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  1. Floods are the most common and costly disasters worldwide, while spatial flood risk assessment is still challenging due to fewer observations and method limitations. In this study, the flood risk zonation in t...

    Authors: Mohamed Zhran, Karim Ghanem, Aqil Tariq, Fahad Alshehri, Shuanggen Jin, Jayanta Das, Chaitanya Baliram Pande, Malay Pramanik, Fahdah Falah Ben Hasher and Ashraf Mousa
    Citation: Environmental Sciences Europe 2024 36:184
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  2. With the high influx of low-cost plastic toys on the market, there is growing concern about the safety of such toys. Some of these plastic toys contains hazardous chemicals like polybrominated diphenyl ethers ...

    Authors: Chijioke Olisah, Lisa Melymuk, Ondrej Audy, Petr Kukucka, Petra Pribylova and Martin Boudot
    Citation: Environmental Sciences Europe 2024 36:183
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  3. The July flood 2021 at the mountain front of the Eifel-Ardennes Mountains and their foreland resulted in the flooding of the lignite mining area of Inden in Germany. The mining activities resulted in large-sca...

    Authors: Johannes Keßels, Stefanie Wolf, Wolfgang Römer, Lukas Dörwald, Philipp Schulte and Frank Lehmkuhl
    Citation: Environmental Sciences Europe 2024 36:182
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  4. The aquaculture industry is growing rapidly and plays a huge role in bridging the global demand gap for fish and other aquatic foods. It is a vital contributor of valuable nutrients and economic benefits. Aqua...

    Authors: Omowunmi H. Fred-Ahmadu, Frederick O. Ahmadu, Adebusayo E. Adedapo, Itebimien Oghenovo, Oluwafemi T. Ogunmodede and Nsikak U. Benson
    Citation: Environmental Sciences Europe 2024 36:181
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  5. The release rate of CO2 gas can be influenced by peatlands’ physical properties, such as water level and soil moisture, and rainfall. To anticipate the unstable condition which is when the peatland emit more carb...

    Authors: Utriweni Mukhaiyar, Adilan Widyawan Mahdiyasa, Tarasinta Prastoro, Udjianna Sekteria Pasaribu, Kurnia Novita Sari, Sapto Wahyu Indratno, Indratmo Soekarno, Devi Nandita Choesin, Isro Ismail, Dian Rosleine and Danang Teguh Qoyyimi
    Citation: Environmental Sciences Europe 2024 36:180
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  6. Acetamiprid (ACE), a neonicotinoid insecticide, has been extensively used to control pests in agricultural and industrial environments. It has been reported that ACE is detrimental to the lungs. Nevertheless, ...

    Authors: Samah S. Arafa, Heba A. Elnoury, Sahar Badr El-Din, Shimaa Abdel Sattar, Mohamed A. Sakr, Sahar K. Ghanem, Omnia S. Ahmed, Doaa M. Khalil, Mohamed A. Ghorab, Rasha A. Salama and Afaf Abdelkader
    Citation: Environmental Sciences Europe 2024 36:179
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  7. By the end of 2050, it is expected that 68% of the population will live in urban areas. A higher density of people living in cities generates an increased urban heat island. Radiative cooling (RC) materials ar...

    Authors: N. Adams, L. Carlosena and K. Allacker
    Citation: Environmental Sciences Europe 2024 36:178
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  8. The behavior of 7 polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) in agricultural Chernozem and Fluvisol soils from the Czech Republic planted with radishes, onions, and carrots was studied. Only the total biomass yield of c...

    Authors: Zdeněk Košnář and Pavel Tlustoš
    Citation: Environmental Sciences Europe 2024 36:177
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  9. Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) are particulate matter bound environmental contaminants known to cause adverse effects on human health. The toxicity of carcinogenic PAH such as benzo[a]pyrene (BaP) has...

    Authors: Pennapa Takam, Andreas Schäffer, Sarunya Laovitthayanggoon, Wasin Charerntantanakul and Panwad Sillapawattana
    Citation: Environmental Sciences Europe 2024 36:176
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  10. All light-duty (LD) and heavy-duty (HD) vehicles circulating in the European Union undergo regular checks during mandatory periodic technical inspections (PTI). These inspections promote road safety and enviro...

    Authors: Jacopo Franzetti, Tommaso Selleri, Natalia Fonseca González, Anastasios Melas, Roberto Gioria and Ricardo Suarez-Bertoa
    Citation: Environmental Sciences Europe 2024 36:175
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  11. During the flood season, high dam discharge rates result in total dissolved gas (TDG) supersaturation. This condition causes gas bubble trauma and can lead to fish mortality, which poses a significant threat t...

    Authors: Jialin Liao, Hui Chen, Xin Yang, Haoran Shi and Quan Yuan
    Citation: Environmental Sciences Europe 2024 36:174
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  13. Microplastic (MP) ingestion through fish consumption is a concern for human exposure. While the presence of plastic particles in fish tissues has been documented worldwide, information on microplastic concentr...

    Authors: Feride Öykü Sefiloglu, Marthinus Brits, Azora König Kardgar, Martin J. M. van Velzen, Emily Kaldenbach, A. Dick Vethaak, Darragh Doyle, Bethanie Carney Almroth and Marja H. Lamoree
    Citation: Environmental Sciences Europe 2024 36:172
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  14. Land use/cover change is the second major contributor to carbon emissions, following energy emissions. Studying provincial land-use carbon emissions is crucial for achieving the “double carbon” goal. This stud...

    Authors: Jiahui Wu and Kongqing Li
    Citation: Environmental Sciences Europe 2024 36:171
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  15. Wastewater treatment plants (WWTPs) contain a diverse array of microbes, underscoring the need for regular monitoring to ensure treatment efficacy and protect health. However, detailed studies on waste stabili...

    Authors: Mohamed N. F. Shaheen, Elmahdy Mohamed Elmahdy, Neveen M. Rizk, Sayeda M. Abdo, Nahla A. Hussein, Asmaa Elshershaby, Yasser E. Shahein, Mariam E. Fawzy, Mohamed Azab El-Liethy, Mohamed A. Marouf, Fagr Kh. Abdel-Gawad, Anyi Hu and Mahmoud Gad
    Citation: Environmental Sciences Europe 2024 36:170
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  16. The evaluation of the impact of pesticides on non-target species, like bees, is a crucial factor in registration procedures. Therefore, standardized test procedures have been developed on OECD level assessing ...

    Authors: Karoline Wueppenhorst, Kevin Nack, Silvio Erler, Jens Pistorius and Abdulrahim T. Alkassab
    Citation: Environmental Sciences Europe 2024 36:169
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  17. Pesticides in surface freshwater primarily originate from their emissions in agricultural lands, potentially leading to violations of surface freshwater quality standards. To aid global regulatory agencies in ...

    Authors: Yabi Huang and Zijian Li
    Citation: Environmental Sciences Europe 2024 36:168
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  18. Water bodies are affected by chemical contamination, including micropollutants, which is not fully captured by conventional chemical monitoring methods. The inclusion of integrative, effect-based in vivo and i...

    Authors: Delia Hof, Thomas Bing, Sebastian Heß, Jens Mayer, Jörg Oehlmann and Matthias Oetken
    Citation: Environmental Sciences Europe 2024 36:167
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  20. Wastewater can contain a complex mixture of organic micropollutants, with both chemical analysis and effect-based methods needed to identify relevant micropollutants and detect mixture effects. Solid-phase ext...

    Authors: Tobias Schulze, Peta A. Neale, Jörg Ahlheim, Liza-Marie Beckers, Maria König, Janet Krüger, Margit Petre, Aleksandra Piotrowska, Rita Schlichting, Susanne Schmidt, Martin Krauss and Beate I. Escher
    Citation: Environmental Sciences Europe 2024 36:165
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  21. Archaeological sites are increasingly threatened by climate-related hazards. In response, heritage management authorities initiated projects to document damage and plan risk assessment measures. We present a p...

    Authors: Isabell Schmidt, Bruno Boemke, Irmela Herzog, Claudia Koppmann, Hannah Witte, Florian Sauer, Erich Claßen and Frank Lehmkuhl
    Citation: Environmental Sciences Europe 2024 36:164
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  22. The flood in July 2021 is considered one of the largest flood disasters in Western Europe in decades, with massive socio-economic consequences. The potential emission and remobilization of anthropogenic pollut...

    Authors: Sarah Johann, Moritz Düster, Piero Bellanova, Jan Schwarzbauer, Alexandra Weber, Stefanie Wolf, Holger Schüttrumpf, Frank Lehmkuhl and Henner Hollert
    Citation: Environmental Sciences Europe 2024 36:163
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  24. Pharmaceutically active compounds (PACs) are ubiquitous contaminants that can pollute the environment. This study critically analyzes the sorption of PACs to soil materials based on 137 published papers encomp...

    Authors: Ahmad M. Alhalabi, Mohammed A. Meetani, Ahmad Shabib and Munjed A. Maraqa
    Citation: Environmental Sciences Europe 2024 36:161
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  25. This study highlights drought forecasting for understanding the semi-arid area in India, where drought phenomena play vital role in the irrigation, drinking water supplies, and sustaining the ecological with e...

    Authors: Chaitanya Baliram Pande, Lariyah Mohd Sidek, Abhay M. Varade, Ismail Elkhrachy, Neyara Radwan, Abebe Debele Tolche and Ahmed Elbeltagi
    Citation: Environmental Sciences Europe 2024 36:160
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  27. Extreme floods are known to severely reorganise inhabited landscapes by inundation, clogging, scouring and damaging infrastructure and lives. However, their post-event impacts are poorly understood, especially...

    Authors: Till Wenzel, Rainer Bell, Michael Dietze and Lothar Schrott
    Citation: Environmental Sciences Europe 2024 36:158
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  28. Climate change affects the world economy, environment, and human well-being, jeopardizing overall sustainability. The escalating impacts of climate change emphasize the necessity to assess the moderating influ...

    Authors: Nudrat Fatima, Hu Xuhua, Hind Alnafisah, Saher Zeast and Muhammad Rehan Akhtar
    Citation: Environmental Sciences Europe 2024 36:157
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  29. Fungicides are an effective tool for protecting crops and maintaining a steady food supply. However, as pathogens continue to evolve, it is crucial to prolong the effectiveness of fungicides by delaying resist...

    Authors: Jeane A. dela Cruz, Tessa Camenzind, Baile Xu and Matthias C. Rillig
    Citation: Environmental Sciences Europe 2024 36:156
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  30. Groundwater is a primary source of drinking water for billions worldwide. It plays a crucial role in irrigation, domestic, and industrial uses, and significantly contributes to drought resilience in various re...

    Authors: Krishnagopal Halder, Amit Kumar Srivastava, Anitabha Ghosh, Ranajit Nabik, Subrata Pan, Uday Chatterjee, Dipak Bisai, Subodh Chandra Pal, Wenzhi Zeng, Frank Ewert, Thomas Gaiser, Chaitanya Baliram Pande, Abu Reza Md. Towfiqul Islam, Edris Alam and Md Kamrul Islam
    Citation: Environmental Sciences Europe 2024 36:155
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  31. Transport, accumulation, and degradation of microplastics (MiPs) in the aquatic environment represent a significant concern to the researchers and policy-makers, due to the detrimental impact on biota and huma...

    Authors: Ionut Procop, Madalina Calmuc, Sebastian Pessenlehner, Cristina Trifu, Alina Cantaragiu Ceoromila, Valentina Andreea Calmuc, Catalin Fetecău, Catalina Iticescu, Viorica Musat and Marcel Liedermann
    Citation: Environmental Sciences Europe 2024 36:154
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  32. Biodiversity loss is particularly pronounced in agroecosystems. Agricultural fields cover about one-third of the European Union and are crucial habitats for many species. At the same time, agricultural fields ...

    Authors: Magali Solé, Stephan Brendel, Annette Aldrich, Jens Dauber, Julie Ewald, Sabine Duquesne, Eckhard Gottschalk, Jörg Hoffmann, Mathias Kuemmerlen, Alastair Leake, Steffen Matezki, Stefan Meyer, Moritz Nabel, Tiago Natal-da-Luz, Silvia Pieper, Dario Piselli…
    Citation: Environmental Sciences Europe 2024 36:153
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  33. PM10, comprising particles with diameters of 10 µm or less, has been identified as a significant environmental pollutant associated with adverse health outcomes in European cities. Understanding the temporal vari...

    Authors: Seyedehmehrmanzar Sohrab, Nándor Csikós and Péter Szilassi
    Citation: Environmental Sciences Europe 2024 36:152
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  34. Pesticides applied to soil surface are subject to photodegradation if the parent molecule is sensitive to UV-light absorption. Photodegradation studies are therefore mandatory for the registration of plant pro...

    Authors: Jan Hassink, Jochen Buda, Sebastian Multsch, Svenja Nellen, Sabine Noe and Tanja Schmidt
    Citation: Environmental Sciences Europe 2024 36:151
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  36. During the July 2021 European floods approximately eight million empty dairy packaging (buttertubs) were flushed from a dairy processing facility in Belgium into the Vesdre river. Some were transported further...

    Authors: Rahel Hauk, Martine van der Ploeg, Adriaan J. Teuling, Winnie de Winter and Tim H. M. van Emmerik
    Citation: Environmental Sciences Europe 2024 36:149
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  37. Trace element levels in the circulation (blood, serum, plasma) are believed to play a role in the pathophysiologic processes of Alzheimer’s disease (AD); however, there is heterogeneity in the available findin...

    Authors: Ying Qing, Jianheng Zheng, Meng Qin, Xiufen Liu, Zhao Dai, Xinyue Xu, Yingyi Luo, Shichun Li, Liqiang Wang, Shuyu Yang, Jun Du, Ying Lu and Yanfei Li
    Citation: Environmental Sciences Europe 2024 36:148
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  38. The herbicide glyphosate is the most widely used active ingredient in pesticides globally. Residues have been found in people, livestock, food and animal feed, and in the environment, but little is known about...

    Authors: Traci Birge, Irma Saloniemi, Kari Saikkonen and Marjo Helander
    Citation: Environmental Sciences Europe 2024 36:147
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  39. Bioenergy with carbon capture and storage (BECCS) is considered as a future key technology to provide baseload electricity, heat, pulp, paper, and biofuels, while also enabling atmospheric carbon dioxide remov...

    Authors: Mathias Fridahl, Kenneth Möllersten, Liv Lundberg and Wilfried Rickels
    Citation: Environmental Sciences Europe 2024 36:146
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  40. Freshwater mussels are important keystone and indicator species of aquatic ecosystems. Recent advances in sensor technology facilitate applications to individually track mussels and to record and monitor their...

    Authors: Konstantina Drainas, Sebastian Beggel and Juergen Geist
    Citation: Environmental Sciences Europe 2024 36:145
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  44. The most harmful atmospheric pollutant for human health is particulate matter (PM). We analyzed the correlation between short-term lag exposure to PM10 and PM2.5, salivary cortisol and TNF-α level, and methyla...

    Authors: Jacopo Dolcini, Rosaria Landi, Elisa Ponzio, Laura Picchini, Aurora Luciani, Luca Formenti, Silvia Svegliati Baroni, Armando Gabrielli, Marcello Mario D’Errico and Pamela Barbadoro
    Citation: Environmental Sciences Europe 2024 36:141
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  45. South-to-North Water Diversion Project, a globally renowned engineering feat, aims to address water supply issues. The sediments within reservoirs play a pivotal role in natural ecosystems, not only as habitat...

    Authors: Weiying Feng, Yingru Tao, Minjie Liu, Yuxin Deng, Fang Yang, Haiqing Liao, Tingting Li, Fanhao Song and Su Kong Ngien
    Citation: Environmental Sciences Europe 2024 36:140
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  46. This study examines seasonal and regional trends in chlorophyll-a concentrations and the dynamics of nitrogen (N) and phosphorus (P) in 32 fishponds (resulting in 150 pond-year cases) employed for fish production...

    Authors: Lenka Kajgrová, Vojtech Kolar, Koushik Roy, Zdeněk Adámek, Petr Blabolil, Radovan Kopp, Jan Mráz, Martin Musil, Oldřich Pecha, Libor Pechar, Jan Potužák and Jaroslav Vrba
    Citation: Environmental Sciences Europe 2024 36:139
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  47. In summer 2021, the Dutch Province of Limburg faced an acute high-water event caused by two days of heavy rainfall, resulting in €383 million worth of damage. Afterwards, various policy actors organised a numb...

    Authors: Wieke Pot, Yza de Ridder and Art Dewulf
    Citation: Environmental Sciences Europe 2024 36:138
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  48. The Huangpu River serves as a vital water source for around 24 million individuals residing in the metropolitan area of Shanghai. Despite this, elevated levels of heavy metals persist in the sediments of the r...

    Authors: Yalong Li, Yaojen Tu, Gaojun Li, Yali Pu, Meichuan Chien and Yanping Duan
    Citation: Environmental Sciences Europe 2024 36:137
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  49. Understanding the release characteristics of soil colloids is a prerequisite for studying the co-transport of colloids and pollutants in subsurface environment. As a crucial agricultural management measure, fe...

    Authors: Xiaoming Song, Zeyu Chen, Qing Zhang, Zhipeng Zhang and Yujuan Wen
    Citation: Environmental Sciences Europe 2024 36:136
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  50. Authors: Asad Shah, Jing Huang, Tianfu Han, Muhammad Numan Khan, Kiya Adare Tadesse, Nano Alemu Daba, Sajeela Khan, Sami Ullah, Muhammad Fahad Sardar, Shah Fahad and Huimin Zhang
    Citation: Environmental Sciences Europe 2024 36:134
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