Hidden cost of pH variability in seagrass beds on marine calcifiers under ocean acidification
Published in The Science of The Total Environment
Ecological life strategies of microbes in response to antibiotics as a driving factor in soils.
Published in The Science of the total environment
Antibiotics as a selection pressure driving the evolution of soil microbial communities is not well understood. Since microbial functions govern ecosystem services, an ecological framework is required to understand and predict antibiotic-induced functional and structural changes in microbial communities. Therefore, metagenomic studies explaining th...
CO2 emissions in the Middle East: Decoupling and decomposition analysis of carbon emissions, and projection of its futur...
Published in The Science of the total environment
Despite their acute climatic susceptibility, the hot, arid Middle Eastern countries are among the world's largest energy consumers and emitters of greenhouse gases, particularly carbon dioxide (CO2). Nonetheless, no study has been conducted to decompose regionally the influential primary factors of the Middle East's carbon emissions. This study uti...
Ecotoxic effects of microplastics and contaminated microplastics – Emerging evidence and perspective
Published in The Science of The Total Environment
Microbial fuel cells for mineralization and decolorization of azo dyes: Recent advances in design and materials
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Assessment of acute toxicological effects of molybdenum(IV) disulfide nano- and microparticles after single intratrachea...
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Despite growing applications of molybdenum(IV) sulfide (MoS2) nano- and microparticles in their capacity as lubricants, data available on their safety are scarce. In this study the effect of MoS2 nano- and microparticles after single intratracheal instillation in rats has been analyzed. MoS2 suspensions were administered at the dose of 1.5 or 5 mg ...
Synthesis of super hydrophilic cellulose-alpha zirconium phosphate ion exchange membrane via surface coating for the rem...
Published in The Science of The Total Environment
In this study, commercial cellulose membranes were surface coated with alpha‑zirconium phosphate nanoparticles (α-ZrP-n) to study their impact on the overall removal efficiency of heavy metals from synthetic metal mixture wastewater solution. A total of four homogeneous solutions (0.25, 0.50, 0.75, and 1.00 wt%) of α-ZrP-n were prepared by sonicati...
Are pharmaceuticals removal and membrane fouling in electromembrane bioreactor affected by current density?
Published in The Science of The Total Environment
Pharmaceutical active compounds (PhACs) have been detected at significant concentrations in various natural and artificial aquatic environments. In this study, electro membrane bioreactor (eMBR) technology was used to treat simulated municipal wastewater containing widely-used pharmaceuticals namely amoxicillin (AMX), diclofenac (DCF) and carbamaze...
Mapping daily PM2.5 at 500 m resolution over Beijing with improved hazy day performance
Published in The Science of The Total Environment
The application of satellite-derived aerosol optical depth (AOD) to infer surface PM2.5 has significantly increased the spatial coverage and resolutions (1–10 km) of ground-level PM2.5 mapping as required for accurate exposure estimation. The remaining challenge is to further increase the mapping resolution to the sub-km level with improved algorit...
Using photoactivated acetone for the degradation of Chlorazol Black in aqueous solutions: Impact of mineral and organic ...
Published in The Science of The Total Environment
This study examined the effect of different mineral and organic additives on the degradation of Chlorazol Black (CB, 25.5 μM) in aqueous media by UV/acetone process. Initially, it was found that acetone (50 mM)-assisted UV irradiation accelerated the CB removal within 30 min to 98% against 34% for the sole UV, presumably due to the implication of m...
