The Niger Delta region has witnessed environmental impacts arising from oil production activities. Soil fertility in these areas and the entire marine habitat was investigated based on the re-occurring spill incidents...The Niger Delta region has witnessed environmental impacts arising from oil production activities. Soil fertility in these areas and the entire marine habitat was investigated based on the re-occurring spill incidents in the area to establish the consequences of oil pollution on key performance indicators as well as the remedial actions for resuscitation. One of the bases of evaluation was on the fertility profile of the area impacted by oil spills as compared with the areas without oil spills influence. A suitable cost effective and environmentally friendly technique to handle the pollutions in the Niger Delta region can be found in systematic containment, recovery, clean up and restoration of the marine habitat to its initial capacity and status to be able to sustain life once again.展开更多
The Tibetan Plateau(TP)holds fundamental ecological and environmental significances to China and Asia.The TP also lies in the core zone of the belt and road initiative.To protect the TP environment,a comprehensive scr...The Tibetan Plateau(TP)holds fundamental ecological and environmental significances to China and Asia.The TP also lies in the core zone of the belt and road initiative.To protect the TP environment,a comprehensive screening on current ecological research status is entailed.The teased out research gap can also be utilized as guidelines for the recently launched major research programs,i.e.the second TP scientific expedition and silk and belt road research plan.The findings showed that the TP has experienced significant temperature increase at a rate of 0.2℃ per decade since 1960s.The most robust warming trend was found in the northern plateau.Precipitation also exhibited an increasing trend but with high spatial heterogeneity.Changing climates have caused a series of environmental consequences,including lake area changes,glacier shrinkage,permafrost degradation and exacerbated desertification.The rising temperature is the main reason behind the glaciers shrinkage,snow melting,permafrost degradation and lake area changes on the TP and neighboring regions.The projected loss of glacial area on the plateau is estimated to be around 43%by 2070 and 75%by the end of the century.Vegetation was responsive to the changed environments,varied climates and intensified human activities by changing phenology and productivity.Future global change study should be more oriented toward integrating various research methods and tools,and synthesizing diverse subjects of water,vegetation,atmosphere and soil.展开更多
文摘The Niger Delta region has witnessed environmental impacts arising from oil production activities. Soil fertility in these areas and the entire marine habitat was investigated based on the re-occurring spill incidents in the area to establish the consequences of oil pollution on key performance indicators as well as the remedial actions for resuscitation. One of the bases of evaluation was on the fertility profile of the area impacted by oil spills as compared with the areas without oil spills influence. A suitable cost effective and environmentally friendly technique to handle the pollutions in the Niger Delta region can be found in systematic containment, recovery, clean up and restoration of the marine habitat to its initial capacity and status to be able to sustain life once again.
基金This study was supported by the‘Strategic Priority Research Program’of Chinese Academy of Sciences(XDA20050102)the National Science Fund for Distinguished Young Scholars of China(41725003)+1 种基金This work was also funded by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(41571195)This work was funded by a Science and Technology Project of State Grid Corporation of China(SGxzzzlwzhhbGCJS1700095).
文摘The Tibetan Plateau(TP)holds fundamental ecological and environmental significances to China and Asia.The TP also lies in the core zone of the belt and road initiative.To protect the TP environment,a comprehensive screening on current ecological research status is entailed.The teased out research gap can also be utilized as guidelines for the recently launched major research programs,i.e.the second TP scientific expedition and silk and belt road research plan.The findings showed that the TP has experienced significant temperature increase at a rate of 0.2℃ per decade since 1960s.The most robust warming trend was found in the northern plateau.Precipitation also exhibited an increasing trend but with high spatial heterogeneity.Changing climates have caused a series of environmental consequences,including lake area changes,glacier shrinkage,permafrost degradation and exacerbated desertification.The rising temperature is the main reason behind the glaciers shrinkage,snow melting,permafrost degradation and lake area changes on the TP and neighboring regions.The projected loss of glacial area on the plateau is estimated to be around 43%by 2070 and 75%by the end of the century.Vegetation was responsive to the changed environments,varied climates and intensified human activities by changing phenology and productivity.Future global change study should be more oriented toward integrating various research methods and tools,and synthesizing diverse subjects of water,vegetation,atmosphere and soil.
