Advances in Environmental Research. Volume 69 opens with an overview of recent studies regarding toxic effects of chlorpyrifos and the methods of its removal, focusing mainly on the generation of its oxo-analogue, chlorpyrifos-oxon, as a result of organophosphate metabolism by cytochrome P450s, and the influence on some physiologically important enzymes. Following this, a comprehensive overview of the diversity of Basidiomycetes species present in polluted areas is provided, as well as potential uses in the restoration of these areas. Basidiomycetes fungi promote immobilization of mycogenic...

Chapter one contains a rudimentary inferential analysis concerning conditions in the US such as the variation of the atmospheric content of carbon dioxide over two hundred and seventy two years up to 2016, and the contribution of major environmental sources to the atmospheric amount of carbon monoxide, nitrogen oxide, sulphur dioxide and methane along with emissions caused by hydrofluorocarbons, perfluorocarbons, sulphurhexafluoride and nitrogentrifluoride The following chapter aims to present an overview of environmentally exploitable properties, as well as present and potential prospects of...

Advances in Environmental Research. Volume 72 begins by examining thr global and regional patterns of climate change, the sensitivity of tree growth to climatic stress, and the effects of competition, which are important considerations during oak savanna restoration. Next, the authors discuss coniferous forests, which are predominant in the colder northern regions. Boreal forest ecosystems are characterised by thick humus layers, low decomposition rates and strong limitations by nutrients. One study explores the behavioural changes in the agonistic behaviours of Herring and Lesser...

Advances in Environmental Research. Volume 73 first focuses on recent research, published mainly in the last two decades, is selected to provide a reasonably concise presentation of some of the latest findings, or emergent research topics, that are being addressed with modern technological approaches. A subsequent study aims to determine the combination and composition of tree species in private teak systems planted in three different types of land. The smallholder teak system is one form of land used by the farmers Gunungkidul. Following this, the authors provide an overview of the method of...

Advances in Environmental Research. Volume 74 offers insight into the management of Ramsar sites in Serbia, as well as into their status as tourist destinations, through a methodological framework proposed by the UNWTO. Recent events set in motion by a new federal government that is openly hostile to environmental conservation and cultural diversity are discussed, with regard to how permanence strategies of political actors in the Amazon have been undermined. The authors look at the management structures and processes related to green areas in Addis Ababa, with a particular focus on the level...

Advances in Environmental Research. Volume 79 begins with a focus on how, due to the political-economic non-robustness of centralized climate policy and the costs of mitigating catastrophic climate-change, a multi-pronged approach at the sub-global level with mitigation, adaptation and amelioration technologies can be advocated from a classical-liberal point of view. The authors attempt to address climate financial challenges, proposing insurance as the appropriate mechanism to pool funds to assist countries that have experienced damage and loss from extreme weather events. An attempt is made...

This edited volume presents various advancements in the field of environmental research. Chapter One scrutinizes the inherent value of mangrove forests from the perspectives of ethnoscience, ethnobotany, phytotechnology, and ecological aspects. Chapter Two highlights the latest research about abscisic acid biosynthesis, abscisic acid signaling pathways, and their implications in plant development and response to environmental stresses. Chapter Three assesses the policies on methane emissions of several countries, including the U.S., China, and Russia. Chapter Four describes various methods of...

Advances in Environmental Research. Volume 76 first aims to review the microbial communities of urban soils, specific factors that act in the urban environment, and the microbes' response to these impacts. Following this, the authors discuss the operation of biological wastewater treatment plants, including aspects such as effective solid-liquid separation, pretreatment systems and operating strategies. More specifically, the design of software solutions developed for the wastewater treatment plant in FAEcAEi, Craiova, Romania is discussed. In the subsequent paper, the authors examine eight...

Advances in Environmental Research. Volume 77 opens with a focus on the impact and direct effects of toxicant exposure, viruses, and parasitism on individual honey bee survival, foraging behavior, and colony survival. The authors discuss how habitat fragmentation and biological invasions, considered the primary cause for biodiversity loss and the biggest threats to the conservation of ecosystems and their environmental services, interact in the presence of a natural disturbance. Experimental and evidence-based knowledge of application of burning in European grasslands is examined, as...

This compilation discusses the most relevant and state-of-the-art information related to the evolution of aldehyde dehydrogenases in the plant kingdom, their multifaceted physiological and biochemical functions, and their catalytic and structural properties. The authors discuss how plants adapt in the face of different types of abiotic and biotic stress factors, the plausible mechanisms of rhizobiome recruitment by plants, and role of rhizosphere microorganisms in developing the immunity and defence responses in plants. In one study, the most important factors impacting the dangers of fire...