This paper is one of the first to offer a comprehensive analysis of the impact of green finance related policies in China,utilizing text analysis and panel data from 290 cities between 2011 and 2018.Employing the Semi...This paper is one of the first to offer a comprehensive analysis of the impact of green finance related policies in China,utilizing text analysis and panel data from 290 cities between 2011 and 2018.Employing the Semi-parametric Difference-in-Differences(SDID)we show that overall China's green finance related policies have led to a significant reduction in industrial gas emissions in the review period.Additionally,we found that Fintech development contributes to the depletion of sulphur dioxide emissions and has a positive impact on environmental protection investment initiatives.China is poised to be a global leader in green finance policy implementation and regulators need to accelerate the formulation of green finance products and enhance the capacity of financial institutions to offer green credit.While minimizing the systemic risk fintech poses,policy makers should encourage fintechs to actively participate in environmental protection initiatives that promote green consumption.展开更多
Formation of acid mine drainage(AMD)is a widespread environmental issue that has not subsided throughout decades of continuing research.Highly acidic and highly concentrated metallic streams are characteristics of suc...Formation of acid mine drainage(AMD)is a widespread environmental issue that has not subsided throughout decades of continuing research.Highly acidic and highly concentrated metallic streams are characteristics of such streams.Humans,plants and surrounding ecosystems that are in proximity to AMD producing sites face immediate threats.Remediation options include active and passive biological treatments which are markedly different in many aspects.Sulfate reducing bacteria(SRB)remove sulfate and heavy metals to generate non-toxic streams.Passive systems are inexpensive to operate but entail fundamental drawbacks such as large land requirements and prolonged treatment period.Active bioreactors offer greater operational predictability and quicker treatment time but require higher investment costs and wide scale usage is limited by lack of expertise.Recent advancements include the use of renewable raw materials for AMD clean up purposes,which will likely achieve much greener mitigation solutions.展开更多
Biodiversity conservation plays an important role in the sustainable development of human society.China had made significant progress in biodiversity conservation studies and practices.This paper reviews major achieve...Biodiversity conservation plays an important role in the sustainable development of human society.China had made significant progress in biodiversity conservation studies and practices.This paper reviews major achievements in China in the past decades,especially those since 2010.In terms of the science behind biodiversity conservation,Chinese scholars have made significant contributions to priority research subjects,including mechanisms for maintaining biological communities and the relationship between biodiversity and ecosystem functioning.Simultaneously,biodiversity conservation and management systems specific to China have been basically established.The Chinese Government and researchers have undertaken a number of investigations,scientific studies,and monitoring,and have established relevant databases.With efforts taken to protect and restore biodiversity and ecosystems,the concept of biodiversity has gradually become popular in China.This review is an attempt to share with the world the learning from China’s progress towards becoming an ecological civilization and highlights that the efforts towards biodiversity conservation need to be organically integrated with sustainable development goals.展开更多
As the world's biggest carbon dioxide(CO_(2))emitter and the largest developing country,China faces daunting challenges to peak its emissions before 2030 and achieve carbon neutrality within 40 years.This study fu...As the world's biggest carbon dioxide(CO_(2))emitter and the largest developing country,China faces daunting challenges to peak its emissions before 2030 and achieve carbon neutrality within 40 years.This study fully considered the carbon-neutrality goal and the temperature rise constraints required by the Paris Agreement,by developing six long-term development scenarios,and conducting a quantitative evaluation on the carbon emissions pathways,energy transformation,technology,policy and investment demand for each scenario.This study combined both bottom-up and top-down methodologies,including simulations and analyses of energy consumption of end-use and power sectors(bottom-up),as well as scenario analysis,investment demand and technology evaluation at the macro level(top-down).This study demonstrates that achieving carbon neutrality before 2060 translates to significant efforts and overwhelming challenges for China.To comply with the target,a high rate of an average annual reduction of CO_(2) emissions by 9.3%from 2030 to 2050 is a necessity,which requires a huge investment demand.For example,in the 1.5℃ scenario,an investment in energy infrastructure alone equivalent to 2.6%of that year's GDP will be necessary.The technological pathway towards carbon neutrality will rely highly on both conventional emission reduction technologies and breakthrough technologies.China needs to balance a long-term development strategy of lower greenhouse gas emissions that meets both the Paris Agreement and the long-term goals for domestic economic and social development,with a phased implementation for both its five-year and long-term plans.展开更多
China's 14th Five-Year Plan,for the period 2021e25,presents a real opportunity for China to link its longterm climate goals with its short-to medium-term social and economic development plans.China's recent c...China's 14th Five-Year Plan,for the period 2021e25,presents a real opportunity for China to link its longterm climate goals with its short-to medium-term social and economic development plans.China's recent commitment to achieving carbon neutrality by 2060 has set a clear direction for its economy,but requires ratcheting up ambition on its near-term climate policy.Against this background,this paper discusses major action areas for China's 14th Five-Year Plan after COVID-19,especially focusing on three aspects:the energy transition,a new type of sustainable urban development,and investment priorities.China's role in the world is now of a magnitude that makes its actions in the immediate future critical to how the world goes forward.This decade,2021e2030,is of fundamental importance to human history.If society locks in dirty and high-carbon capital,it raises profound risks of irreversible damage to the world's climate.It is crucial for China to peak its emissions in the 14th Five-Year Plan(by 2025),making the transition earlier and cheaper,enhancing its international competitiveness in growing new markets and setting a strong example for the world.The benefits for China and the world as a whole could be immense.展开更多
In order to effectively improve the degradation rate of diesel,a systematic analysis of the degradation mechanism used by immobilized bacteria is necessary.In the present study,diesel degradation mechanisms were asses...In order to effectively improve the degradation rate of diesel,a systematic analysis of the degradation mechanism used by immobilized bacteria is necessary.In the present study,diesel degradation mechanisms were assessed by analyzing permeability,biodegradation,adsorption kinetics,and molecular simulation.We found that bacteria immobilized on cinnamon shells and peanut shells degraded relatively high amounts of diesel(69.94%and 64.41%,respectively).The primary degradation pathways used by immobilized bacteria included surface adsorption,internal uptake,and biodegradation.Surface adsorption was dominant in the early stage of degradation,whereas biodegradation was dominant in later stages.The diesel adsorption rate of the immobilized bacteria was in agreement with the pseudo second-order kinetic model.The immobilized bacteria and diesel interacted through hydrogen bonds.展开更多
Greenhouse gas emissions from wetlands are significantly promoted by global nitrogen input for changing the rate of soil carbon and nitrogen cycling,and are substantially affected by soil labile carbon and nitrogen co...Greenhouse gas emissions from wetlands are significantly promoted by global nitrogen input for changing the rate of soil carbon and nitrogen cycling,and are substantially affected by soil labile carbon and nitrogen conversely.However,the driving mechanism by which soil labile carbon and nitrogen affect greenhouse gas emissions from wetland ecosystems under global nitrogen input is not well understood.Working out the driving factor of nitrogen input on greenhouse gas emissions from wetlands is critical to reducing global warming from nitrogen input.Thus,we synthesized 72 published studies(2144 paired observations)of greenhouse gas fluxes and soil labile compounds of carbon and nitrogen(ammonium,nitrate,dissolved organic carbon,soil microbial biomass nitrogen and carbon),to understand the effects of labile carbon and nitrogen on greenhouse gas emissions under global nitrogen input.Across the data set,nitrogen input significantly promoted carbon dioxide,methane and nitrous oxide emissions from wetlands.In particular,at lower nitrogen rates(<100 kg ha^(-1)$·yr^(-1))and with added ammonium compounds,freshwater wetland significantly promoted carbon dioxide and methane emissions.Peatland was the largest nitrous oxide source under these conditions.This meta-analysis also revealed that nitrogen input stimulated dissolved organic carbon,ammonium,nitrate,microbial biomass carbon and microbial biomass nitrogen accumulation in the wetland ecosystem.The variation-partitioning analysis and structural equation model were used to analyze the relationship between the greenhouse gas and labile carbon and nitrogen further.These results revealed that dissolved organic carbon(DOC)is the primary factor driving greenhouse gas emission from wetlands under global nitrogen input,whereas microbial biomass carbon(MBC)more directly affects greenhouse gas emission than other labile carbon and nitrogen.展开更多
Increasing global population and decreasing arable land pose tremendous pressures to agricultural production.The application of conventional chemical fertilizers improves agricultural production,but causes serious env...Increasing global population and decreasing arable land pose tremendous pressures to agricultural production.The application of conventional chemical fertilizers improves agricultural production,but causes serious environmental problems and significant economic burdens.Biochar gains increasing interest as a soil amendment.Recently,more and more attentions have been paid to biochar-based slowrelease of fertilizers(SRFs)due to the unique properties of biochar.This review summarizes recent advances in the development,synthesis,application,and tentative mechanism of biochar-based SRFs.The development mainly undergoes three stages:(i)soil amendment using biochar,(ii)interactions between nutrients and biochar,and(iii)biochar-based SRFs.Various methods are proposed to improve the fertilizer efficiency of biochar,majorly including in-situ pyrolysis,co-pyrolysis,impregnation,encapsulation,and granulation.Considering the distinct features of different methods,the integrated methods are promising for fabricating effective biochar-based SRFs.The in-depth understanding of the mechanism of nutrient loading and slow release is discussed based on current knowledge.Additionally,the perspectives and challenges of the potential application of biochar-based SRFs are described.Knowledge surveyed from this review indicates that applying biochar-based SRFs is a viable way of promoting sustainable agriculture.展开更多
Vehicle evaporation is an essential source of VOCs in cities but is not well understood in China.Reported emission factors from previous studies are not enough for understanding the atmospheric chemical process of veh...Vehicle evaporation is an essential source of VOCs in cities but is not well understood in China.Reported emission factors from previous studies are not enough for understanding the atmospheric chemical process of vehicular evaporative VOCs.In this work,a serious of detailed VOCs speciation profiles are developed based on test processes and emission processes.A mass balance method was used to divide different emission processes during diurnal tests.The results show that headspace vapor of gasoline cannot represent the real-world vehicle evaporation because of the significant differences in VOCs speciation profiles,especially for aromatics.To further distinguish emissions from evaporation and exhaust,only the ratios of MTBE/benzene and MTBE/toluene can serve as indicators when considering species from all evaporative processes.Besides,emissions from different sources change significantly with the seasons.To solve these problems,we developed a monthly comprehensive evaporation speciation profile.The individual profiles at the emission processes are weighted by the emission of the in-use vehicle fleet in Beijing to derive the comprehensive speciation profile of evaporative VOCs.Ozone formation potential(OFP)and secondary organic aerosol potential(SOAP)were used to evaluate the environmental impact.For SOAP,100 g evaporative emissions are equal to 6.05-12.71 g toluene in different months,much higher than that given using headspace vapors,especially in winter(7.2 times higher in December).These findings would improve our understanding of the evaporative VOCs emissions in China and their environmental impacts(e.g.,O3 and SOA formation).展开更多
Heterotrophic nitrification-aerobic denitrification(HNAD)is essential in diverse nitrogen-transforming processes.How HNAD is modulated by quorum sensing(QS)systems is still ambiguous.The QS system in Pseudomonas aerug...Heterotrophic nitrification-aerobic denitrification(HNAD)is essential in diverse nitrogen-transforming processes.How HNAD is modulated by quorum sensing(QS)systems is still ambiguous.The QS system in Pseudomonas aeruginosa manipulates colony behavior.Here,we described the influence of the Pseudomonas quinolone signal(PQS)and N-acyl-L-homoserine lactone(AHL)on HNAD.The HNAD of P.aeruginosa was inhibited by the oversecretion of PQS.AHL-or PQS-deficient P.aeruginosa mutants had a higher ability for nitrogen removal.QS inhibited heterotrophic nitrification mainly via controlling the activity of nitrite oxidoreductase(NXR)and the depressed aerobic denitrification by regulating the catalytic abilities of nitric oxide reductase(NOR),nitrite reductase(NIR),and nitrate reductase(NAR).The addition of citrate as the sole carbon source increased the nitrogen removal efficiency compared with other carbon sources.Nitrite,as the sole nitrogen source,could be used entirely with only the moderate concentration of PQS contained.AHL and PQS controlled both nitrification and denitrification,suggesting that QS plays an important role in nitrogen cycle under aerobic conditions.展开更多
The rapid expansion of both the global economy and the human population has led to a shortage of water resources suitable for direct human consumption.As a result,water remediation will inexorably become the primary f...The rapid expansion of both the global economy and the human population has led to a shortage of water resources suitable for direct human consumption.As a result,water remediation will inexorably become the primary focus on a global scale.Microalgae can be grown in various types of wastewaters(WW).They have a high potential to remove contaminants from the effluents of industries and urban areas.This review focuses on recent advances on WW remediation through microalgae cultivation.Attention has already been paid to microalgae-based wastewater treatment(WWT)due to its low energy requirements,the strong ability of microalgae to thrive under diverse environmental conditions,and the potential to transform WW nutrients into high-value compounds.It turned out that microalgae-based WWT is an economical and sustainable solution.Moreover,different types of toxins are removed by microalgae through biosorption,bioaccumulation,and biodegradation processes.Examples are toxins from agricultural runoffs and textile and pharmaceutical industrial effluents.Microalgae have the potential to mitigate carbon dioxide and make use of the micronutrients that are present in the effluents.This review paper highlights the application of microalgae in WW remediation and the remediation of diverse types of pollutants commonly present in WW through different mechanisms,simultaneous resource recovery,and efficient microalgae-based co-culturing systems along with bottlenecks and prospects.展开更多
The accurate determination of the carbon-neutrality capacity(CNC)of a region is crucial for developing policies related to emissions and climate change.However,a systematic diagnostic method for determining the CNC th...The accurate determination of the carbon-neutrality capacity(CNC)of a region is crucial for developing policies related to emissions and climate change.However,a systematic diagnostic method for determining the CNC that considers the rock chemical weathering carbon sink(RCS)is lacking.Moreover,it is challenging but indispensable to establish a fast and practical index model to determine the CNC.Here,we selected Guizhou as the study area,used the methods for different types of carbon sinks,and constructed a CNC index(CNCI)model.We found that:(1)the carbonate rock chemical weathering carbon sink flux was 30.3 t CO_(2)km^(-2)yr^(-1).Guizhou accounted for 1.8%of the land area and contributed 5.4%of the carbonate chemical weathering carbon sink;(2)the silicate rock chemical weathering carbon sink and its flux were 1.44×10^(3)t CO_(2)and 2.43 t CO_(2)km^(-2)yr^(-1),respectively;(3)the vegetation-soil ecosystem carbon sink and its flux were 1.37×10^(8)t CO_(2)and 831.70 t CO_(2)km^(-2)yr^(-1),respectively;(4)the carbon emissions(CEs)were 280 Tg CO_(2),about 2.8%of the total for China;and(5)the total carbon sinks in Guizhou were 160 Tg CO_(2),with a CNCI of 57%,which is 4.8 times of China and 2.1 times of the world.In summary,we conducted a systematic diagnosis of the CNC considering the RCS and established a CNCI model.The results of this study have a strong implication and significance for national and global CNC determination and gap analysis.展开更多
There has long been a great concern with growing anthropogenic contaminants and their ecological and toxicological effects on living organisms and the surrounding environment for decades.Metabolomics,a functional read...There has long been a great concern with growing anthropogenic contaminants and their ecological and toxicological effects on living organisms and the surrounding environment for decades.Metabolomics,a functional readout of cellular activity,can capture organismal responses to various contaminant-related stressors,acquiring direct signatures to illustrate the environmental behaviours of anthropogenic contaminants better.This review entails the application of metabolomics to profile metabolic responses of environmental organisms,e.g.animals(rodents,fish,crustacean and earthworms)and microorganisms(bacteria,yeast and microalgae)to different anthropogenic contaminants,including heavy metals,nanomaterials,pesticides,pharmaceutical and personal products,persistent organic pollutants,and assesses their ecotoxicological impacts with regard to literature published in the recent five years.Contaminant-induced metabolism alteration and up/down-regulation of metabolic pathways are revealed in typical organisms.The obtained insights of variations in global metabolism provide a distinct understanding of how anthropogenic contaminants exert influences on specific metabolic pathways on living organisms.Thus with a novel ecotechnique of environmental metabolomics,risk assessments of anthropogenic contaminants are profoundly demonstrated.展开更多
Along with the 40 years of reform and opening-up,China’s ecological and environmental management system has been evolving continuously.Since the start of the ecological and environmental protection in 1972,China has ...Along with the 40 years of reform and opening-up,China’s ecological and environmental management system has been evolving continuously.Since the start of the ecological and environmental protection in 1972,China has witnessed“great leaps”of reform on environmental management system about once every 10 years,in order to address the prominent environmental issues at different development stages,and continuously reform,innovate and develop the ecological and environmental governance systems and modes with Chinese characteristics.China adheres to solve environmental problems in the process of development,takes the improvement of the ecological and environmental quality as the core task,and gradually builds its ecological and environmental management systems conforming to the characteristics of different development stages,including a sound ecological and environmental planning&policy system,an improved ecological and environmental governance system and a complete ecological and environmental legal system.During the process of building the socialism with Chinese characteristics for a new era,we should aim at the strategic goal of building a Beautiful China,keep focused on China while stay connected with the world,adhere to green development,accomplish top-level design,build a new pattern of ecological and environmental management system,and co-construct a clean and beautiful world.展开更多
The degradation of phenol using ozone with activated carbon(O_(3)/AC system)was investigated in this study.The O_(3)/AC system was also compared with the single O_(3) and AC systems.The total organic carbon(TOC)remova...The degradation of phenol using ozone with activated carbon(O_(3)/AC system)was investigated in this study.The O_(3)/AC system was also compared with the single O_(3) and AC systems.The total organic carbon(TOC)removal efficiency in the O_(3)/AC system was roughly 26%and 30%higher than the single AC and O_(3) systems,respectively.It was demonstrated that the phenol degradation rate and TOC removal efficiency were significantly affected by the ozone concentration,AC dosage,and solution pH.The pseudo-first-order and pseudo-second-order kinetic models were fitted to identify the mechanisms of the phenol removal process.The results of Scanning Electron Microscopy,Brunauer-Emmett-Teller,and Fourier-transform infrared spectroscopy of raw and used AC indicated that the surface morphology,microstructure,and functional group properties had been changed during the reaction process.The possible O_(3)/AC system mineralization mechanism for phenol removal was tentatively proposed using scavenging active species such as·OH,O_(2)^(·-),and H_(2)O_(2).The transformation byproducts generated during the application of the O_(3)/AC system were identified by High Performance Liquid Chromatography and Gas Chromatography-Mass Spectrometry analyses.Therefore,the mineralization pathway of phenol in detail was proposed in acidic(pH 3.0)and alkaline(pH 11.0)conditions.This study provided a more systematic explanation of the mineralization mechanism for phenol in the O_(3)/AC system.展开更多
Data-driven approaches that make timely predictions about pollutant concentrations in the effluent of constructed wetlands are essential for improving the treatment performance of constructed wetlands.However,the effe...Data-driven approaches that make timely predictions about pollutant concentrations in the effluent of constructed wetlands are essential for improving the treatment performance of constructed wetlands.However,the effect of the meteorological condition and flow changes in a real scenario are generally neglected in water quality prediction.To address this problem,in this study,we propose an approach based on multi-source data fusion that considers the following indicators:water quality indicators,water quantity indicators,and meteorological indicators.In this study,we establish four representative methods to simultaneously predict the concentrations of three representative pollutants in the effluent of a practical large-scale constructed wetland:(1)multiple linear regression;(2)backpropagation neural network(BPNN);(3)genetic algorithm combined with the BPNN to solve the local minima problem;and(4)long short-term memory(LSTM)neural network to consider the influence of past results on the present.The results suggest that the LSTM-predicting model performed considerably better than the other deep neural network-based model or linear method,with a satisfactory R^(2).Additionally,given the huge fluctuation of different pollutant concentrations in the effluent,we used a moving average method to smooth the original data,which successfully improved the accuracy of traditional neural networks and hybrid neural networks.The results of this study indicate that the hybrid modeling concept that combines intelligent and scientific data preprocessing methods with deep learning algorithms is a feasible approach for forecasting water quality in the effluent of actual engineering.展开更多
The current transition to sustainability and the circular economy can be viewed as a socio-technical response to environmental impacts and the need to enhance the overall performance of the linear production and consu...The current transition to sustainability and the circular economy can be viewed as a socio-technical response to environmental impacts and the need to enhance the overall performance of the linear production and consumption paradigm.The concept of biowaste refineries as a feasible alternative to petroleum refineries has gained popularity.Biowaste has become an important raw material source for developing bioproducts and biofuels.Therefore,effective environmental biowaste management systems for the production of bioproducts and biofuels are crucial and can be employed as pillars of a circular economy.Bioplastics,typically plastics manufactured from bio-based polymers,stand to contribute to more sustainable commercial plastic life cycles as part of a circular economy in which virgin polymers are made from renewable or recycled raw materials.Various frameworks and strategies are utilized to model and illustrate additional patterns in fossil fuel and bioplastic feedstock prices for various governments'long-term policies.This review paper highlights the harmful impacts of fossil-based plastic on the environment and human health,as well as the mass need for eco-friendly alternatives such as biodegradable bioplastics.Utilizing new types of bioplastics derived from renewable resources(e.g.,biowastes,agricultural wastes,or microalgae)and choosing the appropriate end-of-life option(e.g.,anaerobic digestion)may be the right direction to ensure the sustainability of bioplastic production.Clear regulation and financial incentives are still required to scale from niche polymers to large-scale bioplastic market applications with a truly sustainable impact.展开更多
The ubiquity of micropollutants(MPs)in aquatic environments has attracted increasing concern for public health and ecological security.Compared to conventional biological treatment,photocatalytic processes show more e...The ubiquity of micropollutants(MPs)in aquatic environments has attracted increasing concern for public health and ecological security.Compared to conventional biological treatment,photocatalytic processes show more efficiency in degrading MPs,but they require expensive materials and complicated synthesis processes.This study developed an economic photocatalytic process to degrade micropollutants.We synthesized urea-based graphitic carbon nitride(g-C_(3)N_(4))by a facile one-step pyrolysis method and evaluated the photocatalytic efficiency of carbamazepine(CBZ).Under simulated solar irradiation,g-C_(3)N_(4) could achieve 100% removal efficiency of 0.1 mg/L CBZ in spiked wastewater effluent within 15 min,and 86.5% removal efficiency in wastewater influent after 20 min of irradiation.The porous structure of g-C_(3)N_(4) promoted effective charge separation and mass transport of CBZ near the catalyst surface,enabling a high kinetic rate(0.3662 min^(-1)).Reactive oxygen species trapping experiments revealed that superoxide radicals(O_(2)^(·-))and holes(h^(+))were the major active radicals.Electron paramagnetic resonance(EPR)further confirmed the presence of O_(2)^(·-),·OH,^(1)O_(2) and holes.The pH,light intensity and initial CBZ concentration were found to have significant impacts on the removal efficiency of CBZ.Possible reaction intermediates were identified and the degradation pathway was proposed.Multiple MPs were selected to further demonstrate photocatalytic efficiency of g-C_(3)N_(4).The facile synthesis,superior efficiency,and versatility of g-C_(3)N_(4) make it a promising catalyst for application in tertiary wastewater treatment processes.展开更多
Recent studies have shown that various agrochemicals can substantially affect microbial communities;especially those that are associated with cultivated plants.Under certain circumstances,up to 50% of the naturally oc...Recent studies have shown that various agrochemicals can substantially affect microbial communities;especially those that are associated with cultivated plants.Under certain circumstances,up to 50% of the naturally occurring microorganisms can be negatively affected by common agricultural practices such as seed coating with fungicide-based matrices.Nevertheless,the off-target effects of commonly applied agrochemicals are still understudied in terms of their interferences with microbial communities.At the same time,agrochemical inputs are steadily increasing due to the intensification of agriculture and the increasing pathogen pressure that is currently observed worldwide.In this article,we briefly reflect on the current knowledge related to pesticide interference with microbial communities and discuss negative implications for the plant holobiont as well as such that are spanning beyond local system borders.Cumulative effects of pesticide inputs that cause alterations in microbial functioning likely have unforeseen implications on geochemical cycles that should be addressed with a high priority in ongoing research.A holistic assessment of such implications will allow us to objectively select the most suitable means for food production under the scenario of a growing global population and aggravating climatic conditions.We present three hypothetical solutions that might facilitate a more sustainable and less damaging application of pesticides in the future.展开更多
Pyridaben(PY)is a widely used organochlorine acaricide,which can be detected in the peripheral blood of pregnant women.Available evidence suggests that PY has reproductive toxicity.However,it remains uncertain whether...Pyridaben(PY)is a widely used organochlorine acaricide,which can be detected in the peripheral blood of pregnant women.Available evidence suggests that PY has reproductive toxicity.However,it remains uncertain whether prenatal PY exposure impacts neurobehavioral development in offspring.Here,we administered PY to pregnant mice at a dose of 0.5 and 5 mg kg^(-1)day^(-1)via gavage and observed anxietylike behaviors in PY offspring aged five weeks.We then integrated the metabolome and transcriptome of the offspring's brain to explore the underlying mechanism.Metabolome data indicated that the vitamin B6 metabolism pathway was significantly affected,and the pyridoxal 50-phosphate(PLP)concentration and the active form of vitamin B6 was significantly reduced.Moreover,the transcriptome data showed that both PLP generation-related Pdxk and anxiety-related Gad1 were significantly down-regulated.Meanwhile,there was a decreasing trend in the concentration of GABA in the hippocampal DG region.Next,we supplemented PLP at a dose of 20 mg kg^(-1)day^(-1)to the PY offspring via intraperitoneal injection at three weeks.We found up-regulated expression of Pdxk and Gad1 and restored anxiety-like behaviors.This study suggests that prenatal exposure to PY can disrupt vitamin B6 metabolism,reduce the concentration of PLP,down-regulate the expression levels of Pdxk and Gad1,inhibit the production of GABA,and ultimately lead to anxiety-like behaviors in offspring.展开更多
基金Key Program of National Social Science Fund of China(21AZD067).
文摘This paper is one of the first to offer a comprehensive analysis of the impact of green finance related policies in China,utilizing text analysis and panel data from 290 cities between 2011 and 2018.Employing the Semi-parametric Difference-in-Differences(SDID)we show that overall China's green finance related policies have led to a significant reduction in industrial gas emissions in the review period.Additionally,we found that Fintech development contributes to the depletion of sulphur dioxide emissions and has a positive impact on environmental protection investment initiatives.China is poised to be a global leader in green finance policy implementation and regulators need to accelerate the formulation of green finance products and enhance the capacity of financial institutions to offer green credit.While minimizing the systemic risk fintech poses,policy makers should encourage fintechs to actively participate in environmental protection initiatives that promote green consumption.
基金supported by the Fundamental Research Grant Scheme,Malaysia[FRGS/1/2019/STG05/UNIM/02/2].
文摘Formation of acid mine drainage(AMD)is a widespread environmental issue that has not subsided throughout decades of continuing research.Highly acidic and highly concentrated metallic streams are characteristics of such streams.Humans,plants and surrounding ecosystems that are in proximity to AMD producing sites face immediate threats.Remediation options include active and passive biological treatments which are markedly different in many aspects.Sulfate reducing bacteria(SRB)remove sulfate and heavy metals to generate non-toxic streams.Passive systems are inexpensive to operate but entail fundamental drawbacks such as large land requirements and prolonged treatment period.Active bioreactors offer greater operational predictability and quicker treatment time but require higher investment costs and wide scale usage is limited by lack of expertise.Recent advancements include the use of renewable raw materials for AMD clean up purposes,which will likely achieve much greener mitigation solutions.
基金supported by National Key R&D Programof China(No.2016YFC0503304).
文摘Biodiversity conservation plays an important role in the sustainable development of human society.China had made significant progress in biodiversity conservation studies and practices.This paper reviews major achievements in China in the past decades,especially those since 2010.In terms of the science behind biodiversity conservation,Chinese scholars have made significant contributions to priority research subjects,including mechanisms for maintaining biological communities and the relationship between biodiversity and ecosystem functioning.Simultaneously,biodiversity conservation and management systems specific to China have been basically established.The Chinese Government and researchers have undertaken a number of investigations,scientific studies,and monitoring,and have established relevant databases.With efforts taken to protect and restore biodiversity and ecosystems,the concept of biodiversity has gradually become popular in China.This review is an attempt to share with the world the learning from China’s progress towards becoming an ecological civilization and highlights that the efforts towards biodiversity conservation need to be organically integrated with sustainable development goals.
文摘As the world's biggest carbon dioxide(CO_(2))emitter and the largest developing country,China faces daunting challenges to peak its emissions before 2030 and achieve carbon neutrality within 40 years.This study fully considered the carbon-neutrality goal and the temperature rise constraints required by the Paris Agreement,by developing six long-term development scenarios,and conducting a quantitative evaluation on the carbon emissions pathways,energy transformation,technology,policy and investment demand for each scenario.This study combined both bottom-up and top-down methodologies,including simulations and analyses of energy consumption of end-use and power sectors(bottom-up),as well as scenario analysis,investment demand and technology evaluation at the macro level(top-down).This study demonstrates that achieving carbon neutrality before 2060 translates to significant efforts and overwhelming challenges for China.To comply with the target,a high rate of an average annual reduction of CO_(2) emissions by 9.3%from 2030 to 2050 is a necessity,which requires a huge investment demand.For example,in the 1.5℃ scenario,an investment in energy infrastructure alone equivalent to 2.6%of that year's GDP will be necessary.The technological pathway towards carbon neutrality will rely highly on both conventional emission reduction technologies and breakthrough technologies.China needs to balance a long-term development strategy of lower greenhouse gas emissions that meets both the Paris Agreement and the long-term goals for domestic economic and social development,with a phased implementation for both its five-year and long-term plans.
文摘China's 14th Five-Year Plan,for the period 2021e25,presents a real opportunity for China to link its longterm climate goals with its short-to medium-term social and economic development plans.China's recent commitment to achieving carbon neutrality by 2060 has set a clear direction for its economy,but requires ratcheting up ambition on its near-term climate policy.Against this background,this paper discusses major action areas for China's 14th Five-Year Plan after COVID-19,especially focusing on three aspects:the energy transition,a new type of sustainable urban development,and investment priorities.China's role in the world is now of a magnitude that makes its actions in the immediate future critical to how the world goes forward.This decade,2021e2030,is of fundamental importance to human history.If society locks in dirty and high-carbon capital,it raises profound risks of irreversible damage to the world's climate.It is crucial for China to peak its emissions in the 14th Five-Year Plan(by 2025),making the transition earlier and cheaper,enhancing its international competitiveness in growing new markets and setting a strong example for the world.The benefits for China and the world as a whole could be immense.
基金supported by the scientific research fund project of the National Natural Science Foundation of China(grant numbers 51408347)the SDUST Graduate Technology Innovation Project(SDKDYC190321)+1 种基金the Major Science and Technology Innovation Projects in Shandong Province(2019JZZY020808)the Open Research Fund Program of Shandong Key Laboratory of Eco-Environmental Science for Yellow River Delta(Binzhou University)(2019KFJJ02).
文摘In order to effectively improve the degradation rate of diesel,a systematic analysis of the degradation mechanism used by immobilized bacteria is necessary.In the present study,diesel degradation mechanisms were assessed by analyzing permeability,biodegradation,adsorption kinetics,and molecular simulation.We found that bacteria immobilized on cinnamon shells and peanut shells degraded relatively high amounts of diesel(69.94%and 64.41%,respectively).The primary degradation pathways used by immobilized bacteria included surface adsorption,internal uptake,and biodegradation.Surface adsorption was dominant in the early stage of degradation,whereas biodegradation was dominant in later stages.The diesel adsorption rate of the immobilized bacteria was in agreement with the pseudo second-order kinetic model.The immobilized bacteria and diesel interacted through hydrogen bonds.
基金funded by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(No.51978099)Chongqing Talents Plan for Young Talents(CQY201905062).
文摘Greenhouse gas emissions from wetlands are significantly promoted by global nitrogen input for changing the rate of soil carbon and nitrogen cycling,and are substantially affected by soil labile carbon and nitrogen conversely.However,the driving mechanism by which soil labile carbon and nitrogen affect greenhouse gas emissions from wetland ecosystems under global nitrogen input is not well understood.Working out the driving factor of nitrogen input on greenhouse gas emissions from wetlands is critical to reducing global warming from nitrogen input.Thus,we synthesized 72 published studies(2144 paired observations)of greenhouse gas fluxes and soil labile compounds of carbon and nitrogen(ammonium,nitrate,dissolved organic carbon,soil microbial biomass nitrogen and carbon),to understand the effects of labile carbon and nitrogen on greenhouse gas emissions under global nitrogen input.Across the data set,nitrogen input significantly promoted carbon dioxide,methane and nitrous oxide emissions from wetlands.In particular,at lower nitrogen rates(<100 kg ha^(-1)$·yr^(-1))and with added ammonium compounds,freshwater wetland significantly promoted carbon dioxide and methane emissions.Peatland was the largest nitrous oxide source under these conditions.This meta-analysis also revealed that nitrogen input stimulated dissolved organic carbon,ammonium,nitrate,microbial biomass carbon and microbial biomass nitrogen accumulation in the wetland ecosystem.The variation-partitioning analysis and structural equation model were used to analyze the relationship between the greenhouse gas and labile carbon and nitrogen further.These results revealed that dissolved organic carbon(DOC)is the primary factor driving greenhouse gas emission from wetlands under global nitrogen input,whereas microbial biomass carbon(MBC)more directly affects greenhouse gas emission than other labile carbon and nitrogen.
基金the National Key Research and Development Project(2020YFC1908802),Chinathe National Natural Science Foundation of China(U1704252 and 51804276),Chinathe Young Elite Scientist Sponsorship Program by CAST(2019QNRC001),China.
文摘Increasing global population and decreasing arable land pose tremendous pressures to agricultural production.The application of conventional chemical fertilizers improves agricultural production,but causes serious environmental problems and significant economic burdens.Biochar gains increasing interest as a soil amendment.Recently,more and more attentions have been paid to biochar-based slowrelease of fertilizers(SRFs)due to the unique properties of biochar.This review summarizes recent advances in the development,synthesis,application,and tentative mechanism of biochar-based SRFs.The development mainly undergoes three stages:(i)soil amendment using biochar,(ii)interactions between nutrients and biochar,and(iii)biochar-based SRFs.Various methods are proposed to improve the fertilizer efficiency of biochar,majorly including in-situ pyrolysis,co-pyrolysis,impregnation,encapsulation,and granulation.Considering the distinct features of different methods,the integrated methods are promising for fabricating effective biochar-based SRFs.The in-depth understanding of the mechanism of nutrient loading and slow release is discussed based on current knowledge.Additionally,the perspectives and challenges of the potential application of biochar-based SRFs are described.Knowledge surveyed from this review indicates that applying biochar-based SRFs is a viable way of promoting sustainable agriculture.
基金supported by the National Key R&D Program(2016YFC0201504)the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Nos.41822505 and 41571447)+2 种基金National Research Program for Key Issues in Air Pollution Control(DQGG0201&0207)Beijing Nova Program(Z181100006218077)SEE Foundation.
文摘Vehicle evaporation is an essential source of VOCs in cities but is not well understood in China.Reported emission factors from previous studies are not enough for understanding the atmospheric chemical process of vehicular evaporative VOCs.In this work,a serious of detailed VOCs speciation profiles are developed based on test processes and emission processes.A mass balance method was used to divide different emission processes during diurnal tests.The results show that headspace vapor of gasoline cannot represent the real-world vehicle evaporation because of the significant differences in VOCs speciation profiles,especially for aromatics.To further distinguish emissions from evaporation and exhaust,only the ratios of MTBE/benzene and MTBE/toluene can serve as indicators when considering species from all evaporative processes.Besides,emissions from different sources change significantly with the seasons.To solve these problems,we developed a monthly comprehensive evaporation speciation profile.The individual profiles at the emission processes are weighted by the emission of the in-use vehicle fleet in Beijing to derive the comprehensive speciation profile of evaporative VOCs.Ozone formation potential(OFP)and secondary organic aerosol potential(SOAP)were used to evaluate the environmental impact.For SOAP,100 g evaporative emissions are equal to 6.05-12.71 g toluene in different months,much higher than that given using headspace vapors,especially in winter(7.2 times higher in December).These findings would improve our understanding of the evaporative VOCs emissions in China and their environmental impacts(e.g.,O3 and SOA formation).
基金supported by the National Key Research and Development Program of China(No.2018YFD1100503).
文摘Heterotrophic nitrification-aerobic denitrification(HNAD)is essential in diverse nitrogen-transforming processes.How HNAD is modulated by quorum sensing(QS)systems is still ambiguous.The QS system in Pseudomonas aeruginosa manipulates colony behavior.Here,we described the influence of the Pseudomonas quinolone signal(PQS)and N-acyl-L-homoserine lactone(AHL)on HNAD.The HNAD of P.aeruginosa was inhibited by the oversecretion of PQS.AHL-or PQS-deficient P.aeruginosa mutants had a higher ability for nitrogen removal.QS inhibited heterotrophic nitrification mainly via controlling the activity of nitrite oxidoreductase(NXR)and the depressed aerobic denitrification by regulating the catalytic abilities of nitric oxide reductase(NOR),nitrite reductase(NIR),and nitrate reductase(NAR).The addition of citrate as the sole carbon source increased the nitrogen removal efficiency compared with other carbon sources.Nitrite,as the sole nitrogen source,could be used entirely with only the moderate concentration of PQS contained.AHL and PQS controlled both nitrification and denitrification,suggesting that QS plays an important role in nitrogen cycle under aerobic conditions.
基金supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(31772529)the National Key R&D Program of China(2018YFE0107100)the Priority of Academic Program Development of Jiangsu Higher Education Institutions(PAPD 4013000011).
文摘The rapid expansion of both the global economy and the human population has led to a shortage of water resources suitable for direct human consumption.As a result,water remediation will inexorably become the primary focus on a global scale.Microalgae can be grown in various types of wastewaters(WW).They have a high potential to remove contaminants from the effluents of industries and urban areas.This review focuses on recent advances on WW remediation through microalgae cultivation.Attention has already been paid to microalgae-based wastewater treatment(WWT)due to its low energy requirements,the strong ability of microalgae to thrive under diverse environmental conditions,and the potential to transform WW nutrients into high-value compounds.It turned out that microalgae-based WWT is an economical and sustainable solution.Moreover,different types of toxins are removed by microalgae through biosorption,bioaccumulation,and biodegradation processes.Examples are toxins from agricultural runoffs and textile and pharmaceutical industrial effluents.Microalgae have the potential to mitigate carbon dioxide and make use of the micronutrients that are present in the effluents.This review paper highlights the application of microalgae in WW remediation and the remediation of diverse types of pollutants commonly present in WW through different mechanisms,simultaneous resource recovery,and efficient microalgae-based co-culturing systems along with bottlenecks and prospects.
基金supported jointly by Joint Funds of the National Natural Science Foundation of China(NO.U22A20619)Western Light Cross-team Program of Chinese Academy of Sciences(No.xbzg-zdsys-202101)+6 种基金National Natural Science Foundation of China(No.42077455&No.42167032)Strategic Priority Research Program of the Chinese Academy of Sciences(No.XDB40000000&No.XDA23060100)Guizhou Provincial Science and Technology Projects(No.2022-198)High-level innovative talents in Guizhou Province(No.GCC[2022]015-1&No.2016e5648)Guizhou Provincial 2020 Science and Technology Subsidies(No.GZ2020SIG)Opening Fund of the State Key Laboratory of Environmental Geochemistry(No.SKLEG2022206&No.SKLEG2022208)The central government leading local science and technology development(No.QianKeZhongYinDi[2021]4028).
文摘The accurate determination of the carbon-neutrality capacity(CNC)of a region is crucial for developing policies related to emissions and climate change.However,a systematic diagnostic method for determining the CNC that considers the rock chemical weathering carbon sink(RCS)is lacking.Moreover,it is challenging but indispensable to establish a fast and practical index model to determine the CNC.Here,we selected Guizhou as the study area,used the methods for different types of carbon sinks,and constructed a CNC index(CNCI)model.We found that:(1)the carbonate rock chemical weathering carbon sink flux was 30.3 t CO_(2)km^(-2)yr^(-1).Guizhou accounted for 1.8%of the land area and contributed 5.4%of the carbonate chemical weathering carbon sink;(2)the silicate rock chemical weathering carbon sink and its flux were 1.44×10^(3)t CO_(2)and 2.43 t CO_(2)km^(-2)yr^(-1),respectively;(3)the vegetation-soil ecosystem carbon sink and its flux were 1.37×10^(8)t CO_(2)and 831.70 t CO_(2)km^(-2)yr^(-1),respectively;(4)the carbon emissions(CEs)were 280 Tg CO_(2),about 2.8%of the total for China;and(5)the total carbon sinks in Guizhou were 160 Tg CO_(2),with a CNCI of 57%,which is 4.8 times of China and 2.1 times of the world.In summary,we conducted a systematic diagnosis of the CNC considering the RCS and established a CNCI model.The results of this study have a strong implication and significance for national and global CNC determination and gap analysis.
基金funded by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(51809004 and 51679002)the Shenzhen Science and Technology Innovation Program(JCYJ20180503182122539 and JCYJ20200109140616774).
文摘There has long been a great concern with growing anthropogenic contaminants and their ecological and toxicological effects on living organisms and the surrounding environment for decades.Metabolomics,a functional readout of cellular activity,can capture organismal responses to various contaminant-related stressors,acquiring direct signatures to illustrate the environmental behaviours of anthropogenic contaminants better.This review entails the application of metabolomics to profile metabolic responses of environmental organisms,e.g.animals(rodents,fish,crustacean and earthworms)and microorganisms(bacteria,yeast and microalgae)to different anthropogenic contaminants,including heavy metals,nanomaterials,pesticides,pharmaceutical and personal products,persistent organic pollutants,and assesses their ecotoxicological impacts with regard to literature published in the recent five years.Contaminant-induced metabolism alteration and up/down-regulation of metabolic pathways are revealed in typical organisms.The obtained insights of variations in global metabolism provide a distinct understanding of how anthropogenic contaminants exert influences on specific metabolic pathways on living organisms.Thus with a novel ecotechnique of environmental metabolomics,risk assessments of anthropogenic contaminants are profoundly demonstrated.
文摘Along with the 40 years of reform and opening-up,China’s ecological and environmental management system has been evolving continuously.Since the start of the ecological and environmental protection in 1972,China has witnessed“great leaps”of reform on environmental management system about once every 10 years,in order to address the prominent environmental issues at different development stages,and continuously reform,innovate and develop the ecological and environmental governance systems and modes with Chinese characteristics.China adheres to solve environmental problems in the process of development,takes the improvement of the ecological and environmental quality as the core task,and gradually builds its ecological and environmental management systems conforming to the characteristics of different development stages,including a sound ecological and environmental planning&policy system,an improved ecological and environmental governance system and a complete ecological and environmental legal system.During the process of building the socialism with Chinese characteristics for a new era,we should aim at the strategic goal of building a Beautiful China,keep focused on China while stay connected with the world,adhere to green development,accomplish top-level design,build a new pattern of ecological and environmental management system,and co-construct a clean and beautiful world.
基金financial support from the National Natural Science Foundation of China(NSFC)(No.21876159,No.51578519)the Major Science and Technology Program for Water Pollution Control and Treatment(No.2017ZX07202002).
文摘The degradation of phenol using ozone with activated carbon(O_(3)/AC system)was investigated in this study.The O_(3)/AC system was also compared with the single O_(3) and AC systems.The total organic carbon(TOC)removal efficiency in the O_(3)/AC system was roughly 26%and 30%higher than the single AC and O_(3) systems,respectively.It was demonstrated that the phenol degradation rate and TOC removal efficiency were significantly affected by the ozone concentration,AC dosage,and solution pH.The pseudo-first-order and pseudo-second-order kinetic models were fitted to identify the mechanisms of the phenol removal process.The results of Scanning Electron Microscopy,Brunauer-Emmett-Teller,and Fourier-transform infrared spectroscopy of raw and used AC indicated that the surface morphology,microstructure,and functional group properties had been changed during the reaction process.The possible O_(3)/AC system mineralization mechanism for phenol removal was tentatively proposed using scavenging active species such as·OH,O_(2)^(·-),and H_(2)O_(2).The transformation byproducts generated during the application of the O_(3)/AC system were identified by High Performance Liquid Chromatography and Gas Chromatography-Mass Spectrometry analyses.Therefore,the mineralization pathway of phenol in detail was proposed in acidic(pH 3.0)and alkaline(pH 11.0)conditions.This study provided a more systematic explanation of the mineralization mechanism for phenol in the O_(3)/AC system.
基金funded by National Natural Science Foundation of China(No.51908161&52100044)Guangdong Basic and Applied Basic Research Foundation(No.2019A1515010807)+1 种基金State Key Laboratory of Urban Water Resource and Environment(Harbin Institute of Technology)(2021TS30)Shenzhen Science and Technology Program(No.KQTD20190929172630447,KCXFZ20211020163404007 and GXWD20201230155427003-20200824100026001).
文摘Data-driven approaches that make timely predictions about pollutant concentrations in the effluent of constructed wetlands are essential for improving the treatment performance of constructed wetlands.However,the effect of the meteorological condition and flow changes in a real scenario are generally neglected in water quality prediction.To address this problem,in this study,we propose an approach based on multi-source data fusion that considers the following indicators:water quality indicators,water quantity indicators,and meteorological indicators.In this study,we establish four representative methods to simultaneously predict the concentrations of three representative pollutants in the effluent of a practical large-scale constructed wetland:(1)multiple linear regression;(2)backpropagation neural network(BPNN);(3)genetic algorithm combined with the BPNN to solve the local minima problem;and(4)long short-term memory(LSTM)neural network to consider the influence of past results on the present.The results suggest that the LSTM-predicting model performed considerably better than the other deep neural network-based model or linear method,with a satisfactory R^(2).Additionally,given the huge fluctuation of different pollutant concentrations in the effluent,we used a moving average method to smooth the original data,which successfully improved the accuracy of traditional neural networks and hybrid neural networks.The results of this study indicate that the hybrid modeling concept that combines intelligent and scientific data preprocessing methods with deep learning algorithms is a feasible approach for forecasting water quality in the effluent of actual engineering.
基金supported by the National Key R&D Program of China(2018YFE0107100)the National Natural Science Foundation of China(31772529)the Priority of Academic Program Development of Jiangsu Higher Education Institutions(PAPD 4013000011).
文摘The current transition to sustainability and the circular economy can be viewed as a socio-technical response to environmental impacts and the need to enhance the overall performance of the linear production and consumption paradigm.The concept of biowaste refineries as a feasible alternative to petroleum refineries has gained popularity.Biowaste has become an important raw material source for developing bioproducts and biofuels.Therefore,effective environmental biowaste management systems for the production of bioproducts and biofuels are crucial and can be employed as pillars of a circular economy.Bioplastics,typically plastics manufactured from bio-based polymers,stand to contribute to more sustainable commercial plastic life cycles as part of a circular economy in which virgin polymers are made from renewable or recycled raw materials.Various frameworks and strategies are utilized to model and illustrate additional patterns in fossil fuel and bioplastic feedstock prices for various governments'long-term policies.This review paper highlights the harmful impacts of fossil-based plastic on the environment and human health,as well as the mass need for eco-friendly alternatives such as biodegradable bioplastics.Utilizing new types of bioplastics derived from renewable resources(e.g.,biowastes,agricultural wastes,or microalgae)and choosing the appropriate end-of-life option(e.g.,anaerobic digestion)may be the right direction to ensure the sustainability of bioplastic production.Clear regulation and financial incentives are still required to scale from niche polymers to large-scale bioplastic market applications with a truly sustainable impact.
基金funding support through the project DP 170104330the support by Australian Research Council Future Fellowship(FT170100196).
文摘The ubiquity of micropollutants(MPs)in aquatic environments has attracted increasing concern for public health and ecological security.Compared to conventional biological treatment,photocatalytic processes show more efficiency in degrading MPs,but they require expensive materials and complicated synthesis processes.This study developed an economic photocatalytic process to degrade micropollutants.We synthesized urea-based graphitic carbon nitride(g-C_(3)N_(4))by a facile one-step pyrolysis method and evaluated the photocatalytic efficiency of carbamazepine(CBZ).Under simulated solar irradiation,g-C_(3)N_(4) could achieve 100% removal efficiency of 0.1 mg/L CBZ in spiked wastewater effluent within 15 min,and 86.5% removal efficiency in wastewater influent after 20 min of irradiation.The porous structure of g-C_(3)N_(4) promoted effective charge separation and mass transport of CBZ near the catalyst surface,enabling a high kinetic rate(0.3662 min^(-1)).Reactive oxygen species trapping experiments revealed that superoxide radicals(O_(2)^(·-))and holes(h^(+))were the major active radicals.Electron paramagnetic resonance(EPR)further confirmed the presence of O_(2)^(·-),·OH,^(1)O_(2) and holes.The pH,light intensity and initial CBZ concentration were found to have significant impacts on the removal efficiency of CBZ.Possible reaction intermediates were identified and the degradation pathway was proposed.Multiple MPs were selected to further demonstrate photocatalytic efficiency of g-C_(3)N_(4).The facile synthesis,superior efficiency,and versatility of g-C_(3)N_(4) make it a promising catalyst for application in tertiary wastewater treatment processes.
基金supported by National Key R&D Program of China(2017YFD0202100,2017YFE0102200 and 2016YFD0200804)Program for High-level Talents Cultivation of Zhejiang University,National Natural Science Foundation of China(31501684)Zhejiang Provincial Key Research and Development Program of China(2015C02019).
文摘Recent studies have shown that various agrochemicals can substantially affect microbial communities;especially those that are associated with cultivated plants.Under certain circumstances,up to 50% of the naturally occurring microorganisms can be negatively affected by common agricultural practices such as seed coating with fungicide-based matrices.Nevertheless,the off-target effects of commonly applied agrochemicals are still understudied in terms of their interferences with microbial communities.At the same time,agrochemical inputs are steadily increasing due to the intensification of agriculture and the increasing pathogen pressure that is currently observed worldwide.In this article,we briefly reflect on the current knowledge related to pesticide interference with microbial communities and discuss negative implications for the plant holobiont as well as such that are spanning beyond local system borders.Cumulative effects of pesticide inputs that cause alterations in microbial functioning likely have unforeseen implications on geochemical cycles that should be addressed with a high priority in ongoing research.A holistic assessment of such implications will allow us to objectively select the most suitable means for food production under the scenario of a growing global population and aggravating climatic conditions.We present three hypothetical solutions that might facilitate a more sustainable and less damaging application of pesticides in the future.
基金supported by the National Key R&D Program of China(grant number 2021YFC2701100 and 2021YFC2701102)China-U.S.Program for Biomedical Collaborative Research(NSFCNIH)(grant number 81961128022)+1 种基金the National Natural Science Foundation of China(grant number 81903351)the Priority Academic Program Development of Jiangsu Higher Education Institutions(PAPD).
文摘Pyridaben(PY)is a widely used organochlorine acaricide,which can be detected in the peripheral blood of pregnant women.Available evidence suggests that PY has reproductive toxicity.However,it remains uncertain whether prenatal PY exposure impacts neurobehavioral development in offspring.Here,we administered PY to pregnant mice at a dose of 0.5 and 5 mg kg^(-1)day^(-1)via gavage and observed anxietylike behaviors in PY offspring aged five weeks.We then integrated the metabolome and transcriptome of the offspring's brain to explore the underlying mechanism.Metabolome data indicated that the vitamin B6 metabolism pathway was significantly affected,and the pyridoxal 50-phosphate(PLP)concentration and the active form of vitamin B6 was significantly reduced.Moreover,the transcriptome data showed that both PLP generation-related Pdxk and anxiety-related Gad1 were significantly down-regulated.Meanwhile,there was a decreasing trend in the concentration of GABA in the hippocampal DG region.Next,we supplemented PLP at a dose of 20 mg kg^(-1)day^(-1)to the PY offspring via intraperitoneal injection at three weeks.We found up-regulated expression of Pdxk and Gad1 and restored anxiety-like behaviors.This study suggests that prenatal exposure to PY can disrupt vitamin B6 metabolism,reduce the concentration of PLP,down-regulate the expression levels of Pdxk and Gad1,inhibit the production of GABA,and ultimately lead to anxiety-like behaviors in offspring.
