Sciences de la Terre et de l'environnement

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A multi-approach and multi-scale study on water quantity and quality changes in the Tapajós River basin, Amazon

Abstract. We analyzed changes in water quantity and quality at different spatial scales within the Tapajós River basin (Amazon) based …

2018 Open Access

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The extant shore platform stromatolite (SPS) facies association: a glimpse into the Archean?

Abstract. Shore platform stromatolites (SPS) were first noted at Cape Morgan on the south-east African seaboard. Since then they have …

2018 Open Access

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Environmental Pollution and Related Hazards at Agbara Industrial Area, Ogun State

Abstract This study aimed at assessing the environmental pollution and related hazards of industries at Agbara, Ogun State, Nigeria. A …

2018 Open Access

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From kitchen to classroom: Assessing the impact of cleaner burning biomass-fuelled cookstoves on primary school attendance in Karonga district, northern Malawi

Household air pollution from burning solid fuels is responsible for an estimated 2.9 million premature deaths worldwide each year and …

2018 Open Access

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Increasing salinity drastically reduces hatching success of crustaceans from depression wetlands of the semi-arid Eastern Cape Karoo region, South Africa

Abstract Salinity is an important factor affecting freshwater aquatic species distribution and diversity. The semi-arid Eastern Cape Karoo region of …

2018 Open Access

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Tritium as tracer of groundwater pollution extension: case study of Andralanitra landfill site, Antananarivo–Madagascar

This study aims to understand the extension of groundwater pollution downstream of a landfill, Andralanitra–Antananarivo–Madagascar. Twenty-one samples, composed of dug …

2018 Open Access

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Assessment of Solid Waste Management Practices in Bahir Dar City, Ethiopia

Even though solid waste management has become a major public health and environmental concern in urban areas of Ethiopia, only …

2018 Open Access

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Assessing Guinea Bissau's Legal and Illegal Unreported and Unregulated Fisheries and the Surveillance Efforts to Tackle Them

Fisheries in Guinea Bissau contribute greatly to the economy and food security of its people. Yet, as the ability of …

2018 Open Access

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Groundwater quality assessment of the quaternary unconsolidated sedimentary basin near the Pi river using fuzzy evaluation technique

The present study was carried out to assess the groundwater quality for drinking purposes in the Quaternary Unconsolidated Sedimentary Basin …

2018 Open Access

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Environmental consciousness and choice of bulb for lighting in a developing country

Most countries in the world especially those in Asia and Africa have been undertaking policies meant to help promote science, …

2018 Open Access

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Growth and Extended Survival of Escherichia coli O157:H7 in Soil Organic Matter

Enterohaemorrhagic Escherichia coli, such as serotype O157:H7, are a leading cause of food-associated outbreaks. While the primary reservoir is associated …

2018 Open Access

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Projected changes in tropical cyclones over the South West Indian Ocean under different extents of global warming

The Paris Agreement achieved in December 2015 established that the signatory countries should pursue to hold the increase in global …

2018 Open Access

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Fossil black smoker yields oxygen isotopic composition of Neoproterozoic seawater

Abstract The evolution of the seawater oxygen isotopic composition (δ18O) through geological time remains controversial. Yet, the past δ18Oseawater is …

2018 Open Access

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Removal of pollutants with determination of power consumption from landfill leachate wastewater using an electrocoagulation process: optimization using response surface methodology (RSM)

Treatment of landfill leachate wastewater by electrocoagulation process using an aluminium electrode was investigated in a batch electrochemical cell reactor. …

2018 Open Access

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Health risk assessment of volatile organic compounds exposure near Daegu dyeing industrial complex in South Korea

Studying human health in areas with industrial contamination is a serious and complex issue. In recent years, attention has increasingly …

2018 Open Access

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کارایی الگوریتم تطبیق الگو بر روی تصویر ماهوارهای GeoEye-1 در تشخیص درختان بنه و تعیین الگوی مکانی آنها (بررسی موردی: منطقه حفاظتشده تگ احمدشاهی استان خراسان جنوبی)

این پژوهش با هدف بررسی قابلیت الگوریتم تطبیق الگو در تعیین موقعیت مکانی درختان بنه منطقه حفاظت‌شده تگ احمدشاهی استان …

2018 Open Access

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تأثیر فرکانس گونهها در شناسایی الگوهای اکولوژیک در سری جمند نوشهر

این پژوهش با هدف بررسی تأثیر حذف گونه­های نادر و فراوان در رسته­بندی پوشش گیاهی پارسل 317 (پارسل مدیریت‌شده) و …

2018 Open Access

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GlobTherm, a global database on thermal tolerances for aquatic and terrestrial organisms

How climate affects species distributions is a longstanding question receiving renewed interest owing to the need to predict the impacts …

2018 Open Access

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Integration of Aeromagnetic Data and Landsat Imagery for Structural Analysis: A Case Study of Awgu in Enugu State, South-Eastern, Nigeria

In this study, digital format data comprising the aeromagnetic and remotely sensed (Landsat ETM+7) data were used for structural interpretation …

2018 Open Access

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Fixed-bed adsorptive removal of metanil yellow from simulated wastewater in a fixed-bed column by nitric acid-treated-H3PO4-activated carbon (NATPAAC) from oil palm fruit mesocarp fibre

2018 Open Access