With the improvement of the quality of life, the industrialization of developing countries and the increase of the world’s population, the consumption of fossil fuels is increasing. Due to the lack of inexhaustible resources and environmental problems caused by the emission of greenhouse gases, traditional electricity production based on fossil fuels is generally considered unsustainable …
Many factors such as sudden changes in lifestyle, continuous growth of the world’s population and theadvancement of technologies used in combustion, industrial and agricultural processes cause the continuousevolution of the characteristics of atmospheric pollution. Tropospheric ozone (O3) in the lower boundary layer is one of the main causes of air pollution that has increased globally …
Pesticides are substances that kill or otherwise control an unwanted organism. Today, pesticides are used all over the world for a wide variety of products in order to control pests and prevent diseases and increase agricultural production. But it should be kept in mind that minimum pesticide concentrations should be used in fruits and vegetables …
The increase in waste production and the increase in agricultural activities, rapid industrialization, mining, contaminated irrigation water and industrial effluents contribute to the pollution of water sources due to the accumulation of heavy metals. As humans use resources contaminated with these metals to produce food, it eventually accumulates in the food chain. Therefore, decontamination of …
Molecularly imprinted polymers (MIPs) are synthetic materials made with synthetic recognition sites that can specifically bind a target compound preferentially to other closely related compounds. These materials are obtained by polymerization of functional monomers (which are selected based on their ability to interact with the functional groups of the template molecule) and cross-linking around a …
Persistent organic pollutants (POPs) are organic chemicals that have a combination of chemical and physical properties that lead to their widespread distribution, persistence, and accumulation. Rapid growth in the chemical and agricultural industries in the last century has led to the release of a large number of POPs into the environment. POPs accumulate in human …
Air pollutants are one of the environmental problems that the people of the world are facing, especially in populated cities and metropolises. In general, there are three types of troposphere pollutants: suspended particles (or Particulate Matter (PM)), pollutant gases such as NOx and smog. These pollutants create destructive consequences in the environment. For example, they …
This decade has seen the beginning and growth of Microplastics (MnPs) research outside the marine environment. MnPs have been found in every mental part of the environment studied, from the upper atmosphere to the depths of the oceans and in thousands of marine species. Recent advances in MnP analysis have made it possible to describe …
What I have learned in this workshop: The course was hosted on the Coursera website by Professor David Archer of the University of Chicago.First, basic topics about different units such as energy and heat and how to calculate were given. Then, the topics of light, magnetic field and blackbody radiation were discussed.Then, various explanations about …
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