环境科学与技术Pub Date : 2025-05-29DOI: 10.1021/acs.est.5c00953
Yang Yang, Fukun Bi, Jiafeng Wei, Xiao Han, Bin Gao, Rong Qiao, Jingcheng Xu, Ning Liu, Xiaodong Zhang
{"title":"Boosting the Photothermal Oxidation of Multicomponent VOCs in Humid Conditions: Synergistic Mechanism of Mn and K in Different Oxygen Activation Pathways","authors":"Yang Yang, Fukun Bi, Jiafeng Wei, Xiao Han, Bin Gao, Rong Qiao, Jingcheng Xu, Ning Liu, Xiaodong Zhang","doi":"10.1021/acs.est.5c00953","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.est.5c00953","url":null,"abstract":"The complexity of actual industrial emissions has brought significant challenges for volatile organic compounds (VOCs) purification. Herein, Mn and K atoms were incorporated into Co<sub>3</sub>O<sub>4</sub>/TiO<sub>2</sub> through theoretical study, and its excellent properties were verified in experiments. The different pathways of oxygen activation by Mn and K were revealed by characterization experiments and theoretical calculations. Mn species effectually reduced the dissociation energy barrier of H<sub>2</sub>O adsorbed on the surface, and the surface hydroxyl group promoted the dissociation of O<sub>2</sub> and the formation of <sup>•</sup>O<sub>2</sub><sup>–</sup> under light and humid conditions. The introduction of K promoted the formation of more oxygen vacancies, which served as adsorption sites for gaseous O<sub>2</sub>. Meanwhile, the electron transfer accelerated by K contributed to the activation of H<sub>2</sub>O and the rapid production of <sup>•</sup>OH under light. The synergistic effect of Mn and K successfully achieved simultaneous improvements in the activity, stability, and water resistance of Co<sub>3</sub>O<sub>4</sub>/TiO<sub>2</sub>. Furthermore, the catalyst was applied to the degradation of multicomponent VOCs, and the reaction path was analyzed through the test of intermediates, along with an investigation of the interaction among different types of VOCs. This study provided a new idea for the theoretical optimization of polymetallic catalysts and the analysis of degradation paths for multicomponent VOCs.","PeriodicalId":36,"journal":{"name":"环境科学与技术","volume":"40 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":9.028,"publicationDate":"2025-05-29","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144165429","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"环境科学与生态学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
环境科学与技术Pub Date : 2025-05-29DOI: 10.1021/acs.est.5c01767
Natalia Torres-Rodriguez, Jingjing Yuan, Aurélie Dufour, Igor Živković, David Point, Cédric Boulart, Joël Knoery, Milena Horvat, David Amouroux, Sophie Bonnet, Cécile Guieu, Ruoyu Sun, Lars-Eric Heimbürger-Boavida
{"title":"Natural Iron Fertilization Moderates Hydrothermal Mercury Inputs from Arc Volcanoes","authors":"Natalia Torres-Rodriguez, Jingjing Yuan, Aurélie Dufour, Igor Živković, David Point, Cédric Boulart, Joël Knoery, Milena Horvat, David Amouroux, Sophie Bonnet, Cécile Guieu, Ruoyu Sun, Lars-Eric Heimbürger-Boavida","doi":"10.1021/acs.est.5c01767","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.est.5c01767","url":null,"abstract":"Methylmercury is a bioaccumulative neurotoxin that poses severe risks to marine ecosystems and human health worldwide. Hydrothermal systems and submarine volcanoes are natural sources of mercury, yet the magnitude of emissions, their transport, and their impact on marine ecosystems remain poorly understood. Quantifying natural mercury fluxes is essential to understanding anthropogenic perturbations and guiding effective reduction strategies. We investigate hydrothermal mercury inputs at the Tonga volcanic arc and their impact on the local ecosystem. Our results show that hydrothermal and volcanic activity in the Tonga Arc increases mercury concentrations in seawater. Comprehensive surveys identified mercury-rich plumes (up to 22.7 pmol L<sup>–1</sup>) associated with high mercury fluxes (4763 pmol m<sup>–2</sup> day<sup>–1</sup>) reaching productive surface waters, resulting in an estimated total flux of 4.23 t y<sup>–1</sup> for the entire Tonga Arc. Despite these significant inputs, mercury concentrations in phytoplankton remain unexpectedly low. We demonstrate that phytoplankton blooms, stimulated by natural iron fertilization from hydrothermal sources, dilute mercury at the cellular level, reducing the impact of hydrothermal mercury. Additionally, we provide a revised global estimate of hydrothermal mercury inputs with a maximum of 120 t y<sup>–1</sup>, which is considerably lower than atmospheric and riverine inputs to the ocean.","PeriodicalId":36,"journal":{"name":"环境科学与技术","volume":"16 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":9.028,"publicationDate":"2025-05-29","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144165430","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"环境科学与生态学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Direct Quantification of Ion Partitioning and Diffusion Resistances in Reverse Osmosis Membranes via Electrochemical Impedance Spectroscopy","authors":"Xueye Wang, Wanting Kong, Xiaohu Zhai, Zhiwei Wang, Razi Epsztein, Xuesong Li","doi":"10.1021/acs.est.5c01683","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.est.5c01683","url":null,"abstract":"Polyamide (PA) reverse osmosis (RO) membranes are crucial for water desalination and purification, where salt ion transport is governed by partitioning and diffusion through the PA film. Despite extensive research, decoupling these two steps and quantifying their relative contributions remain challenging due to the lack of reliable characterization methods. Here, we develop a rapid, reproducible electrochemical impedance spectroscopy (EIS) protocol incorporating advanced electrical equivalent circuits to directly quantify partitioning and diffusion resistance. Its validity is verified through membrane filtration experiments and activation energy analysis. Our findings reveal that diffusion dominates ion transport resistance, with values 4.5 to 6.0 times higher than partitioning resistance across diverse monovalent cations. However, we discovered a critical concentration-dependent behavior where partitioning resistance becomes increasingly significant at lower electrolyte concentrations, eventually equaling diffusion resistance near 0.1 mM. We also uncovered that the anomalously low rejection of NH<sub>4</sub><sup>+</sup> of RO membranes stemmed from significantly reduced diffusion resistance, likely due to moderate hydrogen-bonding interactions with membrane pores or its tetrahedral geometry. This quantitative insight into transport resistance mechanisms establishes new design principles for next-generation RO membranes, enabling tailored strategies for applications ranging from high-salinity desalination to the removal of low-concentration micropollutants.","PeriodicalId":36,"journal":{"name":"环境科学与技术","volume":"82 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":9.028,"publicationDate":"2025-05-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144154109","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"环境科学与生态学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Screening and Evaluation of Male Reproductive Effects of Isothiazolinones at Human-Relevant Levels in Mammals: Direct Impairments and Increased Susceptibility to Subsequent Spermatogenic Stress","authors":"Yi-Ming Xiong, Xuan-Yue Chen, Han-Zhang Wang, Xing-Hong Li, Yuan-Yuan Li, Zhan-Fen Qin","doi":"10.1021/acs.est.5c00652","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.est.5c00652","url":null,"abstract":"Although isothiazolinones (ITs) are widely used as antimicrobials in various products, the understanding of their hazards remains incomplete. This study aimed to evaluate the adverse effects of ITs at human-relevant levels on the male mammal reproductive system. First, we employed testicular cells to determine all test ITs exerting relatively high toxicity, with 2-octyl-4-isothiazolin-3-one (OIT) exhibiting toxicity higher than that of other ITs. Then, the OIT was administered to mice through drinking water at nominal doses of 50 and 5000 μg/kg/day from gestational day 10. Consequently, we found that the two doses of the OIT caused retarded testis development in suckling pups, accompanied by male reproductive impairments in adulthood, including decreased sperm count and increased malformations. When receiving subsequent spermatogenic stress induced by an injection of busulfan, OIT-exposed mice exhibited more pronounced testicular abnormalities and sperm defects, indicating increased susceptibility to stress. In addition, our <i>in vitro</i> results of germ cell line and mouse sperm, combined with sperm defects in animals, suggest the possibility that OIT-caused testicular impairments are partly due to its binding to thiol-containing molecules. Altogether, our study for the first time shows that exposure to OIT at human-relevant levels not only impairs the male reproductive system but also induces it to be more susceptible to subsequent spermatogenic stress, which highlights reproductive health risks of OIT.","PeriodicalId":36,"journal":{"name":"环境科学与技术","volume":"54 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":9.028,"publicationDate":"2025-05-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144165512","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"环境科学与生态学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
环境科学与技术Pub Date : 2025-05-28DOI: 10.1021/acs.est.4c09164
Ze Zhao, Han Gao, Yuyi Yang, Ye Deng, Feng Ju
{"title":"Fungi as a Critical Component of Lake Microbiota in Response to Cyanobacterial Harmful Algal Blooms","authors":"Ze Zhao, Han Gao, Yuyi Yang, Ye Deng, Feng Ju","doi":"10.1021/acs.est.4c09164","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.est.4c09164","url":null,"abstract":"Cyanobacterial Harmful Algal Blooms (CyanoHABs) pose a growing threat to lake ecosystems. While microbial communities constitute the resilient power of lake ecosystems to CyanoHAB disturbances, the role of fungi remains underexplored. Here, the dynamics of size-fractionated fungal and associated bacterial communities were tracked across the peak and decline stages of a CyanoHAB event in shallow subtropical Lake Taihu. The results revealed that the composition of fungal and bacterial communities in separated size fractions varied between bloom stages, with enrichment patterns likely influenced by their reliance on algal-derived nutrients. Null model-based analysis revealed a shift in fungal community assembly, from dominance by dispersal limitation (44%) and drift (30%) at the peak stage to increased homogeneous selection (44%) at the early decline stage, whereas bacterial communities remained predominantly shaped by stochastic processes, highlighting their distinct responses to cyanobacterial biomass decomposition. Comparative topological analysis of microbial co-occurrence networks showed strengthened cross-kingdom fungi-bacteria interactions as the bloom declined, especially within decomposing cyanobacterial colonies, facilitating nutrient cycling and accelerating cyanobacterial biomass removal. These findings led to a conceptual model proposing fungi as critical members of the freshwater microbiome in eutrophic lakes, driving biogeochemical cycling and potentially contributing to the resilience of the lake ecosystem against CyanoHABs.","PeriodicalId":36,"journal":{"name":"环境科学与技术","volume":"58 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":9.028,"publicationDate":"2025-05-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144154106","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"环境科学与生态学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Hydrolytic Dehalogenation of Toxic Haloacetic Acids via Carbon Metabolism Regulation during Microbial Denitrification","authors":"Yuting Wang, Jing Zhao, Jiyong Bian, Rui Li, Siqi Xu, Ruiping Liu, Yu-You Li, Huijuan Liu, Jiuhui Qu","doi":"10.1021/acs.est.5c04881","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.est.5c04881","url":null,"abstract":"Microbial denitrification is essential in the nitrogen cycle to enhance the quality of the reclaimed water. In addition to nitrogen removal, it has the potential to control trace pollutants. However, the fates of toxic disinfection byproducts (DBPs) on denitrification remain unelucidated. The current study focused on <i>Paracoccus denitrificans</i> (<i>P. denitrificans</i>) to investigate the response mechanisms of denitrifying microorganisms to HAAs, one of the main categories of DBPs. Upon exposure to 20 μM monoiodoacetic acid (MIAA), the number of extracellular reactive oxygen species in <i>P. denitrificans</i> increased to 2.7 times at 16 h. Concurrently, the specific nitrate reduction rate dropped by 9.3% and the specific growth rate declined by 26.7%, leading to the slowdown of the denitrification process. Nevertheless, <i>P. denitrificans</i> increased the activity of the tricarboxylic acid cycle and electron transport for sustainable denitrification under MIAA stress. Microbial hydrolytic dehalogenation contributed to over 70.0% MIAA removal, and it led to the release of iodine ions. MIAA was detoxified and concerted into low-molecular-weight organic acids, which then participated in carbon metabolism. The removal efficiency of different toxic HAAs was also compared to evaluate the adaptiveness of the DBP control. This research highlighted the interactions between denitrifying microorganisms and DBPs, providing new insights into the ecological safety protection of high-quality reclaimed water.","PeriodicalId":36,"journal":{"name":"环境科学与技术","volume":"3 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":9.028,"publicationDate":"2025-05-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144154110","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"环境科学与生态学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
环境科学与技术Pub Date : 2025-05-28DOI: 10.1021/acs.est.4c13232
Xingqi Zhu, Lu Jiang, Ye-chao Tian, Yang Pan, Wen-tao Li, Chendong Shuang, Rong Ji, Aimin Li
{"title":"Control of Effluent Organic Matter, Cytotoxicity, and Disinfection Byproducts in Wastewater with Biological Anion Exchange Resins: Enhanced Performance through Skeleton Design","authors":"Xingqi Zhu, Lu Jiang, Ye-chao Tian, Yang Pan, Wen-tao Li, Chendong Shuang, Rong Ji, Aimin Li","doi":"10.1021/acs.est.4c13232","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.est.4c13232","url":null,"abstract":"Effluent organic matter (EfOM) in wastewater threatens ecosystems and drinking water safety via the urban water cycle. Biofiltration using adsorbents with dual adsorption–biodegradation functions, such as biological anion exchange resins (BAERs), offers a promising solution. Compared to biological activated carbon (BAC), BAERs’ adjustable skeletons enable targeted EfOM removal. This study designed two BAERs with polystyrene (PS-AER) and magnetic polyacrylic (MPA-AER) skeletons and compared them with conventional polyacrylic BAER (PA-AER) and BACs. During 12 000-bed-volume field applications, BAERs demonstrated 1.7–2.6 and 1.6–2.6 times higher dissolved organic carbon (DOC) and UV<sub>254</sub> removal rates than BACs. This efficacy stemmed from the high concentration of negatively charged components, which BAERs effectively attract. Furthermore, skeleton modifications improved DOC removal by 15.3–17.2% and UV<sub>254</sub> removal by 7.3–18.2% for PS-AER and MPA-AER, compared to PA-AER. The MPA-AER’s open pore structure enhanced diffusion of high molecular weight components, while PS-AER’s enhanced hydrophobicity improved aromatic component removal. These structural changes also influenced the biological effects of BAERs. Notably, the enhanced performance of PS-AER and MPA-AER reduced wastewater cytotoxicity and controlled the production of disinfection byproducts. Overall, this study confirms the potential of BAERs in wastewater treatment and highlights strategies for performance enhancement through skeleton modification.","PeriodicalId":36,"journal":{"name":"环境科学与技术","volume":"1 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":9.028,"publicationDate":"2025-05-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144165432","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"环境科学与生态学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
环境科学与技术Pub Date : 2025-05-28DOI: 10.1021/acs.est.4c11038
Zi-Yin Chen, Fang-Zhou Gao, Hong Bai, Min Zhang, Liang-Ying He, You-Sheng Liu, Guang-Guo Ying
{"title":"Key Contribution and Risk of Airborne Antibiotic Resistance: Total Suspended Particles or Settled Dust?","authors":"Zi-Yin Chen, Fang-Zhou Gao, Hong Bai, Min Zhang, Liang-Ying He, You-Sheng Liu, Guang-Guo Ying","doi":"10.1021/acs.est.4c11038","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.est.4c11038","url":null,"abstract":"The atmosphere is an important environmental medium in spreading antimicrobial resistance (AMR) in animal farming systems, yet the exposure risks associated with airborne pathways remain underexplored. This study employed metagenomic sequencing to investigate the airborne transmission of AMR in chicken farms (i.e., chicken feces, total suspended particles (TSP), and dust) and its exposure risks on the gut and nasal cavities of workers, office staff, and nearby villagers. Results revealed that TSP exhibited greater abundance, diversity, and transfer potential of antibiotic resistance genes (ARGs) compared to dust. The abundance of airborne resistome decreased with distance from the chicken house, and ARGs were estimated to spread up to 9.48 km within 1 h. While the gut resistome of workers and villagers showed limited differences, emerging <i>tet(X)</i> variants and high-risk <i>dfrA</i> remain future concerns. More nasal resistome was attributable to TSP compared to dust. Workers faced significantly higher inhalable exposures to antibiotic-resistant bacteria (ARB) and human pathogenic antibiotic-resistant bacteria (HPARB), exceeding those of office staff and villagers by an order of magnitude. We also compiled lists of high-risk and potential-risk airborne ARGs to inform monitoring. These findings highlight the need for regular air disinfection in animal farms and better protective measures for workers.","PeriodicalId":36,"journal":{"name":"环境科学与技术","volume":"34 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":9.028,"publicationDate":"2025-05-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144154107","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"环境科学与生态学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
环境科学与技术Pub Date : 2025-05-28DOI: 10.1021/acs.est.5c03992
Ling Yuan, Han Zhang, Hang Yu, Rongming Xu, Weiming Zhang, Yanyang Zhang, Ming Hua, Lu Lv, Bingcai Pan
{"title":"Machine Learning Reveals Key Adsorption Mechanisms for Oxyanions Based on Combination of Experimental and Published Literature Data","authors":"Ling Yuan, Han Zhang, Hang Yu, Rongming Xu, Weiming Zhang, Yanyang Zhang, Ming Hua, Lu Lv, Bingcai Pan","doi":"10.1021/acs.est.5c03992","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.est.5c03992","url":null,"abstract":"The development of new adsorbents for water treatment often involves complex adsorption mechanisms, whose individual contributions are unclear, thereby limiting the understanding of adsorption driving forces, making it difficult to achieve precise design of adsorbents. Machine learning (ML) has been used to uncover the impacts of these mechanisms through feature engineering, but progress is limited by the data quality for training. Herein, we developed a universal ML strategy for precisely predicting the adsorption capacity of polymers for oxyanions and identifying the adsorption driving force based on the combination of experimental and published literature data. The adsorption mechanism was explored through classification of RDkit descriptors with different SHAP importance values, and electrostatic interaction was found to be the driving force in the oxyanion adsorption process, which was further verified by theoretical calculations, adsorption experiments, and effective targeted adsorbent design. In comparison, analysis relying on a separate literature data source led to decreased model performance, some biased conclusions, and invalid targeted adsorbent design. Overall, this study proposed a strategy for data set optimization as well as dominant mechanism identification, which could shed light on better treatment of oxyanions in wastewater.","PeriodicalId":36,"journal":{"name":"环境科学与技术","volume":"10 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":9.028,"publicationDate":"2025-05-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144154111","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"环境科学与生态学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Long-Term Changes in Summertime Nitrate Chemistry in the Top Boundary Layer of North China","authors":"Liang Wen, Jian Gao, Likun Xue, Yang Li, Rui Gao, Wei Tang, Jiaqi Wang, Xiaohui Du, Yujie Zhang, Xinfeng Wang, Yujiao Zhu, Fahe Chai, Jingnan Hu, Guigang Tang, Jianmin Chen, Tao Wang, Aijun Ding, Hartmut Herrmann, Abdelwahid Mellouki, Can Dong, Haisheng Li, Zhaoxin Guo, Yong Zhao","doi":"10.1021/acs.est.5c03079","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.est.5c03079","url":null,"abstract":"Reducing fine particulate nitrate (pNO<sub>3</sub><sup>–</sup>) is critical for further mitigating PM<sub>2.5</sub> pollution in China. However, previous NO<sub><i>x</i></sub> emission reductions have failed to achieve the expected pNO<sub>3</sub><sup>–</sup> decreases. The present study reports that pNO<sub>3</sub><sup>–</sup> concentration in summer increased by 55.8% and 5.6% at North China Peak (1534 m a.s.l.) from 2007 to 2014 and 2014 to 2021, respectively. pNO<sub>3</sub><sup>–</sup> formation enhancement was caused mainly by decreased aerosol acidity due to notable SO<sub>4</sub><sup>2–</sup> reduction. pNO<sub>3</sub><sup>–</sup> formation changed from a process limited by NH<sub>4</sub><sup>+</sup> to one colimited by NO<sub>2</sub> and NH<sub>4</sub><sup>+</sup>, suggesting an increased effect of NO<sub><i>x</i></sub> reduction on decreasing pNO<sub>3</sub><sup>–</sup> production. Vertical transport represents a significant source of pNO<sub>3</sub><sup>–</sup> near the surface, illustrating a percentage as high as 98% recorded during daytime hours and a proportion of 34% in the dark over North China in the simulation scenario during summer 2020. The scheme to reduce NO<sub><i>x</i></sub> emissions by 10% from 2020 to 2025 is predicted to slowly decrease aloft pNO<sub>3</sub><sup>–</sup> over North China, which may facilitate further reductions in pNO<sub>3</sub><sup>–</sup> concentrations near the surface via vertical transport. The inflection of nitrate chemistry in the top boundary layer suggests an opportunity to accelerate PM<sub>2.5</sub> reduction under projected further emission reductions.","PeriodicalId":36,"journal":{"name":"环境科学与技术","volume":"10 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":9.028,"publicationDate":"2025-05-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144154276","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"环境科学与生态学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}