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Microalgae: an emerging source of bioplastics production 微藻：生物塑料生产的新兴来源

Discover Environment Pub Date : 2024-02-22 DOI: 10.1007/s44274-024-00038-0

Anli Dino A, Kishore G

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Ecological niche modelling of Indigofera oblongifolia (Forssk.): a global machine learning assessment using climatic and non-climatic predictors Indigofera oblongifolia (Forssk.)的生态位建模：利用气候和非气候预测因子进行全球机器学习评估

Discover Environment Pub Date : 2024-02-19 DOI: 10.1007/s44274-024-00029-1

Manish Mathur, Preethi Mathur

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Evaluation of lead tolerance and biosorption characteristics of fungi from dumpsite soils 评估垃圾场土壤中真菌对铅的耐受性和生物吸附特性

Discover Environment Pub Date : 2023-12-14 DOI: 10.1007/s44274-023-00025-x

Mobolaji Adenike Titilawo, Temitope Fasunloye Ajani, Suliyat Adeola Adedapo, Grace Oluwabusola Akinleye, Olafunke Esther Ogunlana, Deborah Aderibigbe

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Institutional analysis of the conservation management for Litsea leytensis Merr. in Laguna and Quezon, Philippines 菲律宾拉古纳和奎松 Litsea leytensis Merr. 保护管理的机构分析

Discover Environment Pub Date : 2023-12-14 DOI: 10.1007/s44274-023-00024-y

Kathreena Engay-Gutierrez, Maria Victoria Espaldon, Jessica Villanueva-Peyraube, Marisa Sobremisana, D. Macandog, C. Tiburan

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Porites sp. deposits pink pigmentation to limit the propagation of vermitid gastropods and rhodoliths at coral surface interfaces Porites sp.沉积粉红色色素以限制蛭类腹足纲动物和菱形虫在珊瑚表面界面的繁殖

Discover Environment Pub Date : 2023-11-23 DOI: 10.1007/s44274-023-00017-x

Chatragadda Ramesh, T. Shunmugaraj, S. Koushik, Mallavarapu Venkata Ramana Murthy

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Assessment of noise pollution of fireworks during Christmas and New Year in the city of Buenos Aires: comparison with a different management strategy applied to the city of Santiago de Chile 布宜诺斯艾利斯市圣诞节和新年烟花噪音污染评估:与智利圣地亚哥不同管理策略的比较

Discover Environment Pub Date : 2023-11-02 DOI: 10.1007/s44274-023-00020-2

Esteban N. Lombera, Guillermo Bori, Ramiro O. Vergara

{"title":"Assessment of noise pollution of fireworks during Christmas and New Year in the city of Buenos Aires: comparison with a different management strategy applied to the city of Santiago de Chile","authors":"Esteban N. Lombera, Guillermo Bori, Ramiro O. Vergara","doi":"10.1007/s44274-023-00020-2","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s44274-023-00020-2","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract Fireworks are widely celebrated worldwide but have raised environmental concerns due to pollutant emissions. This has prompted evolving legislation in many countries, necessitating scientific evidence for policy development. Existing literature mainly focuses on characterizing individual fireworks and quantifying noise variations between festive and non-festive periods. However, no such studies have been conducted in Argentina. This study aims to characterize noise levels generated by fireworks during the 2020 Christmas and New Year celebrations in Buenos Aires. Nine measurement systems were used, obtaining acoustic descriptors reflecting noise levels during these events. Results were compared with typical ambient noise levels in the city and those during the New Year's fireworks display in Santiago de Chile, where public access to individual fireworks is restricted. Findings indicate significant noise level increases during the Christmas and New Year celebrations, supported by the L01 percentile acoustic parameter, more effective in characterizing impulsive events than Equivalent continuous sound pressure level LeqA. Comparing results with Santiago de Chile, noise values in Argentina remained similar within a 1.1 km proximity to the fireworks show, whereas beyond that distance, Chilean residents experienced lower noise levels.","PeriodicalId":228529,"journal":{"name":"Discover Environment","volume":"13 9","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-11-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"135933467","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Strategies for coping with energy security challenges in SMEs in Ghana 加纳中小企业应对能源安全挑战的策略

Discover Environment Pub Date : 2023-10-30 DOI: 10.1007/s44274-023-00019-9

Jones Lewis Arthur, Edward Owusu, Sonny Davis Arthur

{"title":"Strategies for coping with energy security challenges in SMEs in Ghana","authors":"Jones Lewis Arthur, Edward Owusu, Sonny Davis Arthur","doi":"10.1007/s44274-023-00019-9","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s44274-023-00019-9","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract Over the last decade, Ghana has witnessed its share of energy instability (between 2014 and 2016 and beyond) and crises that worsened its energy fortunes. In the phase of such challenges to energy security in Ghana, efforts have been made to achieve a secure, adequate and affordable energy supply, the study assesses the energy security of SMEs, as well as the coping strategies adopted by SMEs in the Greater Accra Region of Ghana to confront the challenges of ES. The analysis covered 246 respondents selected from over 500 SMEs. The cluster method and simple random sampling approaches were used to select the respondents. Data collected through questionnaires were edited and cleaned to ensure completeness, consistency and legibility. Descriptive, exploratory, and inferential analyses were applied to the data collected from the respondents. The means and Relative Importance Index (RII) were calculated and used to assess the strength of strategies adopted by the SMEs to cope with the challenges of ES. The study concluded that the themes for assessing the ES of the SMEs were ranked in order of affordability, acceptability , efficiency, and with the lowest being availability . In general, it came out that the SMEs did show better performance in ES. The categories of SMS that better cope with the challenges of ES are the wholesale and retail business sectors. Their coping strategies relate to the various strategies available to them; reducing energy consumption, exploiting renewable energy power, reducing energy consumption, using generators, and temporarily suspending business. The strength for coping is limited by the few options thus making the SMEs more vulnerable to achieving ES.","PeriodicalId":228529,"journal":{"name":"Discover Environment","volume":"227 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-10-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"136104129","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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The relationship between atmospheric temperature inversion and urban air pollution characteristics: a case study of Tehran, Iran 大气逆温与城市空气污染特征的关系:以伊朗德黑兰为例

Discover Environment Pub Date : 2023-10-17 DOI: 10.1007/s44274-023-00018-w

Meysam Toulabi Nejad, Kamran Jafarpour Ghalehteimouri, Hamidreza Talkhabi, Zeynab Dolatshahi

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Geographic analysis of landfill suitability in Fez, Morocco: a multi-criteria approach 摩洛哥非斯垃圾填埋场适宜性的地理分析:多标准方法

Discover Environment Pub Date : 2023-10-09 DOI: 10.1007/s44274-023-00016-y

Tarik Chafiq, Mohamed Hmamou, Imrane Ouhammou, Allal Labriki, Mourad ElHabchi, Mohammed Raji

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Unequal location, unequal access: the spatial analysis of solid waste disposal services in Northern Ghana 不平等的位置，不平等的获取:加纳北部固体废物处理服务的空间分析

Discover Environment Pub Date : 2023-09-28 DOI: 10.1007/s44274-023-00011-3

Emmanuel Volsuuri, Ebenezer Owusu-Sekyere, Abubakari Zarouk Imoro

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