Ships are highly advanced marine structures that incorporate state-of-the-art technologies. Nevertheless, they still depend on outdated systems in certain critical areas, such as escape lighting. Escape lighting systems are vital components of shipbo...
Groundwater in Mediterranean regions is facing increasing threats from climate change and intensive agriculture, necessitating robust vulnerability assessment tools. This study evaluates nitrate pollution vulnerability of the Almyros aquifer (Thessal...
The 2nd International Online Conference on Toxics (IOCTO 2025) successfully showcased essential advancements across the entire spectrum of toxicology, from environmental exposure modelling to molecular mechanisms and novel ecotoxicological applicatio...
This study investigates the implementation of an attached-growth pilot-scale biofilter for the biological treatment of mixed dairy wastewater derived from real industrial effluents, consisting of equal proportions of raw second cheese whey (SCW) and...
Maritime piracy remains a persistent security challenge across several global regions, with violent incidents posing the greatest threat to crew safety and vessel operations. This study investigates the relationship between violent escalation in pira...
Agricultural irrigation management is considered more necessary than ever, as climate change directly threatens the growth of important Mediterranean crops in Greece. In this work, the metabolic characteristics of grapevine plants were assessed under...
Urban lighting is evolving from a basic technical infrastructure to a strategic tool for sustainable regeneration, energy efficiency, and public space reactivation. This paper explores the potential of smart and adaptive lighting systems as enablers...
The Strait of Messina occupies a strategic position in the Mediterranean, representing an environmental and territorial peculiarity. The Strait area today is at the center of the political debate for the stable crossing project, a strategic infrastru...
This study investigates the propagation of climate model variability to coastal groundwater systems under the high-emission RCP8.5 scenario, focusing on the Almyros Basin in Greece. Using Med-CORDEX bias-corrected climate projections, an Integrated M...
Timely and accurate urban change detection is vital for sustainable urban development, infrastructure management, and disaster response. Traditional two-dimensional approaches often overlook vertical and structural variations in dense urban areas. Th...
Effective management of organic and inorganic fertilizers is vital for sustaining productivity in intensive cropping systems. This four-year study (2012–2015) assessed the immediate and residual effects of cattle corralling combined with minera...
Our annual environmental conference has been a pivotal platform for addressing the unique environmental challenges faced by underrepresented communities since 2006. Adapting to the global pandemic in 2021, we seamlessly transitioned to a virtual envi...
In submitting conference proceedings to Environmental and Earth Sciences Proceedings, the volume editors of the proceedings certify to the publisher that all papers published in this volume have been subjected to peer review administered by the volum...
The First International Symposium on Energy and Climate (SIEME 2025) has been held in Maceió, Brazil, from 20 to 22 August 2025. Organized by the Federal University of Alagoas (UFAL) and partner institutions, the event focuses on innovations a...
The widespread application of nanoparticles (NPs) in fields ranging from consumer products to industrial processes has led to increased concerns about their potential toxic effects on human health and the environment. While traditional toxicological...
Soil moisture is an essential environmental parameter affecting hydrological cycles, agricultural productivity, and climate systems. Conventional in situ measurements are precise but do not provide the spatiotemporal coverage for large applications....
The 7th International Electronic Conference on Atmospheric Sciences (ECAS-7) was held online from 4 to 6 June 2025 [...]
This paper examines an approach to local-level community action for the global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), amid the growing importance of context-specific implementations to accelerate progress. Land-use governance is critical for contribut...
Due to climate change, runoff simulations and understanding the relationship between rainfall and runoff are crucial for watershed management. This study combined a Geographic Information System (GIS) and the Hydrologic Engineering Centre-Hydrologic...
Eaton Canyon in California serves as the focal point for a comprehensive post-wildfire ecological impact assessment. This study employs an approach integrating satellite imagery from the European Space Agency’s Sentinel constellation to study a...
Nanoparticles (NPs), which possess unique physicochemical qualities such as large surface area and reactivity, have brought about a revolution in a variety of sectors, including medicine and electronics. The growing ubiquity of these substances, on t...
The Dhaka District is experiencing rapid industrial growth alongside uncontrolled urban expansion, leading to significant land-use conflicts and environmental pressures. This study investigates how to identify the optimal sites for industrial develop...
This study evaluates groundwater quality dynamics in the Harran Plain (∼1500 km2), a key agricultural zone within Türkiye’s Southeastern Anatolia Project (GAP). Satellite images from Landsat 5 TM and Landsat 8 OLI/TIRS were used to ass...
Owing to the natural texture of dam lakes, they emit nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions. The main aim of this study was to reduce N2O emissions resulting from dam lake treatment using malt dust-derived biochar. On average, a 21.1% reduction in N2O emissio...
The advent of hyperspectral remote sensing represented a breakthrough in the accurate, fast, and non-invasive estimation of important soil fertility parameters. The present study utilizes non-imaging hyperspectral data in the spectral range of 350&nd...
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Urbanization in Cyprus has accelerated significantly over the past 35 years, driven by population growth, infrastructure development, and the expansion of urban centres. This rapid urban transformation has contributed to notable changes in the local...
This study investigates the long-term trends and variability of heatwaves in Greece, analyzing their frequency, duration, and intensity from 1960 to 2022 using high-quality meteorological data from the Hellenic National Meteorological Service. The re...
Despite the growing demand for agricultural products, land abandonment is increasing in developed countries, leading to the recolonization of natural vegetation and affecting ecosystem services, biodiversity, and the economy. Understanding the driver...
Dust plays a significant role in the atmospheric radiative balance by altering both shortwave and longwave radiation fluxes. While deserts are the primary sources of dust emissions, atmospheric circulation can transport dust over long distances, impa...
Aircraft emissions are a growing environmental concern due to their contribution to local air pollution and potential health risks, particularly around rapidly expanding airports. In Egypt, rapid urban growth and tourism have driven the construction...
We present an example of how a doctoral network can bring together multidisciplinary expertise and novel scientific advances in atmospheric dust. This network (Dust-DN) has started operations and is a strategic alliance of high-profile partners, able...
The field of climate modeling is undergoing a significant transformation, moving away from the traditional General Circulation Models (GCMs) and toward the use of sophisticated artificial intelligence (AI)-based prediction systems. Research has shown...
This study explores an ongoing work for AI-driven framework for energy management and optimization within urban infrastructures, demonstrated through a case study in Trikala, Greece. The approach integrates smart monitoring systems, real-time analyti...
Soil erosion is a major threat to land productivity and environmental sustainability in Mediterranean regions, where sloping terrain, intense seasonal rainfall, and traditional agricultural practices accelerate soil loss. Olive orchards, which domina...
Flooding events have increased in frequency and severity worldwide in recent years, a trend that has been made worse by human activity and climate change. Floods are one of the world’s most dangerous natural catastrophes because of the serious...
Ground-based weather radars are essential to better understand precipitation systems, to improve the Quantitative Precipitation Estimation (QPE), and to subsequently provide input to hydrological models. However, reflectivity measured by radars is ty...
The topic proposal concerns the axes of climate operation and modification, the consequences and/or benefits of the flow of the economy, as well as the risks to social security, amidst the evolution of human interventions, which the Anthropocene high...
On 7 September 2024, a trough, situated over the Black Sea, in combination with a northeasterly outflow of a surface anticyclone over Russia, increased moisture and established an instability environment in Greece. Veering winds with height, in combi...
This study presents the development, construction, and implementation of a portable meteorological station. An ESP8266 microcontroller was used as the control system. Temperature, humidity, and atmospheric pressure were measured. The UV index, therma...
This paper presents the concept and development of an autonomous DIY air quality sensor for citizen science. Large civil monitoring projects often rely on air quality calculations based on PM2.5 and PM10 dust readings in combination with some gases a...
Climate change is disrupting nature, human lives, and infrastructure worldwide. Its effects are becoming more evident in every region, with IPCC reports warning of a warming world and an increase in extreme weather events. The scale and severity of c...
The daily maximum and minimum temperatures measured by the HNMS’s stations from 1960 to 2022, are used to compute percentile-based indices capturing the percentage of days below or above the 10th and 90th percentile, respectively (TN10p, TX10p,...
Etesian winds, the characteristic summer winds over large parts of Greece and the eastern Mediterranean, can cause coastal upwelling, especially over the eastern Aegean. The question that many studies address is whether these northern winds can cause...
This study investigates the sensitivity of an urban parameterization scheme of the Weather Research and Forecasting model (WRF). The model sensitivity is tested during the period April–May 2020 over the greater Paris region. The parent domain c...
The monthly variability of Upper Tropospheric Humidity with respect to ice (UTHi) is examined during the forty-year period 1979–2020. Trends per decade are calculated for every month separately and for 10° latitude bands. Statistical signif...
The Urban Heat Island (UHI) effect is responsible for increased urban temperatures compared to rural areas due to heat-absorbing materials like concrete and asphalt, worsening climate change impacts and creating thermal discomfort for citizens. Limit...
Cyprus is located between Europe, Asia and Africa, and its location is vulnerable to dust transport from the Sahara Desert, wildfire smoke particles from surrounding regions, and other anthropogenic emissions caused by several factors, mostly due to...
The Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service (CAMS) offers a broad portfolio of global and regional atmospheric products that support environmental monitoring, air quality assessment, health applications and climate policy. Under the CAMS National Co...
The objective of this study is the statistical analysis of a six-year period (2019–2024) hit hailpad dataset over the area of Central Macedonia to define the temporal and spatial distributions of selected hail parameters based on hailpad networ...
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