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Urban trees are essential in improving environmental quality and enhancing human welfare in urban areas. They are being utilized increasingly as biomonitors of air and dust-borne heavy metals through dendrochemistry and comparative analytical methods. This study investigated the foremost concern essential nutrient metals, including aluminum (Al) an...
Metallic element pollution is a global environmental problem, and it is important to study various local conditions to understand the mechanisms on a larger scale. Environmental contamination can be studied in many ways, but non-destructive techniques and methods that preserve the sample are increasingly gaining attention, especially in relation to...
This study investigated the contamination levels, ecological and human health risks, and potential sources of eleven potentially toxic metals (PETs), particulate matter 2.5 (PM2.5), and carbon dioxide (CO2) collected from urban-rural-periphery markets exposed to various anthropogenic activities, accentuated by the ever-increasing stress of anthropo...
Global urbanization and climate change have brought about crucial climatic pattern variations between urban areas and rural surroundings. The impact of global heating is influencing the climatological variables in the surrounding urban environment. Thermal comfort in an environment is an influential location choice for urban living quality and faci...
The formation of urban heat islands is a widespread issue in cities. However, the impact of spectral indices on land surface temperature (LST) with various urban forms, climates, and functions has not been sufficiently examined. Currently, the prevalent method for analyzing complex urban areas is the classification of local climate zones (LCZs). In...
Nonpoint source pollution (PNS) poses a significant environmental challenge owing to its adverse impacts on public health and ecological sustainability. Knowing the spatial pattern of heavy metals (HMs), one of the toxic substances, in the organization of urban space and the production of zoning decisions, both in the selection of pollution sources...
Long-term sustainable development that urban lands threaten ecological security in developing countries has made it necessary to define urban growth boundaries in terms of spatial planning. Our study creates a framework to determine the boundaries of the urban structure in 1990 and 2018 in İzmir, which is rapidly developing in terms of its form in...
Climate change-induced extreme meteorological phenomena, such as sudden temperature fluctuations, are raising global concerns. Increasing their adaptation capacity against temperature changes between seasons is becoming a more critical issue. The aim of this paper is to explore the association between surface temperature (ST) during the four season...
Climate change triggering extreme weather events and the fact that settlements are at risk have made flood disaster analysis a more critical issue. The economic, social, and environmental risk areas of Karakoyun, Sırrın, and Cavsak streams located in Şanlıurfa city center were determined using flood risk analysis. Thus, it aims to determine low, me...
Owing to increasing levels of potentially toxic metals in road dust, air pollutants suspended in the air, pose significant health risks due to rapid, unplanned urbanization and industrialization. This study investigated the pollution status and health risks of trace metals (i.e., Cr, Cd, Ni, Cu, and Pb) in road dust collected from 16 locations acro...
Nanoparticles (NPs) have recently begun to be used extensively in many areas of our lives. It is stated that the resulting NPs pollution will affect even the most remote ecosystems on the Earth. Therefore, determining the effects of NPs on diverse ecosystems is a research topic of interest. From this perspective, current researches on NPs affecting...
Drought is a major disaster known for hundreds of years, but its impact has recently increased due to climate crisis, making it a common concern of the whole society worldwide. There is no clear definition of drought, as many disciplines evaluate it from different perspectives. Utilizing water and reducing the impact of drought are directly related...
The concrete damages of climate change are intensifying, and adaptation efforts of actors around the world are increasing, especially in coastal regions. Recommending adaptation measures for specific regions and sectors and determining long-term strategies for mitigating global climate change is essential for reducing vulnerability to climate chang...
Authorities have long proved the utility of bioindicators in monitoring the state of environmental pollution. Some biological indicators can measure environmental pollutant levels, and many tree species have been tested for suitability for monitoring purposes. The differences in morphological characteristics in the trees have demonstrated the effec...
Urban street dust (UStD) is a vital issue for human health and is crucial for urban sustainability. This study aims to enhance the creation of safe, affordable, and resilient cities by examining environmental contamination and health risks in urban residential areas. Specifically, it investigates the concentrations and spatial distribution of chrom...
The aim of this study was to assess the level of contamination of the common dandelion—Taraxacum officinale—with selected metals (Mn, Fe, Ni, Cu, Zn, Cd, and Pb) and to demonstrate that this plant can be used in passive biomonitoring of industrial sites. Two sample transects (the first was near a forest, an area potentially uncontaminated by analyt...
For the present study, the activated carbon were obtained from Lotus corniculatus L. as waste biomass using carbonization at 700 °C and alkali potassium hydroxide (KOH) chemical activation technique. Single gaseous benzene (C6H6) adsorption (SGBA) experiments were performed to benchmark the efficiency of the L. corniculatus-derived activated carbon...
During the last century, benzene (C6H6) has been a highly studied substance, with some acute and chronic exposures leading directly to hematologic effects detected in humans. This work reports on preparing and examining biomass-derived activated carbons (HPACs) featuring high benzene adsorptive capacity. The fundamental goal of this paper is to pro...
Anthropogenic pollution impacts human and environmental health, climate change, and air quality. Karabük, an industrial area from the Black Sea Region in northern Türkiye, is vulnerable to environmental pollution, particularly soil and air. In this research on methodological aspects, we analyzed the concentrations of six potential toxic metals in t...
On a global scale, the urban design of city centers is a topic of discussion concerning various aspects such development and its impact on public health. This research examines the health effects of urban agglomeration in city centers with compact, close development. In this work, the potentially toxic metals in street dust were studied by collecti...
The increase in heavy metal concentrations in the air, especially after the Industrial Revolution, is notable for the scientific world because of the adverse effects that threaten environmental and human health. Among the trace elements, nickel (Ni) is carcinogenic, and all barium (Ba) compounds are toxic. Trace elements are critical for human and...
Urban environmental risks are related to dynamic and long-term cross-processes arising from complex interconnected relationships. Although they have various sources, trace metals’ ability to accumulate is relatively high compared to other pollutants. Therefore, for this reason, heavy metals can be found in high amounts in cities, especially in road...
Global population growth and increasing urban population density together are responsible for many disruptions such as environmental pollution, especially air one. Trace metals are of specific prominence as air pollutants because they are conservative pollutants. They tend to accumulate biologically; some have poisonous or carcinogenic effects, eve...
Aim of study: Climate change triggers many problems, such as loss of biodiversity on land and sea, destruction of forest areas, poverty, inequality, and economic development. One of the most vital indicators of quality of life and sustainable development is temperature, humidity, and wind conditions, which are in the range of bio-climatic comfort v...
The activated carbons developed using Phaseolus vulgaris L. (PVACs) were produced to enhance the benzene, toluene, ethylbenzene, and xylene (BTEX) adsorption. The PVACs chemically produced via phosphoric acid (H3PO4) from biomass waste and effectively found the adsorption capacity for multi-component BTEX. In accordance with the experiment protocol...
Over the past three decades, global urbanization and climate change have caused significant differences in climate conditions between urban and rural environments. The effects of global warming affect the climatic values in the urban area. The bioclimatic comfort in an area effectively chooses a site regarding the urban quality of life and activiti...
The poor indoor air quality can be associated with the released volatile organic compounds (VOCs) from different sources. The extent of the concern may increase depending on the presence of benzene, toluene, ethylbenzene, and xylene (BTEX) and exposure to them in the indoor air. Adsorption with activated carbon, which is a very effective method, is...
Climate change, triggered by the direct and indirect effects of urbanization, seriously threatens the ecosystem, earth cycles, and vitality. It is quite complex to investigate the reasons for the devastating effect of extreme events that occur with the impact of climate change. However, future projections based on probabilities are needed for gover...
Epilobium montanum, agroforestry residue biomass, produced low-cost activated carbon using the acidic chemical activating agent. The aim of this study is to explore the changes that occur in E. montanum during activation with H3PO4. The microstructures of the formed phosphoric acid-treated fibrous lignocellulosic-derived activated carbon (EM38-AC)...
Both indoor and outdoor contamination continually contain benzene vapor. It has primary concerns about long-term health risks to the living environment. Benzene is a crucial airborne pollutant in the environment due to its apparent acute toxicity, high volatility, and poor degradability. It is especially urgent to restrain benzene emissions due to...
Aim of study: Climate change triggers many problems, such as loss of biodiversity on land and sea, destruction of forest areas, poverty, inequality, and economic development. One of the most vital indicators of quality of life and sustainable development is temperature, humidity, and wind conditions, which are in the range of bio-climatic comfort v...
The urbanization processes with growing vehicle numbers cause heavy metal pollution in street dust, and high populations in metropolitan cities are exposed to pollutants. This paper aims to monitor the spatial distribution of heavy metals and evaluate the concentrations via health risk assessment of HMs (Cu, Ni, Cd, Co, Pb, and Zn) that expose the...
The effects of urbanization and climate crisis due to warming and severe climate events are the primary critical developments that threaten agricultural production activities worldwide. The annual average surface temperature in Türkiye increased by 1.07 °C between 2010 and 2019, and it reached 1.4 °C in 2021. It is predicted that the temperatures w...
The innovative and sustainable adsorption technologies for gas phase naphthalene (GPNAP) have attracted attention as a successful method. To remove polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons effectively, biomass-based activated carbon was produced by chemical activation. The adsorption behavior of naphthalene onto produced activated carbon was also investiga...
Styrene adsorption has always been a research focus in the field of the gas environment due to its widespread usage. Removal of styrene using activated carbon has been verified because of the physicochemical properties of SMACs prepared by activating Silybum marianum L. waste powder. Hence, a series of novel SMACs were synthesized from NaOH, KOH, a...
Benzene vapor is notoriously known to induce adverse human health, which plays a definite role in the deformation of cells. Various advanced adsorbents from lignocellulosic precursors have emerged as cheaper alternatives to the green process for the adsorption of gaseous benzene. In this paper, the prominence mainly benzene vapor removal with ligni...
Heavy metal accumulation has been a hot topic of many studies in recent years, as they are toxic elements that can be highly harmful to human health and the environment. The metal concentrations of some trees used for monitoring air quality give information about the pollutant sources in the ambient atmosphere. In this study, P. pinaster, C. arizon...
Tobacco smoke causes to release severe toxic metals into the environment. It is recognized as the most significant issue in indoor air quality. Pollution and toxic substances in smoke quickly spread and penetrate the indoor environment. Environmental tobacco smoke is responsible for lowering indoor air quality. There is much evidence that poor air...
Benzene, toluene, ethylbenzene, and xylene (BTEX) removal is one of the most common difficulties in air pollution control. They are emitted from several processes, prejudicial to the environment and humans. BTEX leads to various environmental risks, and there is a significant need for a creating process for the complete removal of BTEX from air str...
Removal of benzene is essential for human and environmental health because it has toxic and hazardous properties at various concentrations. Theseneed to be effectively eliminated with carbon-based adsorbents. PASACs, carbon-based adsorbents obtained from using the needles of Pseudotsuga menziesii, were produced by optimized HCl- and H2SO4-impregnat...
Road dust is an environmental pollution indicator created by human activities for urban land use. This study aimed to determine the spatial distribution pattern and degree of trace metals in road dust samples collected from 5 different areas in Samsun city center. The trace metals of Mn, Co, Cd, Cr, Cu, Ni, Pb, and Zn are the most examined contamin...
Benzene is a toxic substance among the volatile organic compounds threatening public health even at low concentrations. Of the many volatiles, it is used in several solvent-based productions and can quickly turn into a gas phase at room temperature. The importance of benzene exposure may be a risk to humans if the amount increases indoors due to an...
Heavy metals are hazardous to environmental and human health. Metals contained in the solid fraction of emissions are fixed in the soil absorbing complex and tend to bioaccumulate in plants, which can be used both to diagnose the level of contamination of forest biogeocenoses and to study the laws of the processes of absorption of contaminants in t...
Benzene, toluene, ethylbenzene, and xylenes are commonly known as (BTEX) and include volatile organic compounds (VOCs) in ambient air. Exposure to some BTEX has been associated with health risks. This study aimed to reduce BTEX on the environment and human health dramatically. This research targeted decreasing the BTEX in an air environment by prod...
Exposure to BTEX concentrations may have a remarkable influence on human health because of their existence in indoor air. It is the only solution to remove BTEX from the environment by either ventilation or filtering. Activated carbon is the primary carbon-rich material for the BTEX pollution control strategy. In this study, Digitalis purpurea L. b...
Trace metal pollution is a vital issue in ecological problems (air, soil, and water), and it threatens human health in many urban areas worldwide. The accumulation of heavy metals released from various sources can readily occur on plants and impairs their growth. Therefore, monitoring metal concentration is extremely important when released into th...
Urban air pollution in cities, among the world’s most critical problems, has escalated to such an extent that it threatens human health in many urban centers and causes the death of millions every year. Trace metals are significant among the components of air pollution. Trace metals can endure long without undergoing biodegradation and bioaccumulat...
Ambient air pollution in industrial areas is one of the significant problems increasing high emissions since the 1990s. Atmospheric trace metal deposition in the industrial estate has occurred, and some have shown toxic effects on humans and non-human biota. Tree bark and annual rings have been used as convenient biomonitors due to the highly absor...
In the last century, the pollution in the atmosphere significantly increased due to anthropogenic effects including industrial activities and traffic and reached a level threatening human and environmental health. Among these pollution factors, heavy metals that do not easily degrade in nature, tend to bioaccumulate in living organisms, and can be...
Traffic emissions and industrial activities cause atmospheric contamination derived from fossil fuels. The potential uptake of air pollutants affects the ecosystem and decreases air quality. Trace metal accumulation on trees shows toxicity in their cells due to root uptake, pathways of leaf deposition, and foliar absorption over the years. Trees ca...
The effect of barium element that can be extremely harmful heavy metal to human and environmental health in urban centers. The barium can cause various environmental pollution due to its anthropogenic accumulation in the environment. Also, it has negative effects on plants, animals, and humans through atmospheric deposition. All Barium (Ba) compoun...
Benzene is a primary air pollutant commonly found widespread in the indoor environment. It has always been a research focus on the environment due to the causes of significant human health concerns. It has been widely utilized in the synthesis of solvent production, which can rarely be found in high concentrations in outdoor air or high amounts in...
As a result of the widespread industrial activities in today's cities and the increase in the urban population and building density, the pollution values in the urban geography are increasing. The accumulation of environmental pollutants is one of the most important problems to be considered in the construction of cities. Heavy metal pollution from...
The main target of this study was to eliminate gas-phase toluene with activated carbon from indoor air. The activated carbons were prepared from Robinia pseudoacacia L. biomass under different conditions. The change in surface functional groups of the produced activated carbon biomass raw material and produced by pyrolysis in the absence of oxygen...
The principal problem in dense cities is air pollution and the damage to the environment caused by air pollution. Roadside landscape plants are exposed to air pollutants, especially in small urban centers caused by congested traffic, heating, and industrial enterprises. According to the type of landscape plants, being a good biomonitor varies accor...
Şehirlerdeki insan nüfusunda hızlı sanayileşme ile ciddi bir artış yaşanmaya başlamış ve bunun sonucunda kentlerdeki hava kalitesinin insan sağlığı üzerindeki olumsuz etkisi görülmeye başlanmıştır. Hava kirliliği özellikle çarpık kentleşmenin ve plansız sanayileşmenin sonucu olarak birçok şehirde tehlike sınırlarını aşmaya başlamıştır. Kentsel alan...
Clean air is an indispensable resource for modern world. Many people are indifferent to the seriousness of air pollution or have only recently realized the problem. The air pollution continues deteriorating with several emissions every year on global scale. Beside various sources, tobacco smoke has caused the indoor air pollution. One of the most i...
Atmospheric heavy metal deposition is widely occurring due to anthropogenic effects such as industrial activities and motor vehicles. As a result, it has increased significantly and reached a level that threatens human health and the environment. Among these deposition factors, it is of great importance to monitor the atmospheric concentrations of...
Minimizing air, water, and soil pollution are very important for a sustainable environment. Particularly, ensuring the continuity of soil fertility without deteriorating the soil structure is very important. This objective can be achieved only by determining the physical, biological, and chemical properties of atmospheric deposition and taking the...
Formaldehyde and BTEX have been used for different industries and other activities. They release many ways that negatively affect the environment and human health due to inadequate ventilation and rapidly increasing oscillation conditions. The widely used technology, which activated carbon, is emerging new studies on air pollutants removal. This st...
Several trees are effectively used to biomonitor of trace metals in urban environmental pollution. It gives information about the speciation of trace metals and their transition between organs in the plant. In the wood of the trees, it can be determined which part is formed in which year with the help of organs formed by the effect of seasonal diff...
Cadmium (Cd) is an element that is toxic to living things at very low doses and it is one of the most important pollutants for the environment. Also, it is classified as a Type 1 carcinogen, and it has a long biological half-life so it is of great importance to monitor the change of Cd concentration in air. This study aimed to determine the variati...
In recent years, air pollution has increased significantly due to anthropogenic factors and has become a global problem. Heavy metals in air pollution components; it is of particular importance because they are not easily degraded and disappeared in nature, bioaccumulation in living bodies, some of them can be toxic, toxic or carcinogenic even at l...
Air pollution is becoming increasingly dangerous which is quite a significant issue of today’s world, especially air pollution from heavy metal, whose emission increases with industrial and traffic activities. This is of great importance in terms of environmental pollution and human health. Heavy metals do not deteriorate and disappear easily on ea...
Soil is an essential component for the lives of plants, as well as water and air are. The elements in the soil direct the metabolic activities such as beginning, formation, and continuity of life. The level of nutrient elements in the body determines the status of vital activities. The amount of nutrient elements in soil and the mechanism of plants...
Selülozik yapıdaki bir atık olan yer fıstığı kabuğundan aktif karbon elde ederek ekonomiye kazandırılması ve hem karasal hem de sucul ekosistemlerde önemli bir kirletici olan antibiyotiklerin aktif karbon üzerine adsorpsiyonu ile giderimi çalışılmıştır. Bu çalışmada aktif karbon üzerine farklı derişimlerdeki sulu çözeltilerden farklı koşullarda ant...
Air pollution is one of the biggest problems of urban environments today. Heavy metals are particularly important in terms of components that pollute the air. This is due to the reason that heavy metals can stay in nature for a long time without being disintegrated, and their concentration in the environment is constantly increasing. They also tend...
Trees can be used as good indicators to evaluate the increase in atmospheric heavy metal concentrations. In the last two decades, air pollution in the city of Ankara has rapidly increased with the ever-increasing traffic density. In the present study, the depositions of aluminum (Al), zinc (Zn), copper (Cu), cobalt (Co), iron (Fe), manganese (Mn),...
People have been spending their days indoors and the air quality of these areas directly affects the health and performance in living urban areas. Especially in public places, the amount of oxygen decreases due to human respiration in the cramped and slightly ventilated environment. The various health problems occur because of the decrease of indoo...
Annual rings are good indicators for determining the increase in the amount of heavy metals in the atmosphere from past to the present. Air pollution has rapidly increased in Ankara over the past 20 years. In particular, there is a serious increase in the concentration of heavy metals that adversely affect human health. In this study, the accumulat...
Air pollution is one of the most significant issues brought about by modern urban life. Thousands of people are affected by air pollution and millions of people lose their lives due to air pollution related medical conditions worldwide every year. The increase in air pollution in urban areas constitutes a major risk particularly for the people with...
Air pollution is one of the most significant issues brought about by modern urban life. Thousands of people are affected by air pollution and millions of people lose their lives due to air pollution related medical conditions worldwide every year. The increase in air pollution in urban areas constitutes a major risk particularly for the people with...
Air pollution is one of the biggest problems raised by the modern life. Each year, thousands of people are affected by air pollution, and some even die of air pollution. In the cities, the times and places where air pollution is at its worst create problems for the people with health issues, affecting their quality of life. Therefore, it would be g...
