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Comments For The Draft Residential Metals Abatement Program – Interior School Dust – Investigation Summary Report – Whittier Elementary (April 13, 2023), Nikia Greene Jun 2023

Comments For The Draft Residential Metals Abatement Program – Interior School Dust – Investigation Summary Report – Whittier Elementary (April 13, 2023), Nikia Greene

Silver Bow Creek/Butte Area Superfund Site

No abstract provided.


Characteristics And Hydraulic Behavior Of Adsorptive Media For Use In Permeable Reactive Barriers, Shelby Rocha Jun 2023

Characteristics And Hydraulic Behavior Of Adsorptive Media For Use In Permeable Reactive Barriers, Shelby Rocha

USF Tampa Graduate Theses and Dissertations

The Cargill ditch is located on the property of Se7en Wetlands, a 1600-ac treatment wetland system in Lakeland, Polk County, Florida. The Se7en Wetlands property was previously utilized for phosphate mining prior to the construction of the system. Nonpoint nutrient sources derived from remnants of abandoned phosphate mines – known as “legacy phosphorus” – become mobilized by stormwater runoff and impair surface water bodies by promoting harmful algal blooms (HABs). Thus, the Cargill ditch likely conveys nutrient rich flow resulting from legacy phosphorus and is thought to be one contributing factor in the occurrence of HABs within the treatment wetland …


Nutrient Optimization For Vegetable Production Under Decoupled Aquaponics Using Brackish Water, Salma Walid Hany Ahmed Abdelfattah Jun 2023

Nutrient Optimization For Vegetable Production Under Decoupled Aquaponics Using Brackish Water, Salma Walid Hany Ahmed Abdelfattah

Theses and Dissertations

As the world moves to more sustainable agriculture methods in the agribusiness industry, decoupled aquaponics is recognized as one of the newest techniques currently being utilized to achieve more local food security. As the topic is still freshly new within the industry, a finite number of publications and studies have been made that address the topic hands-on with its many variables. Subsequently, in this paper, an experiment was conducted to assess the most optimized production conditions of both lacinato kale (Brassica oleracea var.palmifolia) and Swiss chard Bright Light (Beta vulgaris ssp. Cicla var. flavescens) plants through the utilization of a …


Approved Butte Reduction Works (Brw) Phase Iii Quality Assurance Project Plan (Qapp) Request For Change Brw-2023-01, Josh Bryson Jun 2023

Approved Butte Reduction Works (Brw) Phase Iii Quality Assurance Project Plan (Qapp) Request For Change Brw-2023-01, Josh Bryson

Silver Bow Creek/Butte Area Superfund Site

No abstract provided.


Time Variability Of Methane Extraction From Hard Coal Deposits In The Upper Silesian Coal Basin (Poland) In Relation To Geological And Mining Conditions, Sławomir Kędzior, Marcin Dreger Jun 2023

Time Variability Of Methane Extraction From Hard Coal Deposits In The Upper Silesian Coal Basin (Poland) In Relation To Geological And Mining Conditions, Sławomir Kędzior, Marcin Dreger

Journal of Sustainable Mining

The extraction and economical use of methane from coal mines in the Upper Silesian Coal Basin, Poland (USCB) have shown a variable tendency in recent decades, with numerous fluctuations from year to year. In 2021, approximately 286 million m3 of methane was collected from coal mines, which accounted for approximately 40% of the total emissions of this gas to mine workings. Due to the fact that the economical use of coal mine methane brings environmental, economic and work safety benefits, increasing its extraction is an urgent need. Trends in changes in the amount of mined methane in the entire USCB …


Wildfires Disturb The Natural Skin Microbiota Of Terrestrial Salamanders, Lubna Mulla, Obed Hernandez-Gomez Jun 2023

Wildfires Disturb The Natural Skin Microbiota Of Terrestrial Salamanders, Lubna Mulla, Obed Hernandez-Gomez

Natural Sciences and Mathematics | Faculty Scholarship

Environmental change can disturb natural associations between wildlife and microbial symbionts, in many cases to the detriment of host health. We used a North American terrestrial salamander system to assess how the skin microbiota of amphibians responds to wildfires. In northern California's redwood/oak forests, we assessed how recent wildfires affected the skin microbiota of three different salamander species (Taricha sp., Batrachoseps attenuatus, and Ensatina eschscholtzii) over two different sampling seasons in 2018 and 2021. We found species-specific responses to wildfire disturbance on the alpha diversity of the skin microbiota of terrestrial salamanders, although burning in general altered the composition of …


Changes In Global Energy Landscape And New Developments In Energy Science And Technology Amid Ukraine Crisis, Chao Wang, Fuquan Sun, Ye Xu, Xiangqiang Jiang Jun 2023

Changes In Global Energy Landscape And New Developments In Energy Science And Technology Amid Ukraine Crisis, Chao Wang, Fuquan Sun, Ye Xu, Xiangqiang Jiang

Bulletin of Chinese Academy of Sciences (Chinese Version)

Energy is the blood vessel of an economy. The outbreak of the Ukraine crisis has triggered a regional energy supply crisis and a global energy market turmoil. As a result, the global energy landscape and energy science and technology development trends have undergone profound changes, with far-reaching impact on China’s science and technology strategies in the energy sector. Based on the study of energy strategy shift of the world’s major economies, this study focuses on research and analysis on the strategic trends of energy science and technology from the perspectives of international energy trade, global low-carbon transition and national energy …


Ecological Governance Of Aral Sea: Important Way To Deepen Scientific And Technological Cooperation With Central Asia, Miao Wu, Jianfang Qiao, Yuanming Zhang, Changyan Tian, Yaoming Li, Yun Hao, Xiaoyun Zhang, Lixian Wang, Jingjing He Jun 2023

Ecological Governance Of Aral Sea: Important Way To Deepen Scientific And Technological Cooperation With Central Asia, Miao Wu, Jianfang Qiao, Yuanming Zhang, Changyan Tian, Yaoming Li, Yun Hao, Xiaoyun Zhang, Lixian Wang, Jingjing He

Bulletin of Chinese Academy of Sciences (Chinese Version)

In September 2022, the President of the People’s Republic of China visited Uzbekistan for the first time after the epidemic. In the subsequent joint statement between China and Uzbekistan, China welcomed the adoption of the Aral Sea initiative proposed by Uzbekistan at the General Assembly of the United Nations. The two sides expressed their willingness to actively promote synergy between the Global Development Initiative and projects related to improving the ecological, economic, and social environment of the Aral Sea region under the framework of the United Nations. In this context, this paper describes the current situation of the Aral Sea …


Impact Of Land Use/Cover Change And Slope Gradient On Soil Organic Carbon Stock In Anjeni Watershed, Northwest Ethiopia, Bethel Geremew, Tsegaye Tadesse, Bobe Bedadi, Hero T. Gollany, Kindie Tesfaye, Abebe Aschalew Jun 2023

Impact Of Land Use/Cover Change And Slope Gradient On Soil Organic Carbon Stock In Anjeni Watershed, Northwest Ethiopia, Bethel Geremew, Tsegaye Tadesse, Bobe Bedadi, Hero T. Gollany, Kindie Tesfaye, Abebe Aschalew

National Drought Mitigation Center: Faculty Publications

Today’s agri-food systems face the triple challenge of addressing food security, adapting to climate change, and reducing the climate footprint by reducing the emission of greenhouse gases (GHG). In agri-food systems, changes in land use and land cover (LULC) could affect soil physicochemical properties, particularly soil organic carbon (SOC) stock. However, the impact varies depending on the physical, social, and economic conditions of a given region or watershed. Given this, a study was conducted to quantify the impact of LULC and slope gradient on SOC stock and C sequestration rate in the Anjeni watershed, which is a highly populated and …


Approval Letter For The Butte Priority Soils Operable Unit (Bpsou) 2023 Draft Final Residential Metals Abatement Program (Rmap), Quality Assurance Project Plan (Qapp), Non-Residential Parcels (Dated June 7, 2023), Nikia Greene Jun 2023

Approval Letter For The Butte Priority Soils Operable Unit (Bpsou) 2023 Draft Final Residential Metals Abatement Program (Rmap), Quality Assurance Project Plan (Qapp), Non-Residential Parcels (Dated June 7, 2023), Nikia Greene

Silver Bow Creek/Butte Area Superfund Site

No abstract provided.


Combining Cosmic-Ray Neutron Sensor And Fallout 137Cs To Explore The Connection Of Soil Water Content With Soil Redistribution In An Agroforestry Hillslope, Leticia Gaspar, Trenton E. Franz, Arturo Catalá, Iván Lizaga, María Concepción Ramos, Ana Navas Jun 2023

Combining Cosmic-Ray Neutron Sensor And Fallout 137Cs To Explore The Connection Of Soil Water Content With Soil Redistribution In An Agroforestry Hillslope, Leticia Gaspar, Trenton E. Franz, Arturo Catalá, Iván Lizaga, María Concepción Ramos, Ana Navas

School of Natural Resources: Faculty Publications

To ensure sustainable agricultural management, there is a need not only to quantify soil erosion rates but also to obtain information on the status of soil water content and soil loss under different soil types and land uses. A clear understanding of the temporal dynamics and the soil moisture spatial variability (SMSV) will help to control soil degradation by hydrological processes. This study represents the first attempt connecting cosmic-ray neutron sensors (CRNS) with soil erosion research, a novel approach to explore the complex relationships between soil water content (SWC) and soil redistribution processes using two of the most powerful nuclear …


Microplastics Presence In Rhizophora Mangle Roots Throughout Fishponds And Open Coasts In Moloka'i, Hawaii, Mia Hackett Jun 2023

Microplastics Presence In Rhizophora Mangle Roots Throughout Fishponds And Open Coasts In Moloka'i, Hawaii, Mia Hackett

University Honors Theses

Microplastics (MP) are an emerging global contaminant that has drawn the attention of many researchers in the last few decades due to their growing environmental threats. Pieces of plastic smaller than 5 mm, they are specifically a high cause for concern in marine environments as their small size allows them to flow from inland into the ocean. Through this movement, MPs have been found in all marine ecosystems and ingested by hundreds of marine species often mistaking them for food. Labeled as one of the most threatened ecosystems, mangrove forests are already a large sink for a variety of contaminants …


Exploring The Relationship Between Green Space And Academic Performance, Audrey Demeaux Jun 2023

Exploring The Relationship Between Green Space And Academic Performance, Audrey Demeaux

University Honors Theses

A growing body of literature is exploring the possibility that the presence of green spaces near schools can work to improve academic performance. Research to date on the relationship between green space and academic performance has shown mixed results. However, some see incorporating green spaces into school layouts as a key alternative strategy for improving academic achievement in the United States. This paper adds to the emerging discourse on the relationship between green space and academic achievement by using open-source data to conduct a regression analysis exploring the possible relationship between green space near K-12 schools and SAT scores in …


Comment For The Butte Reduction Works (Brw) Smelter Area Mine Waste Remediation And Contaminated Groundwater Hydraulic Control Site Quality Assurance Project Plan (Qapp) For Microbial Analysis And Biotreatability; Request For Change Brw-2023-02 (Dated May 15, 2023), Nikia Greene Jun 2023

Comment For The Butte Reduction Works (Brw) Smelter Area Mine Waste Remediation And Contaminated Groundwater Hydraulic Control Site Quality Assurance Project Plan (Qapp) For Microbial Analysis And Biotreatability; Request For Change Brw-2023-02 (Dated May 15, 2023), Nikia Greene

Silver Bow Creek/Butte Area Superfund Site

No abstract provided.


Approval Letter For The Butte Priority Soils Operable Unit (Bpsou) Residential Metals Abatement Program (Rmap) Field Sampling Plan (Fsp) – Interior Soils – Silver Bow Montessori (Dated June 5, 2023), Nikia Greene Jun 2023

Approval Letter For The Butte Priority Soils Operable Unit (Bpsou) Residential Metals Abatement Program (Rmap) Field Sampling Plan (Fsp) – Interior Soils – Silver Bow Montessori (Dated June 5, 2023), Nikia Greene

Silver Bow Creek/Butte Area Superfund Site

No abstract provided.


Final 2023 Residential Metals Abatement Program (Rmap) Racetrack Borrow Submittal, Pioneer Technical Services, Inc. Jun 2023

Final 2023 Residential Metals Abatement Program (Rmap) Racetrack Borrow Submittal, Pioneer Technical Services, Inc.

Silver Bow Creek/Butte Area Superfund Site

No abstract provided.


2023 Final Unreclaimed Sites Quality Assurance Project Plan (Qapp), Pioneer Technical Services, Inc. Jun 2023

2023 Final Unreclaimed Sites Quality Assurance Project Plan (Qapp), Pioneer Technical Services, Inc.

Silver Bow Creek/Butte Area Superfund Site

No abstract provided.


Approval Of The Final Butte Priority Soils Operable Unit (Bpsou), Draft Final 2023 Draft Interim Site-Wide Surface Water Monitoring, Quality Assurance Project Plan (Qapp) (Dated April 4, 2023), Nikia Greene Jun 2023

Approval Of The Final Butte Priority Soils Operable Unit (Bpsou), Draft Final 2023 Draft Interim Site-Wide Surface Water Monitoring, Quality Assurance Project Plan (Qapp) (Dated April 4, 2023), Nikia Greene

Silver Bow Creek/Butte Area Superfund Site

No abstract provided.


Approval Letter For The Request For Change (Rfc) To The Butte Priority Soils Operable Unit (Bpsou) Request For Change (Rfc)-Brw-2023-01 To The Final Butte Reduction Works (Brw) Smelter Area Mine Waste Remediation And Contaminated Groundwater Hydraulic Control Site Phase Iii Quality Assurance Project Plan (Qapp) (Phase Iii) (Dated May 10, 2023)., Nikia Greene Jun 2023

Approval Letter For The Request For Change (Rfc) To The Butte Priority Soils Operable Unit (Bpsou) Request For Change (Rfc)-Brw-2023-01 To The Final Butte Reduction Works (Brw) Smelter Area Mine Waste Remediation And Contaminated Groundwater Hydraulic Control Site Phase Iii Quality Assurance Project Plan (Qapp) (Phase Iii) (Dated May 10, 2023)., Nikia Greene

Silver Bow Creek/Butte Area Superfund Site

No abstract provided.


Approval Of The Final Butte Priority Soils Operable Unit (Bpsou), Draft Final Interim 2023 Site-Wide Groundwater Quality Assurance Project Plan (Qapp) (Dated April 5, 2023), Nikia Greene Jun 2023

Approval Of The Final Butte Priority Soils Operable Unit (Bpsou), Draft Final Interim 2023 Site-Wide Groundwater Quality Assurance Project Plan (Qapp) (Dated April 5, 2023), Nikia Greene

Silver Bow Creek/Butte Area Superfund Site

No abstract provided.


Approval Of The Final Butte Priority Soils Operable Unit (Bpsou), Draft Final Interim 2023 Site-Wide Groundwater Quality Assurance Project Plan (Qapp) (Dated April 5, 2023), Nikia Greene Jun 2023

Approval Of The Final Butte Priority Soils Operable Unit (Bpsou), Draft Final Interim 2023 Site-Wide Groundwater Quality Assurance Project Plan (Qapp) (Dated April 5, 2023), Nikia Greene

Silver Bow Creek/Butte Area Superfund Site

No abstract provided.


Comments For The Draft Residential Metals Abatement Program – Interior School Dust Investigation Summary Report – Butte Career Center Webster Garfield Dated (April 12, 2023), Nikia Greene Jun 2023

Comments For The Draft Residential Metals Abatement Program – Interior School Dust Investigation Summary Report – Butte Career Center Webster Garfield Dated (April 12, 2023), Nikia Greene

Silver Bow Creek/Butte Area Superfund Site

No abstract provided.


Environmental Impact Assessment (Eia) Of As, Se, Sn, And Hg In Water And Sediments From The Egyptian Red Sea Ports, Lamiaa I. Mohamedein, Khalid M. El-Moselhy, Mohamed A. El-Sawy Jun 2023

Environmental Impact Assessment (Eia) Of As, Se, Sn, And Hg In Water And Sediments From The Egyptian Red Sea Ports, Lamiaa I. Mohamedein, Khalid M. El-Moselhy, Mohamed A. El-Sawy

Blue Economy

Background: Pollution monitoring is an important tool to protect the marine ecosystems where ports had been seen as a source of contamination affecting the public wellbeing. Methods: Therefore, in the present study, surface seawater and surficial sediment samples were collected from 19 stations covering six ports of the Egyptian Red Sea during summer 2017 and winter 2018. The concentrations of As, Se, Sn, and Hg were determined using the Hydride system MH10 coupled with atomic absorption spectrophotometer. Results: The obtained data revealed that mean values of AS, Se, Sn and Hg for water samples were ranged between …


Comments On: Butte Mine Flooding Operable Unit Remedial Action Adequacy Review And Contingency Letter, Dated January 3, 2023, Nikia Greene Jun 2023

Comments On: Butte Mine Flooding Operable Unit Remedial Action Adequacy Review And Contingency Letter, Dated January 3, 2023, Nikia Greene

Silver Bow Creek/Butte Area Superfund Site

No abstract provided.


Approval Letter For The Butte Priority Soils Operable Unit (Bpsou) 2023 Residential Metals Abatement Program Copper/Emmett Park Soil Remedial Action Work Plan (Rawp) (Dated May 17, 2023), Nikia Greene Jun 2023

Approval Letter For The Butte Priority Soils Operable Unit (Bpsou) 2023 Residential Metals Abatement Program Copper/Emmett Park Soil Remedial Action Work Plan (Rawp) (Dated May 17, 2023), Nikia Greene

Silver Bow Creek/Butte Area Superfund Site

No abstract provided.


Comments On: Butte Mine Flooding Operable Unit Remedial Action Adequacy Review And Contingency Letter, Dated January 3, 2023, Nikia Greene Jun 2023

Comments On: Butte Mine Flooding Operable Unit Remedial Action Adequacy Review And Contingency Letter, Dated January 3, 2023, Nikia Greene

Silver Bow Creek/Butte Area Superfund Site

No abstract provided.


Ungrading For Cartographic Education: Reflections From Small Undergraduate Classes, Heather Rosenfeld Jun 2023

Ungrading For Cartographic Education: Reflections From Small Undergraduate Classes, Heather Rosenfeld

Environmental Science and Policy: Faculty Publications

No abstract provided.


Bat Use Of Afforested And Encroached Patches And Their Role In Extending Bat Habitat Into The Nebraska Sandhills, Jacob L. Wagner Jun 2023

Bat Use Of Afforested And Encroached Patches And Their Role In Extending Bat Habitat Into The Nebraska Sandhills, Jacob L. Wagner

School of Natural Resources: Dissertations, Theses, and Student Research

The Nebraska Sandhills are currently undergoing a state shift to a redcedar dominated woodland due to anthropologic planting of eastern redcedar (Juniperus virginiana) and woody encroachment from the periphery of the Sandhills. To better understand this novel ecosystem and how bats are utilizing it I collected data at Barta Brothers Ranch with acoustic sensor grids consisting of 24,100 m-spaced acoustic sensors placed adjacent to planted windbreaks. Supplemental data from the Nebraska North American Bat Monitoring Program was used for data analysis at larger spatial scales. I used linear regressions and kriging interpolation maps to see how bats used windbreaks during …


Approval Letter For The Butte Priority Soils Operable Unit (Bpsou) Draft Final 2023 Residential Metals Abatement Program (Rmap) Racetrack Borrow Submittal (Dated May 26, 2023), Nikia Greene Jun 2023

Approval Letter For The Butte Priority Soils Operable Unit (Bpsou) Draft Final 2023 Residential Metals Abatement Program (Rmap) Racetrack Borrow Submittal (Dated May 26, 2023), Nikia Greene

Silver Bow Creek/Butte Area Superfund Site

No abstract provided.


Preliminary Evidence Of Anticoagulant Rodenticide Exposure In American Kestrels (Falco Sparverius) In The Western United States, Evan R. Buechley, Dave Oleyar, Jesse L. Watson, Jennifer Bridgeman, Steven Volker, David A. Goldade, Catherine E. Swift, Barnett A. Rattner Jun 2023

Preliminary Evidence Of Anticoagulant Rodenticide Exposure In American Kestrels (Falco Sparverius) In The Western United States, Evan R. Buechley, Dave Oleyar, Jesse L. Watson, Jennifer Bridgeman, Steven Volker, David A. Goldade, Catherine E. Swift, Barnett A. Rattner

United States Geological Survey: Staff Publications

Although there is extensive evidence of declines in the American Kestrel (Falco sparverius) population across North America, the cause of such declines remains a mystery. One hypothesized driver of decline is anticoagulant rodenticide (AR) exposure, which could potentially cause mortality or reduced fitness. We investigated AR exposure in wild American Kestrels in Utah, USA. We collected and tested for AR residues in liver samples (n = 8) from kestrels opportunistically encountered dead and in blood samples (n = 71) from live wild kestrels, both nestlings and adults. We found high detection rates in both tissues. Adult …