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Full-Text Articles in Physical Sciences and Mathematics
Gw Monitoring, Pioneer Technical Services, Inc.
Gw Monitoring, Pioneer Technical Services, Inc.
Silver Bow Creek/Butte Area Superfund Site
No abstract provided.
Ecological Protection Alone Is Not Enough To Conserve Ecosystem Carbon Storage: Evidence From Guangdong, China, Lihan Cui, Wenwen Tang, Sheng Zheng, Ramesh P. Singh
Ecological Protection Alone Is Not Enough To Conserve Ecosystem Carbon Storage: Evidence From Guangdong, China, Lihan Cui, Wenwen Tang, Sheng Zheng, Ramesh P. Singh
Biology, Chemistry, and Environmental Sciences Faculty Articles and Research
The increase in atmospheric CO2 caused by land use and land cover change (LUCC) is one of the drivers of the global climate. As one of the most typical high-urbanization areas, the ecological conflicts occurring in Guangdong Province warrant urgent attention. A growing body of evidence suggests LUCC could guide the future ecosystem carbon storage, but most LUCC simulations are simply based on model results without full consistency with the actual situation. Fully combined with the territorial spatial planning project and based on the land use pattern in 2010 and 2020, we have used the Markov and Patch-generating Land …
Rapid Bacterial And Fungal Successional Dynamics In First Year After Chaparral Wildfire, M. Fabiola Pulido-Chavez, James W. J. Randolph, Cassandra A. Zalman, Loralee Larios, Peter M. Homyak, Sydney I. Glassman
Rapid Bacterial And Fungal Successional Dynamics In First Year After Chaparral Wildfire, M. Fabiola Pulido-Chavez, James W. J. Randolph, Cassandra A. Zalman, Loralee Larios, Peter M. Homyak, Sydney I. Glassman
Biology, Chemistry, and Environmental Sciences Faculty Articles and Research
The rise in wildfire frequency and severity across the globe has increased interest in secondary succession. However, despite the role of soil microbial communities in controlling biogeochemical cycling and their role in the regeneration of post-fire vegetation, the lack of measurements immediately post-fire and at high temporal resolution has limited understanding of microbial secondary succession. To fill this knowledge gap, we sampled soils at 17, 25, 34, 67, 95, 131, 187, 286, and 376 days after a southern California wildfire in fire-adapted chaparral shrublands. We assessed bacterial and fungal biomass with qPCR of 16S and 18S and richness and composition …
2022 Draft Final Butte Reduction Works (Brw) Smelter Area Mine Waste Remediation And Contaminated Groundwater Hydraulic Control Site Organic Pollutant Surface Water Sampling Quality Assurance Project Plan (Qapp), Pioneer Technical Services, Inc.
2022 Draft Final Butte Reduction Works (Brw) Smelter Area Mine Waste Remediation And Contaminated Groundwater Hydraulic Control Site Organic Pollutant Surface Water Sampling Quality Assurance Project Plan (Qapp), Pioneer Technical Services, Inc.
Silver Bow Creek/Butte Area Superfund Site
No abstract provided.
Comparison Of Sieved Soil Sample Results From Butte-Silver Bow Multi-Pathway Residential Metals Abatement Program: 250 Μm And 150 Μm Sieved Samples For Lead And Arsenic Enrichment Determination Atlantic Richfield Company Butte, Montana, Ramboll, Environmental Standards, Inc.
Comparison Of Sieved Soil Sample Results From Butte-Silver Bow Multi-Pathway Residential Metals Abatement Program: 250 Μm And 150 Μm Sieved Samples For Lead And Arsenic Enrichment Determination Atlantic Richfield Company Butte, Montana, Ramboll, Environmental Standards, Inc.
Silver Bow Creek/Butte Area Superfund Site
No abstract provided.
Equivalent Hazard Magnitude Scale, Yi Victor Wang, Antonia Sebastian
Equivalent Hazard Magnitude Scale, Yi Victor Wang, Antonia Sebastian
Institute for ECHO Articles and Research
Hazard magnitude scales are widely adopted to facilitate communication regarding hazard events and the corresponding decision making for emergency management. A hazard magnitude scale measures the strength of a hazard event considering the natural forcing phenomena and the severity of the event with respect to average entities at risk. However, existing hazard magnitude scales cannot be easily adapted for comparative analysis across different hazard types. Here, we propose an equivalent hazard magnitude scale to measure the hazard strength of an event across multiple types of hazards. We name the scale the Gardoni Scale after Professor Paolo Gardoni. We design the …
Relative Importance Of Radar Variables For Nowcasting Heavy Rainfall: A Machine Learning Approach, Yi Victor Wang, Seung Hee Kim, Geunsu Lyu, Choeng-Lyong Lee, Gyuwon Lee, Ki-Hong Min, Menas C. Kafatos
Relative Importance Of Radar Variables For Nowcasting Heavy Rainfall: A Machine Learning Approach, Yi Victor Wang, Seung Hee Kim, Geunsu Lyu, Choeng-Lyong Lee, Gyuwon Lee, Ki-Hong Min, Menas C. Kafatos
Institute for ECHO Articles and Research
Highly short-term forecasting, or nowcasting, of heavy rainfall due to rapidly evolving mesoscale convective systems (MCSs) is particularly challenging for traditional numerical weather prediction models. To overcome such a challenge, a growing number of studies have shown significant advantages of using machine learning (ML) modeling techniques with remote sensing data, especially weather radar data, for high-resolution rainfall nowcasting. To improve ML model performance, it is essential first and foremost to quantify the importance of radar variables and identify pertinent predictors of rainfall that can also be associated with domain knowledge. In this study, a set of MCS types consisting of …
Possible Overestimation Of Nitrogen Dioxide Outgassing During The Beirut 2020 Explosion, Ashraf Farahat, Nayla El-Kork, Ramesh P. Singh, Feng Jing
Possible Overestimation Of Nitrogen Dioxide Outgassing During The Beirut 2020 Explosion, Ashraf Farahat, Nayla El-Kork, Ramesh P. Singh, Feng Jing
Biology, Chemistry, and Environmental Sciences Faculty Articles and Research
On 4 August 2020, a strong explosion occurred near the Beirut seaport, Lebanon and killed more than 200 people and damaged numerous buildings in the vicinity. As Amonium Nitrate (AN) caused the explosion, many studies claimed the release of large amounts of NO2 in the atmosphere may have resulted in a health hazard in Beirut and the vicinity. In order to reasonably evaluate the significance of NO2 amounts released in the atmosphere, it is important to investigate the spatio-temporal distribution of NO2 during and after the blast and compare it to the average day-to-day background emissions from …
Crisisready's Novel Framework For Transdisciplinary Translation: Case-Studies In Wildfire And Hurricane Response, Andrew Schroeder, Caleb Dresser, Akash Yadav, Jennifer Chan, Shenyue Jia, Caroline Buckee, Satchit Balsari
Crisisready's Novel Framework For Transdisciplinary Translation: Case-Studies In Wildfire And Hurricane Response, Andrew Schroeder, Caleb Dresser, Akash Yadav, Jennifer Chan, Shenyue Jia, Caroline Buckee, Satchit Balsari
Institute for ECHO Articles and Research
Extreme weather events including wildfires and hurricanes are becoming increasingly hazardous due to climate change, and often result in transient or permanent population displacements. Disaster-related disruptions in infrastructure, workforce, wages, and social networks can combine with population displacements to result in interruptions in health care access and prolonged impacts on morbidity and mortality. The data needed to make health systems and emergency management approaches more resilient to these hazards, and more responsive to the needs of affected populations, are sequestered in silos across private corporations and public agencies. In two case studies, we describe how our research team at CrisisReady …
Residential Metals Abatement Program – Interior School Soil ‐ Remedial Action Work Plan – Butte High School, Mike Mcanulty
Residential Metals Abatement Program – Interior School Soil ‐ Remedial Action Work Plan – Butte High School, Mike Mcanulty
Silver Bow Creek/Butte Area Superfund Site
No abstract provided.
Residential Metals Abatement Program – Interior School Soil ‐ Remedial Action Work Plan – Butte High School, Mike Mcanulty
Residential Metals Abatement Program – Interior School Soil ‐ Remedial Action Work Plan – Butte High School, Mike Mcanulty
Silver Bow Creek/Butte Area Superfund Site
No abstract provided.
Final 2022 Residential Metals Abatement Program (Rmap) Cherokee Park Soil Remedial Action Work Plan (Rawp), Pioneer Technical Services, Inc.
Final 2022 Residential Metals Abatement Program (Rmap) Cherokee Park Soil Remedial Action Work Plan (Rawp), Pioneer Technical Services, Inc.
Silver Bow Creek/Butte Area Superfund Site
No abstract provided.
Memorandum – Final Revised - Recommended Qualification For Select Dust Cassette Data, Lester J. Dupes, Rock J. Vitale
Memorandum – Final Revised - Recommended Qualification For Select Dust Cassette Data, Lester J. Dupes, Rock J. Vitale
Silver Bow Creek/Butte Area Superfund Site
No abstract provided.
Remedial Action Work Plan East Middle School, Environmental Resource Management (Erm)
Remedial Action Work Plan East Middle School, Environmental Resource Management (Erm)
Silver Bow Creek/Butte Area Superfund Site
No abstract provided.
Residential Metals Abatement Program – Interior School Dust ‐ Remedial Action Work Plan – East Middle School, Mike Mcanulty
Residential Metals Abatement Program – Interior School Dust ‐ Remedial Action Work Plan – East Middle School, Mike Mcanulty
Silver Bow Creek/Butte Area Superfund Site
No abstract provided.
Butte Priority Soils Operable Unit (Bpsou) – Temporary Construction Surface Water Performance Standards Variance Request For Fresow Projects, Josh Bryson
Silver Bow Creek/Butte Area Superfund Site
No abstract provided.
Final 2022 Residential Metals Abatement Program (Rmap) Koprivica Park Soil Remedial Action Work Plan (Rawp), Pioneer Technical Services, Inc.
Final 2022 Residential Metals Abatement Program (Rmap) Koprivica Park Soil Remedial Action Work Plan (Rawp), Pioneer Technical Services, Inc.
Silver Bow Creek/Butte Area Superfund Site
No abstract provided.
Final Revised Butte Reduction Works (Brw) Phase Iii Qapp, Nikia Greene
Final Revised Butte Reduction Works (Brw) Phase Iii Qapp, Nikia Greene
Silver Bow Creek/Butte Area Superfund Site
No abstract provided.
Final Revised Butte Reduction Works (Brw) Phase Iii Qapp, Nikia Greene
Final Revised Butte Reduction Works (Brw) Phase Iii Qapp, Nikia Greene
Silver Bow Creek/Butte Area Superfund Site
No abstract provided.
2022 Draft Final Blacktail Creek Groundwater Hydraulic Control System Remedial Design Work Plan, Stantec Consulting Services, Inc.
2022 Draft Final Blacktail Creek Groundwater Hydraulic Control System Remedial Design Work Plan, Stantec Consulting Services, Inc.
Silver Bow Creek/Butte Area Superfund Site
No abstract provided.
2022 Draft Final Blacktail Creek Groundwater Hydraulic Control System Remedial Design Work Plan, Stantec Consulting Services, Inc.
2022 Draft Final Blacktail Creek Groundwater Hydraulic Control System Remedial Design Work Plan, Stantec Consulting Services, Inc.
Silver Bow Creek/Butte Area Superfund Site
No abstract provided.
Medical Monitoring Working Group Meeting Minutes, Mike Mcanulty
Medical Monitoring Working Group Meeting Minutes, Mike Mcanulty
Silver Bow Creek/Butte Area Superfund Site
No abstract provided.
Bridgeport Poised To Be Site Of Nebraska’S Next Environmental Catastrophe, Kjersten Hyberger
Bridgeport Poised To Be Site Of Nebraska’S Next Environmental Catastrophe, Kjersten Hyberger
Op-Eds from ENSC230 Energy and the Environment: Economics and Policies
Bridgeport Ethanol LLC is Nebraska’s first ethanol plant to be under contract for Carbon Capture and Sequestration (CCS) in the state. Despite ongoing safety concerns by federal regulators and organized opposition from affected landowners, Carbon America is pushing forward with their plans to have the Bridgeport CCS facility operational by 2024. At a time when Nebraska has barely begun cleanup of the AltEn disaster in Mead, and the agrochemical contamination levels in our soil and groundwater are at historic levels, we cannot carelessly add one more pollutant to the mix.
In May of this year the Legislature passed the Nebraska …
Why Energy Efficiency Is Needed In Rwanda, Jean Ishinzibigwi
Why Energy Efficiency Is Needed In Rwanda, Jean Ishinzibigwi
Op-Eds from ENSC230 Energy and the Environment: Economics and Policies
Perspective on the benefits of energy efficiency and cost savings on energy was changed by the experience of working with the Nebraska Industrial Assessment Center. Visiting various industrial locations in Nebraska to see how different energy-saving techniques are employed to save money on energy costs and reduce energy waste. Rwanda can put several ideas into action to lessen the energy loss, which is too much now.
The government's Ministry of Infrastructure (MININFRA) and other departments are crucial to Rwanda's energy sector. The primary ministry in charge of developing renewable energy is MININFRA (methane, peat, geothermal, solar and wind energy). The …
Aquaculture In Africa: Aquatic Animal Welfare, Impact On The Environment And The Sustainability Of The Sector, Mwenda M. Mbaka, Janice H. Cox, Stephen Ronan
Aquaculture In Africa: Aquatic Animal Welfare, Impact On The Environment And The Sustainability Of The Sector, Mwenda M. Mbaka, Janice H. Cox, Stephen Ronan
Aquaculture
The African aquaculture sector recorded the fastest growth in the world between 2006-2018, averaging 10% or more, and is expected to partially fill the growing fish supply-demand gap up to 2063. In 2018, there were about 1.2 million aquafarmers across the continent, an increase from 920 thousand in 2014. According to the African Development Bank, expansion of aquaculture in Africa is hampered by "the overwhelming predominance of tilapia farming, which relies heavily on the production of fingerlings from a limited number of genetically improved strains that are resistant to the many diseases affecting this species, and on the production of …
Carbon Capture Is Not Climate Action, Bella Devney
Carbon Capture Is Not Climate Action, Bella Devney
Op-Eds from ENSC230 Energy and the Environment: Economics and Policies
A new technology is being brought to Western Nebraska in the form of Carbon Capture and Storage in the name of climate action, but the health of Nebraska’s environment and people are being ignored. Bridgeport Ethanol Plant announced this fall that they plan to begin building technology that will capture and store “175,000 tons/yr” which is a small percentage of the 4,577 million tons emitted by the US in 2020.
Carbon can be captured from the atmosphere itself or in the Ethanol Plant’s case from the point of the CO2 production. After carbon is captured from the plant’s smokestack, it …
Stop Methane Emissions, Jacob Anderson
Stop Methane Emissions, Jacob Anderson
Op-Eds from ENSC230 Energy and the Environment: Economics and Policies
We all know of the worldly issue called global warming. A huge cause of global warming is the emission and buildup of greenhouse gasses in the atmosphere. Carbon dioxide is the leading contributor to global emissions at 74.4% and methane is second at 17.3% (Our World in Data 2019). On August 16, 2022, President Biden signed the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022
which includes a charge that starts in 2024 at $900 per metric ton of methane emitted and will raise to $1500 by 2028 (CRS). This should introduce an incentive for facilities to update their plant, machinery, and equipment …
Nuclear Energy, Evan Detina
Nuclear Energy, Evan Detina
Op-Eds from ENSC230 Energy and the Environment: Economics and Policies
The use of nuclear power as a primary energy source is a controversial discussion. However, if reversing or stopping the effects of climate change is our main goal, then this is a top contender. Fossil fuels account for 34 billion tons of emissions annually according to Ritchie, Hannah, et al. (2020). Instead, we can create energy through nuclear fission. I believe nuclear energy should become a much larger player in the energy game.
The first practical use of nuclear power became apparent on December 2, 1942 when a physicist, Enrico Fermi, developed a self-sustaining nuclear fission reaction at the University …
Puerto Rico Left In The Dark, Again, Eulices Garcia
Puerto Rico Left In The Dark, Again, Eulices Garcia
Op-Eds from ENSC230 Energy and the Environment: Economics and Policies
Puerto Rico, the United States third largest island, often gets overlooked when hurricane season comes and goes. Where most of the attention goes to the Florida peninsula or East coast, Puerto Rico is still one of America’s closest territories. As part of America’s extended family, Puerto Rico should not be overlooked when natural disasters occur. When these disasters happen, they can have a tremendous impact on the island itself and the people in it. One major concern that has not been truly fixed yet is the energy crisis in Puerto Rico. Whenever storms hit, there is always a possibility of …
Big Blue Wind Project: Why Solar May Be A Better Solution For Nebraska's Energy Future Than Wind, Page Nippert
Big Blue Wind Project: Why Solar May Be A Better Solution For Nebraska's Energy Future Than Wind, Page Nippert
Op-Eds from ENSC230 Energy and the Environment: Economics and Policies
With nonrenewable resources such as coal and oil causing greenhouse gas emissions, a shift to renewable resources is needed not only to reduce CO2 emissions, but also to allow energy independence. The switch to renewable resources is vital, and in Nebraska, these resources are being introduced commonly as solar and wind farms depending on the area.
NextEra Energy is proposing The Big Blue Wind project in Jefferson County. I’m opposing this project for reasons similar to why it’s being proposed – for the environment and the community.
The project aims to benefit the community economically by creating jobs, county …