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Grain Size and Heavy Metal Assessment in Barchan Dunes Surrounding the Talatan PV Power Generation Area, Qinghai Province 青海省塔拉滩光伏发电区周边巴昌沙丘的粒度和重金属评估

Environmental Research Communications Pub Date : 2024-01-09 DOI: 10.1088/2515-7620/ad1cac

Lijie Wang, Hao Chen, Fengjun Xiao, Tianjie Shao, Ju Chang, Huirong Ma

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Indoor Air Quality Monitoring and Source Apportionment Using Low-Cost Sensors 使用低成本传感器进行室内空气质量监测和污染源分配

Environmental Research Communications Pub Date : 2024-01-09 DOI: 10.1088/2515-7620/ad1cad

Christina Higgins, Prashant Kumar, Lidia Morawska

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Prioritizing the indicators of energy performance management: A novel fuzzy decision-making approach for G7 service industries 确定能源绩效管理指标的优先次序：七国集团服务业的新型模糊决策方法

Environmental Research Communications Pub Date : 2024-01-08 DOI: 10.1088/2515-7620/ad1c07

Serhat Yüksel, Serkan Eti, H. Di̇nçer, Yaşar Gökalp, Duygu Yavuz, A. Mikhaylov, Gabor Pinter

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The politics of red meat consumption and climate change 红肉消费与气候变化的政治关系

Environmental Research Communications Pub Date : 2024-01-08 DOI: 10.1088/2515-7620/ad1c06

B. Choma, Raluca A. Briazu, Vashisht Asrani, Ana Cojocariu, Y. Hanoch

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Tequila, bats, and agave farmers: towards an understanding of the right incentives to protect genetic diversity 龙舌兰酒、蝙蝠和龙舌兰种植者：了解保护遗传多样性的正确激励机制

Environmental Research Communications Pub Date : 2024-01-02 DOI: 10.1088/2515-7620/ad19f4

Irene Zapata-Morán, A. López-Feldman, Hernan Daniel Bejarano

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