Due to factors such as industrialization, increase in population and economic growth electricity demand has shown a significant increase at global scale. This increase has put forward discussions concerning electricity ...

Climate change threatens social-ecological systems (SES) across the globe. Developing countries where agriculture is a major income source for both local communities and the national economy are especially affected. In ...

Urbanization, industrialization, globalization, and the climate crisis are leading to alarming rates of food insecurity within urban contexts, increasing social and ecological inequities. Cities are assuming a leading ...

Water resources have a vital importance for all living beings, ecosystems and ecological cycles. However, only less than 1% of water on Earth is available for human consumption. The impacts of human activities on water ...

Continuous rise in world population causes higher demands for food and agricultural resources in an unsustainable way. To ensure growth and access to safe food now and meet demands in future, sustainable and economically ...

Public concern for the environment has taken on a new prominence with wastemanagement becoming a priority. As a consequence, new and environmental friendly methods for pollutant degradation are vastly investigated. Advanced ...

Disinfection of drinking waters is a major public health triumph of our age. However, while the pathogenic microorganisms provide the primary health risk from drinking water, chemical disinfection by-products also introduce ...

Public concern for the environment has taken on a new prominence with wastemanagement becoming a priority. As a consequence, new and environmental friendlymethods for pollutant degradation are vastly investigated. Advanced ...

A high ammonia landfill leachate was anaerobically treated for more than 1000 days in laboratory scale two different anaerobic reactors configured as sludge blanket and hybrid bed. Effects of high ammonia concentrations ...

Due to its effective and reliable purification performance, reverse osmosis technology is one of the practical and affordable ways to produce high quality recycled water. However, a major drawback of reverse osmosis is ...