Integrating Artificial Intelligence Agents with the Internet of Things for Enhanced Environmental Monitoring: Applications in Water Quality and Climate Data

Electronics, Journal Year: 2025, Volume and Issue: 14(4), P. 696 - 696

Published: Feb. 11, 2025

The integration of artificial intelligence (AI) agents with the Internet Things (IoT) has marked a transformative shift in environmental monitoring and management, enabling advanced data gathering, in-depth analysis, more effective decision making. This comprehensive literature review explores AI IoT technologies within sciences, particular focus on applications related to water quality climate data. methodology involves systematic search selection relevant studies, followed by thematic, meta-, comparative analyses synthesize current research trends, benefits, challenges, gaps. highlights how enhances IoT’s collection capabilities through predictive modeling, real-time analytics, automated making, thereby improving accuracy, timeliness, efficiency systems. Key benefits identified include enhanced precision, cost efficiency, scalability, facilitation proactive management. Nevertheless, this encounters substantial obstacles, including issues quality, interoperability, security, technical constraints, ethical concerns. Future developments point toward enhancements technologies, incorporation innovations like blockchain edge computing, potential formation global systems, greater public involvement citizen science initiatives. Overcoming these challenges embracing new technological trends could enable play pivotal role strengthening sustainability resilience.

Language: Английский

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Unlocking the Potential of Insect-Based Proteins: Sustainable Solutions for Global Food Security and Nutrition

Foods, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 13(12), P. 1846 - 1846

Published: June 12, 2024

The present review highlights the potential of insect-based proteins to address growing need for sustainable and secure food systems. key findings suggest that edible insects offer a viable environmentally friendly alternative traditional livestock, requiring significantly less land, water, feed while emitting lower levels greenhouse gases. Insect farming can also reduce waste recycle nutrients, supporting circular economy models. Nutritionally, provide high-quality protein, essential amino acids, beneficial fats, making them valuable human diets. Despite these benefits, this emphasizes comprehensive regulatory frameworks ensure safety, manage allergenicity, mitigate contamination risks from pathogens environmental toxins. Additionally, developing innovative processing technologies enhance palatability marketability products, promoting consumer acceptance. This concludes with appropriate support technological advancements, have contribute global security sustainability efforts.

Language: Английский

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Energy, Forests and Environmental Sustainability: A Comparative Analysis of Developed and Developing Economies

Journal of Economic Impact, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 6(1), P. 14 - 20

Published: Feb. 12, 2024

The use of fossil fuels is essential for economic growth, but it also creates environmental hazards that cause 5 million people to die every year. renewable energy limited because financial constraints, and there a need find ways decouple fuel consumption pollution. This study provides way forward by introducing forest as moderator. has taken data from all countries the world 2011 2021 estimated impact forests, consumption, forest-energy moderator, population, gross fixed capital formation on environment. Leveraging Feasible Generalized Least Squares (FGLS) estimation technique address heterogeneity outliers, reveals while effects forests align, population density exert disparate influences environment in developing developed nations. incorporation moderator emerges consistently effective measure.

Language: Английский

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Spatial Mapping and Prediction of Groundwater Quality Using Ensemble Learning Models and SHapley Additive exPlanations with Spatial Uncertainty Analysis

Water, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 16(17), P. 2375 - 2375

Published: Aug. 24, 2024

The spatial mapping and prediction of groundwater quality (GWQ) is important for sustainable management, but several research gaps remain unexplored, including the inaccuracy interpolation, limited consideration geological environment human activity effects, limitation to specific pollutants, unsystematic indicator selection. This study utilized entropy-weighted water index (EWQI), LightGBM model, pressure-state-response (PSR) framework SHapley Additive exPlanations (SHAP) analysis address above gaps. normalized importance (NI) shows that NO3− (0.208), Mg2+ (0.143), SO42− (0.110), Cr6+ (0.109) Na+ (0.095) should be prioritized as parameters remediation, skewness EWQI distribution indicates although most sampled locations have acceptable GWQ, a few areas suffer from severely poor GWQ. PSR identifies 13 indicators environments activities SMP Despite high AUROCs (0.9074, 0.8981, 0.8885, 0.9043) across four random training testing sets, it was surprising significant uncertainty observed, with Pearson correlation coefficients (PCCs) 0.5365 0.8066. We addressed this issue by using spatial-grid average probabilities maps. Additionally, population nighttime light are key indicators, while net recharge, land use cover (LULC), degree urbanization lowest importance. SHAP highlights both positive negative impacts on identifying point-source pollution main cause GWQ in area. Due field, future studies focus six aspects: multi-method assessment, quantitative relationships between comparisons various models, application selection, development methods reduce uncertainty, explainable machine learning techniques management.

Language: Английский

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Farmers’ tree needs and traditional practices for managing seasonal frost in degraded highlands of central and northeastern Ethiopia

Discover Agriculture, Journal Year: 2025, Volume and Issue: 3(1)

Published: Feb. 10, 2025

Language: Английский

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Impacts of Climate Change on Suitable Habitat Areas of Larix chinensis in the Qinling Mountains, Shaanxi Province, China

Diversity, Journal Year: 2025, Volume and Issue: 17(2), P. 140 - 140

Published: Feb. 19, 2025

Larix chinensis Mill., the sole tree species that can form pure forests at timberline of Qinling Mountains, plays a crucial role in maintaining stability high-altitude ecosystems. Owing to its special habitat requirements and fragmented distribution pattern, populations L. are clear degenerating stage. Numerous studies have underscored significant effect climate change on vegetation. However, focusing shifts habitats key environmental factors hindering their suitable remain limited. Therefore, this study aimed explore influence future potential order understand response timberlines change. In study, random forest algorithms were applied project across Mountains. The results found temperature precipitation play roles limiting chinensis, particularly cold–humid climates rainy, foggy environments, which contribute patchy pattern. Currently, distributed Taibai Mountain surrounding alpine areas, concentrated elevations 2900–3300 m southern slopes 15–35°, covering approximately 3361 km2. ecological niche is relatively narrow terms these variables differing from prevailing During past climatic conditions or last interglacial period (LIG period), range gradually reduced, especially low-elevation nearly disappearing altogether. Projections under scenarios suggest contraction fragmentation for chinensis. RCP 8.5 scenario exhibited most pronounced changes, followed by 4.5 scenario. Under all 2050s, chinensis-suitable varying degrees reduction. scenario, decrease projected. Suitable will continually 2070s, with decline projected 2.6 conclusion, our findings not only offer management strategies amidst but also serve as references some endangered climate-sensitive areas.

Language: Английский

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Traditional Agroforestry Practices

Advances in environmental engineering and green technologies book series, Journal Year: 2025, Volume and Issue: unknown, P. 29 - 72

Published: Feb. 28, 2025

Traditional agroforestry practices integrate trees and shrubs into agricultural landscapes are deeply informed by indigenous knowledge systems. These practices, shaped millennia of observation, offer insights sustainable land management. Indigenous enhances understanding local ecosystems, soil types, climatic conditions, resulting in techniques that balance production with ecological conservation. Examples include the “milpa” system Mesoamerica, which combines maize, beans, squash diverse trees, “taungya” Southeast Asia, merges crops young tree plantations. foster biodiversity, promote various plant species for economic benefits, reflect a keen awareness seasonal cycles, maximizing yields while minimizing environmental impact. Despite facing modern challenges like tenure issues, integrating scientific approaches can enhance sustainability resilience systems, crucial addressing challenges.

Language: Английский

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Ecological and health impacts of tobacco farming in Pakistan: A mixed-methods approach toward a sustainable pathway for agricultural transition

Tobacco Induced Diseases, Journal Year: 2025, Volume and Issue: 23(March), P. 1 - 13

Published: March 26, 2025

Tobacco farming plays a crucial role in the livelihoods of many rural communities Pakistan, particularly Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KPK). However, this agricultural practice is associated with severe environmental degradation and significant health risks to workers during cropping. This study evaluates ecological impacts tobacco employing both quantitative (surveys) including 200 respondents (farmers field workers/laborers) qualitative methods (in-depth interviews) involving 10 (farmers, policy experts, agriculturist specialists). The research focuses on Swabi, key tobacco-growing region, highlights negative effects excessive pesticide use, fertilizer application, deforestation, which contribute soil erosion, water pollution, biodiversity loss. Regression analysis shows that use (β=0.65, p<0.001) deforestation (β=0.82, are leading contributors degradation. relationship between yield degradation, although showing trend (p=0.062), statistically negligible unlikely have practical significance (β= -0.15). Health equally concerning, farmworkers (labor hired for farming, farmers, landlords) exposed harmful agrochemicals nicotine absorption respiratory diseases, skin conditions, green sickness (GTS). Pesticide exposure (β=0.71, contact leaves (β=0.53, significantly impact workers' health, while using personal protective equipment (PPE) helps mitigate these -0.43, p=0.001). also reveals farmers interested transitioning alternative crops like maize or cotton, but they face financial informational barriers. growing Pakistan entails dangers, emphasizing immediate need implementation sustainable strategies harm enhance socio-economic conditions farmers. Government support through incentives, educational programs, techniques essential reduce damage improve public health.

Language: Английский

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Combating desertification: comprehensive strategies, challenges, and future directions for sustainable solutions

Biological reviews/Biological reviews of the Cambridge Philosophical Society, Journal Year: 2025, Volume and Issue: unknown

Published: April 3, 2025

ABSTRACT Desertification, a process through which once fertile and productive land is degraded into barren, arid desert, represents significant environmental challenge with widespread consequences for ecosystems human populations globally. This review explores the fundamental causes of desertification, its profound socio‐economic impacts, strategies employed to combat it. We address diverse range approaches aimed at mitigating effects in particular importance sustainable management practices, such as reforestation soil conservation. also examine numerous obstacles practical implementation these potential future directions more effective management. In addition, we highlight role policy frameworks, governmental interventions, international cooperation essential components addressing this pressing issue. As desertification continues threaten both livelihoods vulnerable regions, comprehensive understanding strategies, challenges, solutions will be crucial ensuring resilience affected communities preservation biodiversity. By fostering land‐use practices promoting global cooperation, can pave way resilient improved well‐being facing severe degradation.

Language: Английский

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Spatial variability in soil physicochemical properties across forest disturbances in the different forest divisions of Jharkhand, India

Research Square (Research Square), Journal Year: 2025, Volume and Issue: unknown

Published: April 8, 2025

Forests provide a wide range of ecosystem processes and services, including net primary production, climate regulation, water nutrient cycling. However, forest ecosystems face immense pressure from various human-induced natural disturbances, which significantly contribute to their degradation. The restoration forests is critical global concern, particularly in Jharkhand, India, where are highly vulnerable mining activities land maintenance required cannot be comprehended without understanding soil. In this context, the present study was conducted analyse physicochemical properties soils under disturbances across all divisions Jharkhand. Stratification by grouping areas based on type (dense/moderately dense open/scrub/degraded forests) 31 divisions. Within each stratum, random sampling points were selected for division. Soil samples collected at three depths: 0–30 cm, 30–60 60–90 cm. soil analysed 12 parameters including, basic (pH, EC Organic Carbon), major nutrients (Available Nitrogen (AN), Available phosphorus (AP) Exchangeable Potassium (AK)), secondary Sulphur (AS)) micronutrients (Available.) Zinc (Zn), boron (B), iron (Fe), manganese (Mn) copper (Cu)). result two-way ANOVA showed significant (P < 0.05) variation pH, OC disturbance as well depth factors among Jharkhand state. All recorded decreasing trend NDF > MDF DF cm respectively. correlation matrix positive relation between Fe with Mn (0.975 P 0.001), pH (0.243 P 0.001) AK AP (0.221 0.001). calculation recommended dose fertilizers revealed that most require additional NPK, except Bokaro, Chatra South, Deoghar, Giridih East, West, Jamtara, Koderma, Medininagar, Sahibganj, Saraikela This research identifies deficiencies provides recommendations calculating fertilizer doses support sustainable management practices enhance plantation success.

Language: Английский

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