Abstract By 2030, an additional 1.2 billion people are forecast in urban areas globally. We
review the scientific literature (n= 922 studies) to assess direct and indirect impacts of urban …

Boron compounds are widely used in more than 300 different industries, including glass,
ceramics, and energy. The world's boron consumption increases gradually, but the world's …

The Yamuna river has become one of the most polluted rivers in India as well as in the world
because of the high-density population growth and speedy industrialization. The Yamuna …

The qualities of the treated final effluents of a wastewater treatment plant located in a rural
community of the Eastern Cape Province of South Africa were assessed over the duration of …

The composting potential of two epigeic earthworms (P. excavatus and P. sansibaricus) was
studied in 2002 to breakdown the domestic waste under laboratory conditions. The …

The expansion of urban areas is one of the most significant anthropogenic impacts on the
natural landscape. Due to their sensitivity to stressors in both aquatic and terrestrial habitats …

Considering rapid population growth and migration, higher accumulation of communities is
noticed in coastal areas. This is especially true with the coastal areas of the Caspian Sea. In …

The objective of this study was to investigate the possibility of using maize tassel as an
alternative adsorbent for the removal of chromium (VI) and cadmium (II) ions from aqueous …

In the present investigation flocculation of dissolved Cu, Zn, Pb, Ni and Mn in a series of
mixtures with salinities ranging from 1.5 to 9.5% during mixing of Talar river water with the …

Water chemical variables such as total nitrogen (TN) and total phosphorus (TP) are soluble
and are optically inactive. Remote sensing (RS) technique is able to monitor the optical …