Themed collection RSC Environmental Science journals: Highlights from India

Synthesis and mechanism of action of electrically conductive membranes.

Modern agricultural practices have triggered the process of agricultural pollution.

Ionic liquid-stabilized CuNi alloy nanoparticle-decorated multiwall carbon nanotubes have been developed, which demonstrate the electrochemical detection as well as catalytical degradation of imidacloprid insecticide in food samples.

Economical synthesis of a triptycene-based and imine linked porous organic polymer for fast and reversible iodine capture from various media.

In the current study, an attempt was made to fabricate silk fibroin/graphene oxide (SF/GO) blend films.

Thermally stable, 3D rod-like, nanosized, pH-stable Fe–Al metal–organic-framework with terephthalic acid as a linker with a surface area 120.255 m² g⁻¹ was synthesized solvothermally for fluoride adsorption and the photodegradation of rhodamine B/methylene blue (pH 2–11).

The physical processes during cyclone passage over the ocean. Air–sea interactions.

Candle soot nanoparticles deposited onto hydrophilic cellulose foam greatly improved the solar-powered steam generation and yield of freshwater, resulting in the production of low-cost potable water from brackish input water.

We use a causal discovery algorithm based on a temporal convolution network (TCN) to discover the drivers of surface ozone variability over Antarctica.

In the current study, we propose a new quantitative read-across methodology for predicting the toxicity of newly synthesized NPs based on the similarity with structural analogues.

The average annual outdoor background radiation dosage across the study area was ∼two times greater than the world average. Higher radiation dosage was observed in indoor environments than outdoors in the majority of the sampling locations.

Objectives: (a) ground-truthing of black and organic aerosol mass simulated by CAMS and MERRA-2, (b) identification of different atmospheric processes that propagated errors in these reanalysis datasets.

In the present study, QSAR models were developed to evaluate the cytotoxicity of MeOx NPs towards RAW 264.7 cells and to propose a short mechanism to determine the cause of cellular toxicity by the MeOx NPs.

A ZnO–[Zn(CPAMN)] complex-composite acts as a piezo-photocatalyst for the degradation of dyes pollutants and industry wastewater under ultrasonication and visible light irradiation due to the low rate of electron–hole pair recombination.

Black carbon measurements at Maitri, Antarctica during XXXVIII Antarctica expedition and found 82 ng m⁻³ and Patagonia is a definitive BC origin in addition to the day-to-day station related activities.

In this present work, we have developed the highly porous nature of cerium (Ce) based metal organic frameworks (MOFs), namely Ce@ABDC and Ce@BDC MOFs, using a hydrothermal technique for the defluoridation of water.

Reduced anthropogenic activities during COVID-19 lockdowns improved air quality and dampened LST in highly populated and polluted Indian megacities.