Themed collection Environmental Science: Advances – Editorial and Advisory Board Member Publications
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AI-guided electro-decomposition of persistent organic pollutants: a long-awaited vision becoming reality?
AI-assisted design of high-entropy alloys for electro-degradation of POPs could greatly accelerate and improve the design–synthesis–test cycle, hence providing a practical strategy to solve the challenges we might face during mitigation of POPs.
Environ. Sci.: Adv., 2023,2, 1302-1305
https://doi.org/10.1039/D3VA00175J
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Policy options to account for multiple chemical pollutants threatening biodiversity
Chemical pollution poses a threat to biodiversity on a global scale.
Environ. Sci.: Adv., 2023,2, 151-161
https://doi.org/10.1039/D2VA00257D
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Machine learning for screening active metabolites with metabolomics in environmental science
The current challenges and opportunities for machine learning in the interdisciplinary fields of metabolomics and environmental science.
Environ. Sci.: Adv., 2022,1, 605-611
https://doi.org/10.1039/D2VA00107A
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Environmental persistence, detection, and mitigation of endocrine disrupting contaminants in wastewater treatment plants – a review with a focus on tertiary treatment technologies
Endocrine disrupting chemicals are a group of contaminants that have severe effects on humans and animals when exposed, like cancer and alterations to the nervous and reproductive systems.
Environ. Sci.: Adv., 2022,1, 680-704
https://doi.org/10.1039/D2VA00179A
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Silylation: a reproducible method for characterization of non-extractable residues (NER) of organic chemicals in the assessment of persistence
NER, a hidden hazard or a safe sink–we are going to find that out!
Environ. Sci.: Adv., 2023,2, 424-432
https://doi.org/10.1039/D2VA00314G
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Climate change and population aging may impact the benefits of improved air quality on cardiovascular mortality in Guangzhou: epidemiological evidence and policy implications
Dynamic changes in the contribution of air pollution, meteorological conditions and aging to cardiovascular mortality.
Environ. Sci.: Adv., 2023,2, 215-226
https://doi.org/10.1039/D2VA00303A
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Factors affecting real-world applications of HEPA purifiers in improving indoor air quality
Increasing air change rate can reduce the performance of air purifiers by acting as a source of outdoor PM into the indoors. Use of multiple air purifiers in a residence reduces PM at a greater rate than use of a single more powerful air purifier.
Environ. Sci.: Adv., 2023,2, 235-246
https://doi.org/10.1039/D2VA00206J
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Decelerated degradation of a sulfonylurea herbicide in four fungicide-treated soils
The presented research illustrates the importance of assessing pesticide mixtures in the environment by showing that the aerobic degradation of a herbicide in four different soils was significantly retarded in the presence of fungicides.
Environ. Sci.: Adv., 2022,1, 70-82
https://doi.org/10.1039/D1VA00021G
About this collection
This collection showcases some of the latest research from across the environmental sciences. Each of the featured manuscripts was authored by Editorial or Advisory board members of Environmental Science: Advances.