Emerging micropollutants in aquatic ecosystems and nanotechnology-based removal alternatives: A review

N Narwal, D Katyal, N Kataria, PK Rose, SG Warkar… - Chemosphere, 2023 - Elsevier
There is a significant concern about the accessibility of uncontaminated and safe drinking
water, a fundamental necessity for human beings. This concern is attributed to the toxic …

The ecological and evolutionary consequences of systemic racism in urban environments

CJ Schell, K Dyson, TL Fuentes, S Des Roches… - Science, 2020 - science.org
BACKGROUND Human activity and decisions drive all life in cities. Worldwide, cities are
characterized by extensive anthropogenic transformation of the landscape, modification of …

COVID-19 lockdown allows researchers to quantify the effects of human activity on wildlife

C Rutz, MC Loretto, AE Bates, SC Davidson… - Nature Ecology & …, 2020 - nature.com
COVID-19 lockdown allows researchers to quantify the effects of human activity on wildlife |
Nature Ecology & Evolution Skip to main content Thank you for visiting nature.com. You are …

The EU Biodiversity Strategy for 2030: Opportunities and challenges on the path towards biodiversity recovery

V Hermoso, SB Carvalho, S Giakoumi… - … Science & Policy, 2022 - Elsevier
Abstract The European Union (EU) has committed to an ambitious biodiversity recovery plan
in its Biodiversity Strategy for 2030 and the Green Deal. These policies aim to halt …

[HTML][HTML] Observed and potential impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on the environment

S Cheval, C Mihai Adamescu, T Georgiadis… - International journal of …, 2020 - mdpi.com
Various environmental factors influence the outbreak and spread of epidemic or even
pandemic events which, in turn, may cause feedbacks on the environment. The novel …

Academia in the Time of COVID-19: Towards an Ethics of Care

E Corbera, I Anguelovski, J Honey-Rosés… - Planning Theory & …, 2020 - Taylor & Francis
The global COVID-19 pandemic is affecting people's work-life balance across the world. For
academics, confinement policies enacted by most countries have implied a sudden switch to …

The COVID-19 pandemic is intricately linked to biodiversity loss and ecosystem health

OK Lawler, HL Allan, PWJ Baxter… - The Lancet Planetary …, 2021 - thelancet.com
The ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, caused by zoonotic SARS-CoV-2, has important links to
biodiversity loss and ecosystem health. These links range from anthropogenic activities …

COVID-19 pandemic and associated lockdown as a “Global Human Confinement Experiment” to investigate biodiversity conservation

AE Bates, RB Primack, P Moraga, CM Duarte - Biological conservation, 2020 - Elsevier
Efforts to curtail the spread of the novel coronavirus (SARS-CoV2) have led to the
unprecedented concurrent confinement of nearly two-thirds of the global population. The …

The good, the bad and the ugly of COVID-19 lockdown effects on wildlife conservation: Insights from the first European locked down country

R Manenti, E Mori, V Di Canio, S Mercurio… - Biological …, 2020 - Elsevier
The COVID-19 pandemic zoonosis has determined extensive lockdowns worldwide that
provide an unprecedented opportunity to understand how large-scale shifts of human …

The COVID-19 pandemic as an opportunity to weaken environmental protection in Brazil

MM Vale, E Berenguer, MA de Menezes… - Biological …, 2021 - Elsevier
This paper examines the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on environmental protection and
legislation in Brazil. We evaluate major legislative actions, environmental fines and …