Collivignarelli, Maria Cristina Abbà, Alessandro Caccamo, Francesca Maria Bertanza, Giorgio Pedrazzani, Roberta Baldi, Marco Ricciardi, Paola Carnevale Miino, Marco
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Northern Italy was the most affected by CoViD-19 compared to other Italian areas and comprises zones where air pollutants concentration was higher than in the rest of Italy. The aim of the research is to determine if particulate matter (PM) has been the primary cause of the high CoViD-19 spread rapidity in some areas of Northern Italy. Data of PM f...
Gök, Adem Sodhi, Nausheen
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To investigate the role of governance on environmental quality, two hypotheses are developed; when good governance practices dominate governance structures, then improvement in governance levels leads to better environmental outcomes, and when bad governance practices dominate governance structures, then improvement in governance levels leads to de...
Khan, Ramsha Saxena, Abhishek Shukla, Saurabh Sekar, Selvam Goel, Pooja
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The COVID-19 lockdown has been reported as a “ventilator” for the reinstatement of natural resources across the globe. Hence, the present study attempts to evaluate the impact of COVID-19 lockdown on the water quality of River Gomti across its stretch of ~960 km through the assessment of ‘Water Quality Index’ (WQI). The study also highlights the po...
Borges, João Tito Nakada, Liane Yuri Kondo Maniero, Milena Guedes Guimarães, José Roberto
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In a post-pandemic scenario, indoor air monitoring may be required seeking to safeguard public health, and therefore well-defined methods, protocols, and equipment play an important role. Considering the COVID-19 pandemic, this manuscript presents a literature review on indoor air sampling methods to detect viruses, especially SARS-CoV-2. The revie...
Dey, Thuhin K. Uddin, Md. Elias Jamal, Mamun
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The pervasiveness of microplastics in aquatic ecosystems has become a major environmental issue in recent years. The gradual dumping of plastic wastes, inadequate standard detection methods with specific removal techniques, and slow disposal rate of microplastics make it ubiquitous in the environment. Evidence shows that microplastics act as a pote...
Bilal, Bashir, Muhammad Farhan Shahzad, Khurram Komal, Bushra Bashir, Muhammad Adnan Bashir, Madiha Tan, Duojiao Fatima, Tehreem Numan, Umar
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In the current context of the COVID-19 pandemic, researchers are working with health professionals to inform governments on how to formulate health strategies. In this study, we examine the correlation between environmental and climate indicators and COVID-19 outbreak in the top 10 most affected states of the USA. In doing so, PM2.5, temperature, h...
Seddiek, Ibrahim S. Ammar, Nader R.
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Shipping faces challenges of reducing the dependence on fossil fuels to align with the international regulations of ship emissions reduction. The maritime industry is in urgent need of searching about alternative energy sources for ships. This paper highlights the applicability of harnessing wind power for ships. Flettner rotors as a clean propulsi...
Usman, Muhammad Ho, Yuh-Shan
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The ongoing pandemic of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is a global health emergency. Thousands of articles have been published to tackle this crisis. Here, a bibliometric study of the publications in environmental studies has been conducted to identify the emerging research trends in this field in the era of COVID-19. Bibliometric analysis...
Mulder, Christian Conti, Erminia Saccone, Salvatore Federico, Concetta
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Global warming and air pollution affect the transmission pathway and the survival of viruses, altering the human immune system as well. The first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic dramatically highlights the key roles of climate and air chemistry in viral epidemics. The elongated form of the Italian peninsula and the two major islands (the largest in E...
Chien, FengSheng Sadiq, Muhammad Kamran, Hafiz Waqas Nawaz, Muhammad Atif Hussain, Muhammed Sajjad Raza, Muhammad
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This work aims to study the time-frequency relationship between the recent COVID-19 pandemic and instabilities in oil price and the stock market, geopolitical risks, and uncertainty in the economic policy in the USA, Europe, and China. The coherence wavelet method and the wavelet-based Granger causality tests are applied to the data (31st December ...
