Environments, Volume 11, Issue 10

Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) is a widely used tool to measure the environmental sustainability of products or processes. Integrating LCA into the assessment of waste diversion strategies recognizes that current waste diversion strategies are insuffici...

Riverine floodplains are ecologically remarkable systems that have historically faced strong anthropogenic pressures. The aim of this study was to examine whether the phytoplankton functional approach by Reynolds is a useful tool for disentangling an...

Impacts of air pollution are not limited to human health and ecosystems, but are also important for building materials. The main objective of this study is the quantification and mapping of air pollution effects on the materials, namely the soiling e...

Caretta caretta (Cheloniidae, Cryptodira) is a species of turtle considered a ‘flagship species’ in the Mediterranean Sea. Unfortunately, the circular marine currents and semi-enclosed configuration of the Mediterranean Sea encourage the...

Research to date suggests that air pollution may affect children’s cognitive development. This study followed 12,159 children in the Millennium Cohort Study in England for 17 years to assess the impacts of lifetime PM2.5 exposure at home and sc...

Wastewater surveillance for SARS-CoV-2 provides a broad assessment of community health since wastewater represents all community members, regardless of health care access and status of health (i.e., symptomatic and asymptomatic). Wastewater surveilla...

The coagulation and flocculation properties of chitosan, an organic biopolymer derived from chitin, have been researched as an alternative to synthetic polymers and inorganic metal salt coagulants currently used in water and wastewater treatment. In...

Sewage sludge management is a key concern in today’s world. Improper disposal can lead to various environmental issues including air, water and soil pollution. Among the available technologies, thermal treatments, particularly pyrolysis, are ga...