Mihi, Ali Ghazela, Rabeh Wissal, Daoud
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Environmental earth sciences
Desertification is an environmental threat that affects many countries in the world, and it poses specially an ecological issue to Algeria. This study aimed to assess areas sensitive to desertification in North-Eastern Algeria (Tebessa province) using a logistic regression model (LRM), and geomatics-based approaches. Topsoil Grain Size Index (TGSI)...
Sarfo, Isaac Shuoben, Bi Otchwemah, Henry Bortey Darko, George Kedjanyi, Emmanuel Adu Gyamfi Oduro, Collins Folorunso, Ewumi Azeez Alriah, Mohamed Abdallah Ahmed Amankwah, Solomon Obiri Yeboah Ndafira, Grace Chikomborero
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Environmental Earth Sciences
Addressing undesirable changes associated with the driving forces of land use cover change are critical to sustainable land management, and the future modeling of land use systems in developing countries. The study accentuates local drivers of land use cover change in Southwestern Ghana using a mixed-method approach. The approach aided in identifyi...
Kutralam-Muniasamy, Gurusamy Pérez-Guevara, Fermín Roy, Priyadarsi D. Elizalde-Martínez, Ignacio Chari, Shruti Venkata
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Environmental Earth Sciences
The Santiago River (Jalisco) is a major waterway in western Mexico and has received considerable attention due to its severe pollution. Understanding the impact of reduced human activity on water quality in the Santiago River during the COVID-19 lockdown (April–May 2020) is critical for river management and restoration. However, there has been no p...
Li, Guang Ma, Fengshan Guo, Jie Zhao, Haijun
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Environmental earth sciences
Deformation failure of roadways in fractured rock can lead to large-volume collapse and other engineering accidents. Failure mechanisms in fractured rock are complex and poorly understood, so to explore this issue, we simulated fractured rock masses using physical model tests in combination with numerical computations. A set of experimental techniq...
Chandrasekharam, Dornadula Baba, Alper
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Environmental Earth Sciences
Although Turkey is not the biggest GHG polluter, its emissions have increased by 110.4% since 1990. Currently, its CO2 emissions alone have crossed 400 Mt. Within the scope of 2 °C targets (2D scenario), the country can easily surpass this target test by increasing its renewable energy sources as a primary energy source mix, by developing its Enhan...
Hamdan, Mohammad Dabbour, Loai Abdelhafez, Eman
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Environmental earth sciences
To control the spread of COVID-19 disease and reduce its mortality, an early and precise diagnose of this disease is of significant importance. Emerging research data show that the current COVID-19 pandemic may be affected by environmental conditions. Therefore, the impact of weather parameters on COVID-19 distribution should be explored to predict...
Li, Peiyue Wang, Dan Li, Wenqu Liu, Leining
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Environmental earth sciences
Water resources are important in large basins which are important places for human habitation and industrial and agricultural development. The background of editing this thematic issue was introduced and the general water resources situation and water quality status in four major large river basins in the Asian and African continents were briefly s...
Brusseau, Mark L. Carroll, Kenneth C. Guo, Zhilin Mainhagu, Jon
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Environmental Earth Sciences
The concept of the Borehole Diffusive Flux Apparatus (BDFA) is presented herein. The BDFA is an innovative apparatus designed to provide continuous direct access to an undisturbed column of sediment that can be monitored at multiple discrete vertical intervals to provide high-resolution characterization of local-scale mass transfer and attenuation....
Miller, Clare B. Parsons, Michael B. Jamieson, Heather E. Ardakani, Omid H. Patterson, R. Timothy Galloway, Jennifer M.
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Environmental Earth Sciences
Arsenic (As) is commonly sequestered at the sediment–water interface (SWI) in mining-impacted lakes through adsorption and/or co-precipitation with authigenic iron (Fe)-(oxy)hydroxides or sulfides. The results of this study demonstrate that the accumulation of organic matter (OM) in near-surface sediments also influences the mobility and fate of As...
Trujillo-González, Juan Manuel Torres-Mora, Marco Aurelio Ballesta, Raimundo Jiménez Brevik, Eric C.
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Environmental Earth Sciences
The main purpose of the present study, conducted in the Piedemonte Llanero of Colombia, was to identify the role of covariates that influence soil properties under different land uses by analyzing the dynamics of selected soil properties in natural and agricultural areas. Soil samples were collected from 90 different sites throughout the region, 45...
