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Quantitative detection of fecal contamination with domestic poultry feces in environments in China

AMB Express, 2017
Poultry are an important source of fecal contamination in environments. However, tools for detecting and tracking this fecal contamination are in the early stages of development.
Fang-Fang Zhuang, Hu Li, Xin-Yuan Zhou, Yong-Guan Zhu, Jian-Qiang Su   +4 more
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The urban environment : agendas and problems [PDF]

, 2007
The United Nations estimate that by 2025 there will be around 5 billion people living in urban areas, more than the total world population 20 years ago.
Grierson, D.
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Response of soil viral communities to land use changes

Nature Communications, 2022
Soil viral communities remain understudied. Here, Liao et al. retrieve a catalogue of around sixty thousand vOTUs through a systematic viromic pipeline, and uncover the response of soil viral communities to anthropogenic land use changes.
Hu Liao, Hu Li, Chen-Song Duan, Xin-Yuan Zhou, Qiu-Ping Luo, Xin-Li An, Yong-Guan Zhu, Jian-Qiang Su   +7 more
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Greenspace’s value orientations of ecosystem service and socioeconomic service in China

Ecosystem Health and Sustainability, 2022
Background: Natural ecosystems provide necessary services for human beings, including ecosystem service values (ESVs) and socioeconomic service values (SSVs). The value orientations of ESVs and SSVs are mainly related to people’s interaction with nature.
Xia Yao, Tao Lin, Shoukai Sun, Guoqin Zhang, Hao Zhou, Laurence Jones, Wenhui Liu, Yiyi Huang, Meixia Lin, Junmao Zhang, Yuan Chen, Hong Ye   +11 more
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The inhabited environment, infrastructure development and advanced urbanization in China's Yangtze River Delta Region [PDF]

, 2016
This paper analyzes the relationship among the inhabited environment, infrastructure development and environmental impacts in China's heavily urbanized Yangtze River Delta region.
Chen, W, Gao, W, Kammen, DM, Wu, Y, Zhang, Y, Zhou, N, Zhu, X   +6 more
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Long-Term Spatiotemporal Characteristics and Impact Factors of Land Surface Temperature of Inhabited Islands with Different Urbanization Levels

Remote Sensing, 2022
Surface thermal environment (STE) is closely related to the comfort and health of residents, affecting regional livability, and its spatial and temporal changes are deeply affected by the urbanization process.
Junmao Zhang, Tao Lin, Caige Sun, Meixia Lin, Yulin Zhan, Yuan Chen, Hong Ye, Xia Yao, Yiyi Huang, Guoqin Zhang, Yuqin Liu   +10 more
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Downscaling Building Energy Consumption Carbon Emissions by Machine Learning

Remote Sensing, 2021
The rapid rate of urbanization is causing increasing annual urban energy usage, drastic energy shortages, and pollution. Building operational energy consumption carbon emissions (BECCE) account for a substantial proportion of greenhouse gas emissions ...
Zhuoqun Zhao, Xuchao Yang, Han Yan, Yiyi Huang, Guoqin Zhang, Tao Lin, Hong Ye   +6 more
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Measurement report: Atmospheric mercury in a coastal city of Southeast China – inter-annual variations and influencing factors [PDF]

Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, 2022
The long-term monitoring of atmospheric mercury is an important part of the effective evaluation of the Minamata Convention on Mercury. Gaseous elemental mercury (GEM), along with conventional air pollutants and meteorological parameters, was ...
J. Shi, J. Shi, J. Shi, Y. Chen, Y. Chen, Y. Chen, L. Xu, L. Xu, Y. Hong, Y. Hong, M. Li, M. Li, X. Fan, X. Fan, L. Yin, L. Yin, Y. Chen, Y. Chen, C. Yang, C. Yang, C. Yang, G. Chen, G. Chen, G. Chen, T. Liu, T. Liu, T. Liu, X. Ji, X. Ji, X. Ji, J. Chen, J. Chen   +31 more
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pH rather than nitrification and urease inhibitors determines the community of ammonia oxidizers in a vegetable soil

AMB Express, 2017
Nitrification inhibitors and urease inhibitors, such as nitrapyrin and N-(n-butyl) thiophosphoric triamide (NBPT), can improve the efficiencies of nitrogen fertilizers in cropland.
Ruijiao Xi, Xi-En Long, Sha Huang, Huaiying Yao   +3 more
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A Case Study on Annoyance Noise Caused by Metro Railway at a TOD Developed Depot

Advances in Civil Engineering, 2022
As an importance strategy to finance the transport infrastructure investment, transit-oriented development (TOD) for railway depot is rapidly growing in China. However, railway-induced noise emerged as the leading environmental nuisance triggering one of
Qiang Liu, Zhongxu Kang, Hougui Zhang, Ruixiang Song, Ge Li   +4 more
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