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Finally, the multi-model exercise has highlighted benefits from deeper decarbonisation in terms of energy security and jobs, and moderate to high renewables-dominated investment needs.Knowledge of various BC properties in stimulating the methane (CH4) oxidation capacity of landfill cover soil (LCS) is still limited, restricting the optimization of BC performance. To validate key BC properties and seek a feasible way for enhancing BC performance, this study prepared BCs with distinctly varying characteristics through iron (Fe) modification. Then, batch incubation experiments under different CH4 and oxygen concentrations were conducted. Pore volume, cation exchange capacity (CEC), and surface area of BC collectively accounted for 78.5% of the variances in the microbial community structures, with pore volume being the most important factor. These correlated well with the differences in the CH4 oxidation capacities among the different BC-amended LCS. At a low ratio of 15% (v/v) in LCS, BCs' pH not affected their performance but homogeneity could be a limiting factor. Fe modification proved a promising approach to more efficiently improve the three key BC properties (especially pore volume) and thus optimize BC performance than increasing pyrolysis temperature did. Fe-modified BCs encouraged a bacterial consortium (methanotroph, methylotrophs, and nitrogen-fixing bacteria) in the soil with significantly improved CH4 oxidation capacities by up to 26%-74% compared to that of pristine BC.Climate change is altering high-latitude ecosystems in multiple facets, including increased insect herbivory pressure and enhanced emissions of volatile organic compounds (VOC) from vegetation. Yet, joint impacts of climatic drivers and insect herbivory on VOC emissions from the Arctic remain largely unknown. We examined how one-month warming by open-top plastic tents, yielding a 3-4 °C air temperature increase, and the natural presence of gall-forming eriophyoid mites, Aculus tetanothrix, individually and in combination, affect VOC emissions from whortle leaved willow, Salix myrsinites, at two elevations in an Arctic heath tundra of Abisko, Northern Sweden. We measured VOC emissions three times in the peak growing season (July) from intact and gall-infested branches using an enclosure technique and gas chromatography-mass spectrometry, and leaf chemical composition using near-infrared reflectance spectroscopy (NIRS). Isoprene accounted for 91% of the VOCs emitted by S. myrsinites. Isoprene emission rates tening effects on isoprene remain but mite effects on DMNT, sesquiterpenes and GLVs diminish.Volatile organic compounds (VOCs) source profiles can be used for a number of purposes, such as creating speciated air pollutant emission inventories and providing inputs to receptor and air quality models. In this study, we first collected and schematically evaluated more than 500 Chinese domestic source profiles from literature and field measurements, and then established a most up-to-date dataset of VOCs source profiles in China by integrating 363 selective VOCs profiles into 101 sector-based source profiles. The profile dataset covers eight major source categories and contains 447 VOCs species including non-methane hydrocarbons (NMHCs) species and oxygenated VOCs (OVOCs) species. The results shown that (1) VOCs composition characteristics exhibit variations for most Level-II source sectors and Level-III sub-sectors even under the same Level-I source category; (2) OVOCs, which were significantly missing in previous profiles, account for more than 95% in cooking and 20- 40% in non-road mobile, biomass burning and solvent use sources; (3) aromatics account for 20%-40% in most emission sources except cooking source, alkenes and alkynes account for ~20% in combustion sources (stationary combustion, mobile source and biomass burning), alkanes are abundant in gasoline-related emission sources(on-road mobile source and fuel oil storage and transportation); (4) missing OVOCs species could bring 30%-50% to ozone formation potentials in most emission sources; and (5) there are considerable differences in VOCs chemical groups and individual species for most emission sources between this dataset and the widely used U.S. SPECIATE database, indicating the importance of developing domestic VOCs source profiles. The dataset developed in this study can help support reactive VOCs species-based ozone control strategy and provide domestic profile data for source apportionment and air quality modeling in China and other countries or regions with similar emission source characteristics.Waterbirds as nutrient vectors can cause high phosphorus loading in shallow inland aquatic ecosystems. The main goal of this study was to determine the causal relationships between the characteristic physico-chemical properties of intermittent (temporary) alkaline soda pan (playa) ecosystems and specific (surface and volume-related) P loading of waterbirds by in situ field investigation, estimation as well as laboratory experiments using standard methods. BAY-61-3606 In addition, our aim was to estimate the contribution of groundwater and precipitation to the total phosphorus pool of soda pans in Hungary. The estimated high specific external P loading of waterbirds (mean 185 mg P/m2/y, 3.32 mg P/L/year) can explain the majority of the hypertrophic TP pool (mean 5.17 mg/L, 64%) in soda pans, which is mediated by large-bodied herbivorous (e.g. geese and ducks) and medium-bodied omnivorous (e.g. gulls) waterbirds, who are important external nutrient importers and major phosphorus source. The results also confirm the hypothe ecosystems.Ambient concentrations of particulate matters (PM2.5 and PM10) are significant indicators for monitoring the air quality relevant to living conditions. At present, most remote sensing based approaches for the estimation of PM2.5 and PM10 employed Aerosol Optical Depth (AOD) products as the main variate. Nevertheless, the coverage of missing data is generally large in AOD products, which can cause deviations in practical applications of estimated PM2.5 and PM10 (e.g., air quality monitoring and exposure evaluation). To efficiently address this issue, our study explores a novel approach using the datasets of the precursors & chemical compositions for PM2.5 and PM10 instead of AOD products. Specifically, the daily full-coverage ambient concentrations of PM2.5 and PM10 are estimated at 5-km (0.05°) spatial girds across China based on Sentinel-5P and assimilated datasets (GEOS-FP). The estimation models are acquired via an advanced ensemble learning method named Light Gradient Boosting Machine in this paper. For cThis paper studies the relationship between waste generation and economic development for a sample of European countries. In contrast to previous studies that have considered this relation to be stable over time, we apply methods for testing the presence of structural breaks located at unknown periods. This methodology provides robust evidence against the stability of the relationship, finding ruptures in the so-called dot.com crisis, in the early 2000s, and in episodes related to the Great Recession. Once these breaks are considered, we observe that waste generation shows considerable dependence on the evolution of the economy for those countries with the lowest per capita income levels. This suggests the existence of a trade-off between convergence policies and those aimed at avoiding environmental degradation, suggesting the need to maintain and reinforce environmental policies in the EU.In this paper, nanoscale Cu2O particles was successfully anchored at defect sites of carbon nanotubes (CNTs), which doped on three-dimensional copper foam (CF) electrode (Cu2O@CNTs/CF). The compound as cathode was synthesized via dip-coating and rapid electrodeposition followed by annealing procedure, and conducted in heterogeneous electro-Fenton (EF) system. The Cu2O@CNTs/CF composites electrode enabled activate O2 to generate H2O2 in situ and further Cu0/Cu2O synergistic catalysis to produce reactive oxygen species for a broad pH-range via the heterogeneous EF process. Cu0 on the surface of CF also contributed to the reduction of Cu2+ to Cu+, thereby enhancing the stability of the electrode. The effects of critical parameters such as precursor-ligand dosage, the initial pH value, initial pollutant concentration and current density on the degradation of the antibiotic sulfamethoxazole (SMX) were investigated. The as-obtained electrode performed both effective catalytic activity and good reusability. Almost 100% removal rate was reached within 75 min over a broad pH range (3 to 11) during the heterogeneous EF process, with the current density of 12 mA cm-2 and the removal efficiency of SMX decreased by only 9.0% after 8 recycle runs. Furthermore, quenching experiments indicated that hydroxyl radicals (·OH) were main species responsible for the SMX oxidation. In addition, the possible degradation pathways of SMX were proposed, which were based on nine identified intermediates. The comprehensive work is elucidated to accelerate the development of the in-situ production of H2O2 during the heterogeneous EF system and provide new insights to achieve high-efficiency degradation of pollutants via copper-based catalytic materials.This field study investigated the impact of long-term land application of biosolids on PFAS presence in soils that received annual repetitive land application of Class B biosolids from 1984 to 2019. Soil samples were collected from three depths of 30.5, 91 and 183 cm below land surface. Biosolid and groundwater samples used for irrigation were also collected. Concentrations measured for 18 PFAS compounds were evaluated to assess incidence rates and potential impact on groundwater. No PFAS analytes were detected at the three sampling depths for soil samples collected from undisturbed sites with no history of agriculture, irrigation, or biosolids application (background control sites). Relatively low mean concentrations of PFAS ranging from non-detect to 1.9 μg/kg were measured in soil samples collected from sites that were used for agriculture and that received irrigation with groundwater, but never received biosolids. PFAS concentrations in soils amended with biosolids were similarly low, ranging from non-detect to a mean concentration of 4.1 μg/kg. PFOS was observed at the highest concentrations, followed by PFOA for all locations. PFAS detected in the irrigation water were also present in the soil. These results indicate that biosolids and irrigation water are both important sources of PFAS present in the soils for all of the study sites. Not all PFAS detected in the biosolids were detected in the soil. Very long chain PFAS present in the biosolids were not detected or were detected at very low levels for soil, suggesting potential preferential retention within the biosolids. The precursor NMeFOSAA was present at the second highest concentrations in the biosolids but not detected in soil, indicating possible occurrence of transformation reactions. The total PFAS soil concentrations exhibited significant attenuation with depth, with a mean attenuation of 73% at the 183 cm depth. Monotonically decreasing concentrations with depth were observed for the longer-chain PFAS.
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