Clean water source is contaminated by industrial wastewater effluent which directly discharge into water stream. Combination of adsorption-photocatalytic is one of the preferable techniques for treating methylene blue (MB) dye wastewater. In this study, hydrothermal method was utilised in order to synthesis titanium oxide (TiO 2 ) nanoparticles. The synthesis of rGO was conducted by Hummer’s method by using lemon extract. Both...

This study aims to optimize the production of activated carbon from discarded disposable diapers (D3AC) using Box–Behnken design (BBD) under response surface methodology. Biochar (D3B) was initially produced via carbonization at 900 °C for 90 min under nitrogen flow, followed by physical activation with CO 2 . The BBD model demonstrated strong reliability (R 2 = 0.9972), effectively predicting the influence of activation tempe...

Since a decade, convection-permitting regional climate models (CPRCM) have emerged showing promising results, especially in improving the simulation of precipitation extremes. In this article, the CPRCM CNRM-AROME developed at the Centre National de Recherches Météorologiques (CNRM) since a few years is described and evaluated using a 2.5-km 19-year long hindcast simulation over a large northwestern European domain using diffe...

Over the last decade, essential oils (EOs) have become potential ingredients for insecticide formulations due to their widespread availability and perceived safety. Therefore, this study aimed to evaluate the toxicity and biochemical efficacy of basil ( Ocimum basilicum ) (Lamiaceae) against two destructive pests Noctuidae, Agrotis ipsilon (Hufnagel) and Spodoptera littoralis (Boisduval) (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae). In addition,...

Seagrasses are globally important ecosystems that can help mitigate climate change by sequestering carbon (C). The net impact seagrass meadows have on the climate, however, also depends on methane (CH 4 ) and nitrous oxide (N 2 O) fluxes. By not accounting for CH 4 and N 2 O fluxes, we may be overestimating or underestimating the true C sequestration capacity of seagrasses. Yet, few observations of seagrass CH 4 and N 2 O flux...

Over the last two decades, recognition of the important role terrestrial plants play in regulating silicon (Si) cycling has emerged. Si improves plant fitness by protecting them from abiotic (e.g., desiccation) and biotic (e.g., fungal attack) stressors. Once incorporated into plant biomass this biogenic Si is more bio-available than the lithogenic material from which it was ultimately derived. Thus plants play a key function...

This is a Response article to Letter to the Editor by Rosentreter and Williamson, 26, 5351-5352 . See also the Research Review paper by Al‐Haj and Fulweiler 26, 2988-3005 .

Vegetated coastal ecosystems (VCEs; i.e., mangroves, salt marshes, and seagrasses) play a critical role in global carbon (C) cycling, storing 10× more C than temperate forests. Methane (CH 4 ), a potent greenhouse gas, can form in the sediments of these ecosystems. Currently, CH 4 emissions are a missing component of VCE C budgets. This review summarizes 97 studies describing CH 4 fluxes from mangrove, salt marsh, and seagrass...

Due to their maternal mode of inheritance, mitochondrial markers can be regarded as almost ‘ideal’ tools in evolutionary studies of conifer populations. In the present study, polymorphism was analysed at one mitochondrial intron ( nad 1, exon B/C) in 23 native European Pinus sylvestris populations. In a preliminary screening for variation using a polymerase chain reaction–restriction fragment length polymorphism approach, two...