According to recent data, an extinction event takes place in every 20 minutes inferentially, and it is estimated that the sixth mass extinction might already be happening with climate change being argued to be one of the ...

Plastics are widely used because of their advantages. In order to deal with the plastic accumulation problem, the term biodegradation and developing technology bioplastic seems to be promising for this problem. This study ...

In this study, micropollutant analyses were carried out on water samples taken from Ergene River in August 2017. Additionally, acute toxicity values of each sample were determined by using Microtox test and relationship ...

The summer population of cave dwelling-bat species in Catalca-Kocaeli Region was surveyed between May-August 1999. The effects of geographical location, habitat, and temperature were studied as possible factors in determining ...

Biological pre-treatment with fungal species such as Trametes versicolor using their extracellular enzymes leads to an improvement in biodegradation of lignocellulosic substrates and increases biogas production. In this ...

Energy plays a significant role in sustaining the modern society. Currently, most of the energy demand is satisfied from fossil sources which are non-renewable and cause environmental problems. In order to eliminate these ...

The oily sludges from petrochemical industry wastewater plant (WWTP) have high lipid content and can be used as lipid feedstocks. Standard drying method necessitates expensive sludge dewatering/drying steps, holding 50 % ...

Removal of heavy metals from the soil by phytoremediation has been a subject of interest in recent years due to the difficulties of removing heavy metals with conventional methods. Modeling is considered as a promising ...

Quaternary ammonium compounds (QACs) are one of the most extensively used cationic biocides in human and animal health care facilities. Along with their many advantages as an antimicrobial agent, one of their biggest ...

Widespread contamination of water bodies by pesticides is indeed a matter of great concern. Therefore, their adverse effects on non-target organisms including algae, invertebrates, and fish should be investigated. In this ...