Towards a low-carbon society: A review of lithium resource availability, challenges and innovations in mining, extraction and recycling, and future perspectives

CB Tabelin, J Dallas, S Casanova, T Pelech… - Minerals …, 2021 - Elsevier
The demand for lithium has skyrocketed in recent years primarily due to three international
treaties—Kyoto Protocol, Paris Agreement and UN Sustainable Development Goals—all of …

Unsymmetrical dimethylhydrazine and related compounds in the environment: Recent updates on pretreatment, analysis, and removal techniques

C Hu, Y Zhang, Y Zhou, Z Liu, X Feng - Journal of Hazardous Materials, 2022 - Elsevier
Abstract Unsymmetrical dimethylhydrazine (1, 1-Dimethylhydrazine, UDMH) has been
widely used as aerospace fuel in many countries. The launch of space vehicles can cause …

[HTML][HTML] Satellite mega-constellations create risks in Low Earth Orbit, the atmosphere and on Earth

AC Boley, M Byers - Scientific Reports, 2021 - nature.com
The rapid development of mega-constellations risks multiple tragedies of the commons,
including tragedies to ground-based astronomy, Earth orbit, and Earth's upper atmosphere …

Impact of rocket launch and space debris air pollutant emissions on stratospheric ozone and global climate

RG Ryan, EA Marais, CJ Balhatchet… - Earth's Future, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Detailed examination of the impact of modern space launches on the Earth's atmosphere is
crucial, given booming investment in the space industry and an anticipated space tourism …

Environmental impact assessment of a novel third-generation biorefinery approach for astaxanthin and biofuel production

M Rabbani, A Hosseini, MA Karim, A Fahimi… - Science of the Total …, 2024 - Elsevier
A novel third-generation biorefinery approach, including two paths of Ethanol/methane
production pathway (EMP) and the direct methane production pathway (DMP), for …

Robots that evolve on demand

R Baines, F Fish, J Bongard… - Nature Reviews …, 2024 - nature.com
Now more than ever, researchers are rethinking the way robots are designed and controlled—
from the algorithms that govern their actions to the very atomic structure of the materials they …

Environmental and economic assessment of advanced oxidation for the treatment of unsymmetrical dimethylhydrazine wastewater from a life cycle perspective

Y Chai, X Chen, Y Wang, X Guo, R Zhang… - Science of the Total …, 2023 - Elsevier
As a high-performance liquid rocket fuel, unsymmetrical dimethylhydrazine (UDMH) will
produce wastewater during transportation, storage and cleaning containers. The wastewater …

Sustainable production and consumption: Analysing barriers and solutions for maintaining green tomorrow by using fuzzy-AHP–fuzzy-TOPSIS hybrid framework

S Goyal, D Garg, S Luthra - Environment, development and sustainability, 2021 - Springer
Conventional production and consumption system results in rapid depletion of natural
resources. Particularly in developing economies, the key factor behind environmental …

Oligopoly competition between satellite constellations will reduce economic welfare from orbit use

J Guyot, A Rao, S Rouillon - Proceedings of the National …, 2023 - National Acad Sciences
Orbital space enables many essential services, such as weather forecasting, global
communication, navigation, Earth observation for environmental and agricultural …

[HTML][HTML] Environmental assessment of hydrogen utilization in various applications and alternative renewable sources for hydrogen production: A review

M Amin, HH Shah, B Bashir, MA Iqbal, UH Shah… - Energies, 2023 - mdpi.com
Rapid industrialization is consuming too much energy, and non-renewable energy
resources are currently supplying the world's majority of energy requirements. As a result …