The human induced climate change is the most serious and difficult environmental issue to manage that has emerged in the recent decades. The complexity of this problem lies in the fact that if the increase in atmospheric ...

Agricultural pollution is one of the biggest environmental concerns regarding the contamination of both soil and water resources. Owing to the mobility of pollutants in soil-water system, contamination of soil can be ...

Aggregation/agglomeration of nanoparticles affects their fate and transport in natural waters. Although nanoparticles behave as colloidal matter expressing aggregation/agglomeration properties under natural water conditions, ...

Water management in metropolitan areas in developing countries is a major environmental challenge of the future. Turkey‟s position for increased regional leadership on water issues is gaining acceptance through developing ...

Disposal of solid wastes, the final functional element of the solid waste management system. is a major problem throughout the industrialized world. Sanitary landfilling is today widely recognized as the most common and ...

In recent years, discharges of the organic solvents have been subjected to stringent environmental regulations because of their undesirable effect on living organisms in aquatic environments and human health. Organic ...

Mineral dust is one of the most significant constituent among the air pollutants. Besides its negative effects on human health, it influences the radiation balance of the Earth. The greatest source of mineral dust over the ...

The occurrence of small populations of algal blooms in lakes, reservoirs, rivers and other freshwater environments is natural. However, under favourable conditions, the population size can increase dramatically and the ...

As a principle "recycling should be preferred over treatment wherever possible". In line with this, a multipurpose Mechanical Vapor Recompression (MVR) evaporator pilot plant was designed, fabricated and tested at a pilot ...

Air pollution has become a leading environmental concern as a result of rapid urbanization in recent decades. The pollutants of most concern relating to the burning of fossil fuels include sulphur dioxide (SO2), nitrogen ...