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Intelligent Image Monitoring Technology of Marine Environmental Pollution Information
Chen, H.; Li, W., and Xie, X., 2020. Intelligent image monitoring technology of marine environmental pollution information. In: Li, L. and Huang, X. (eds.), Sustainable Development in Coastal Regions: A Perspective of Environment, Economy, and Technology. Journal of Coastal Research, Special Issue No. 112, pp. 1-4. Coconut Creek (Florida), ISSN 0749-0208. With the increasing shortage of land resources, countries around the world gradually develop and use marine resources. Therefore, the marine economy has gradually become an important pillar of our national economy, which will gradually expand the scale of marine resources development. With the increase of sea related projects, the probability of marine environmental pollution events is increasing, which has seriously affected the marine ecological environment. Therefore, we need to monitor the degree of marine pollution, which can better protect the marine environment. There are many problems in traditional marine environmental pollution monitoring technology, such as short monitoring range, low monitoring accuracy, long monitoring time, etc., which cannot meet the development needs of modern industrial technology. Based on the digital remote sensing technology, this paper establishes the intelligent image monitoring technology of marine environmental pollution information, which can monitor the marine water quality in multiple dimensions. Through big data analysis, we can calculate and process the collected data, which will better complete the monitoring and analysis of marine environmental pollution. Through the intelligent image monitoring technology, we can achieve the full coverage of high-precision marine pollution monitoring, which will improve the information of marine environmental pollution samples.
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IoT-Enabled Smart Agriculture: Architecture, Applications, and Challenges
The growth of the global population coupled with a decline in natural resources, farmland, and the increase in unpredictable environmental conditions leads to food security is becoming a major concern for all nations worldwide. These problems are motivators that are driving the agricultural industry to transition to smart agriculture with the application of the Internet of Things (IoT) and big data solutions to improve operational efficiency and productivity. The IoT integrates a series of existing state-of-the-art solutions and technologies, such as wireless sensor networks, cognitive radio ad hoc networks, cloud computing, big data, and end-user applications. This study presents a survey of IoT solutions and demonstrates how IoT can be integrated into the smart agriculture sector. To achieve this objective, we discuss the vision of IoT-enabled smart agriculture ecosystems by evaluating their architecture (IoT devices, communication technologies, big data storage, and processing), their applications, and research timeline. In addition, we discuss trends and opportunities of IoT applications for smart agriculture and also indicate the open issues and challenges of IoT application in smart agriculture. We hope that the findings of this study will constitute important guidelines in research and promotion of IoT solutions aiming to improve the productivity and quality of the agriculture sector as well as facilitating the transition towards a future sustainable environment with an agroecological approach.
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Environmental sustainability in the Mediterranean region : challenges and solutions
'Environmental Sustainability in the Mediterranean region' provides a cross sectoral assessment of the most relevant environmental challenges in the Mediterranean region, including land and water degradation, water and food security, and solution opportunities for these. It also discusses main change drivers, such as changes in climate, land use, population, demographics and technology. Additionally, the book explores improved management, participatory planning, and nature-based strategies and measures for meeting key environmental challenges.
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Biochar Role in the Sustainability of Agriculture and Environment
The exercise of biochar in agribusiness has increased proportionally in recent years. It has been indicated that biochar application could strengthen soil fertility benefits, such as improvement in soil microbial activity, abatement of bulk density, amelioration of nutrient and water-holding capacity and immutability of soil organic matter. Additionally, biochar amendment could also improve nutrient availability such as phosphorus and nitrogen in different types of soil. Most interestingly, the locally available wastes are pyrolyzed to biochar to improve the relationship among plants, soil and the environment. This can also be of higher importance to small-scale farming, and the biochar produced can be utilized in farms for the improvement of crop productivity. Thus, biochar could be a potential amendment to a soil that could help in achieving sustainable agriculture and environment. However, before mainstream formulation and renowned biochar use, several challenges must be taken into consideration, as the beneficial impacts and potential use of biochar seem highly appealing. This review is based on confined knowledge taken from different field-, laboratory- and greenhouse-based studies. It is well known that the properties of biochar vary with feedstock, pyrolysis temperature (300, 350, 400, 500, and 600 °C) and methodology of preparation. It is of high concern to further investigate the negative consequences: hydrophobicity; large scale application in farmland; production cost, primarily energy demand; and environmental threat, as well as affordability of feedstock. Nonetheless, the current literature reflects that biochar could be a significant amendment to the agroecosystem in order to tackle the challenges and threats observed in sustainable agriculture (crop production and soil fertility) and the environment (reducing greenhouse gas emission).
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A teen guide to eco-gardening, food, and cooking
Suggests different ways of being eco-conscious with food, including using gray water in the garden, knowing where a product comes from to find its environmental impact, and tips on saving energy in the kitchen.
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Wildlife resource conservation and utilization for achieving sustainable development in China: main barriers and problem identification
The rapid growth of the industrial economy has affected the survival of wildlife, and the decline in wildlife resources will in turn have some negative impact on the industrial economy. For the sustainable development of the industrial economy, human beings began to reflect on traditional development thinking and strive to find a development strategy that harmonizes industrial economic development and resource protection, and wildlife protection gradually attracted people's attention. \"Protecting wild animals, maintaining ecological balance, and promoting economic development\" has become a hot topic in the new century. Wildlife resources are valuable natural resources and play an important role in the ecosystem, which is related to the well-being and future of human beings. In recent years, China has made great progress in wildlife protection, while protecting and expanding wildlife habitats, introducing relevant laws and regulations, and other measures which have been implemented recently. However, there are still shortcomings in the protection of wildlife in China. Over-utilization, habitat loss and degradation, environmental pollution, climate change, weak legal awareness, and indiscriminate hunting all pose serious threats to wildlife in China. In this regard, this paper summarizes the main problems and barriers to wildlife resource conservation and utilization in China. Based on the analytic hierarchy process (AHP), the main technology factors influencing wildlife resource conservation and utilization in China are identified. Finally, the future research development direction of wildlife conservation is discussed based on the critical factors. This can provide some guidance for developing wildlife resource conservation and utilization for a sustainable ecosystem in China.
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The climate handprint : an effective new approach to climate action
The climate handprint is a bold, positive approach that helps you cut far more CO2 than you personally produce. Whether at home, at work, or in your community, you can use your resources, skills, time, money and influence to create impactful change.
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Integration of renewable energy and technological innovation in realizing environmental sustainability: the role of human capital in EKC framework
For the purpose of this study, the role of technological innovation is examined. Few studies have examined empirically and theoretically the relationship between technological innovation and ecological footprint in conjunction with other factors, such as the human capital index and renewable energy sources, such as biofuels and nuclear power. This study examines the impact of technological innovation on G-7 countries’ ecological footprints from 1990 to 2020. A cross-sectionally augmented autoregressive distributed lag (CS-ARDL) model is used in the study. The results of the study show that technological innovation minimizes the ecological footprint. A lower ecological footprint is also associated with increased usage of human capital and renewable energy. Depletion of the natural environment is a short-term and long-term consequence of increased GDP growth. Our results confirm that ecologically sustainable technology enhances the quality of the environment. Consistent panel causality results were achieved. In the context of the G-7 countries, our study’s results could support the idea that there are new policy ideas that could help achieve the Sustainable Development Goals (SDG 3, 4, 7, 8, 9, and 13).
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