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Side-effects of pesticides on ground-dwelling predatory arthropods in arable ecosystems.
1989
Everts J.W. | Aukema B. | Hengeveld R. | Koeman J.H.
Fluctuating asymmetry of invertebrate populations as a biological indicator of environmental quality.
1993
Clarke G.M.
Les modifications chimiques de l' atmosphere et leurs effets sur l' environnement.
1988
Megie G.
Effects of cadmium, copper, lead and zinc on growth, reproduction and survival of the earthworm Eisenia fetida (Savigny): assessing the environmental impact of point-source metal contamination in terrestrial ecosystems.
1994
Spurgeon D.J. | Hopkin S.P. | Jones D.T.
Assessing the impact of copper on nematode communities from a chronically metal-enriched estuary using pollution-induced community tolerance.
1995
Millward R.N. | Grant A.
The environmental situation in Baltic countries and their environmental management strategy.
1994
Kairiukstis L.
[Physical and chemical characteristics of the Danube river and a part of the Danube-Tisza-Danube channel [Serbia, Yugoslavia] during the period 1991-1996]
1997
Bugarski, R. | Berkovic, M. (Republicki hidrometeoroloski zavod Republike Srbije, Beograd (Yugoslavia))
Drainage of industrial and communal effluents, directly into the water flow, as many hydrotechnical activities, significantly influence the schedule and balance of the processes that take place into water. In this paper, there are represented the results of systematic control of the water quality of the Danube river and DTD (Danube-Tisza-Danube) channel on the parts Vrbas-Bezdan and Becej-Bogojevo, at the control station network of the Republic Weather Bureau (the Republic of Serbia), for the period of 1991-1996. The results show that the most adverse influence of anthropogenic factor is on the part of the flow of the DTD (Danube-Tisza-Danube) channel from Vrbas to the flow into Tisza river.
Show more [+] Less [-]The river Tara [Montenegro, Yugoslavia]: water quality, state, problems, protection
1997
Djuraskovic, P.N. | Pejovic, M. (Republicki hidrometeoroloski zavod, Podgorica (Yugoslavia))
The river Tara (Montenegro, Yugoslavia) is under the treatment of the international (UNESCO) and domestic legal protection, so the prescribed quality of its water is the 1st class. Permanent measurement of the water quality of this river shows that due to the influence of the human factor, its quality has been endangered. Examination of the data collected through many years at all the measurement station along its current shows that the quality of water and pollution estimate have changed.
Show more [+] Less [-]Decrease in life expectancy due to COVID-19 disease not offset by reduced environmental impacts associated with lockdowns in Italy Full text
2022
Rugani, Benedetto | Conticini, Edoardo | Frediani, Bruno | Caro, Dario
The consequence of the lockdowns implemented to address the COVID-19 pandemic on human health damage due to air pollution and other environmental issues must be better understood. This paper analyses the effect of reducing energy demand on the evolution of environmental impacts during the occurrence of 2020-lockdown periods in Italy, with a specific focus on life expectancy. An energy metabolism analysis is conducted based on the life cycle assessment (LCA) of all monthly energy consumptions, by sector, category and province area in Italy between January 2015 to December 2020. Results show a general decrease (by ∼5% on average) of the LCA midpoint impact categories (global warming, stratospheric ozone depletion, fine particulate matter formation, etc.) over the entire year 2020 when compared to past years. These avoided impacts, mainly due to reductions in fossil energy consumptions, are meaningful during the first lockdown phase between March and May 2020 (by ∼21% on average). Regarding the LCA endpoint damage on human health, ∼66 Disability Adjusted Life Years (DALYs) per 100,000 inhabitants are estimated to be saved. The analysis shows that the magnitude of the officially recorded casualties is substantially larger than the estimated gains in human lives due to the environmental impact reductions. Future research could therefore investigate the complex cause-effect relationships between the deaths occurred in 2020 imputed to COVID-19 disease and co-factors other than the SARS-CoV-2 virus.
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