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Antibiofouling Membranes for Water and Wastewater Treatment: Principles and Applications, 2024, Pages 247-311
This chapter aligns with UN SDG Goals 6, 9 and 12 by focusing on the advancement and practical application of antibiofouling membrane technologies in water and wastewater treatment, which is essential for improving water quality and ensuring sustainable water management practices.
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Low Cost Water and Wastewater Treatment Systems: Conventional and Recent Advances, 2025, Pages 41-69
This chapter aligns with UN SDG Goals 6, 9 and 12 by exploring phytoremediation as a sustainable technique for treating contaminated freshwater resources, thereby addressing pollution and promoting the safe use of water in agriculture and households.
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Nutrients and Colored Compounds in Wastewater: Advanced Treatment and Recovery, 2025, Pages 539-552
This chapter aligns with UN SDG Goals 6, 9 and 12 by highlighting the innovative use of cocoa waste in water treatment and bioremediation, thereby promoting sustainable practices that improve water quality and resource management.
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Nanotechnology to Monitor, Remedy, and Prevent Pollution, 2024, Pages 239-269
This chapter aligns with UN SDG Goals 3 and 6 by addressing pollution risks and offering insights for improved water management and policy decisions, ultimately ensuring clean water access and reducing pollution-related health risks.
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Green Analytical Chemistry, Volume 12, March 2025
Per and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) are persistent synthetic chemicals with strong carbon-fluorine (C-F) bonds, making them resistant to environmental degradation. Their widespread presence in groundwater, surface water, and drinking water, is a serious environmental threat. This artciles demonstrates the potential of novel adsorbents to achieve high PFAS removal rates while minimizing secondary contamination risks.
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Polar Science, Volume 43, March 2025
This study is significant because it highlights the importance of accurate ice thickness estimations for glaciological and hydrological research, which are essential for predicting glacier behavior and assessing water resources. By identifying limitations in current modeling techniques, it underscores the need for improved models and more extensive field measurements to enhance understanding of glacier dynamics and their implications for climate change, sea level rise, and freshwater availability.
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Ad Hoc Networks, Volume 168, 1 March 2025
IoT technologies are a powerful tool for large-scale water distribution systems, this survey highlight the key challenges such as interoperability, scalability, and energy efficiency. It proposes a framework that combines water network analysis, wireless network simulation, and optimization algorithms to enable sustainable and efficient deployment of massive IoT in water distribution systems
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Materials Today, Volume , 2025
The article provides an overview of metal-organic framework (MOF)-based composite adsorbents for atmospheric water harvesting, discussing the hydrolytic stability of MOFs, recent advances in sorption-based water harvesting devices, and the challenges and prospects of MOF-based composite adsorbents. Key points include compositing MOFs with other functional materials to address limitations in water adsorption capacity and energy-intensive regeneration, and the factors affecting the hydrolytic stability of MOFs.
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Polar Science, Volume 42, December 2024
This study investigates variations in the ice-flow speed of the Shirase Glacier ice tongue in East Antarctica from July 2018 to December 2021 using Sentinel-1 radar imagery. It identifies significant slowdown events linked to icebergs grounding on the seafloor, revealing that the ice tongue provides limited support to the grounding line, which has broader implications for understanding glacier dynamics and the potential consequences of ice loss in the context of climate change.
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Polar Science, Volume 42, December 2024
This research article presents a comprehensive review of the snow cover area, mass balance, glacial area loss, surface velocities, and the application of snowmelt runoff models in the Kashmir Himalayas and Upper Indus Basin. It finds that glaciers in these regions are experiencing significant ice loss and negative mass balance, with broader implications for water resources and ecosystems as climate change accelerates.
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International Journal of Educational Development, Volume 109, September 2024
This study examines the surface mass balance (MB) of Phuche and Khardung glaciers in the cold-arid trans-Himalayan region from 2014 to 2017, highlighting the importance of understanding glacier-atmospheric interactions for future water resource management. The findings reveal that the Khardung glacier experienced significantly greater mass loss (3.7 times more than Phuche) due to climatic changes and topographical factors, underscoring the sensitivity of glacier dynamics to climate drivers in this region.
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Materials Today, Volume 78, September 2024
This article provides a comprehensive review of the recent advancements in 3D/4D printed materials for fog collection and solar vapor generation devices. It covers various aspects such as material properties, device engineering, printing technologies, practical challenges, and future prospects in the field of water harvesting systems.
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Sustainable Chemistry for the Environment, Volume 6, June 2024
Wastewater treatment processes are generally expensive and energy-intensive, emitting greenhouse gases like methane, carbon dioxide, and nitrous oxide. One of the critical challenges in wastewater treatment is the removal of heavy metals, including cadmium, lead, arsenic, chromium, and zinc. THis artciles explores the use of biochar for the removal of Cd2+ and Zn2+.
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Sustainable Chemistry for the Environment, Volume 6, June 2024
Antibiotics are persistent in water and the environment. This study investigates the performance of activated carbon from olive pomace (ACOP) in the removal of hydrophilic organic pharmaceutical micropollutants such as the antibiotic sulfamethoxazole (SMX) from water.
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Geography and Sustainability, Volume 5, June 2024
The Himalayas, home to extensive glaciers that feed major rivers, are experiencing significant changes in runoff patterns due to accelerated glacial melt. This review highlights the challenges and uncertainties in glacio-hydrological modeling in the region, emphasizing the need for improved data collection and innovative modeling techniques to ensure sustainable water resource management for over a billion people reliant on these vital water sources.
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Journal of Industrial Information Integration, Volume 38, March 2024
The primary source of water utilized globally is groundwater. The task of guaranteeing the safety of drinking water is a significant worldwide issue that encompasses various environmental, social, and political aspects, including the accessibility, quantity, and quality of water. To ensure safe drinking water, real-time water quality monitoring is crucial
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Information Fusion, Volume 102, February 2024
Building Information Modeling (BIM) maturity assessment framework for the operation and maintenance (O&M) phase of construction projects save time and cost in the project life cycle. The framework has been succesfully applied to the Wuhan Jiangxia Sewage Treatment Plant project.
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Polar Science, Volume , 2024
Policymakers continue to contend with the challenge of measuring and classifying schools concerning educational resources, which makes it difficult for policy development and implementation towards efficient allocation of the scarce resources available to education managers. This study, therefore, sought to estimate the extent of educational resource deprivation among Basic Schools in Ghana and find out its effect on the delivery of quality education.
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International Journal of Educational Research Open, Volume 5, December 2023
Global challenges such as climate change, limited resources, and an ever-growing world population demonstrate a perceptible impact on the lives of people around the globe. To tackle the arising issues and to enable peace and prosperity in the future, the United Nations (UN) have defined 17 interlinked sustainable development goals. A major facilitator to achieve these goals is considered through education. Consequently, higher education institutes have started to align their curricula with sustainable development.
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Computer Networks, Volume 236, November 2023
Advanced energy harvesting techniques are examined for self-sustainable Internet of Things (IoT) devices. This study covers layered architecture design, power requirements at various levels, energy sources, transducers, trackers, storage methods, and optimization strategies for efficient energy utilization.
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Polar Science, Volume 36, June 2023
This research article highlights the importance of the Greenland ice sheet's melting status for global sea level rise and climate change, noting that while inland areas remain stable, marginal areas, particularly on the west coast, are melting significantly at a rate of about 13.27 cm per year, underscoring the urgent need to address the impacts of climate change.
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Pervasive and Mobile Computing, Volume 92, May 2023
To address the Grounwater contamination, CrowdWaterSens, an uncertainty-aware graph neural network framework, examines the uncertainty and spatial irregularity of the crowdsensing groundwater contamination data and its relevant anthropogenic context to accurately estimate groundwater nitrate concentration.
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Green Analytical Chemistry, Volume 3, December 2022
Since the middle 20th century, global production of plastic has exponentially increased to 367 million tonnes. Microplastics (MPs) are globally distributed in aquatic environments, and become a growing threat to the ecosystem. It is urgently needed to develop effective technologies to remove MPs from water and this article gives an overview of possible techniques and the progress in removing of MPs
Geography and Sustainability, Volume 3, September 2022
Climate change is threatening water security in the Northern Slope of Tianshan Mountains, where rapid urban growth is increasing water demand. This study examines changes in temperature, glacier melt, and water use over the past 40 years, highlighting the need for effective water management to ensure a sustainable supply for both people and the environment.
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Geography and Sustainability, Volume 2, March 2021
Water yield services on the Qingzang Plateau (QP) have profound impacts on the social and economic development of China as well as other parts of Asia. This study analyzes spatiotemporal variations of water yield on the Qingzang Plateau over the past three decades (1982-2015) and driving factors, one of which is lake changes influenced by glacial meltwater caused by global warming. The findings provide scientific support for formulating regional water resources policy, social and economic development planning and other macro decisions for the QP.
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Water Research X, Volume 28, 1 September 2025
This study explores the integration of Generative Artificial Intelligence (GenAI) in water distribution networks, identifying opportunities for enhancing information retrieval, improving water quality management, implementing predictive maintenance, and optimizing operations, while also addressing challenges related to data quality, scalability, and the need for expertise in both engineering and AI, ultimately providing insights for water utilities and policymakers on leveraging GenAI responsibly.
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Results in Engineering, Volume 25, March 2025
The authors demonstrate that Explainable Artificial Intelligence (XAI) enhances transparency in water systems through interpretable decision-making models. XAI supports policymakers by providing climate impact insights for urban drainage systems. A number of key water management challenges can be addressed with XAI.
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Cell Reports Physical Science, Volume 6, 15 January 2025
This article presents a heat-pump-coupled sorbent system to simultaneously harvest water from air and regulate indoor environments, addressing global challenges related to water scarcity and energy-efficient air conditioning.
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Water Research X, Volume 23, 1 May 2024
This study presents a deep learning framework using convolutional neural networks (CNNs) to efficiently replicate high-resolution outputs of conventional hydrological models for estimating groundwater head and surface water depth in the Sabgyo Stream Watershed, South Korea, achieving a 45-fold reduction in computation time compared to a physics-based model while demonstrating potential for predictive capabilities under future climate scenarios, although further improvements are needed for long-term accuracy.
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Water Research X, Volume 23, 1 May 2024
This paper highlights the urgent need to enhance water system resilience in response to climate-induced scarcity, using a dynamic multisectoral model to analyze the macroeconomic impacts of temporary water shortages, revealing how firms' investment foresight influences their responses and the economy, with sector-specific insights indicating both negative impacts, particularly in agriculture and energy, and potential competitive benefits in certain sectors, ultimately recommending that firms prioritize anticipation and resilience-building measures across all sectors.
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Water Research, Volume 253, 1 April 2024
A study of the Yangtze River revealed that labile dissolved organic matter and nitrogen inputs significantly influence the spatiotemporal variations of dissolved greenhouse gases, with observed concentrations lower than the global average but showing an increasing trend in N2O levels from 2004 to 2018, underscoring their importance in global GHG emissions and budget estimations.
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Cell Reports Physical Science, Volume 5, 21 February 2024
The article explores innovative approaches to improve the efficiency of solar-driven water evaporation, a sustainable technology that can help address global freshwater scarcity and align with UN Sustainable Development Goals on clean water and affordable energy.
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iScience, Volume 24, 21 May 2021
This research underscores the importance of understanding past environmental changes and tectonic activities in the Everest region to better assess future earthquake hazards, manage glacial risks effectively, and monitor the availability of water resources for downstream populations.
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Prioritizing green and water-conscious production, making the energy transition more sustainable via water-conscious and green production of hydrogen and methanol.
