BACKGROUND The effect of anthropogenic noise on terrestrial wildlife is a relatively new area of study with broad ranging management implications. Noise has been identified as a disturbance that has the potential to induce behavioral responses in animals similar to those associated with predation risk. This study investigated potential impacts of a variety of human activities and their associat...

In contrast with Mobility Factor (MF) and Risk Assessment Code (RAC) indices, IR attributes a risk share to metal species bound to reducible and oxidizable phases which are totally neglected in both of the two above-mentioned indices. In other words, besides the absolutely mobile fractions, the potentially mobile ones are also regarded in risk evaluation process elaborated by IR. The different ...

[1] The rate of sea level rise and its causes are topics of active debate. Here we use a delayed response statistical model to attribute the past 1000 years of sea level variability to various natural (volcanic and solar radiative) and anthropogenic (greenhouse gases and aerosols) forcings. We show that until 1800 the main drivers of sea level change are volcanic and solar radiative forcings. F...

Anthropogenic activities such as energy consumption, industrial activities and agriculture are major driving forces of emissions of air pollutants. Their future development has a strong influence on the level of future emissions and on the potential and costs for maintaining emissions at environmentally acceptable levels. Unfortunately, it is an ambitious task to accurately model the future dev...

street dusts are suspended particle matters in the air from different natural and anthropogenic sources that may fall out because of their size and density. forty nine street dust samples were collected from some main streets of eastern and southern parts of tehran. one other sample was also collected from iran university of science and technology central campus for comparisons during summer un...

During the period from 17 March to 10 May 2020, France saw dramatic shifts in domestic, industrial and transport activities as a national lockdown was introduced. So far, studies have generally focused on urban settings, by contrast, this work reports data for peri-urban location. Air samples were collected analyzed using fully automated GC-MS-FID system an air quality monitoring station situat...

arsenic is one of the heavy metals and nearly all its compounds, especially organic compounds, are toxic. the wide spectrum of diseases caused by this element has led to evaluation of the toxicity of different arsenic species and identification of the major natural and anthropogenic pollution sources of it in the nature. mining activities are among the main sources of anthropogenic pollution of...

background : airborne particulate matter is one of the most important atmospheric pollutants. tile sources of particulate matter in the atmosphere are divided into two groups; 1) natural sources and 2) anthropogenic sources. the important components of airborne particulate matter and invarying concentrations are the ubiquitous components of the lower atmosphere. heavy metals are mainly emitted ...

Heavy metal concentrations in sediment collected from Dumai coastal waters have been studied by using sequential extraction technique to determine the distribution and geochemical speciation (EFLE, acid reducible, oxidisable organic and resistant) of Cd, Cu and Ni. The results showed that the highest concentrations of total Cd was in Cargo Port area and the lowest in Penyembal, whilst for Cu an...