Listar por tema "Anthropogenic activity"
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Challenges in microbially and chelate-assisted phytoextraction of cadmium and lead – A review
(2021)Cadmium (Cd) and lead (Pb) are ubiquitously present in surface soils, due to anthropogenic activities, causing threat to ecological and human health because of their carcinogenic nature. They accumulate in large quantities ... -
Measurement of eco-efficiency and convergence: Evidence from a non-parametric frontier analysis
(2021)This study applies a nonparametric model to estimate the eco-efficiency across the US states over the period 1990–2017. To capture the environmental damage caused by anthropogenic activities, we utilize one global (CO2) ... -
Soil and maize contamination by trace elements and associated health risk assessment in the industrial area of Volos, Greece
(2019)Agricultural lands adjacent to industrial activities are vulnerable due to the risk of trace elements (TEs) being accumulated into crops and subsequently humans. One such case concerns the industrial area of Volos, Greece, ... -
The use of the pilot points method on groundwater modelling for a degraded aquifer with limited field data: The case of Lake Karla aquifer
(2021)Groundwater depletion poses a major threat to global groundwater resources with increasing trends due to natural and anthropogenic activities. This study presents a surface-groundwater framework for water resources modelling ...