Environments  

Jaclyn E. Smith, Jennifer L. Wolny, Matthew D. Stocker and Yakov Pachepsky

Guna Petaja, Ieva Ivbule, Zaiga Anna Zvaigzne, Dana Purvina, Emils Martinš Upenieks, Ieva Licite and Andis Lazdinš

This study aimed to assess soil organic carbon (SOC) concentration and stock in mineral soils in cropland and grassland in Latvia, considering soil groups and texture classes. It covered 197 sites across Latvia (152 in cropland, 45 in grassland). Soil pro... see more

Mohamed Z. Moustafa, Zhen-Gang Ji and John Hamrick

Guillermo de la Hera, Gema Ruiz-Gutiérrez, Javier R. Viguri and Berta Galán

The conventional Haber–Bosch process (HBP) for NH3 production results in CO2 emissions of almost 400 Mt/y and is responsible for 1–2% of global energy consumption; furthermore, HBP requires large-scale industrial equipment. Green or e-ammonia produced wit... see more

Upendra M. Sainju

Innovative management practices are needed to mitigate greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from the agricultural sector by enhancing soil carbon (C) and nitrogen (N) stocks, which serve as major reservoirs of C and N in the terrestrial ecosystem. The effect of... see more

Bryce T. Lawrence, Andreas Frücht, Damian Heying, Kai Schröer and Dietwald Gruehn

German noise action plans aim to reduce negative health outcomes from noise exposure and identify quiet areas free of noise pollution. Quiet area identification in German noise action plans is based primarily on noise mapping and spatial analysis and not ... see more

Jean Pierre Muhoza and Weiqi Zhou

Africa has a lower proportion of urban areas compared to other continents, yet it is experiencing rapid urbanization, which is posing a significant threat to the urban ecosystem. This study presents the results of a bibliometric analysis from publications... see more

Mário J. S. L. Pereira and Joaquim Esteves da Silva

Agriculture is the main economic activity of Mozambique and there is a lack of information about the quality of agricultural soils. In this paper, five soils from the Manica and Sussundenga districts (Manica province) sampled in the years 2021/2022 and 20... see more

Xiaocheng Zhu, Karen L. Bell, Hanwen Wu and David Gopurenko

Environmental DNA (eDNA) is widely used for detecting target species, including monitoring endangered species and detecting the presence of invasive species. Detecting targeted species using the eDNA approach is typically carried out with species-specific... see more

Alisa Aleshina, Maria-Anna Rusakova, Olga Y. Drozdova, Oleg S. Pokrovsky and Sergey A. Lapitskiy

Iron (Fe) is one of the main nutrients present in dissolved, suspended, and colloidal states in river water. Predicting the composition and size of dissolved Fe compounds is crucial for assessing water quality. In this stud, we used a combination of physi... see more

Rimas Meištininkas, Irena Vaškeviciene, Austra Dikšaityte, Nerijus Pedišius and Jurate Žaltauskaite

This study aims to assess the impact of HydroBreak PLUS biosurfactant on the phytoremediation of diesel-contaminated soil by three legume plant species: Medicago sativa, Lotus corniculatus, and Melilotus albus. Legumes were grown in soil contaminated with... see more

Zhong-Min Wang, Ping Wang, Jeff Wagner and Kazukiyo Kumagai

This study focuses on the impact of wildfire smoke emissions on regional, urban air quality during a wildfire event. We measured volatile organic compounds (VOCs) and fine particulate matter (PM2.5) in the San Francisco Bay Area to assess air quality duri... see more

Jake Gazeley, Terence Lee, Daniel R. Knight, Alexander Shivarev, Cameron Gordon, David Speers, Dylan D. Barth, Jelena Maticevic, Meredith Hodge, Paul Armstrong, Paul Knight, Sandra Sjollema and Avram Levy

Wastewater-based epidemiology (WBE) has emerged as a key method for the continuous monitoring of COVID-19 prevalence including circulating SARS-CoV-2 lineages. WBE addresses the limitations of traditional clinical COVID-19 surveillance such as clinical te... see more

Aishajiang Aili, Abdul Waheed, Xinfeng Zhao and Hailiang Xu

The Taklimakan Desert in northwest China stands as a significant contributor to dust storms, with its fringe oases already designated as ecologically fragile due to the severe impacts of these storms. This study focuses on Moyu County, situated on the sou... see more