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Biochar-supported microbial systems: a strategy for remediation of persistent organic pollutants

Biochar
As widespread toxicants that cause cancer and affect the endocrine system, persistent organic pollutants, such as polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons, pesticides, and chlorinated solvents, are harmful to the environment and human health. This review aims to
Haowei Wu, Yuxin Huo, Fengyuan Qi, Yuqi Zhang, Ran Li, Min Qiao   +5 more
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Form flows function: Learner‐centered game Re‐design in a STEM classroom

British Educational Research Journal, EarlyView.
Abstract Re‐designing games facilitates interest‐driven learning and immerses learners in systems thinking. However, there are limited studies exploring how the form and function of tabletop games influence learners' design decisions and learning experiences. To address this gap, we conducted a mixed‐methods study in a STEM classroom in western Canada.
Farzan Baradaran Rahimi, Beaumie Kim, Shima Dadkhahfard   +2 more
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‘Sometimes, I would look at my books and cry because I felt like I was left behind’: Understanding the learning of Indigenous girls during the COVID‐19 pandemic in the districts of Chongwe and Solwezi in Zambia

British Educational Research Journal, EarlyView.
Abstract Grounded in principles of epistemic justice, this article examines the educational impacts of Zambia's COVID‐19 school closures on Indigenous girls in two districts and highlights community‐led pathways for resilience. National responses prioritised broadcast and digital delivery but presupposed access to electricity, digital devices and ...
Marcellus Forh Mbah, Leigh Jarvis, Ane Turner Johnson, Chidi Ezegwu, Priscillah Nsama, Austine Nakanga   +5 more
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Beyond standardisation, subjects and syllabi: How primary schools organise for arts richness in an era of curriculum reform

British Educational Research Journal, EarlyView.
Abstract As England embarks on its first comprehensive curriculum review in fifteen years, this paper offers critical insights from schools that sustained arts‐rich provision despite a policy landscape hostile to creative subjects. Drawing on data from the Researching Arts‐rich Primary Schools (RAPS) project—a mixed‐methods study of 76 arts‐rich ...
Pat Thomson, Christine Hall
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Quantifying environmental trade-offs of urban form-function compactness

Environmental Research Letters
Compact urban form is increasingly embedded in global sustainability agendas, yet its environmental trade-offs are still poorly understood. Previous research has mainly emphasized physical form and single outcomes, neglecting functional dimensions and ...
Zhibang Xu, Ting Lan, Yashi Wu, Jinshan Yan, Lina Tang   +4 more
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6PPD and 6PPD-Quinone in the Urban Environment: Assessing Exposure Pathways and Human Health Risks

Urban Science
In recent years, tires have become a prominent concern for researchers and environmentalists in regard to their potential threat of tire-derived pollutants (TDPs) to human health. Among these pollutants, N-(1,3-dimethylbutyl)-N′-phenyl-p-phenylenediamine
Stanley Chukwuemeka Ihenetu, Qiao Xu, Li Fang, Muhamed Azeem, Gang Li, Christian Ebere Enyoh   +5 more
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Listening and Making Beats With the Birds: An Outdoor Music‐Based Toolkit for Youth Engagement and Conservation Technologies

The Bulletin of the Ecological Society of America, EarlyView.
Abstract Biodiversity loss and unequal access to nature limit both ecological knowledge and opportunities for experiential learning. Here I present a portable, power outlet–independent educational toolkit that integrates AI‐assisted bird detection (Haikubox, BirdNET‐Pi, Merlin Bird ID) with off‐the‐shelf sound‐recording and music‐creation hardware ...
Diego Ellis‐Soto
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Ponto-Caspian mysid shrimp Paramysis lacustris has reached the Elbe estuary

Scientific Reports
As part of monitoring conducted alongside a river engineering project, the Ponto-Caspian mysid shrimp Paramysis lacustris (P. lacustris) was detected for the first time in the tidal Elbe in August 2023. Alongside P.
Christine Schottmüller, Natascha Holl, Frank Suhling, Boris Schröder, C. Gabriel David   +4 more
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A review of the historic and present ecological role of aquatic and shoreline wood, from forest to deep sea

Biological Reviews, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The ecology of forests, their losses, and terrestrial wood decomposition dynamics have been intensively studied and reviewed. In the aquatic realm, reviews have concentrated on large wood (LW) in rivers and the transition from freshwater to marine environments in the Pacific Northwest of North America. However, a comprehensive global synthesis
Jon Dickson, Ellen Wohl, Laura L. Govers, Oscar Franken, Tjeerd J. Bouma, Han Olff, Britas Klemens Eriksson, Maryann S. Watson, Luísa M.S. Borges, Tjisse van der Heide   +9 more
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The spread of non‐native species

Biological Reviews, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The global redistribution of species through human agency is one of the defining ecological signatures of the Anthropocene, with biological invasions reshaping biodiversity patterns, ecosystem processes and services, and species interactions globally.
Phillip J. Haubrock, Ali Serhan Tarkan, Irene Martín‐Forés, Stelios Katsanevakis, Ronaldo Sousa, Ismael Soto, Andy J. Green, Antonín Kouba, Teun Everts, Victoria Dominguez Almela, Nadège Belouard, Cang Hui, Jamie Bojko, Victor Deklerck, Margaux Boeraeve, Franz Essl, J. Robert Britton   +16 more
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