Environmental Science Center: Recent submissions

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    • Benchmarking plant diversity of Palaearctic grasslands and other open habitats 

      Biurrun, Idoia; Pielech, Remigiusz; Dembicz, Iwona; Gillet, François; Kozub, Łukasz; ... more authors ( Wiley , 2021 , Article)
      Aims Understanding fine-grain diversity patterns across large spatial extents is fundamental for macroecological research and biodiversity conservation. Using the GrassPlot database, we provide benchmarks of fine-grain ...

    • Experimental warming differentially affects vegetative and reproductive phenology of tundra plants 

      Collins, Courtney G.; Elmendorf, Sarah C.; Hollister, Robert D.; Henry, Greg H.R.; Clark, Karin; ... more authors ( Nature Research , 2021 , Article)
      Rapid climate warming is altering Arctic and alpine tundra ecosystem structure and function, including shifts in plant phenology. While the advancement of green up and flowering are well-documented, it remains unclear ...

    • Decreased soil moisture due to warming drives phylogenetic diversity and community transitions in the tundra 

      Scharn, Ruud; Little, Chelsea J.; Bacon, Christine D.; Alatalo, Juha M.; Antonelli, Alexandre; ... more authors ( IOP Publishing , 2021 , Other)
      Global warming leads to drastic changes in the diversity and structure of Arctic plant communities. Studies of functional diversity within the Arctic tundra biome have improved our understanding of plant responses to ...

    • Prevalence of microplastics in the marine waters of Qatar 

      Castillo, Azenith B.; Al-Maslamani, Ibrahim; Obbard, Jeffrey Philip ( Elsevier Ltd , 2016 , Article)
      Microplastics are firmly recognized as a ubiquitous and growing threat to marine biota and their associated marine habitats worldwide. The evidence of the prevalence of microplastics was documented for the first time in ...

    • Impact of SARS-CoV-2 on Ambient Air Quality in Northwest China (NWC) 

      Zaib, Shah; Lu, Jianjiang; Shahid, Muhammad Zeeshaan; Ahmar, Sunny; Shahid, Imran ( MDPI , 2021 , Article)
      SARS-CoV-2 was discovered in Wuhan (Hubei) in late 2019 and covered the globe by March 2020. To prevent the spread of the SARS-CoV-2 outbreak, China imposed a countrywide lockdown that significantly improved the air quality. ...

    • Pollution Characteristics of Particulate Matter (PM2.5 and PM10) and Constituent Carbonaceous Aerosols in a South Asian Future Megacity 

      Aslam, Afifa; Ibrahim, Muhammad; Shahid, Imran; Mahmood, Abid; Irshad, Muhammad Kashif; ... more authors ( MDPI , 2020 , Article)
      The future megacity of Faisalabad is of prime interest when considering environmental health because of its bulky population and abundant industrial and anthropogenic sources of coarse particles (PM10) and fine airborne ...

    • Salt tolerance of selected halophytes at the two initial growth stages for future management options 

      Alhaddad, Fedae A.; Abu-Dieyeh, Mohammed H.; ElAzazi, El-Sayed Mohamed; Ahmed, Talaat A. ( Springer , 2021 , Article)
      Scarcity of water and the small area of the agricultural land are considered as the crucial environmental issues challenged the Arabian Gulf countries. In this study, experiments were conducted to identify the salt tolerance ...

    • Genetic Engineering Approaches for Enhanced Insect Pest Resistance in Sugarcane 

      Iqbal, Aneela; Khan, Raham Sher; Khan, Mubarak Ali; Gul, Karim; Jalil, Fazal; ... more authors ( Springer , 2021 , Article)
      Sugarcane (Saccharum officinarum), a sugar crop commonly grown for sugar production all over the world, is susceptible to several insect pests attack in addition to bacterial, fungal and viral infections leading to substantial ...

    • The efficacy data of two household cleaning and disinfecting agents on Lens culinaris Medik and Vicia faba seed germination 

      Abou Elezz, Ahmed; Ahmed, Talaat ( Elsevier , 2021 , Article)
      A germination test of Vicia faba and Lens culinaris seeds under the effect of bleach and vinegar was conducted for seven days, and the observations were recorded daily. The completely randomized design (CRD) was used to ...

    • Hitchhiking of encrusting organisms on floating marine debris along the west coast of Qatar, Arabian/Persian Gulf 

      Jassim A., Al-Khayat; Veerasingam, S.; Aboobacker, V.M.; Vethamony, P. ( Elsevier , 2021 , Article)
      The floating marine debris (FMD) and the associated rafting communities are one of the major stressors to ecosystem services, global biodiversity and economy and human health. In this study, assemblages of encrusting ...

    • Observed variability in physical and biogeochemical parameters in the central Arabian Gulf 

      Fazle, Rakib; Al-Ansari, Ebrahim M.A.S.; Husrevoglu, Yusuf Sinan; Yigiterhan, Oguz; Al-Maslamani, Ibrahim; ... more authors ( Elsevier , 2021 , Article)
      In situ measurements of physical and biogeochemical variables were conducted along a transect in the Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) of Qatar during late summer (September 2014) and winter (January 2015) to investigate their ...

    • Factors influencing the vertical distribution of microplastics in the beach sediments around the Ras Rakan Island, Qatar 

      Veerasingam, Subramanian; Vethamony, Ponnumony; Aboobacker, Valliyil Mohammed; Giraldes, Amanda Engmann; Dib, Samah; ... more authors ( Springer , 2021 , Article)
      Microplastic (MP) pollution is an emerging environmental problem, particularly in the marine environment, and nations are concerned about this issue. In this study, an attempt has been made to investigate the vertical ...

    • Formation and weathering assessment of oil-suspended sediment aggregates through a laboratory investigation. 

      Suneel, V; Sathish Kumar, S; Balaji, R; Vethamony, P ( Springer , 2021 , Article)
      Formation of oil-suspended sediment aggregates (OSAs) is believed to be one of the natural cleaning processes in the marine environment. In this study, we have investigated the formation processes of OSAs under different ...

    • Molluscan diversity influenced by mangrove habitat in the khors of Qatar 

      Al-Khayat, Jassim A.; Vethamony, P.; Nanajkar, Mandar ( Springer , 2021 , Article)
      The Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) of Qatar is a rapidly developing region within the Arabian Gulf, where monitoring of changes in benthic biodiversity and its functioning is needed. The influence of mangroves and seasonality ...

    • Paleoproductivity shifts since the last 130 ka off Lakshadweep, Southeastern Arabian Sea 

      Kannaiyan, Neelavannan; Hussain, S.M.; Nishath, N. Mohammed; Achyuthan, Hema; Veerasingam, S.; ... more authors ( Elsevier , 2021 , Article)
      Marine sediment deposited on the ocean floor and near coastal areas, the western coastal regions of India provide records of monsoonal shifts and productivity. To understand the paleoproductivity in the northern Indian ...

    • Mitigation of particulate matters and integrated approach for carbon monoxide remediation in an urban environment 

      Afifa, Aslam; Ibrahim, Muhammad; Mahmood, Abid; Mubashir, Muhammad; Sipra, Hassaan Fayyaz Khan; ... more authors ( 10576/18473Elsevier , 2021 , Article)
      Air pollution is a serious threat throughout the world and may cause remarkable loss to human health and other living beings. A study was conducted to investigate the main sources of contaminants including CO, fine particle ...

    • UV-Accelerated Photocatalytic Degradation of Pesticide over Magnetite and Cobalt Ferrite Decorated Graphene Oxide Composite 

      Tabasum, Asma; Alghuthaymi, Mousa; Qazi, Umair Yaqub; Shahid, Imran; Abbas, Qamar; ... more authors ( MDPI , 2020 , Article)
      Pesticides are one of the main organic pollutants as they are highly toxic and extensively used worldwide. The reclamation of wastewater containing pesticides is of utmost importance. For this purpose, GO-doped metal ...

    • Inter-annual variability and distribution of aerosols during winters and aerosol optical thickness over Northeastern Pakistan 

      Shahid, M. Z.; Shahid, I.; Zahid, M. ( Springer , 2020 , Article)
      ir pollution during winters over north-eastern (NE) Pakistan (71–74.5 E, 28–34 N) is a major challenge that affects human health, climate and daily life. In this article, distribution of aerosols and its optical properties ...

    • Divergent changes of the elevational synchronicity in vegetation spring phenology in North China from 2001 to 2017 in connection with variations in chilling 

      Dai, Junhu; Zhu, Mengyao; Mao, Wei; Liu, Ronggao; Wang, Huanjiong; ... more authors ( Royal Meteorological Society , 2021 , Article)
      Mountain ecosystems are sensitive to climate change, and vegetation phenology provides one of the best signals to exemplify ecosystem responses to climate change. Vegetation phenology of mountain ecosystems is usually ...

    • Investigations of plastic contamination of seawater, marine and coastal sediments in the Russian seas: a review 

      Bagaev, Andrei; Esiukova, Elena; Litvinyuk, Daria; Chubarenko, Irina; Veerasingam, Subramanian; ... more authors ( Springer , 2021 , Article)
      Twelve seas with an integral coastline length of about 38,000 km wash upon the Russian coasts. They belong to the basins of the Atlantic, the Arctic, and the Pacific Oceans and stretch over temperate, subpolar, and polar ...