Articles

1. Correction to: Emerging organic contaminants in the soil–plant‑receptor continuum: transport, fate, health risks, and removal mechanisms

   • Privilege Masinga
   • Tinoziva T. Simbanegavi
   • Willis Gwenzi

   Correction 02 May 2024 Article: 495

2. Decoding temporal patterns and trends of PM₁₀ pollution over Delhi: a multi-year analysis (2015–2022)

   • Chetna
   • Surendra K. Dhaka
   • Narendra Singh

   Research 02 May 2024 Article: 500

   

3. CA-Markov prediction modeling for the assessment of land use/land cover change in two sub-basins of the Tocantins-Araguaia River Basin

   • Wharley P. dos Santos
   • Salvador F. Acuña-Guzman
   • Junior C. Avanzi

   Research 02 May 2024 Article: 499

   

4. Ecological disturbance effects of surface vegetation during coal mining in arid regions of Western China

   • Yucong Ding
   • Suping Peng
   • Wenfeng Du

   Research 02 May 2024 Article: 498

   

5. Machine learning-based potential loss assessment of maize and rice production due to flash flood in Himachal Pradesh, India

   • Swadhina Koley
   • Soora Naresh Kumar

   Research 02 May 2024 Article: 497

   

6. Accumulation of Cd and Pb in sediments and Asian swamp eels (Monopterus albus) from downstream area of Cisadane River, Indonesia

   • Triyoni Purbonegoro
   • Ario Damar
   • Muhammad Reza Cordova

   Research 02 May 2024 Article: 496

   

7. The effect of soil types, pH, and geographical locations on carcinogenic metal buildup in Oryza sativa cultivated in Ghana

   • Ebenezer Aquisman Asare
   • Dickson Abdul-Wahab
   • Evelyn Ama Otoo

   Research 01 May 2024 Article: 494

   

8. Geochemical behavior of rare earth elements in agricultural soils along the Syr Darya River within the Aral Sea Basin

   • Yizhen Li
   • Galymzhan Saparov
   • Long Ma

   Research 01 May 2024 Article: 493

   

9. Unlocking the potential of magnetic biochar in wastewater purification: a review on the removal of bisphenol A from aqueous solution

   • Kamil Kayode Katibi
   • Ibrahim Garba Shitu
   • Kehinde Raheef Adebayo

   Review 01 May 2024 Article: 492

   

10. Nanomaterials for sustainable remediation: efficient removal of Rhodamine B and lead using greenly synthesized novel mesoporous ZnO@CTAB nanocomposite

    • Anuj Sharma
    • Sharma Mona
    • Praveen Sharma

    Research 01 May 2024 Article: 491

    

11. Soil organic carbon and nutrient characteristics of Anogeissus groves in old Opara forest reserve, Nigeria

    • Samuel Ayodele Mesele
    • Elzo Jeroen Huising

    Research 01 May 2024 Article: 490

    

12. Organophosphate pesticide residue impact on water quality and changes in macroinvertebrate community in an Afrotropical stream flowing through farmlands

    • Eunice O. Ikayaja
    • Francis O. Arimoro

    Research 30 April 2024 Article: 489

    

13. Impact of industrial hotspots on Tamla nala and Nunia nala confluence – a tributary of the Damodar river

    • Trina Dutta
    • Hirok Chaudhuri

    Research 30 April 2024 Article: 488

    

14. Predicting ambient PM_2.5 concentrations via time series models in Anhui Province, China

    • Ahmad Hasnain
    • Muhammad Zaffar Hashmi
    • Geng Wei

    Research 30 April 2024 Article: 487

    

15. Do non-linearity and non-Gaussianity truly matter in streamflow forecasting? A comparative study between PAR(p) and vine copula for Brazilian streamflow time series

    • Guilherme Armando de Almeida Pereira
    • Álvaro de Lima Veiga Filho

    Research 29 April 2024 Article: 486

    

16. Developing of an eco-friendly liquid–liquid microextraction method by using menthol-based hydrophobic deep eutectic solvent for determination of basic fuchsin dye: assessment of the greenness profile

    • Funda Aydin
    • Volkan Alkan
    • Fatih Dönmez

    Research 29 April 2024 Article: 485

    

17. Chemical characterization of road dust during diwali festival in Guwahati city of Assam, Northeast India

    • Anamika Nath
    • Baishali Paul
    • Pratibha Deka

    Research 29 April 2024 Article: 484

    

18. Evaluation of physiochemical, heavy metals, and bacteriological parameters of celery and its irrigation water within Sulaymaniyah city of Iraq

    • Rafeef Yass
    • Sherko Mohammed
    • Haider Hamzah

    Research 29 April 2024 Article: 483

    

19. Time traveling through the floodscape: assessing the spatial and temporal probability of floods and susceptibility zones in the Lower Damodar Basin

    • Sambit Sheet
    • Monali Banerjee
    • Debasis Ghosh

    Research 29 April 2024 Article: 482

    

20. Assessing heavy metal contamination in a Brazilian metropolis: a case study with a focus on (bio)indicators

    • Luiz Henrique Vieira Lima
    • Fernando Bruno Vieira da Silva
    • Clístenes Williams Araújo do Nascimento

    Research 29 April 2024 Article: 481

    

21. Occurrence of toxic elements in river areas along drains and groundwater resources: source of contamination and associated health risk

    • Zahid Ullah
    • Fazila Younas
    • Muhammad Fahad Sardar

    Research 27 April 2024 Article: 480

    

22. Assessing the impacts of crop production on climate change: An in-depth analysis of long-term determinants and policy implications

    • Frank Osei-Kusi
    • Ci Sheng Wu
    • Sarah Otukuor Akiti

    Research 26 April 2024 Article: 479

    

23. Exploring the influence of invasive weed biochar on the sorption and dissipation dynamics of imazethapyr in sandy loam soil

    • Mamta Kaswa
    • Anup Kumar
    • Pooja Tamboli

    Research 25 April 2024 Article: 478

    

24. Study on agricultural drought disaster risk assessment in Heilongjiang reclamation area based on SSAPSO optimization projection pursuit model

    • Shihong Yi
    • Wei Pei

    Research 25 April 2024 Article: 477

    

25. Ti-containing NPs in raw water and their removal with conventional treatments in four water treatment plants in Taiwan

    • Chi-Huan Chung
    • Gen-Shuh Wang
    • Yaw-Huei Hwang

    Research 25 April 2024 Article: 476

    

26. Evaluation of potentially toxic elements and microplastics in the water treatment facility

    • Mansoor Ahmad Bhat
    • Agata Janaszek

    Research Open access 25 April 2024 Article: 475

    

27. REDD implementation for greenhouse gas reduction and climate change mitigation in Hyrcanian forests: a case study of the Kojoor Watershed, Northern Iran

    • Arman Niknam
    • Reza Sarli
    • Fatemeh Pourmansouri

    Research Open access 25 April 2024 Article: 474

    

28. Retrieval of high-resolution aerosol optical depth (AOD) using Landsat 8 imageries over different LULC classes over a city along Indo-Gangetic Plain, India

    • Rohit Kumar Singh
    • A. N. V. Satyanarayana
    • P. S. Hari Prasad

    Research 25 April 2024 Article: 473

    

29. Seed biology imperative for conservation and restoration of Swertia thomsonii C.B. Clarke—an endemic medicinal plant of Himalaya

    • Bilal A. Wani
    • Junaid A. Magray
    • Irshad A. Nawchoo

    Research 25 April 2024 Article: 472

    

30. Evaluating seismic risk by MCDM and machine learning for the eastern coast of India

    • Abhishek K. Rai
    • Sukanta Malakar
    • Susmita Goswami

    Research 25 April 2024 Article: 471

    

31. Adaptive monitoring in action—what drives arthropod diversity and composition in central European beech forests?

    • Constanze Keye
    • Marcus Schmidt
    • Peter Meyer

    Research Open access 24 April 2024 Article: 470

    

32. Soil organic carbon fractionation, carbon index, and microbial activity under different agroforestry systems in North Eastern Himalayas, India

    • Shaon Kumar Das

    Research 24 April 2024 Article: 469

    

33. Biomonitoring potentially toxic elements in atmospheric particulate matter of greater Dhaka region using leaves of higher plants

    • Zuairia Binte Jashim
    • Saif Shahrukh
    • Mohammad Enayet Hossain

    Research 24 April 2024 Article: 468

    

34. Performance of water indices for large-scale water resources monitoring using Sentinel-2 data in Ethiopia

    • Mathias Tesfaye
    • Lutz Breuer

    Research Open access 22 April 2024 Article: 467

    

35. Competence of algal consortia under municipal wastewater: remediation efficiency, photosynthetic performance, antioxidant defense mechanisms and biofuel production

    • Dig Vijay Singh
    • Rana Pratap Singh

    Research 22 April 2024 Article: 466

    

36. Quantitative macroinvertebrate bioassessment in seasonally astatic aquatic habitats, Part II. Applying the method

    • D. Christopher Rogers
    • Barry Baba

    Research 22 April 2024 Article: 465

    

37. Assessment of the combined vulnerability to droughts and heatwaves in Shandong Province in summer from 2000 to 2018

    • Ping Yao
    • Baohuan Zhang
    • Baofu Li

    Research 22 April 2024 Article: 464

    

38. Indoor sulfur dioxide prediction through air quality modeling and assessment of sulfur dioxide and nitrogen dioxide levels in industrial and non-industrial areas

    • Jamal Kamal Mohammedamin
    • Yahya Ahmed Shekha

    Research 20 April 2024 Article: 463

    

39. Impact of regenerative farming practices on soil quality and yield of cotton-sorghum system in semi arid Indian conditions

    • Janaki Ponnusamy
    • Lalid Kumar Santhy Poongavanam
    • Kavitha P. Shanmugam

    Research 20 April 2024 Article: 462

    

40. A promising approach for the removal of hexavalent and trivalent chromium from aqueous solution using low-cost biomaterial

    • Manisha Goswami
    • Bhaswati Devi
    • Arundhuti Devi

    Research 20 April 2024 Article: 461

    

41. Diversity, richness, and evenness of birds in Rana Resort Forest, District Kasur, Punjab, Pakistan

    • Muhammad Amir Sial

    Research 18 April 2024 Article: 460

    

42. Spatio-temporal classification of land use and land cover and its changes in Kerala using remote sensing and machine learning approach

    • Anjali Vijay
    • K. Varija

    Research 18 April 2024 Article: 459

    

43. Assessment of heavy metals level in chicken with indeterminate analysis in localities of Lahore, Pakistan

    • Naveed Ahmad
    • Usama Afzal
    • Muhammad Aslam

    Research 18 April 2024 Article: 458

    

44. Geo-visualizing the hotspots of smog-induced health effects in district Gujranwala, Pakistan: a community perspective

    • Shakeel Mahmood
    • Aqib Ali
    • Huda Jamal Jumaah

    Research 17 April 2024 Article: 457

    

45. Ecotoxicological evaluation of surface waters in Northern Namibia

    • L Faulstich
    • S Wollenweber
    • S Schiwy

    Research Open access 17 April 2024 Article: 456

    

46. Investigating the impact of soil properties, application rates and environmental conditions on pyroxasulfone dissipation and its ecotoxicological effects on soil health in aridisols of Punjab

    • Akshdeep Kaur
    • Pervinder Kaur
    • Harshdeep Kaur

    Research 16 April 2024 Article: 455

    

47. Determination of phenytoin at trace levels in domestic wastewater and synthetic urine samples by gas chromatography-mass spectrometry after its preconcentration by simple liquid-phase microextraction

    • Sezin Erarpat Bodur
    • Gizem Nur Ayan
    • Sezgin Bakırdere

    Research 15 April 2024 Article: 454

    

48. Machine learning insights into PM_2.5 changes during COVID-19 lockdown: LSTM and RF analysis in Mashhad

    • Seyed Mohammad Mahdi Moezzi
    • Mitra Mohammadi
    • Razi Sheikholeslami

    Research 15 April 2024 Article: 453

    

49. Temporal variation of the PM_2.5/PM₁₀ ratio and its association with meteorological factors in a South American megacity: Metropolitan Area of Lima-Callao, Peru

    • José Abel Espinoza-Guillen
    • Marleni Beatriz Alderete-Malpartida
    • Hanns Kevin Gómez-Muñoz

    Research 13 April 2024 Article: 452

    

50. Sucralose (C₁₂H₁₉Cl₃O₈) impact on microbial activity in estuarine and freshwater marsh soils

    • Amelia G. Westmoreland
    • Tracey B. Schafer
    • Todd Z. Osborne

    Research 13 April 2024 Article: 451