The recovery of European freshwater biodiversity has come to a halt

Nature, Journal Year: 2023, Volume and Issue: 620(7974), P. 582 - 588

Published: Aug. 9, 2023

Owing to a long history of anthropogenic pressures, freshwater ecosystems are among the most vulnerable biodiversity loss

Language: Английский

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Industrial revolution and environmental sustainability: an analytical interpretation of research constituents in Industry 4.0

International Journal of Lean Six Sigma, Journal Year: 2023, Volume and Issue: 15(1), P. 22 - 49

Published: May 12, 2023

Purpose Environmental sustainability is quickly becoming one of the most critical issues in industry development. This study aims to conduct a systematic literature review through which author can provide various research areas work on for future researchers and insight into Industry 4.0 environmental sustainability. Design/methodology/approach accomplishes this by performing backward analysis using text mining Scopus database. Latent semantic (LSA) was used analyze corpus 4,364 articles published between 2013 2023. The authors generated ten clusters keywords industrial revolution domain, highlighting avenues further exploration. Findings In study, three questions discuss role with 4.0. predicted treated as recent trends more required from researchers. provided year-wise analysis, top authors, countries, sources network related topic. Finally, industrialization’s effect aspect automation. Research limitations/implications reliability current may be compromised, notwithstanding size sample used. Poor retrieval attributed limitations imposed search words, synonyms, string construction variety engines used, well accurate exclusion results insufficient. Originality/value first-ever natural language processing technique implemented predict based keywords–document relationship.

Language: Английский

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Addressing the challenges of combined sewer overflows

Environmental Pollution, Journal Year: 2023, Volume and Issue: 343, P. 123225 - 123225

Published: Dec. 25, 2023

Europe's ageing wastewater system often combines domestic sewage with surface runoff and industrial wastewaters. To reduce the associated risk of overloading treatment works during storms, to prevent backing-up into properties, Combined Sewer Overflows (CSOs) are designed networks release excess discharge rivers or coastal waters without treatment. In view growing regulatory scrutiny increasing public concern about their excessive frequencies potential impacts on environments people, there is a need better understand these allow prioritisation cost-effective solutions.We review: i) chemical, physical biological composition CSOs discharges; ii) spatio-temporal variations in quantity, quality load overflows spilling receiving waters; iii) ecosystems economies. Despite investigations illustrating frequency CSOs, data spill loading pollutants too few reach representative conclusions, particularly for emerging contaminants. Studies appraising also scarce, especially contexts where multiple stressors affecting waters. Given costs addressing problems, but likely long-term gains (e.g. economic stimulation as well improvements biodiversity, ecosystem services, health wellbeing), we highlight here bolster evidence gaps. We advocate no-regrets options alleviate CSO problems taking consideration costs, carbon neutrality, benefit community well-being. Besides pragmatic, risk-based investment by utilities local authorities modernise systems, include more systemic thinking, linking policy makers, consumers, regulators, shift from issues integrated catchment solutions aim reducing contributions drainage water consumption; broader societal responsibilities example through improved regulation, behavioural changes consumption disposal waste networks, greater cost-sharing use.

Language: Английский

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The pit latrine paradox in low-income settings: A sanitation technology of choice or a pollution hotspot?

The Science of The Total Environment, Journal Year: 2023, Volume and Issue: 879, P. 163179 - 163179

Published: March 31, 2023

Language: Английский

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Clinically important E. coli strains can persist, and retain their pathogenicity, on environmental plastic and fabric waste

Environmental Pollution, Journal Year: 2023, Volume and Issue: 326, P. 121466 - 121466

Published: March 21, 2023

Plastic waste is ubiquitous in the environment and there are increasing reports of such being colonised by human pathogens. However, ability pathogens to persist on plastics for long periods, risk that they pose health, unknown. Here, under simulated environmental conditions, we aimed determine if pathogenic bacteria can retain their virulence following a prolonged period plastic. Using antibiotic selection luciferase expression quantification, show clinically important strains E. coli survive plastic at least 28-days. Importantly, these also retained (determined using Galleria mellonella model as surrogate infection) some cases, had enhanced recovery from plastisphere. This indicates act reservoirs could facilitate persistence extended periods time. Most importantly plastisphere capable retaining pathogenicity. Pathogens colonising therefore heightened public health risk, particularly areas where people exposed pollution.

Language: Английский

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Smart management of combined sewer overflows: From an ancient technology to artificial intelligence

Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews Water, Journal Year: 2023, Volume and Issue: 10(3)

Published: Jan. 21, 2023

Abstract Sewer systems are an essential part of sanitation infrastructure for protecting human and ecosystem health. Initially, they were used to solely convey stormwater, but over time municipal sewage was discharged these conduits transformed them into combined sewer (CSS). Due climate change rapid urbanization, no longer sufficient overflow in wet weather conditions. Mechanistic data‐driven models have been frequently research on (CSO) management integrating low‐impact development gray‐green infrastructures. Recent advances measurement, communication, computation technologies simplified data collection methods. As a result, such as artificial intelligence (AI), geographic information system, remote sensing can be integrated CSO stormwater the smart city digital twin concepts build climate‐resilient infrastructures services. Therefore, CSS is now both technically economically feasible tackle challenges ahead. This review article explores characteristics associated impact receiving waterbodies, evaluates suitable management, presents studies including above‐mentioned context management. Although integration all has big potential, further required achieve AI‐controlled robust agile mitigation. categorized under: Engineering Water > Sustainable Science Environmental Change

Language: Английский

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Recent advances in the adsorptive removal of heavy metals from acid mine drainage by conventional and novel materials: A review

Bioresource Technology Reports, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 25, P. 101797 - 101797

Published: Feb. 1, 2024

Language: Английский

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Overview of bioremediation as a method for metal-contaminated wastewater treatment

Environmental Science and Pollution Research, Journal Year: 2025, Volume and Issue: unknown

Published: March 5, 2025

Language: Английский

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Significant improvement in freshwater invertebrate biodiversity in all types of English rivers over the past 30 years

The Science of The Total Environment, Journal Year: 2023, Volume and Issue: 905, P. 167144 - 167144

Published: Sept. 18, 2023

There remains a persistent concern that freshwater biodiversity is in decline and being threatened by pollution. As the UK, particularly England, densely populated nation with rivers of modest dilution capacity, this location very suitable to examine how has responded human pressures over past 30 years. A long-term dataset 223,325 macroinvertebrate records from 1989 2018 for England was retrieved examined. sub-set approximately 200 sites per English Region (1515 total 62,514 samples), longest most consistent were matched predicted wastewater exposure, upstream land cover terrain characteristics (latitude, altitude, slope gradient flow discharge). To understand changes diversity sensitivity respect these parameters, biotic indices (i) overall family richness, (ii) Ephemeroptera, Plecoptera, Trichoptera (EPT) (iii) Biological Monitoring Working Party (BMWP) scores NTAXA (number scoring taxa) (iv) ASPT (average score taxon) selected. review close BMWP come those expected at minimally impacted reference included. For all latitudes, altitudes, channel slope, river size, exposure levels, differing proportions woodland, seminatural, arable urban cover, or examined improved period, although improvement slowed some cases post 2003. Mean richness increased 15 25 groups, 66 % improvement. The mean EPT (3 10 families, >300 improvement), which are considered be sensitive pollution, implies benefited national critical components water quality.

Language: Английский

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Evidence of biological recovery from gross pollution in English and Welsh rivers over three decades

The Science of The Total Environment, Journal Year: 2023, Volume and Issue: 878, P. 163107 - 163107

Published: March 25, 2023

Uncertainty around the changing ecological status of European rivers reflects an evolving array anthropogenic stressors, including climate change. Although previous studies have revealed some recovery from historical pollution in 1990s and early-2000s, there are contrasting trends among pollutants across Europe may stalled or been reversed. To provide more contemporary evidence on status, here we investigate changes English Welsh river macroinvertebrate communities over almost 30 years (1991-2019) using a network nearly 4000 survey locations. Analysis comprised: i) taxonomic functional richness, community composition traits, ii) gains, losses turnover taxa, overall homogeneity nationally, iii) exploration how temporal varied with catchment characteristics. Taxonomic richness increased, primarily 1990s, whilst shift towards pollution-sensitive taxa continued throughout study period, accompanied by growing prevalence traits such as preferences for fast-flowing conditions, coarser substrata, 'shredding' 'scraping' feeding strategies. Changes consistent improvement occurred both urbanised agricultural catchments, but were pronounced urban they gained sensitive that otherwise prevalent rural rivers. Overall, these results indicate continuing biological organic pollution, national scale water quality. Results reemphasise importance looking at multiple facets diversity, periods near-constant disguising composition. Whilst this national-scale picture is broadly positive, highlight need to local variations depart aggregate picture.

Language: Английский

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