Engineered living materials for sustainability

B An, Y Wang, Y Huang, X Wang, Y Liu, D Xun… - Chemical …, 2022 - ACS Publications
Recent advances in synthetic biology and materials science have given rise to a new form of
materials, namely engineered living materials (ELMs), which are composed of living matter …

Most treatments to control freshwater algal blooms are not effective: Meta-analysis of field experiments

SS Anantapantula, AE Wilson - Water Research, 2023 - Elsevier
Harmful algal blooms negatively impact freshwater, estuarine, and marine systems
worldwide, including those used for drinking water, recreation, and aquaculture, through the …

Meta‐analysis contrasting freshwater biodiversity in forests and oil palm plantations with and without riparian buffers

OA Rojas‐Castillo, S Kepfer Rojas, L Juen… - Conservation …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
The expansion of oil palm plantations has led to land‐use change and deforestation in the
tropics, which has affected biodiversity. Although the impacts of the crop on terrestrial …

Rise of toxic cyanobacterial blooms is promoted by agricultural intensification in the basin of a large subtropical river of South America

C Kruk, A Segura, G Piñeiro, P Baldassini… - Global Change …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Toxic cyanobacterial blooms are globally increasing with negative effects on aquatic
ecosystems, water use and human health. Blooms' main driving forces are eutrophication …

Biodegradation and valorization of feather waste using the keratinase-producing bacteria and their application in environmentally hazardous industrial processes

G Park, KM Lee, YS Lee, Y Kim, CM Jeon… - Journal of …, 2023 - Elsevier
Poultry feathers are widely discarded as waste worldwide and are considered an
environmental pollutant and a reservoir of pathogenic bacteria. Therefore, developing …

Effect of different combinations of phosphorus and nitrogen fertilization on arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi and aphids in wheat

C Wang, B Tian, Z Yu, J Ding - Insects, 2020 - mdpi.com
While chemical fertilizers can be used to increase crop yield, the abuse of fertilizers
aggravates environmental pollution and soil degradation. Understanding the effects of …

[HTML][HTML] A day on the shore: Ecological impacts of non-motorised recreational activities in and around inland water bodies

N Meyer, M Schafft, B Wegner, C Wolter… - Journal for Nature …, 2021 - Elsevier
With the increasing importance of recreational activities in and around inland water bodies,
there is a need for sound knowledge about their ecological impacts. This narrative review …

Modeling the effects of baculovirus to control insect population in agricultural fields

AK Misra, A Yadav, M Sajid - Mathematics and Computers in Simulation, 2024 - Elsevier
Baculoviruses are special kind of pathogens that attack insects and thus have a potential to
reduce the density of insect population in agricultural fields and may be an alternate to …

Exploring economic and legal barriers to commercial aquaponics in the EU through the lens of the UK and policy proposals to address them

C Cammies, D Mytton, R Crichton - Aquaculture international, 2021 - Springer
Aquaponics is a food production system which connects recirculating aquaculture (fish) to
hydroponics (plants) systems. Although aquaponics has the potential to improve soil …

Research trends in the remote sensing of phytoplankton blooms: results from bibliometrics

Y Li, Q Zhou, Y Zhang, J Li, K Shi - Remote Sensing, 2021 - mdpi.com
Phytoplankton blooms have caused many serious public safety incidents and eco-
environmental problems worldwide and became a focus issue for research. Accurate and …