plastics, one of the most abundant materials in the world today, are one of the main sources of pollution. people’s perception of using and disposing plastic bags is primordial as they tend to be a major part of household solid waste. this study aims to determine community’s perception of usage and disposal of plastic bags in eastern ethiopia. a quantitative cross-sectional study has been condu...

We used satellite interferometric synthetic-aperture radar (InSAR) data to document ground deformation across North America suspected to be caused by human activities. We showed that anthropogenic deformation can be measured from space across the continent and thus satellite observations should be collected routinely to characterize this deformation. We included results from the literature as w...

The reliability of the narrative of the Biblical Exodus has been subject of heated debate for decades. Recent archaeological studies seem to provide new insight of the exodus path, and although with a still controversial chronology, the effects of the Minoan Santorini eruption have been proposed as a likely explanation of the biblical plagues. Particularly, it has been suggested that flooding b...

28 We use the GEOS-Chem chemical transport model combined with the GISS general 29 circulation model to calculate the aerosol direct and indirect (warm cloud) radiative 30 forcings from US anthropogenic sources over the 1950-2050 period, based on historical 31 emission inventories and future projections from the IPCC A1B scenario. The aerosol 32 simulation is evaluated with observed spatial dis...

Objective: Metal concentrations in 53 soil samples of Shahr-e-Babak were determined.  Methods: Assessment of enrichment factor and geo-accumulation index revealed higher degree of contamination of Cd, Pb, and Cu in soil samples. Moreover, results of metal fractionation study revealed high amount of Cd and Pb are associated in weakly bounds may lead to environmental risk of these metals.  Result...

In many areas of the North American mid-Atlantic coast, seagrass beds are either in decline or have disappeared due, in part, to high turbidity that reduces the light reaching the plant surface. Because of this reduction in the areal extent of seagrass beds there has been a concomitant diminishment in dampening of water movement (waves and currents) and sediment stabilization. Due to ongoing de...

With the rapid development of economy, heavy metal soil pollution causes ecosystem deterioration and raises serious concerns. Topsoil samples (n = 205) were collected to investigate characteristics, risk levels, sources metals in topsoil eastern Tibet. Heavy contents, such as As, Hg, Pb, Cr, Mn, Mo, Ni, Cu, Zn, Cd, tested, potential analyzed using correlational principal component analysis. The...