Environments  

Patrick T. Sekoai, Kelvin O. Yoro and Michael O. Daramola

This study examined the potential of organic solid waste for biohydrogen production using immobilized anaerobic sludge. Biohydrogen was produced under batch mode at process conditions of 7.9, 30.3 °C and 90 h for pH, temperature and fermentation time, res... see more

Nvenakeng Suzanne Awung and Rob Marchant

Local forest management is essential for enhancing the sustainability of both communities’ livelihoods and Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Land Degradation (REDD+) projects. However, few studies have examined the impact of forest ownership and c... see more

Kenichi Azuma, Katsuyasu Kouda, Masashi Nakamura, Saeko Fujita, Yoshio Tsujino, Michiko Uebori, Shigeto Inoue and Shuichi Kawai

Components extracted from cedar timber have been reported to have stress-reducing effects in humans. If the positive effects of cedar timber in indoor environments are scientifically proven, an indoor environment that utilizes cedar timber may contribute ... see more

Yuri Sueoka, Masayuki Sakakibara, Sakae Sano and Yoshikazu Yamamoto

Levels of trace element pollution in surface soil can be estimated using soil analyses and leaching tests. These methods may reveal different results due to the effect of soil properties, such as grain size and mineral composition, on elemental availabili... see more

Rodrigo Tavares de Freitas and Sakdirat Kaewunruen

A focus of the railway industry over the past decades has been to research, find and develop methods to mitigate noise and vibration resulting from wheel/rail contact along track infrastructure. This resulted in a wide range of abatement measures that are... see more

Peter Kojo Boateng, Divine Odame Appiah, Prince Osei-Wusu Adjei and Henry Kofi Mensah

This study assesses the perceptions of local farming households in the savannahs of northeast Ghana about the patterns of ecological and social changes happening around them over the years. It then unpacks how those perceptions are influencing farming pra... see more

Babu Ram Bhattarai, Wendy Wright and Ambika Pd. Khatiwada

We interviewed 48 people from communities around Bardia National Park in Nepal, including ex-hunters and protected area management professionals. The purpose of the interviews was to understand the motivations for, and the nature of, illegal hunting of pr... see more

Iduh J. J. Otene, Phil Murray and Kevin E. Enongene

Globally, climate change and its adverse effects on the human population and the environment has necessitated significant research on the sustainable use of natural resources. Gas flaring in Nigeria’s oil and gas industry causes environmental and health h... see more

Michael Nones and Arianna Varrani

The paper presents a sensitivity analysis of two main parameters used in a mathematic model able to evaluate the effects of changing hydrology on the growth of riparian vegetation along rivers and its effects on the cross-section width. Due to a lack of d... see more

Tom Robin Olk, Tobias Karlsson, Espen Lydersen and Asle Økelsrud

This study is based on monthly sampling of fish from grates mounted at an industrial water intake, located at a depth of 50 m in Lake Norsjø (Southern Norway) during the year 2014, to investigate seasonal variations in the use of the profundal habitat and... see more

Yueming Lu, R. Paul Philp and Coralie Biache

Fecal contamination is a major concern for water quality management, since the fecal materials are associated with pathogens that can cause illness wherever water is used for recreational, drinking and aquaculture purposes. In order to monitor source(s) o... see more

Yinghe Jiang, Xuejun Lin, Wenhan Li, Xiaoying Liu and Yuqi Wu

Biological filtration is widely used for deodorising in wastewater treatment plants. This technique can efficiently remove soluble odour-causing substances, but minimally affects hydrophobic odorants, such as methanethiol (MT) and dimethyl sulfide. Ethano... see more

Qiaoling Xu, Shuona Chen, Zhujian Huang, Lihua Cui and Xiaomao Wang

In this study, enzyme activities and their relationships to organics purification were investigated in three different vertical flow constructed wetlands, namely system A (planting Pennisetum sinese Roxb), system B (planting Pennisetum purpureum Schum.), ... see more

Mohammad Qasim, Stefan Porembski, Dietmar Sattler, Katharina Stein, Adjima Thiombiano and André Lindner

Savannas and adjacent vegetation types like gallery forests are highly valuable ecosystems contributing to several ecosystem services including carbon budgeting. Financial mechanisms such as REDD+ (Reduced Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradati... see more