Hantaviruses are primarily rodent-borne pathogens which have received considerable attention recently due to their high mortality rates in humans. In order to find the causes of rapid transmission and emergence of hantavirus-associated diseases anthropogenic changes are a priority. These include deforestation, urbanization, noise pollution, light pollution and electromagnetic fields, all of whi...

objective: metal concentrations in 53 soil samples of shahr-e-babak were determined.  methods: assessment of enrichment factor and geo-accumulation index revealed higher degree of contamination of cd, pb, and cu in soil samples. moreover, results of metal fractionation study revealed high amount of cd and pb are associated in weakly bounds may lead to environmental risk of these metals.  result...

[1] Increasing anthropogenic emissions from Asia, especially from regions undergoing rapid industrial development, have raised interest in the outflow of chemically and radiatively important gases and aerosols. Previous studies have shown that high concentrations of Asian pollution spread over a broad region of the North Pacific every spring. Here we report on studies of aerosol concentrations ...

Globally, groundwater resources are being deteriorated by rapid social development. Thus, there is an urgent need to assess the combined impacts of natural and enhanced anthropogenic sources on groundwater chemistry. The aim of this study was to identify seasonal characteristics and spatial variations in anthropogenic and natural effects, to improve the understanding of major hydrogeochemical p...

Some important discrepancies in weather forecast for urban area during frontal zones’ transitional periods are constantly observed, when air pollution is combined with electromagnetic smog. Often the days’ lasting phenomenon is due to an unstable phase in humidity transition, which is generated by electromagnetic smog stimulation of anthropogenic aerosol aggregation. This result is a fog-like c...

a study of substantial anthropogenic related pollution in the coastal samut prakarn province (thailand) was carried out focusing on the bang pu nature reserve (remnant mangrove wetland) using a remote sensing (geospatial) technique. statistical regression models were developed between biochemical parameters of sample point and related reflectance data obtained from satellite imagery (landsat tm...

presence of toxic metals in agricultural soils can impose adverse health impact on consumers. the main purpose of this study was to determine spatial distribution of elements fe, sb, mn in agriculture soils and crops of hamedan province in iran. soil samples (0-20 cm depth) were collected from an area of 2831 km2.  iron, antimony and manganese in samples of soil and agricultural crops were extr...

This contribution regards three fundamental aspects of the urban pollution, sources, diffusion and chemical composition with relative speciation, pointing out the anthropogenic activities and their relationship with the environmental sustainability. The chemical parameters ruled by laws (conventional pollutants) are evidenced together with other species not ruled (no conventional pollutants) bu...

Results of radar monitoring of the sea surface in the Russian sector of the Black Sea coastal zone are presented. The attention was focused on the detection of oil pollution as well as biogenic and anthropogenic surfactant films. The basic data were high resolution radar images obtained by synthetic aperture radars (SAR) on board Envisat and ERS-2 satellites of the European Space Agency. Spatia...

There is increasing evidence that air pollution contributes to the burden of chronic disease and premature mortality, particularly from cardiovascular and respiratory causes. Action now urgently required to mitigate climate change has the potential co-benefit of improving air quality and reducing the chronic disease burden. Fossil fuel combustion, primarily from motor vehicles and energy genera...