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Validating self-reported Toxic Release Inventory data using Benford's Law: investigating toxic chemical release hazards in floodplains

Acute and long-term health impacts from flooding related toxic chemical releases are a significant local health concern and can disproportionately impact communities with vulnerable populations; reliable release data are needed to quantify this hazard. In this paper, we analyze US Federal Emergency Management Agency designated floodplain data and US Environmental

Development of a machine vision-based weight prediction system of butterhead lettuce (Lactuca sativa L.) using deep learning models for industrial plant factory

Indoor agriculture, especially plant factories, becomes essential because of the advantages of cultivating crops yearly to address global food shortages.

The potential of virtual healthcare technologies to reduce healthcare services' carbon footprint

The COVID-19 pandemic demonstrated the potential to reduce our carbon footprint especially by reducing travel.

Exposure Characteristics and Cumulative Risk Assessment of Bisphenol A and Its Substitutes: The Taiwan Environmental Survey for Toxicants (TEST) 2013

Ever since the use of bisphenol A (BPA) has been restricted, concerns have been raised regarding the use of its substitutes, such as bisphenol S (BPS) and bisphenol F (BPF).

On proposing relational environmental metaphors to stimulate engagement and foster well-being in the midst of climate change

Messages regarding climate change that are intended to stimulate responsible engagement can impact our mental health in both positive and negative ways, which in turn can increase or limit the potential engagement being sought through those very messages. Increasingly alarmist environmental metaphors are being brought into question due to their

A LARGE AND FEASIBLE NATIONAL SURVEY REPRESENTATIVE OF POPULATION EXPOSURE TO OUTDOOR GAMMA RADIATION IN URBAN AREAS

Background: Although data on outdoor gamma radiation are available for many countries, they have generally been obtained with measurements performed in undisturbed environments instead of in urban areas where most of the population lives. Only one large national survey, with on-site measurements in urban areas, has been found worldwide, probably

Empower ing Pro-Environmental Behavior in Tourists through Digital Media: The Influence of Eco-Guilt and Empathy with Nature

In the digital economy era, leveraging digital media to foster tourists’ pro-environmental behavioral intention (TPEBI) has become crucial in the field of sustainable tourism.

Discovering the sensory, emotional, and interactive experiences of a place

This article proposes a data collection technique for describing experiences of a built environment.

Integrated metabolomic and metagenomic strategies shed light on interactions among planting environments, rhizosphere microbiota, and metabolites of tobacco in Yunnan, China

Changes in climatic factors and rhizosphere microbiota led plants to adjust their metabolic strategies for survival under adverse environmental conditions.

Inverting social innovation to transform health system responses to climate change adaptation and mitigation in the global south

Systems thinking is aimed at understanding and solving complex problems that cut across sectors, an approach that requires accurate, timely, and multisectoral data.

Does the level of burnout differ between occupational groups in Lithuania?

Background: The strain on workers of the healthcare system and education sector increased psychological distress and burnout.

Coal mining environment causes adverse effects on workers

Background: The objective of this study is to study the adverse effects of coal mining environment on workers to discover early effective biomarkers.

“Climate change” profiteering from the Amazon versus the needs of the population causes tensions in Guyana and Brazil

As is a common theme behind the “climate change” agenda, local and indigenous people suffer at the hands of those who seek to capitalise on the natural world and profit from it.

The Story of Rachel Carson: How Her Love for Nature Changed the Way Humans View the Environment

One of the most celebrated American writers of her time, Rachel Carson, achieved the impossible: convincing a society intent on mastering and controlling nature that we, as humans, must view ourselves as being part of nature rather than separate from it.

Climate-Con and the Media-Censorship Complex – Part 1

The gauntlet has been cast by the media-censorship complex.