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Environments, Volume 10, Issue 9

September 2023 - 17 articles

Cover Story: Forest soils contain a large amount of soil organic matter; therefore, small changes in these ecosystems have effects on the climate. If not preserved, soil organic carbon can be released as greenhouses gases in the atmosphere, increasing global warming. Therefore, a deep understanding of the soil organic matter processes is mandatory to reconstruct the carbon cycle dynamic in the forest ecosystem. In this context, the SuoBo project investigated the evolution of soil organic matter contents and isotopic signatures in two mountainous forest ecosystems located on the Apennine chain of the Emilia-Romagna Region (Northern Italy). The results of this work showed the different impact of the pedo-climatic conditions in two nearby farms, which should be considered in our climate change context. View this paper
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Articles (17)

  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
2,068 Views
21 Pages

When the Household Becomes Environmentally Friendly—Dynamic Simulation of Hybrid Energy System’s Feasibility

  • Erlanda Atvare,
  • Armands Gravelsins,
  • Edgars Kudurs,
  • Stelios Rozakis and
  • Dagnija Blumberga

Decentralized electricity production at household scale, particularly by solar panels, has recently grown due to increased technology feasibility and financial support programs. Further development in this field requires the introduction and efficien...

  • Feature Paper
  • Review
  • Open Access
5 Citations
3,402 Views
13 Pages

The assessment and documentation of visual, auditory, and olfactory sensory experiences within urban environments is an emerging focus of research that has implications for the understanding of cultural heritage as well as community mental health. Th...

  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
2,125 Views
14 Pages

To minimize the eutrophication pressure along the Gulf of Mexico or reduce the size of the hypoxic zone in the Gulf of Mexico, it is important to understand the underlying temporal and spatial variations and correlations in excess nutrient loads, whi...

  • Review
  • Open Access
48 Citations
9,278 Views
27 Pages

The Impact of Micro- and Nanoplastics on Aquatic Organisms: Mechanisms of Oxidative Stress and Implications for Human Health—A Review

  • Eugenio Geremia,
  • Maria Teresa Muscari Tomajoli,
  • Carola Murano,
  • Adriana Petito and
  • Gianluca Fasciolo

In recent years, interest in the impact of environmental pollutants on the ecosystem has increased significantly, with particular attention being paid to the relationship between climate change and the aquatic world. This is because increasing pollut...

  • Review
  • Open Access
9 Citations
5,577 Views
27 Pages

The main objective of this review was to determine the main risks that agricultural workers are exposed to during pesticide application, which may have a harmful effect on their health and on public health. This systematic review was based on the PRI...

  • Review
  • Open Access
33 Citations
14,999 Views
35 Pages

The exacerbation of the global water crisis due to an increase in global population, industrialization, urbanization, and agricultural activities, along with global climate change and limited water resources, makes water reuse inevitable in all conti...

  • Article
  • Open Access
4 Citations
2,026 Views
21 Pages

Groundwater Recharge Assessment for Small Karstic Catchment Basins with Different Extents of Anthropogenic Development

  • Yaakov Anker,
  • Alexander Gimburg,
  • Michael Zilberbrand,
  • Yakov Livshitz and
  • Vladimir Mirlas

Climate change and anthropogenic development considerably influence groundwater resource distribution and conditions. Catchment basin groundwater recharge—discharge computation reliability is needed for effective groundwater management policy f...

  • Article
  • Open Access
11 Citations
2,771 Views
20 Pages

Graph-Based Deep Learning Model for Forecasting Chloride Concentration in Urban Streams to Protect Salt-Vulnerable Areas

  • Victor Oliveira Santos,
  • Paulo Alexandre Costa Rocha,
  • Jesse Van Griensven Thé and
  • Bahram Gharabaghi

In cold-climate regions, road salt is used as a deicer for winter road maintenance. The applied road salt melts ice and snow on roads and can be washed off through storm sewer systems into nearby urban streams, harming the freshwater ecosystem. There...

  • Article
  • Open Access
6 Citations
3,485 Views
17 Pages

Soil Organic Carbon Depletion in Managed Temperate Forests: Two Case Studies from the Apennine Chain in the Emilia-Romagna Region (Northern Italy)

  • Valentina Brombin,
  • Gian Marco Salani,
  • Mauro De Feudis,
  • Enrico Mistri,
  • Nicola Precisvalle and
  • Gianluca Bianchini

Forest soils contain a large amount of organic carbon (OC); therefore, small changes in these ecosystems have effects on climate. In this study, variation in the quantity of C pools that occurred in one year in the soil of temperate forests managed b...

  • Article
  • Open Access
17 Citations
6,971 Views
18 Pages

Global warming and other environmental concerns drive the search for alternative fuels in international shipping. A life-cycle analysis (LCA) can be utilized to assess the environmental impact of different fuels, thereby enabling the identification o...

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Environments - ISSN 2076-3298