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Land surface temperature (LST) is profoundly interlinked with the landscape state, settings and functioning, with the connections being very complex. Although the role of wetlands and (semi)natural habitats, in mitigating climate extremes is generally ...

In Central Europe, wheat dust (WD) and hexane-extracted rapeseed scrap (RS) are not yet being utilized effectively or in an environmentally sound manner. Consequently, a method was investigated to enable the use of these waste materials in accordance w...

In recent years, there has been a growing interest in plant extracellular vesicles (pEVs) due to their immense potential for medical applications, particularly as carriers for drug delivery. To use the benefits of pEVs in the future, it is necessary to...

Curbing the major and growing threats from invasive alien species is urgent and achievable Although invasive alien species have long been recognized as a major threat to nature and people, until now there has been no comprehensive global review of the...

Metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) are relatively new porous hybrid coordination polymers that consist of inorganic nodes linked together by organic ligands called linkers. These crystalline materials are being tested for many applications. Environmental ...

Contamination of water with pharmaceutical substances and pesticides represents a serious ecological problem that threatens the environment and the health of people and animals. Traditional water treatment methods often fail to effectively remove these...

Electrical fields can be used to process materials at less demanding conditions, synthesize new phases and compositions. Herein, nanocrystals of CeO2 were synthetized and grown in-situ under AC and DC electrical fields. Main crystallographic properti...

Cerium dioxide is one of the oxides of rare earth elements. It has remarkable physical and chemical properties, particularly the ability to cleave many chemical bonds in hazardous and biologically active substances. This ability is related to the metho...

This study presents the results of a geochemical and LiDAR survey analysis carried out at the deserted medieval settlement and fortified manorial farm (motte-and-bailey) in Čečín, in Czechia (Western Bohemia, Plzeň-North District). Focusing on the site...

Boreal forests represent an important carbon sink and, therefore, significantly contribute to climate change mitigation. Tree-ring width series of boreal species reflect climate variation at the moment of tree-ring formation but also lagged climatic ef...