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There is an urgent need for scientific management of agricultural water and land resources to cope with global warming and water shortages. Therefore, a stochastic multi-objective non-linear programming model was established under the society-economy-ecology framework in this study, which is capable of (1) considering the carbon sink function of farmland vegetation and the carbon emissions produced from the input of production materials; (2) dealing with the potential impact of agricultural water use on ecology by the indexes of water scarcity and degradation footprint (3) weighing the conflicts and contradictions among different developing targets with economic benefits, and water productivity as well as ecological considerations; (4) obtaining the planting structure, irrigation water allocation schemes and irrigation schedules. In order to verify the applicability and effectiveness of the model, it was applied to Huangyang Irrigation District in Shiyang River Basin, northwest China. After optimization, the net carbon sink increased by 2.55 × 104 t of which fertilizer contributed nearly 50% of carbon emission, while the water footprint reduced by 0.48 × 108 m3. To analyze the impact of the different allocation schemes of water and land resources on the ecological, economic and social subsystems as well as their interaction, coupling coordination degree (CCD) models were introduced to evaluate status quo and the optimization results of different models. The results showed that, compared with the single-objective models and the status quo, the proposed model has improved the value of CCD from 0.428 to 0.674. The proposed model can promote the harmonious and sustainable development of agricultural production and is equally applicable to agricultural management systems in the regions with similar conditions.A wide variety of nitrogen-containing compounds are present in the environment, which contributes to air pollution and new particle formation, for example. These eventually affect human health and the climate. With all this consideration, there is a growing interest in the development of efficient and reliable methods to determine these compounds in the atmosphere. Smad cancer In this study, titanium hydrogen phosphate-modified Mobil Composition of Matter No. 41 was used as sorbent material for in-tube extraction (ITEX) sampling system, to selectively collect nitrogen-containing compounds from natural air samples. The effect of sampling accessories, based on adsorbent coatings (with Tenax-GR as an adsorbent material) and polytetrafluoroethylene filters, was studied to improve the selectivity of the sampling system and to remove particles. Aerial drone with miniaturized air sampling system was employed for the reliable collection of nitrogen-containing compounds in both gas phase and aerosol particles. A total of 170 air samples were collected in July 2020 at the SMEAR II station, Finland to evaluate nitrogen-containing compounds diurnal patterns and vertical profiles (0.25, 5, 50, and 150 m). More than twenty nitrogen-containing compounds, such as aliphatic amines, imines, imidazoles, and pyridines, were identified, quantified or semi-quantified. The average concentrations of detected aliphatic amines at the altitude of 50 m were up to 40.4 ng m-3 (dimethylamine) in gas phase and 128 ng m-3 (ethylamine) in aerosol particles. Among nitrogen-containing compounds detected, pyridine gave the highest average concentration of 746 ng m-3 in gas phase and 644 ng m-3 in particle phase.Carbon dioxide emissions and their sharply rising effect on global warming have encouraged research efforts to develop efficient technologies and materials for CO2 capture. Post-combustion CO2 capture by adsorption using solid materials is considered an attractive technology to achieve this goal. Templated materials, such as Zeolite Templated-Carbons and MOF-Derived Carbons, are considered as the next-generation carbon adsorbent materials, owing to their outstanding textural properties (high surface areas of ca. 4000 m2 g-1 and micropore volumes of ca. 1.7 cm3 g-1) and their versatility for surface functionalization. These materials have demonstrated remarkable CO2 adsorption capacities and CO2/N2 selectivities up to ca. 5 mmol g-1 and 100, respectively, at 298 K and 1 bar, and low isosteric heat of adsorption at zero coverage of ca. 12 kJ mol-1. Herein, a review of the advances in preparation of ZTCs and MDCs for CO2 capture is presented, followed by a critical analysis of the effects of textural properties and surface functionality on CO2 adsorption, including CO2 uptake, CO2/N2 selectivity, and isosteric heat of adsorption. This analysis led to the introduction of a Vmicrox N-content factor to evaluate the interplay between N-content and textural properties to maximize the CO2 uptake. Despite their promising performance in CO2 uptake, further testing using mixtures and impurities, and studies on adsorbent regeneration, and cyclic operation are desirable to demonstrate the stability of the MDCs and ZTCs for large scale processes. In addition, advances in scale-up syntheses and their economics are needed.In urban areas served by separate sewerage systems, illicit connections to the storm drain system from residences or commercial establishments are frequent whether these misconnections were made accidentally or deliberately. As a result, untreated and contaminated wastewater enters into storm sewers leading to pollution of receiving waters and non-compliance with water quality standards. Typical procedures for detecting illicit connections to the storm sewer system are time consuming and expensive, especially in a highly urbanised area. In this study, we investigated the use of human wastewater micropollutants WWMPs (caffeine, theophylline, and carbamazepine) and advanced DNA molecular markers (human specific Bacteroides HF183 and mitochondrial DNA) as anthropogenic tracers in order to assist identifying potential cross connections. Water samples from storm outfalls and storm sewer pipes in three urban subcatchments were collected in dry weather from 2013 to 2018. All samples contained various concentrations entify sewer cross connections for sustainable storm water management.Population declines of Gyps vultures across the Indian subcontinent were caused by unintentional poisoning by the non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drug (NSAID) diclofenac. Subsequently, a number of other NSAIDs have been identified as toxic to vultures, while one, meloxicam, is safe at concentrations likely to be encountered by vultures in the wild. Other vulture-safe drugs need to be identified to reduce the use of those toxic to vultures. We report on safety-testing experiments on the NSAID tolfenamic acid on captive vultures of three Gyps species, all of which are susceptible to diclofenac poisoning. Firstly, we estimated the maximum level of exposure (MLE) of wild vultures and gave this dose to 40 Near Threatened Himalayan Griffons G. himalayensis by oral gavage, with 15 control birds dosed with benzyl alcohol (the carrier solution for tolfenamic acid). Two birds given tolfenamic acid died with elevated uric acid levels and severe visceral gout, while the remainder showed no adverse clinical or biochemical signs. Secondly, four G. himalayensis were fed tissues from water buffaloes which had been treated with double the recommended veterinary dose of tolfenamic acid prior to death and compared to two birds fed uncontaminated tissue; none suffered any clinical effects. Finally, two captive Critically Endangered vultures, one G. bengalensis and one G. indicus, were given the MLE dose by gavage and compared to two control birds; again, none suffered any clinical effects. The death of two G. himalayensis may have been an anomaly due to i) the high dose level used and ii) the high ambient temperatures at the time of the experiment. Tolfenamic acid is likely to be safe to Gyps vultures at concentrations encountered by wild birds and could therefore be promoted as a safe alternative to toxic NSAIDs. It is manufactured in the region, and is increasingly being used to treat livestock.The takeaway food industry, involving more than 0.4 billion consumers in China, has brought mass of packaging waste and salient environmental burden. Here we mapped the distribution of takeaway food industry across China including the industry scale, diet structure and order time based on the analysis of more than 35 million takeaway food orders. The real use situation of various packaging materials in the takeaway food industry market has been clarified. The life cycle assessment of "a piece of takeaway food delivery order" has been carried out in different regions. Results show that in addition to plastic waste generation, takeaway food industry causes more types of environmental impacts. In terms of the national resource consumption, greenhouse gases emission, water pollution and health damage risk, the top 5 ranked provinces in each accounted for 44%, 48%, 43% and 49%, respectively. Under the latest Chinese plastic pollution control policy, the industry needs to reduce 1.12 million tons of non-degradable plastic packaging by the end of 2025, and 65% of the pressure is clustered in the metropolis and provincial capitals. However, without targeted and regionally differentiated plastic pollution control policies, the environmental impact control of takeaway food industry is still ineffective. It is urgent to explore the control measures applicable to different regions. Overall, packaging reduction is more effective than material substitution.Using negative oxygen ion (NOI) observations, with an hourly resolution, the automatic weather station (AWS), and a comparative analysis of three well-known scenic locations, namely, Zoige Wetland Nature Reserve (ZWNR), Sichuan Panda Nature Habitat (PNH), and Hangzhou West Lake (HWL) Scenic Area was performed and the dynamic mechanisms of typical wetlands in response to a NOI surge were investigated. The findings are as follows. ① At HWL, NOI concentration was higher than in the metropolitan center. The influence of meteorological conditions on NOI in the ZWNR wetland and PNH in southwest China was more significant than that in Hangzhou in the eastern densely populated metropolitan areas. ② Sensitive contribution parameters of microphysical meteorological conditions are given, including the atmospheric condensation rates (fc) and supersaturation (S), as well as the height and amount of low cloud (H0 and M). A parametric model of exponential attenuation driven by the size of water vapor (fog droplets) is given for diagnosing the NOI concentration change in natural wetlands. At the critical threshold of S > 4%, the NOI rapidly increases to the maximum value. ③ Based on parametric principle of the wet aerodynamics of natural wetlands, the NOI meteorological condition index of the quasi-linear relationship with real-time NOI observation is established. The geographical distribution band of the high concentration of NOI in China is given, which meeting with the typical famous wetlands and giant panda habitat NOI characteristics in China. It provides the application prospects for NOI diagnosis and prediction.