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Nunes Alves SC, Saran LM, Tarle Pissarra TC, de Melo WJ, Dias Delarica DDL, Carlos RS, Peruca de Melo GM, Ferreira Araújo AS, Abaker Bertipaglia LM, Alburquerque Donha RM. Nickel sources affect soil biological properties but do not affect sorghum growth. CHEMOSPHERE 2024; 354:141722. [PMID: 38494004 DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2024.141722] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/06/2023] [Revised: 03/11/2024] [Accepted: 03/13/2024] [Indexed: 03/19/2024]
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Nickel (Ni) is an essential element, but it can be phytotoxic in high concentration, which may be caused by high availability in soil solution. The objective of this study was to evaluate the effect of sources and doses of Ni applied to a dystrophic Red Latosol cultivated with sorghum on i) the availability of the metal in the soil; ii) the impact on biological and biochemical properties of the soil; iii) the absorption and distribution in sorghum plants; and iv) crop productivity. The experiment was carried out within a completely randomized design with two nickel sources [nickel(II) nitrate, Ni(NO3)2 and nickel(III) oxide, Ni2O3], three doses (35, 70, and 140 mg Ni kg-1 soil), plus controls without Ni, with 3 replications. The concentrations of Ni in the soil, soil microbial biomass (SMB), basal soil respiration (BSR), metabolic quotient (qCO2), fluorescein diacetate (FDA) hydrolysis, and urease activity were determined. The concentrations of Ni in the leaf diagnostic and in the plant (shoot, root, and grains) were also measured. In the soil, the concentrations of available Ni remained between 0.21 and 54.01 mg Ni kg-1. Ni2O3 contributed very little to the increase in available Ni. SMB and the FDA hydrolysis were not affected by the Ni source or Ni dose, but BSR and qCO2 had significant increase with Ni application rates, suggesting the soil microorganisms faced stress. Soil urease activity was affected by Ni dose but not by Ni source. The dose of Ni as Ni(NO3)2 decreased the metal concentration in the plant, while that of Ni2O3 increased it. Nickel source did not affect dry mass production of the plants, but grain yield was affected in a dose-dependent manner when Ni2O3 was the source of Ni.
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- São Paulo State University (UNESP), School of Agricultural and Veterinarian Sciences, Jaboticabal, Brazil.
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- São Paulo State University (UNESP), School of Agricultural and Veterinarian Sciences, Jaboticabal, Brazil; Departamento de Produção Animal, Brasil University, Descalvado, SP, Brazil
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- São Paulo State University (UNESP), School of Agricultural and Veterinarian Sciences, Jaboticabal, Brazil
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Goswami N, Naithani S, Mangalam J, Goswami T, Dubey R, Kumar P, Kumar P, Kumar S. Fluorescent and chromogenic organic probes to detect group 10 metal ions: design strategies and sensing applications. Dalton Trans 2023; 52:14704-14732. [PMID: 37750386 DOI: 10.1039/d3dt01723k] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 09/27/2023]
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Group 10 metals including Ni, Pd and Pt have been extensively applied in various essential aspects of human social life, material science, industrial manufactures, medicines and biology. The ionic forms of these metals are involved in several biologically important processes due to their strong binding capability towards different biomolecules. However, the mishandling or overuse of such metals has been linked to serious contamination of our ecological system, more specifically in soil and water bodies with acute consequences. Therefore, the detection of group 10 metal ions in biological as well as environmental samples is of huge significance from the human health point of view. Related to this, considerable efforts are underway to develop adequately efficient and facile methods to achieve their selective detection. Optical sensing of metal ions has gained increasing attention of researchers, particularly in the environmental and biological settings. Innovatively designed optical probes (fluorescent or colorimetric) are usually comprised of three basic components: an explicitly tailored receptor unit, a signalling unit and a clearly defined reporter unit. This review deals with the recent progress in the design and fabrication of fluorescent or colorimetric organic sensors for the detection of group 10 metal ions (Ni(II), Pd(II) and Pt(II)), with attention to the general aspects for design of such sensors.
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- Nidhi Goswami
- Department of Chemistry, Applied Science Cluster, School of Engineering, University of Petroleum and Energy Studies (UPES), Dehradun-248007, Uttarakhand, India.
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- Department of Chemistry, Applied Science Cluster, School of Engineering, University of Petroleum and Energy Studies (UPES), Dehradun-248007, Uttarakhand, India.
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- Department of Chemistry, Applied Science Cluster, School of Engineering, University of Petroleum and Energy Studies (UPES), Dehradun-248007, Uttarakhand, India.
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- Department of Chemistry, Applied Science Cluster, School of Engineering, University of Petroleum and Energy Studies (UPES), Dehradun-248007, Uttarakhand, India.
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- Department of Chemistry, Applied Science Cluster, School of Engineering, University of Petroleum and Energy Studies (UPES), Dehradun-248007, Uttarakhand, India.
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- Department of Chemistry, Mahamana Malviya College Khekra (Baghpat), C.C.S. University Meerut, India
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- Department of Chemistry, Applied Science Cluster, School of Engineering, University of Petroleum and Energy Studies (UPES), Dehradun-248007, Uttarakhand, India.
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- Department of Chemistry, Applied Science Cluster, School of Engineering, University of Petroleum and Energy Studies (UPES), Dehradun-248007, Uttarakhand, India.
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Segneanu AE, Trusca R, Cepan C, Mihailescu M, Muntean C, Herea DD, Grozescu I, Salifoglou A. Innovative Low-Cost Composite Nanoadsorbents Based on Eggshell Waste for Nickel Removal from Aqueous Media. NANOMATERIALS (BASEL, SWITZERLAND) 2023; 13:2572. [PMID: 37764601 PMCID: PMC10537637 DOI: 10.3390/nano13182572] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/20/2023] [Revised: 09/11/2023] [Accepted: 09/13/2023] [Indexed: 09/29/2023]
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In a contemporary sustainable economy, innovation is a prerequisite to recycling waste into new efficient materials designed to minimize pollution and conserve non-renewable natural resources. Using an innovative approach to remediating metal-polluted water, in this study, eggshell waste was used to prepare two new low-cost nanoadsorbents for the retrieval of nickel from aqueous solutions. Scanning electron microscopy (SEM) results show that in the first eggshell-zeolite (EZ) adsorbent, the zeolite nanoparticles were loaded in the eggshell pores. The preparation for the second (iron(III) oxide-hydroxide)-eggshell-zeolite (FEZ) nanoadsorbent led to double functionalization of the eggshell base with the zeolite nanoparticles, upon simultaneous loading of the pores of the eggshell and zeolite surface with FeOOH particles. Structural modification of the eggshell led to a significant increase in the specific surface, as confirmed using BET analysis. These features enabled the composite EZ and FEZ to remove nickel from aqueous solutions with high performance and adsorption capacities of 321.1 mg/g and 287.9 mg/g, respectively. The results indicate that nickel adsorption on EZ and FEZ is a multimolecular layer, spontaneous, and endothermic process. Concomitantly, the desorption results reflect the high reusability of these two nanomaterials, collectively suggesting the use of waste in the design of new, low-cost, and highly efficient composite nanoadsorbents for environmental bioremediation.
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- Adina-Elena Segneanu
- Institute for Advanced Environmental Research, West University of Timisoara (ICAM-WUT), 4 Oituz St., 300086 Timișoara, Romania;
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- National Center for Micro and Nanomaterials, Politehnica University of Bucharest, Str. Splaiul Independenţei, Nr. 313, 060042 Bucharest, Romania;
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- Department of Applied Chemistry and Engineering of Inorganic Compounds and the Environment, University Politehnica Timisoara, Piata Victoriei Nr. 2, 300006 Timisoara, Romania; (C.C.); (M.M.); (C.M.); (I.G.)
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- Department of Applied Chemistry and Engineering of Inorganic Compounds and the Environment, University Politehnica Timisoara, Piata Victoriei Nr. 2, 300006 Timisoara, Romania; (C.C.); (M.M.); (C.M.); (I.G.)
- Research Institute for Renewable Energy, 138 Gavril Musicescu St., 300501 Timisoara, Romania
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- Department of Applied Chemistry and Engineering of Inorganic Compounds and the Environment, University Politehnica Timisoara, Piata Victoriei Nr. 2, 300006 Timisoara, Romania; (C.C.); (M.M.); (C.M.); (I.G.)
- Research Institute for Renewable Energy, 138 Gavril Musicescu St., 300501 Timisoara, Romania
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- National Institute of Research and Development for Technical Physics, 47 Mangeron Blvd, 700050 Iasi, Romania;
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- Department of Applied Chemistry and Engineering of Inorganic Compounds and the Environment, University Politehnica Timisoara, Piata Victoriei Nr. 2, 300006 Timisoara, Romania; (C.C.); (M.M.); (C.M.); (I.G.)
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- Laboratory of Inorganic Chemistry and Advanced Materials, School of Chemical Engineering, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, 54124 Thessaloniki, Greece
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Cabernard L, Pfister S. Hotspots of Mining-Related Biodiversity Loss in Global Supply Chains and the Potential for Reduction through Renewable Electricity. ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY 2022; 56:16357-16368. [PMID: 36279569 DOI: 10.1021/acs.est.2c04003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/16/2023]
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Anticipated infrastructure growth and energy transition may exacerbate biodiversity loss through increased demand for mining products. This study uses an enhanced multiregional input-output database (REX, Resolved EXIOBASE) and supply chain impact mapping (SCIM) method to assess global biodiversity loss associated with mining-related land use. We identify hotspots in the supply chain of mining products, compare the impact of fossil and renewable electricity, and estimate the share of mining in total global impacts. We found that half of the global mining-related biodiversity loss occurs in Indonesia, Australia, and New Caledonia. Major international trade flows of embodied biodiversity loss involve Indonesia's coal exports to China and India, New Caledonia's nickel exports to Japan and Australia, and Australia's iron and bauxite exports to China. Key end-consumers include China's growing infrastructure and the EU's and USA's household consumption. Electricity generation accounted for 10% of global mining-related biodiversity loss in 2014. The impact of coal-fired electricity was 10 times higher than that of renewables per unit of electricity generated. Globally, mining contributes to less than 1% of the total land use-related biodiversity loss, which is dominated by agriculture. Our results provide transparency in sourcing more sustainable mining products and underline synergies in fostering renewables to meet local biodiversity and global climate targets.
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- Livia Cabernard
- Department of Civil, Environmental and Geomatic Engineering, Institute of Environmental Engineering, Ecological Systems Design, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, ETH Zurich, John-von-Neumann-Weg 9, 8093 Zurich, Switzerland
- Department of Humanities, Social, and Political Sciences, Institute of Science, Technology, and Policy (ISTP), Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, ETH Zurich, Universitätstrasse 41, 8092 Zurich, Switzerland
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- Department of Civil, Environmental and Geomatic Engineering, Institute of Environmental Engineering, Ecological Systems Design, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, ETH Zurich, John-von-Neumann-Weg 9, 8093 Zurich, Switzerland
- Department of Humanities, Social, and Political Sciences, Institute of Science, Technology, and Policy (ISTP), Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, ETH Zurich, Universitätstrasse 41, 8092 Zurich, Switzerland
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Bai Y, Zhang T, Zhai Y, Jia Y, Ren K, Hong J. Strategies for improving the environmental performance of nickel production in China: Insight into a life cycle assessment. JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT 2022; 312:114949. [PMID: 35367689 DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvman.2022.114949] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/18/2021] [Revised: 03/03/2022] [Accepted: 03/20/2022] [Indexed: 06/14/2023]
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Nickel is a critical metal for global low-carbon energy transition, but its production processes require massive energy inputs and emit large amounts of pollutants. This study constructed life cycle inventories of the mainstream electrolytic nickel production chains in China at the industrial level and subsequently evaluated their environmental performance via a regionalised life cycle impact assessment method. Results show that environmental indicator results of the electrolytic nickel production from the leaching electrowinning method were 17.7%-40.2% lower than those from the grind and flotation electrolytic method. At the endpoint level, the nickel mining and beneficiation stages contributed 54.7%-65.91% of human health damage, 83.0%-84.7% of ecosystem quality damage and 80.8%-83.7% of resources damage. The key processes, including direct processes, cement input and energy consumption (e.g., electricity and coal), accounted for more than 62.1% of the impacts in the key midpoint categories. The potential environmental damage of China's nickel mining and beneficiation industry increased by 29.2% from 2010 to 2018 because of the growing trend of nickel ore demand. In the case that China's nickel metal recovery rate reaches the global average level, then approximately 3.83 × 102 Daly of human health damage, 59.83 Species·year of ecosystem quality damage and 1.64 × 108 $ of resources damage can be avoided annually. Strategies for promoting the full assimilation of renewable electricity, applying the clinker-free cemented backfill materials in the mining process, precious recovery by bioleaching from tailings and reusing waste rock as building materials are recommended. Meanwhile, extended producer responsibility should to be comprehensively implemented in the nickel-related industries to alleviate the environmental implications and nickel supply pressures from geo-mining.
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- Yueyang Bai
- Shandong Key Laboratory of Environmental Processes and Health, School of Environmental Science and Engineering, Shandong University, Qingdao, 266237, China
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- Shandong Key Laboratory of Environmental Processes and Health, School of Environmental Science and Engineering, Shandong University, Qingdao, 266237, China
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- Shandong Key Laboratory of Environmental Processes and Health, School of Environmental Science and Engineering, Shandong University, Qingdao, 266237, China
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- Shandong Key Laboratory of Environmental Processes and Health, School of Environmental Science and Engineering, Shandong University, Qingdao, 266237, China
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- Shandong Key Laboratory of Environmental Processes and Health, School of Environmental Science and Engineering, Shandong University, Qingdao, 266237, China
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- Shandong Key Laboratory of Environmental Processes and Health, School of Environmental Science and Engineering, Shandong University, Qingdao, 266237, China; Shandong University Climate Change and Health Center, Public Health School, Shandong University, Jinan, 250012, China.
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Zhang L, Huang D, Yue G, Zhu J, Yang L, Yang L, Dan W, Zhao P. Effective colorimetric detection of Ni2+ using gold nanoparticles functionalized with phytate. Chem Phys Lett 2021. [DOI: 10.1016/j.cplett.2021.139101] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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Córdova BM, Infantas GC, Mayta S, Huamani-Palomino RG, Kock FVC, Montes de Oca J, Valderrama AC. Xanthate-modified alginates for the removal of Pb(II) and Ni(II) from aqueous solutions: A brief analysis of alginate xanthation. Int J Biol Macromol 2021; 179:557-566. [PMID: 33652050 DOI: 10.1016/j.ijbiomac.2021.02.190] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/11/2020] [Revised: 02/21/2021] [Accepted: 02/25/2021] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Mining is the most common activity that introduces heavy metal ions into aquatic ecosystems, especially in low income-developing nations where governments are implementing stricter regulations for industrial wastewater. In this context, this work is focused on the application of xanthate-modified alginates for the removal of Pb(II) and Ni(II) from aqueous solutions. In order to confirm the presence of xanthate groups alongside alginate chains, characterization by second-derivative FT-IR was carried out and significance evidence attributed to xanthate groups was found at around 1062-1079 cm-1, 829-845 cm-1 and 620-602 cm-1. In addition to this, thermogravimetric analysis and differential scanning calorimetry were employed to explore thermal properties of modified alginates. According to these results, enthalpy changes (∆H) characteristic of dehydration and collapse of biopolymeric structure were estimated as +11.41 J/g and -6.83 J/g, respectively. Furthermore, the presence of S element was confirmed by EDS mapping technique, whereas FESEM image showed a cracked and homogeneous surface distribution. On the other hand, the effect of important parameters such as pH, dosage, initial concentration as well as Langmuir and Freundlich isotherm were deeply discussed. Finally, rheological measurements were performed aiming to investigate the gel-like viscoelastic features associated to nickel xanthate compound.
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- Bryan M Córdova
- Laboratorio de Investigación en Biopolímeros y Metalofármacos, Facultad de Ciencias, Escuela Profesional de Química, Universidad Nacional de Ingeniería, Av. Túpac Amaru 210, Lima 25, Peru.
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- Universidad Nacional de Ingeniería, Av. Túpac Amaru 210, Lima 25, Peru
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- Universidad Nacional de Ingeniería, Av. Túpac Amaru 210, Lima 25, Peru
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- Laboratorio de Investigación en Biopolímeros y Metalofármacos, Facultad de Ciencias, Escuela Profesional de Química, Universidad Nacional de Ingeniería, Av. Túpac Amaru 210, Lima 25, Peru
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- Laboratory of Nuclear Magnetic Resonance, Department of Chemistry, Federal University of São Carlos, São Carlos, Brazil
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- Center for the Development of Advanced Materials and Nanotechnology, National University of Engineering, Av. Túpac Amaru 210, Lima 25, Peru
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- Laboratorio de Investigación en Biopolímeros y Metalofármacos, Facultad de Ciencias, Escuela Profesional de Química, Universidad Nacional de Ingeniería, Av. Túpac Amaru 210, Lima 25, Peru.
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Wiklund JA, Kirk JL, Muir DCG, Gleason A, Carrier J, Yang F. Atmospheric trace metal deposition to remote Northwest Ontario, Canada: Anthropogenic fluxes and inventories from 1860 to 2010. THE SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT 2020; 749:142276. [PMID: 33370897 DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2020.142276] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/01/2020] [Revised: 09/03/2020] [Accepted: 09/06/2020] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
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National and global inventories of anthropogenic trace element emissions to air is a comparatively recent phenomenon (post-1993 in Canada) as is the monitoring of atmospheric metal deposition, the latter being also very spatially limited. Paleo-reconstructive methods offer a contiguous record of environmental contamination providing a needed framework to establish locally relevant "pre-industrial" (~natural) conditions which can be compare with relative and quantitative deviations away from reference conditions. In this study, we reconstruct the history of the long-range, anthropogenic sourced atmospheric trace element deposition to the remote region of Northwestern Ontario Canada (Experimental Lakes Area (ELA)) using dated sediment records from five lakes. Several elements are shown to be highly enriched in lake sediments relative to pre-1860 sediments (Antimony, Lead, Tellurium, Tin, Arsenic, Bismuth, Cadmium and Mercury) and moderately (Zinc, Tungsten, Thallium, Copper, Silver, Selenium, Nickel and Vanadium). Mean decadal anthropogenic atmospheric fluxes (mg m-2 yr-1) are reconstructed for 1860-2010 and compare well with available local (ELA), regional (NW Ontario Canada, N Michigan USA) monitoring data, as well as global assessments of anthropogenic contribution to atmospheric trace metal burdens. Quantitative paleo reconstructions of atmospheric contamination history using the collective signal from multiple lakes provide a rigorous methodology to assess trends, uncertainties, evaluation with monitoring data and, provide an opportunity to explore landscape processes of contaminant transport and storage. Further study of the latter is recommended to understand the latency of legacy anthropogenic contamination of the environment.
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- Johan A Wiklund
- Aquatic Contaminants Research Division, Environment Canada, Burlington, ON, Canada, L7R 4A6.
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- Aquatic Contaminants Research Division, Environment Canada, Burlington, ON, Canada, L7R 4A6.
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- Aquatic Contaminants Research Division, Environment Canada, Burlington, ON, Canada, L7R 4A6
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- Aquatic Contaminants Research Division, Environment Canada, Burlington, ON, Canada, L7R 4A6
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- National Laboratory of Environmental Testing, Environment Canada, Burlington, Ontario, Canada L7R 4A6
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- Aquatic Contaminants Research Division, Environment Canada, Burlington, ON, Canada, L7R 4A6
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Trends in global dependency on the Indonesian palm oil and resultant environmental impacts. Sci Rep 2020; 10:20624. [PMID: 33244104 PMCID: PMC7692496 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-020-77458-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/28/2020] [Accepted: 10/19/2020] [Indexed: 11/09/2022] Open
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Rapid growth in the international demand for palm oil has triggered considerable global concern because oil palm plantations deteriorate the environment where they are developed, resulting in complex environmental impacts in the producer nations. Here, we illustrate the historical trends in the structure of Indonesian palm oil supply chains and how these have been affected by the final demand of other nations since 2000 by using the most recent dataset of global material flows of palm oil and a global input-output database. In addition, the combination of spatial land-use change with palm oil consumption along the supply chains illustrates the linkages between ultimate consumption and land-use changes due to the palm oil plantations. As a result, the major contributors to palm oil production in Indonesia were mostly stable, being India, China, Western Europe, the United States, and Japan. However, the contribution of Indonesia declined by 6% during 2000-2013, illustrating a possible shift towards palm oil being used for non-food demands, such as apparel and medicines. Building on consumption-based accounting schemes as demonstrated by this study are considered necessary to protect local ecosystems and society.
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The “Metal-Energy-Construction Mineral” Nexus in the Island Metabolism: The Case of the Extractive Economy of New Caledonia. SUSTAINABILITY 2020. [DOI: 10.3390/su12062191] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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The concept of island metabolism strives to implement the principles of social ecology at the island scale. It is, therefore, a question of analyzing the flows of materials and energy passing through these territories, as well as the resource base needed to sustain their activities. We propose to develop a nexus approach to the New Caledonian island metabolism to understand the interactions between biophysical structures and societal, as well as economic, activities. Metals, construction minerals, and energy are good symbols of economies based on the extraction of non-renewable resources. This is why, in this article, we sought to investigate how the “metal-energy-construction mineral” nexus can affect the resilience and metabolic sustainability of the extractive island of New Caledonia. We carried out the Material and Energy Flow Analysis (MEFA) of each nexus subsystem for 2016 and of the nodes of interdependence. We also interrogated the role of importing countries because the island’s metabolism is dominated by the nickel extraction industry. Indeed, the metabolic profile of this island corresponds to the one of a supply territory for other consumption territories. The latter outsource the impacts of their own consumption to New Caledonia. Finally, based on interviews with economic stakeholders, we studied the potential building blocks for the emergence of an industrial symbiosis in the nexus.
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Nakajima K, Noda S, Nansai K, Matsubae K, Takayanagi W, Tomita M. Global Distribution of Used and Unused Extracted Materials Induced by Consumption of Iron, Copper, and Nickel. ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY 2019; 53:1555-1563. [PMID: 30596486 DOI: 10.1021/acs.est.8b04575] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/09/2023]
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In today's global economy, sustainable resource management requires a consumption perspective of resource use and insight into actual resource use through the global supply chain. The estimated global amount of used and unused extraction caused by mineral extraction of iron, copper, and nickel more than doubled from 1990 to 2013 (iron, 2.8-6.7 Pg; copper, 2.7-5.5 Pg; nickel, 0.19-0.60 Pg). By incorporating global material flow into a global link input-output model (GLIO, a hybrid multiregional IO model), we estimated the total used and unused extraction caused by iron, copper, and nickel mining induced by Japanese final demand to be 0.44, 0.52, and 0.043 Pg in 2011, respectively, equivalent to 7.1% of the total global extraction amount caused by iron mining, 11% of the amount caused by copper mining, and 10% of the amount caused by nickel mining. Whereas the world extraction total caused by iron, copper, and nickel mining rapidly increased from 2005 to 2011, the extraction amount induced by Japanese final demand for the same period either stayed about the same (iron) or decreased slightly (copper, 99% of the 2005 amount; nickel, 92%).
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- Kenichi Nakajima
- Center for Material Cycles and Waste Management Research , National Institute for Environmental Studies , 16-2 Onogawa , Tsukuba , Ibaraki 305-8506 , Japan
- Department of Environment Systems, Graduate School of Frontier Sciences , The University of Tokyo , 5-1-5 Kashiwanoha , Kashiwa , Chiba 277-8563 , Japan
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- Department of Environment Systems, Graduate School of Frontier Sciences , The University of Tokyo , 5-1-5 Kashiwanoha , Kashiwa , Chiba 277-8563 , Japan
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- Center for Material Cycles and Waste Management Research , National Institute for Environmental Studies , 16-2 Onogawa , Tsukuba , Ibaraki 305-8506 , Japan
- Integrated Sustainability Analysis, School of Physics, Faculty of Science , The University of Sydney , Sydney , New South Wales 2006 , Australia
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- Department of Environmental Studies for Advanced Society, Graduate School of Environmental Studies , Tohoku University , 468-1, Aoba, Aramaki, Aoba-ku, Sendai , Miyagi 980-0845 , Japan
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- Center for Material Cycles and Waste Management Research , National Institute for Environmental Studies , 16-2 Onogawa , Tsukuba , Ibaraki 305-8506 , Japan
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- Department of Arts, School of Humanities and Culture , Tokai University , 4-1-1 Kitakaname , Hiratsuka , Kanagawa 259-1292 , Japan
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Chapman A, Shigetomi Y. Visualizing the shape of society: An analysis of public bads and burden allocation due to household consumption using an input-output approach. THE SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT 2018; 639:385-396. [PMID: 29793080 DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2018.05.151] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/29/2018] [Revised: 05/12/2018] [Accepted: 05/12/2018] [Indexed: 06/08/2023]
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This study investigates how our lifestyles can cause societal issue including a reduction in social equity due to the consumption of natural resources. Based on a range of household environmental footprints and their application to a quantitative social equity evaluation framework, a methodology is proposed which identifies the creation and origin of public bads within society. This research builds on the methodologies of energy policy sustainability evaluation incorporated with environmentally extended input output analysis in order to critically assess lifestyle-based consumption impacts, and to quantify the allocation of subsequent burdens across generations. Further, the proposed methodology is applied to a case study in Japan, an aging, shrinking population. Analysis identifies the increasing burden originating with elderly generations, and due to the resolution offered by the methodology, specifically identifies commodities and services which underpin these future burdens, allowing for policy implications to be drawn. The public bads and consumption burden indicator established through the described methodology is proposed as a footprint harmonizing tool to assess sustainability and supplement the footprint family.
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- Andrew Chapman
- International Institute for Carbon Neutral Energy Research (I2CNER), Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan.
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- Graduate School of Fisheries and Environmental Sciences, Nagasaki University, Nagasaki, Japan
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