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Environmental Risk Assessment of Aquatic Environments

edited by

Chien-Sen Liao

submission deadline 25 Nov 2024 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1766 | Submission Open

Keywords: multidrug-resistant organisms; emerging contaminants; environmental hormones; antibiotic; biotoxins; desalination and wastewater treatment; aquatic organisms; aquaculture; bioremediation; microalgae; microbial ecology

Deployment of Green Technologies for Sustainable Environment III

edited by

Chihhao Fan

and

Shu-Yuan Pan

submission deadline 25 Nov 2024 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1418 | Submission Open

Keywords: green agriculture; green tourism; green building; green transportation; green energy; green infrastructure (engineered natural systems); advanced water treatment; smart technology; waste biorefining for circular bioeconomy; food; water; energy; and land nexus

New Solutions Mitigating Environmental Noise Pollution III

edited by

Gaetano Licitra

and

Luca Fredianelli

submission deadline 25 Nov 2024 | 2 articles | Viewed by 767 | Submission Open

Keywords: noise action plan; transportation noise mitigation; noise planning; traffic management; noise control

Recent Advances in Technologies for Water and Wastewater Treatment II

edited by

Jia-Qian Jiang

submission deadline 25 Nov 2024 | Viewed by 278 | Submission Open

Keywords: pre-treatment; recovery; and reliability of membrane processes; novel technologies for the removal of emerging micropollutants; nutrient removal and resource recovery from wastewater; innovative tertiary treatment technologies

Balancing Energy and Environment: A Life Cycle Assessment Perspective

edited by

Tamíris Da Costa

, Nick Holden,

Daniele Costa

and Mateus Guimarães da Silva

submission deadline 20 Dec 2024 | 3 articles | Viewed by 11706 | Submission Open

Keywords: sustainable energy; life cycle assessment; environmental impact; carbon footprint; climate change; resource efficiency; circular economy; case studies; modeling approaches; cleaner production

Microplastics Pollution in Aquatic Ecosystems: Challenges and Perspectives

edited by Charles Rolsky,

Farhan R. Khan

Ana I. Catarino

and Varun Kelkar

submission deadline 20 Dec 2024 | 3 articles | Viewed by 7523 | Submission Open

Keywords: microplastics; plastic pollution; freshwater microplastics; marine microplastics; plastic debris; microplastic pollution

Transport, Distribution and Composition of Floating Macro and Micro-Litter in the Marine Environment

edited by

Giuseppe Suaria

submission deadline 20 Dec 2024 | 1 articles | Viewed by 2519 | Submission Open

Keywords: marine litter; plastic pollution; microplastics; marine debris

Advanced Nanomaterials for Wastewater Treatment

edited by

Pierantonio de Luca

and

Pedro E. Arce

submission deadline 20 Dec 2024 | Viewed by 363 | Submission Open

Keywords: nanomaterials; wastewater; carbon nanotubes; purification; water pollution

Legacy and Emerging Contaminants in Marine Biota

edited by Ginevra Boldrocchi and Roberta Bettinetti

submission deadline 20 Dec 2024 | Viewed by 272 | Submission Open

Keywords: legacy pollutants; emerging pollutants; keystone species; bioindicators; pollution monitoring; ecosystem conservation

Greenhouse Gas Emission Reduction and Green Energy Utilization

edited by

Syu-Ruei Jhang

submission deadline 25 Dec 2024 | 3 articles | Viewed by 4423 | Submission Open

Keywords: greenhouse gases (GHGs); green energy; emission reduction; emission control strategies; alternative and green fuel application

Waste Management and Life Cycle Assessment

edited by Yixuan Wang,

Manuel Soto

and Yingqian Lin

submission deadline 25 Dec 2024 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2637 | Submission Open

Keywords: LCA methodologies; advanced technologies in waste management; circularity economy; waste reduction; case studies

Environments: 10 Years of Science Together

edited by

Sergio Ulgiati

submission deadline 31 Dec 2024 | 15 articles | Viewed by 28323 | Submission Open

Keywords: environmental conservation; environmental technologies and methodologies; environmental protection and pollution prevention; environmental modeling and technology; environmental management and policy; environmental impact and risk assessment; environmental change and conservation; environmental analysis and monitoring; ecosystem services; biodiversity; and natural capital; environmental economics; development and application of environmental data; information; tools; and decision support systems; systems thinking; energy transition; circular economy; climate change’ s impacts on human health; population growth; resource demand; and Earth’ s sustainability

Heavy Metal and Potentially Toxic Elements (PTE) Contamination of Soil

edited by

Gianniantonio Petruzzelli

Meri Barbafieri

and

Marco Vocciante

submission deadline 31 Dec 2024 | 9 articles | Viewed by 26736 | Submission Open

Keywords: sources of soil contamination; biogeochemical cycles of heavy metal and PTE in soil; bioavailability processes of heavy metal and PTE in soil; heavy metal and PTE in soil-plant system; risks of soil contamination on human health and food quality; assessment and monitoring of contaminated soils; new strategies of remediation of contaminated soils; phytoremediation; bioremediation; interaction soil-wastes; climate changes influence on heavy metal and PTE behavior in soil; hazardous waste management; waste recovery; recycling and valorisation

Thermochemical Treatments of Biomass

edited by

Ali Umut Sen

submission deadline 31 Dec 2024 | 5 articles | Viewed by 10335 | Submission Open

Keywords: biomass; wood; bark; crop; waste; pyrolysis; torrefaction; gasification; hydrothermal carbonization; direct liquefaction; biorefineries

Antimicrobial Resistance and Its Environmental Risk

edited by

Pasqualina Laganà

and Maria Anna Coniglio

submission deadline 31 Dec 2024 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1429 | Submission Open

Keywords: antibiotic-resistance; environmental matrices; environmental surveillance; prevention; risk assessment; advances in environmental diagnosis; innovative monitoring methods; new technologies

The Threat of Plastic to the Freshwater Biosphere

edited by

Giulia Cesarini

Massimiliano Scalici

and

Valentina Iannilli

submission deadline 31 Dec 2024 | Viewed by 834 | Submission Open

Keywords: freshwater ecosystems; aquatic biota; plastic impacts; ecotoxicology; plastisphere; trophic webs; ecosystem services; knowledge gaps

Preparation and Application of Biochar (Second Edition)

edited by

Catarina Nobre

Bruna Rijo

and

Paulo Brito

submission deadline 31 Dec 2024 | Viewed by 234 | Submission Open

Keywords: biochar; waste-derived char; bioenergy; pyrolysis; oxidative torrefaction; carbonization; gasification; soil amendment; fuel cells; adsorption; forestry waste; agricultural waste; carbon sequestration; policy

Wastewater-Based Epidemiology Assessment

edited by Qiuda Zheng and

Zacharias Frontistis

submission deadline 20 Jan 2025 | 3 articles | Viewed by 7320 | Submission Open

Keywords: wastewater analysis; wastewater-based epidemiology; health risk assessment; COVID-19; substance use

Pesticide Contamination to Non-target Organisms, the Environment, and Agroecosystems

edited by Ge Zhang and

John D. Stark

submission deadline 20 Jan 2025 | 4 articles | Viewed by 7267 | Submission Open

Keywords: pesticide; herbicide; insecticide; fungicide; rodencide; miticide; exposure assessment; risk assessment; expoure route; mitigation; natural enemy; pollinator; insect; fish; amphibian and reptile; mamal; wildlife; soil and water; plant

Hydrological Modeling and Sustainable Water Resources Management

edited by Pengxiao Zhou, Qianqian Zhang, Fei Zhang and

Zoe Li

submission deadline 20 Jan 2025 | 4 articles | Viewed by 5512 | Submission Open

Keywords: hydrological modeling; data-driven models; human activity impacts on water quantity and quality; nonstationary rainfall runoff; runflow prediction; extreme event causality; impact and prediction; climate change impacts and adaptation; water resource management; flood and drought risks; risk analysis and management

Advanced Technologies of Water and Wastewater Treatment (2nd Edition)

edited by

Athanasia Tolkou

and

George Z. Kyzas

submission deadline 25 Feb 2025 | 4 articles | Viewed by 5171 | Submission Open

Keywords: membrane filtration; adsorption; coagulation; ozonation; hybrid processes; microplastics; heavy metals; pharmaceuticals; oxyanions; dyes

Air Pollution in Urban and Industrial Areas III

edited by

Valerio Paolini

and Francesco Petracchini

submission deadline 25 Feb 2025 | Viewed by 224 | Submission Open

Keywords: air pollution; NOx; particulate matter; residential heating; road traffic emissions; sustainable mobility; industrial emissions; pollutant dispersion; outdoor air quality; global health; population exposure

Interdisciplinary Noise Research

edited by

Yiannis G. Matsinos

Aggelos Tsaligopoulos

and Stella Sofia Kyvelou

submission deadline 20 Mar 2025 | Viewed by 601 | Submission Open

Keywords: environmental noise; noise assessment; noise mapping; noise modeling

Multiple Approaches for Environmental Assessment of Transitional and Coastal Waters II

edited by

Federica Cacciatore

submission deadline 25 Mar 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 5320 | Submission Open

Keywords: marine; coastal and transitional waters; environmental quality; ecological quality elements; standard supporting elements; status and pressure assessment; habitat and species conservation assessment; intertidal ecosystems; multidisciplinary approach

Occurrence, Fate, and Environmental Risk Assessment of Organic Pollutants in Water

edited by

Florentina Laura Chiriac

and

Stefania Gheorghe

submission deadline 25 Mar 2025 | Viewed by 140 | Submission Open

Keywords: organic pollutants; water pollution; environmental risk assessment; fate and transport; aquatic toxicity; remediation and mitigation

Research Progress in Groundwater Contamination and Treatment

edited by

and

submission deadline 25 Apr 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 2064 | Submission Open

Keywords: potentially toxic elements; contaminants of emerging concern; environmental tracers; remediation; groundwater quality; contamination; monitoring

Editorial Board Members' Collection Series: Air Quality Assessment and Management, 2nd Edition

edited by

William A. Anderson

and

Ching-Yuan Chang

submission deadline 25 Apr 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 952 | Submission Open

Keywords: indoor air quality; atmospheric chemistry; health and environmental air pollution impacts; particulate matter; mercury and other metals; dioxins and furans; atmospheric and secondary organic aerosols bioaerosols; volatile organic compounds; air pollution control; emissions reduction; air quality monitoring; air quality policy; management; and regulation; NOx and Sox; ozone; tropospheric; and stratospheric; source attribution; greenhouse gases; global warming

Salmonid Fishery Management and Its Interactions with Freshwater Ecosystem Functions, Structures, and Services

edited by Gianluca Polgar and

Pietro Volta

submission deadline 25 Apr 2025 | Viewed by 352 | Submission Open

Keywords: Salmonidae; hatchery management; freshwater sport fishing; inland fisheries; salmonid biodiversity; salmonid conservation

Life Cycle and Risk Assessment for Water and Wastewater Infrastructure

edited by

Xiaobo Xue Romeiko

submission deadline 25 Apr 2025 | Viewed by 73 | Submission Open

Keywords: life cycle assessment; health risk assessment; climate impacts; vulnerability; adaptability and resilience; water and wastewater infrastructure

Emergy Accounting, Planetary Survival, Prosperous Way Down and Environmental Policy Making

edited by

Sergio Ulgiati

Francesco Gonella

and

Gengyuan Liu

submission deadline 30 Apr 2025 | Viewed by 76 | Submission Open

Keywords: environmental assessment; emergy; universal energy hierarchy; hierarchical distribution of materials; transforming; unit emergy value; systems thinking; maximum power principle; prosperous way down; pulsing paradigm; labor & services

Ecological Restoration in Marine Environments

edited by

Federica Cacciatore

and Rossella Boscolo Brusà

submission deadline 15 May 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 3497 | Submission Open

Keywords: marine; coastal and transitional waters; habitat status; wildlife/species; ecological services; nature based solutions; environmental restoration

Life Cycle Assessment: Methods and Tools to Achieve Sustainable Decarbonization and Circular Economy in the Building Sector

edited by

Serena Giorgi

Monica Lavagna

and Damien Trigaux

submission deadline 15 May 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1425 | Submission Open

Keywords: life cycle assessment; decarbonization; circular economy; building environmental regulations and policies; resource efficiency; life cycle design; sustainable building end-of-life; life cycle tools and software; LCI and EPD databases

Monitoring of Contaminated Water and Soil

edited by

Carmine Massarelli

submission deadline 20 May 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 5437 | Submission Open

Keywords: technologies and methodologies; pollution monitoring and prevention; environmental impacts and assessments; ecosystem conservation; decision support system

Rural Landscape Management and Conservation: Advances in GIS and Remote Sensing Applications

edited by

Monica Concetta Maria Parlato

Andrea Pezzuolo

and

Francesca Valenti

submission deadline 20 May 2025 | Viewed by 103 | Submission Open

Keywords: GIS applications; remote sensing applications; sustainable rural development; land use and land cover mapping; agricultural land management; precision agriculture; environmental monitoring; soil and vegetation analysis; machine learning in GIS and remote sensing

Monitoring and Assessment of Carbon Storage in Ecosystems

edited by Reinhard F. Hüttl, Uwe Schneider and Katrin Schneider

submission deadline 25 May 2025 | Viewed by 350 | Submission Open

Keywords: soil carbon sequestration; soil carbon losses; biodiversity-related carbon storage (biomass/management); climate change adaptation; climate change mitigation; carbon pools and fluxes; rhizosphere; carbon-related soil parameters; soil monitoring (e.g.; fertility); carbon management

Monitoring and Assessment of Environmental Quality in Coastal Ecosystems, 4th Edition

edited by

Sílvia C. Gonçalves

submission deadline 25 May 2025 | Viewed by 183 | Submission Open

Keywords: coastal ecosystems; environmental quality and environmental indexes; monitoring and/or assessment programs; environmental disturbances; pressures and stressors; anthropogenic impacts; bioindicators; biomonitors; ecotoxicology and biomarkers; populations; communities and ecosystem responses

Soil Organic Carbon Assessment, 2nd Edition

edited by

Sutie Xu

Jing Hu

Virginia L. Jin

and Navreet Mahal

submission deadline 30 May 2025 | 3 articles | Viewed by 6371 | Submission Open

Keywords: carbon sequestration; carbon cycling; carbon pools; soil organic matter decomposition; land use; sustainable agriculture; rhizodeposition; soil microbial activities; soil respiration

Coastal and Marine Environmental Ecology Problems Identified and Addressed by Means of Artificial Intelligence Tools

edited by

Meilin Wu

and

Hui Zhao

submission deadline 31 May 2025 | Viewed by 229 | Submission Open

Keywords: artificial intelligence; data mining; coastal environmental ecology; chemometrics

Advances in Urban Air Pollution: 2nd Edition

edited by Yonghang Lai and

Peter Brimblecombe

submission deadline 20 Jun 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1125 | Submission Open

Keywords: air pollution exposure; cultural activities; urban air pollution impacts; new methodologies and technologies; policy developments; indoor air quality

Healthy and Safe Environments across Occupational and Environmental Contexts

edited by

Carlos Carvalhais

, Joana Santos and

Cristiana Pereira

submission deadline 20 Jun 2025 | Viewed by 259 | Submission Open

Keywords: occupational health; environmental health; human factors; human exposure; healthy environments

Environmental Pollutant Exposure and Human Health

edited by Gabriele Donzelli and

María M. Morales Suárez-Varela

submission deadline 20 Jun 2025 | Viewed by 67 | Submission Open

Keywords: environmental epidemiology; environmental pollution; environmental health; human health; burden of disease

Monitoring and Assessment of Inorganic and Organic Microcontaminants in Soil, Sediment, Water Systems

edited by

Mária Mörtl

submission deadline 25 Jun 2025 | Viewed by 132 | Submission Open

Keywords: aquatic ecosystem; ecotoxicology; environmental risk assessment; food chain; environmental fate; organic and inorganic micropollutants; analytical chemistry

Environmental Challenges and Sustainable Contributions to the One Health Approach

edited by

Manuela Vieira da Silva

and

Marisa Freitas

submission deadline 25 Jul 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1087 | Submission Open

Keywords: human exposure prevention; environmental risk factors and stressors; technological and sustainable solutions; environmental and health indicators; environment and human health assessments; consumer health and well-being; sustainable development; circular economy; One Health model

Trace Metals in the Environment: Advances in Detection Techniques, Pollution Assessment and Management

edited by

Giancarlo Renella

and Xudong Wei

submission deadline 25 Jul 2025 | Viewed by 216 | Submission Open

Keywords: trace metals; detection techniques; environmental pollution; metal mobility; metal bioavailability; risk assessment; environmental toxicology; ecological effects; metal remediation and recycling; sustainable management

Advanced Research on Micropollutants in Water, 2nd Edition

edited by

Cátia Alexandra Leça Graça

submission deadline 25 Jul 2025 | Viewed by 4 | Submission Open

Keywords: water quality monitoring; contaminant identification; wastewater management; environmental impact; discharge regulations; pollution control; water treatment; environmental destination; remediation technologies; integrated water management

Emerging Technologies for Waste Treatment, Pollution Control and Resource Recovery

edited by

Cheng-Han Lee

Hsing Jung Ho

and Fan-Wei Liu

submission deadline 1 Aug 2025 | Viewed by 165 | Submission Open

Keywords: waste treatment; resource circulation; resource recovery; metal recovery; circular economy; high-value utilization of waste; pollution reduction; pollution control; pollution removal

Environmental Pollution Risk Assessment

edited by Tilemachos K. Koliopoulos and

Gregorio García

submission deadline 25 Aug 2025 | Viewed by 141 | Submission Open

Keywords: risk assessment; environmental health; environmental pollution; public health and environmental protection; green designs and environmental health architecture

Environmental Risk Assessment of Aquatic Ecosystem, 2nd Edition

edited by Qi Wang, Huiju Lin and Mengyang Liu

submission deadline 25 Aug 2025 | Viewed by 103 | Submission Open

Keywords: risk assessment; aquatic environment; pollutants; environmental factors; toxicology; water; POPs; health; emerging contaminants

Soil Pollution and Remediation: Multidisciplinary Approaches to a Global Challenge

edited by

Daniel Arenas-Lago

and Claudia Campillo-Cora

submission deadline 20 Sep 2025 | Viewed by 135 | Submission Open

Keywords: soil pollution; persistent organic pollutants; metals; microplastics; pesticides; bioremediation; nanotechnology; phytoremediation; urban soils; innovative techniques

Biomonitoring and Risk Assessment of Marine Ecosystems

edited by Vincenzo Di Martino and

Francesco Tiralongo

submission deadline 20 Sep 2025 | Viewed by 23 | Submission Open

Keywords: marine biomonitoring; ecological risk assessment; invasive species management; coastal ecosystem monitoring; fishery impact assessment

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