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Water Losses and Environmental Efficiency in Urban Water Supply Systems: A Comparative Assessment for Spain and Portugal

open access: yesSustainable Development, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Water losses are a critical environmental and operational challenge, especially in regions exposed to increasing water stress. This study assesses the environmental productivity of municipal water supply services in Spain and Portugal during the period 2014–2022, explicitly treating losses as an undesirable output.
Elisabet Zafra Gómez   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Compost legacy effects in active roadside restoration: Medium‐term shifts in plant succession

open access: yesEcological Solutions and Evidence, Volume 7, Issue 2, April–June 2026.
Roadside restoration experiment established on volcanic tephra following road construction in Andean Patagonia. A single application of municipal (MC) or biosolids (BC) compost rapidly increased plant cover compared with untreated controls (C) but led to distinct, exotic‐dominated plant communities over 6 years.
Nicolás Ferreiro   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Remoción de colorantes sintéticos mediante el proceso Fenton heterogéneo usando Fe2O3 soportado en carbón activado obtenido a partir de residuos de rosas

open access: yesUniversitas Scientiarum, 2012
To study the removal of dyes:reactive black 5 and crystal violet by the Fenton reaction using Fe2O3-catalysts (0-10% m/m of Fe) supported on activated carbon obtained from rose remnants. The activated carbon was obtained from pyrolysis at 500 °C (1h) followed by activation with NaOH (1:2 wt.).
García, Julián Camilo   +5 more
openaire   +4 more sources

Environmental governance in the face of collapse: The case of Acapulco, Mexico, between tourist splendour and ecological risk

open access: yesEcological Solutions and Evidence, Volume 7, Issue 2, April–June 2026.
Underwater clean‐up efforts in Acapulco Bay reveal the visible consequences of chronic coastal pollution. This study shows how Environmental Risk Assessments (ERAs) can integrate scientific evidence, regulatory frameworks and practitioner experience to identify pollution sources and guide more effective coastal governance in cities of the Global South.
Sinuhé Hernández Márquez   +13 more
wiley   +1 more source

Diseño de la infraestructura de disposición final de residuos sólidos del distrito de Santa Rosa, Chiclayo- Lambayeque-2020

open access: yes, 2023
En el siguiente proyecto se establecen las bases teóricas que sustentan el diseño de una infraestructura de disposición final de Residuos Sólidos en el Distrito de Santa Rosa, provincia de Chiclayo, departamento de Lambayeque en el año 2020. El objetivo principal es diseñar dicha infraestructura para que los residuos del distrito de Santa Rosa tengan ...
Vilcamango Delgado, Solange Mirella   +1 more
openaire   +2 more sources

Vulnerability of marine megafauna to global at‐sea anthropogenic threats

open access: yesConservation Biology, Volume 40, Issue 1, February 2026.
Abstract Marine megafauna species are affected by a wide range of anthropogenic threats. To evaluate the risk of such threats, species’ vulnerability to each threat must first be determined. We build on the existing threats classification scheme and ranking system of the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) Red List of Threatened ...
Michelle VanCompernolle   +309 more
wiley   +1 more source

Diseño de generador de biogás a partir de residuos pesqueros en el terminal pesquero Ecomphisa distrito de Santa Rosa, Chiclayo

open access: yes, 2023
En el distrito de Santa Rosa, ubicado en la ciudad de Chiclayo, existe un nivel muy alto de contaminación de residuos sólidos. Se estimó en el 2015, un promedio de 9 940,36 kg/día durante 6 meses. Sin embargo, la actividad principal generadora de este tipo de residuos es la pesca artesanal.
Campos Becerra, Mauricio Julian   +1 more
openaire   +2 more sources

Interactions of rare earth elements with living organisms and emerging biotechnical applications

open access: yesPLANTS, PEOPLE, PLANET, Volume 7, Issue 5, Page 1251-1274, September 2025.
Rare earth elements (REEs) are critical resources required to achieve net‐zero carbon emission targets and energy security. However, rising demand for REEs coupled with significant extraction and processing challenges and geopolitical risks restricts access to REE resources.
Samantha A. McGaughey   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Composição e sazonalidade da mesofauna do solo do semiárido paraibano

open access: yesRevista Verde de Agroecologia e Desenvolvimento Sustentável, 2014
Os organismos edáficos agem na decomposição dos resíduos orgânicos e contribuem para o ciclo de nutrientes no sistema solo, tendo suas populações reguladas, entre outros, por fatores do ambiente.
Marcos Antonio Xavier Almeida   +2 more
doaj   +2 more sources

A Dryopithecine Talus From Abocador de Can Mata (Vallès‐Penedès Basin, NE Iberian Peninsula): Morphometric Affinities and Evolutionary Implications for Hominoid Locomotion

open access: yesAmerican Journal of Biological Anthropology, Volume 186, Issue 4, April 2025.
ABSTRACT Objectives The functional interpretation of postcranial remains of Middle Miocene great apes from Europe (dryopithecines) suggests a combination of quadrupedalism and orthograde behaviors without modern analogs. We provide further insights based on an isolated dryopithecine talus (IPS85037) from the Middle Miocene (11.7 Ma) Abocador de Can ...
Oriol Monclús‐Gonzalo   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

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