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Determinação de hormônios sexuais femininos na bacia do Alto Rio Iguaçu na região de Curitiba-PR
(Universidade Tecnológica Federal do ParanáCuritibaDepartamento Acadêmico de Química e Biologia, 2013-10-02)
Because of an increase in the amount of contraceptives used by women in recent decades, was possible to observe an increase of female sex hormones in domestic effluents. These compounds are classified into a new class of ...
Pathways for wintertime deposition of anthropogenic light-absorbing particles on the Central Andes cryosphere
(Elsevier, 2021)
Ice and snow in the Central Andes contain significant amounts of light-absorbing particles such as black
carbon. The consequent accelerated melting of the cryosphere is not only a threat from a climate
perspective but ...
Estudo numérico do impacto das emissões veiculares e fixas da cidade de Manaus nas concentrações de poluentes atmosféricos da região amazônica
(Universidade Tecnológica Federal do ParanáLondrinaBrasilPrograma de Pós-Graduação em Engenharia AmbientalUTFPR, 2015-08-28)
The main aim of this study was to evaluate the impact of the urban pollution plume from the city of Manaus by emissions from mobile and stationary sources in the atmospheric pollutants concentrations of the Amazon region, ...
Evaluation of anthropogenic air pollutant emission inventories for South America at national and city scale
(Elsevier, 2020)
The changing composition of the atmosphere, driven by anthropogenic emissions, is the cause of anthropogenic climate change as well as deteriorating air quality. Emission inventories are essential to understand the ...
Natural and anthropogenic hydrocarbons in sediments from the Chubut River (Patagonia, Argentina)
(Pergamon-Elsevier Science Ltd, 2004-05)
In march of 2001 a study was carried out to evaluate hydrocarbon levels in the lower course of the Chubut River. The study included 12 sample stations along the river from San Cristobal Bridge to the confluence with the ...
Gaps, biases, and future directions in research on the impacts of anthropogenic land-use change on aquatic ecosystems: a topic-based bibliometric analysis
(2021)
Anthropogenic land use change (ALUC) satisfies human needs but also impacts aquatic ecosystems. Aquatic ecosystems are intrinsically linked with terrestrial landscapes, an association that is already recognized as a key ...
GIS-based pollution hazard mapping and assessment framework of shallow lakes: Southeastern Pampean lakes (Argentina) as a case study
(Springer, 2013-02)
The assessment of water vulnerability and pollution hazard traditionally places particular emphasis on the study on groundwaters more than on surface waters. Consequently, a GIS-based Lake Pollution Hazard Index (LPHI) was ...
Transportation Policy and Atmospheric Pollution: A review with an application to Chile
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Atmospheric pollution is an important problem in terms of public policy. The main sources are anthropogenic and related to transport and industrial sectors. In Santiago, Chile, public transport is one of the main urban ...
Tracking temporal trend breaks of anthropogenic change in Mussel Watch (MW) databases
(Environmental Science & Technology, 2012-10)
The potential for structural changes in time trend concentrations of mercury (Hg), cadmium (Cd), zinc (Zn), and copper (Cu) in the Mediterranean mussel, Mytilus galloprovincialis, was examined in Mussel Watch (MW) databases ...