Browsing by Subject "Environmental Monitoring"
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A mechanistic-bioclimatic modeling analysis of the potential impact of climate change on biomes of the Tibetan Plateau.
(Ecology, 2014-08)The Tibetan Plateau (TP) is experiencing high rates of climatic change. We present a novel combined mechanistic-bioclimatic modeling approach to determine how changes in precipitation and temperature on the TP may impact ... -
A method of assessing air toxics concentrations in urban areas using mobile platform measurements.
(J Air Waste Manag Assoc, 2007-11)The objective of this paper is to demonstrate an approach to characterize the spatial variability in ambient air concentrations using mobile platform measurements. This approach may be useful for air toxics assessments in ... -
Accelerated epigenetic age as a biomarker of cardiovascular sensitivity to traffic-related air pollution.
(Aging, 2020-12)<h4>Background</h4>Accelerated epigenetic age has been proposed as a biomarker of increased aging, which may indicate disruptions in cellular and organ system homeostasis and thus contribute to sensitivity to environmental ... -
An ecological perspective on nanomaterial impacts in the environment.
(J Environ Qual, 2010-11)Growing concerns over the potential for unintended, adverse consequences of engineered nanoparticles (ENPs) in the environment have generated new research initiatives focused on understanding the ecological effects of ENPs. ... -
An ecosystem-based deep-ocean strategy.
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Boron and strontium isotopic characterization of coal combustion residuals: validation of new environmental tracers.
(Environ Sci Technol, 2014-12-16)In the U.S., coal fired power plants produce over 136 million tons of coal combustion residuals (CCRs) annually. CCRs are enriched in toxic elements, and their leachates can have significant impacts on water quality. Here ... -
Connecting differential responses of native and invasive riparian plants to climate change and environmental alteration.
(Ecol Appl, 2015-04)Climate change is predicted to impact river systems in the southeastern United States through alterations of temperature, patterns of precipitation and hydrology. Future climate scenarios for the southeastern United States ... -
Discharge competence and pattern formation in peatlands: a meta-ecosystem model of the Everglades ridge-slough landscape.
(PLoS One, 2013)Regular landscape patterning arises from spatially-dependent feedbacks, and can undergo catastrophic loss in response to changing landscape drivers. The central Everglades (Florida, USA) historically exhibited regular, linear, ... -
Environmental Impacts of the Coal Ash Spill in Kingston, Tennessee: An 18-Month Survey
(2010)An 18 month investigation of the environmental impacts of the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) coal ash spill in Kingston, Tennessee combined with leaching experiments on the spilled TVA coal ash have revealed that leachable ... -
Estimation of in-canopy ammonia sources and sinks in a fertilized Zea mays field.
(Environ Sci Technol, 2010-03-01)An analytical model was developed to describe in-canopy vertical distribution of ammonia (NH(3)) sources and sinks and vertical fluxes in a fertilized agricultural setting using measured in-canopy mean NH(3) concentration ... -
Evaluation of a field appropriate membrane filtration method for the detection of Vibrio cholerae for the measurement of biosand filter performance in the Artibonite Valley, Haiti.
(Environ Monit Assess, 2015-08)Biosand filters in the Artibonite Valley of Haiti, the epicenter of the cholera epidemic that began in October 2010, were tested for total coliform and Vibrio cholerae removal efficiencies. While coliform are often used ... -
Isotopic imprints of mountaintop mining contaminants.
(Environ Sci Technol, 2013-09-03)Mountaintop mining (MTM) is the primary procedure for surface coal exploration within the central Appalachian region of the eastern United States, and it is known to contaminate streams in local watersheds. In this study, ... -
Legacy of Coal Combustion: Widespread Contamination of Lake Sediments and Implications for Chronic Risks to Aquatic Ecosystems.
(Environmental science & technology, 2022-10)Elevated concentrations of toxic elements in coal ash pose human and ecological health risks upon release to the environment. Despite wide public concerns about water quality and human health risks from catastrophic coal ... -
Long-term dynamics of death rates of emphysema, asthma, and pneumonia and improving air quality.
(Int J Chron Obstruct Pulmon Dis, 2014)BACKGROUND: The respiratory tract is a major target of exposure to air pollutants, and respiratory diseases are associated with both short- and long-term exposures. We hypothesized that improved air quality in North Carolina ... -
Potential impacts of leakage from deep CO2 geosequestration on overlying freshwater aquifers.
(Environ Sci Technol, 2010-12-01)Carbon Capture and Storage may use deep saline aquifers for CO(2) sequestration, but small CO(2) leakage could pose a risk to overlying fresh groundwater. We performed laboratory incubations of CO(2) infiltration under oxidizing ... -
Remotely Sensed Data Informs Red List Evaluations and Conservation Priorities in Southeast Asia.
(PloS one, 2016-01)The IUCN Red List has assessed the global distributions of the majority of the world's amphibians, birds and mammals. Yet these assessments lack explicit reference to widely available, remotely-sensed data that can sensibly ... -
Residential metal contamination and potential health risks of exposure in adobe brick houses in Potosí, Bolivia.
(The Science of the total environment, 2016-08)Potosí, Bolivia, is the site of centuries of historic and present-day mining of the Cerro Rico, a mountain known for its rich polymetallic deposits, and was the site of large-scale Colonial era silver refining operations. ... -
Restoring diversity after cattail expansion: disturbance, resilience, and seasonality in a tropical dry wetland.
(Ecol Appl, 2011-04)As the human footprint expands, ecologists and resource managers are increasingly challenged to explain and manage abrupt ecosystem transformations (i.e., regime shifts). In this study, we investigated the role of a mechanical ... -
Seasonal variations in air pollution particle-induced inflammatory mediator release and oxidative stress.
(Environmental health perspectives, 2005-08)Health effects associated with particulate matter (PM) show seasonal variations. We hypothesized that these heterogeneous effects may be attributed partly to the differences in the elemental composition of PM. Normal human ...
