_2脱气通量呈现出显著的日间和季节变化,以及明显的日内变化特征:在上午09:00前后达到释放高峰,随后波动下降;水-气界面CO_2通量日间均值分别为(100. 9±31. 6)、(78. 6±12. 1)、(83. 9±29. 7)、(137. 5±42. 1)、(147. 6±34. 0)、(132. 4±21. 7) mmol·(m~2·d)~(-1);并表现出夏季表层水体CO_2释放通量明显低于秋季,其均值分别为(87. 8±27. 5) mmol·(m~2·d)~(-1)和(139. 2±34. 0) mmol·(m~2·d)~(-1);总体表现出大气CO_2源的特征.竹溪河p(CO_2)和F(CO_2)受到诸多环境因子的影响,相关分析表明,pH、碱度、水温和气温是主要环境影响因子,CO_2释放通量可以用pH和碱度预测.     

藻源性黑水团环境效应:对水-沉积物界面氮磷变化的驱动作用

利用自制的静态模拟实验装置,通过连续抽取间隙水来研究藻细胞沉降在沉积物表面后对水-沉积物界面处的N、P变化的驱动作用及影响效果.结果表明,藻细胞沉降后,在50 min内就完全消耗掉水-沉积物界面处的溶解氧,同时水体出现严重的发黑、发臭现象;形成的厌氧、强还原环境,使得死亡的藻细胞在界面处发生强烈的厌氧矿化作用,界面处的水溶性PO34--P、NH 4+-N在实验的第2 d开始向上覆水中扩散,含量不断增加.至实验结束时(实验第8 d),界面处PO34--P、NH 4+-N的含量分别达到4.00 mg/L、39.45 mg/L,分别为同期对照实验样柱中的10倍和241倍(对照样柱中的PO43--P、NH 4+-N的含量分别为0.42 mg/L、0.16 mg/L).藻细胞的厌氧矿化加剧了氮磷营养盐向上覆水的扩散,在加重水体营养盐含量的同时,也为藻华的再次发生提供了物质基础.     

含感潮河流的海岸带海水入侵特性的调查研究

以太平洋附近3.2 km2的区域为调查对象。首先,通过区域内的19口地质调查井,确认了含水层由透水性不同的多层土质构成,含水层以下的不透水层总体上从海岸开始呈逐渐隆起的山丘状。其次,通过测量距海岸不同距离的10口井水铅直方向电导率,确认了咸淡水混合区域特征点和地下水面伴随着潮汐的波动而变化的规律。即,在同一位置不同季节,其变化的特征不同;同一季节不同位置的调查井,因所处位置的地质构造及与海岸、感潮河流距离的不同,其变化特征也不同,这与迄今为止的众多研究结果不同。此外,通过分布于区域内的36个电法探测点的探查和井水铅直方向电导率的调查认为,海水入侵虽然受到感潮河流的一定影响,但从整个调查区域来看海水仍以"楔状"向着内陆入侵。同时,针对调查区域的不透水层的特征建立的数理模型对以上的部分调查结果给出了定性解释。     

Crossing conceptual boundaries: re-envisioning coordination and collaboration among women for sustainable livelihoods in Ghana

This paper explores the complexities, degree of organisation and embedded potentials in selected informal worlds of work involving women in Agbogbloshie, a site that has achieved both national and international notoriety for its ostensible environmental and social unrest challenges. The analysis provides empirical evidence to show how informality remains a persistent, substantial and the defining feature of Ghana’s economy in terms of its fostering growth and creating jobs, although its overall role in the national development discourse is largely ignored or seldom considered. Drawing on participant observation and qualitative field-based survey data, the paper presents the multi-dimensional ways migrant women from northern Ghana adopt to innovate, network and “graduate” from e-waste-related activities to engage in long-distance trade, which, in turn, serves as a catalyst for spin-off activities that manifest differently between the south and the north of the country. It also sheds light on how these women, with little prospect of formal employment, negotiate contemporary economic shifts and create an occupational continuum that defies strict compartmentalisation. The paper adds to the expanding corpus of writings on informalisation as a growing, noteworthy and integral feature of Sub-Saharan Africa’s economy.     

渤海大沽河河口底质-水界面耗氧特性

通过对天津大沽河河口底质-水界面细菌降解有机物的耗氧模拟实验,研究河口底质生物耗氧机制。探讨了底质-水界面有机物的耗氧特点及总耗氧中生物耗氧和非生物耗氧所占比例。通过底质-水界面细菌种类、数量、有机物和无机物的含量来判断细菌对含碳源、氮源的有机物的作用。结果表明,20℃,0～14h内,实验期间内平水期河口底质-水界面的生物耗氧和非生物耗氧的比例分别为82 1%和17 9%。异养细菌与有机物及营养盐有较好的正相关关系。河口底质-水界面中异养细菌的组成以革兰氏阳性菌为主,占66%,革兰氏阴性菌只占34%。      

夏季太湖浊度分布特征及其在水－沉积物界面识别中的应用

基于2014年8月对太湖61个采样点的浊度和各物理化学指标的测定,分析夏季太湖浊度空间、垂直分布特征及其影响因素,利用实测的湖泊底层浊度垂直分层对水－沉积物界面进行定量识别.结果表明,夏季太湖浊度表、中、底层浊度平均值分别为(28.3±21.4), (23.0±13.3), (31.7±15.0) NTU,总体分布趋势为太湖北部贡湖湾、梅梁湾最大,其次为西部及湖心区,较低值出现在胥口湾及东太湖;线性回归分析表明,表、中、底层浊度分别与叶绿素a、无机悬浮物、总悬浮物浓度的拟合关系最好;基于浊度垂直分层定量识别的太湖水－沉积物界面厚度均值为(156.4±53.5) mm,其中贡湖湾及太湖西部厚度最大,其次为湖心区及梅梁湾,东太湖、胥口湾、竺山湾界面厚度最小,界面厚度与中层浊度存在显著的正相关(R2=0.552),风浪引起的频繁的沉积物再悬浮将增加水－沉积物界面厚度.太湖浊度的垂直分层可用于水－沉积物界面的定量识别,为水－沉积物界面营养盐交换和物质循环研究提供科学依据.     

甲胺磷在水-气界面挥发动力学研究

研究了挥发时间、温度和气流量对农药甲胺磷在水-气界面挥发行为的影响.挥发量采用气相色谱法检测,利用保留值定性,以外标法定量.研究结果表明,温度升高、气流量增大,使甲胺磷挥发量增大较快,二者是影响甲胺磷挥发的主要因素;挥发时间在4 h之内对甲胺磷挥发量影响较大,4 h之后基本无影响.通过试验还研究了甲胺磷在水-气界面的挥发动力学.根据实验结果,建立了甲胺磷在水-气界面挥发的动力学模型,比较实验值与动力学模型计算值,二者基本吻合,相对误差≤5%,这表明该动力学模型可以用于预测甲胺磷在水-气界面的挥发行为.     

The growing role of web‐based geospatial technology in disaster response and support

This paper examines changes in disaster response and relief efforts and recent web‐based geospatial technological developments through an evaluation of the experiences of the Center for Geographic Analysis, Harvard University, of the Sichuan (2008) and Haiti (2010) earthquake responses. This paper outlines how conventional GIS (geographic information systems) disaster responses by governmental agencies and relief response organisations and the means for geospatial data‐sharing have been transformed into a more dynamic, more transparent, and decentralised form with a wide participation. It begins by reviewing briefly at historical changes in the employment of geospatial technologies in major devastating disasters, including the Sichuan and Haiti earthquakes (case studies for our geospatial portal project). It goes on to assess changes in the available dataset type and in geospatial disaster responders, as well as the impact of geospatial technological changes on disaster relief effort. Finally, the paper discusses lessons learned from recent responses and offers some thoughts for future development.