Seasonal Characteristics of Volatile Organic Compounds in Seoul, Korea: Major Sources and Contribution to Secondary Organic Aerosol Formation by Yeonjung Lee, Soo Ran Won, Hye Jung Shin, Dae Gon Kim, Ji Yi Lee

“…The source distribution of VOCs in Seoul was attributed to five factors: solvent usage, vehicle exhaust, industry/burning of fossil fuels, petrochemical industry, and road emission (winter)/gasoline-related (summer). …”
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A Study on the Understanding of Chemical Compositions of Deposited Fog Water over Central Indo-Gangetic Plain in India by Shahina Raushan Saikh, Md Abu Mushtaque, Sanat Kumar Das

“…Analyses from enrichment factors, correlation coefficients, and principal components suggest that NH4+, NO3−, NO2−, SO42−, and Cl− were from anthropogenic sources like agricultural activities, factories, vehicular emissions, brick kilns, thermal plants, fossil fuels combustion, and, biomass burning, while Ca2+, K+, and Mg2+ were from the crustal source from agricultural fields.…”
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Optimizing the PM2.5 Tradeoffs: The Case of Taiwan by Shihping Kevin Huang, Sin-Yao Chen, Kuei-Lan Chou, Wei Chung Hsu, Kang-Hua Lai, Tung-Hung Chueh, Lopin Kuo, William Lu

“…Finally, our model indicates that the use of fossil fuel based small tracks and tractor trailers should be reduced by 80% to maintain a reasonable level of PM2.5.…”
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Photovoltaic solar energy prediction using the seasonal-trend decomposition layer and ASOA optimized LSTM neural network model by Venkatachalam Mohanasundaram, Balamurugan Rangaswamy

“…Abstract As the global energy demand continues to produce, photovoltaic (PV) solar energy has emerged as a key Renewable Energy Source (RES) due to its sustainability and potential to reduce dependence on fossil fuels. However, accurate forecasting of Solar Energy (SE) output remains a significant challenge due to the inherent variability and intermittency of solar irradiance (SI), which is affected by factors such as weather conditions, geographic location, and seasonal patterns. …”
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Investigation of Black Carbon Wet Deposition to the United States from National Atmospheric Deposition Network Samples by Piyaporn Sricharoenvech, Ross Edwards, Müge Yaşar, David Gay, James J. Schauer

“…Abstract Black carbon (BC) aerosols from burning biomass, fossil fuels, and waste are transported over large distances in the Earth’s atmosphere, absorbing sunlight, altering climate, and impacting air quality. …”
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A Platform For Solar Energy An Alternative Source For Kabale District at Kabale University. by Amanya, Devis

“…The sun is directly or indirectly at the origin for nearly all the energy resources on Earth, such as fossil fuels (coal. natural gas, and oil), hydro (global water circulation is due to the sun), wind, waves, biomass, etc. …”
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Impact of Climate Change on Food Security in Kashare Sub-County, Mbarara District. by Agaba, Richard

“…Unsustainable agricultural practices ranked second, and fossil fuel burning ranked third. Regarding the impact on crop yields and food security, 42.9% of respondents reported a reduction in maize yields as the main consequence, while 9.5% noted declines in other crops like sweet potatoes. …”
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Impact of Climate Change on Food Security in Kashare Sub-County Mbarara District. by Agaba, Richard

“…Regarding the causes of climate change, most respondents cited deforestation as the leading cause, followed by unsustainable agricultural practices, burning of fossil fuels, and industrialization, which was ranked lowest. …”
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Design and Construction of a Solar Installation System for a Reading Room at St. Johns Secondary School Ikumba. by Turyashemererwa, Norbet

“…This project was based on applied research which aims to solve our problems, save energy, protect our environment, and encourage us not to use fossil fuels but instead be an eco-friendly human. …”
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Case study on SAF emissions from air travel considering emissions modeling impact by Hakkı Aksoy, María García Domene, Parthiban Loganathan, Simon Blakey, Elias Zea, Ricardo Vinuesa, Evelyn Otero

“…The environmental impact of air travel, largely driven by fossil-fuel consumption, remains a critical subject of debate. …”
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Life cycle assessment of electronic, electric and nonelectric detonators; a site-specific case for Czech Republic by Hana Brunhoferová, Tatiana Trecáková, Vladimír Kočí

“…Results indicate that the electronic detonator, which excels in e.g. high variability detonation timing without losing the timing precision, exhibits the highest environmental impacts, especially concerning Freshwater Ecotoxicity, Global Warming Potential and Abiotic Fossil Depletion (e.g. 1,73E-05, 1,20E-05 and 2,12E-06 (normalized and weighted), respectively, for modules A1-A3). …”
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Hygroscopic Growth Factors of Sub-micrometer Atmospheric Aerosols at Four Selected Sites in Thailand by Jindarat Pariyothon, Surat Bualert, Parkpoom Choomanee, Thitima Rungratanaubon, Thunyapat Thongyen, Narita Fakkaew, Chayaporn Phuetfoo, Jitlada Phupijit, Wladyslaw W. Szymanski

“…Particles in the urban and landlocked industrial areas had relatively low Gf values, suggesting that they originated mainly from fossil fuel combustion, in contrast to particles at other sites which can be attributed to coastal proximity.…”
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Effect of Coronavirus Disease 2019 on CO2 Emission in the World by Sahar Safarian, Runar Unnthorsson, Christiaan Richter

“…Then this indicator is calculated for 3 scenarios which are based on this disease situation worldwide and therefore based on different reduction percent of fossil fuels consumption in various sectors over year 2020. …”
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Source Impact Analysis Using Char-EC/Soot-EC Ratios in the Central Indo-Gangetic Plain (IGP) of India by Manisha Mishra, U.C. Kulshrestha

“…Cross plots of these ratios identified biomass burning and fossil-fuel combustion as the largest sources during winter and the post-monsoon season, and summer and the monsoon season, respectively. …”
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Impact of Wave COVID-19 Responses on Black Carbon Air Pollution in Moscow Megacity Background by Olga B. Popovicheva, Marina A. Chichaeva, Roman G. Kovach, Ekaterina Yu. Zhdanova, Victor M. Stepanenko, Alexander Varentsov, Nikolay S. Kasimov

“…BCff component associated with emissions from fossil fuel (FF) combustion showed 100% increase. …”
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Production of Biogas and Bio-fertilizer from Abattoir Waste as Sustainable Management, Eastern Ethiopia, 2019 by Sina Temsgen Tolera, Fekade Ketema Alemu

“…The biogas or energy from the waste can replace firewood and charcoal and the expensive fossil fuels. Using Banks mathematical computation about 85,139.20m3/year of biogas estimated, could cover 36097.43kg of liquefied gas or 48129.89kg of kerosene or 280757.68kg of charcoal or 32086.59kg of furnace oil or 56151.5kg of petrol or 40108.2kg of diesel per a year in same functions. …”
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Design of a Solar Powered Precision Irrigation System. by Othieno John Wangara

“…Flood irrigation wastes between 40 to 65 percent of the water due to factors like overtopping, runoff in the drain, rat holes in the canal bunds, evaporation from the water surface among others. [ 1] This is also accompanied by the fact that most used energy sources are fuel energy since hydro electrical energy (HEP) is not extended in most rural areas where actual agriculture is practiced and even the few rural areas having the hydroelectric power face frequent black outs thus leaving H.E.P unreliable thus fossil energy source the only alternative. These increase farming cost since the current irrigation systems use fuel energy and also have negative impacts on the environment through air, water and land pollution and its effects. …”
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Particle-bound Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons (pPAHs) in Merida, Mexico by Harry Alvarez-Ospina, Sofia Giordano, Luis A. Ladino, Graciela B. Raga, Joshua I. Muñoz-Salazar, Martha Leyte-Lugo, Daniel Rosas, Giovanni Carabali

“…The diurnal cycle showed a bimodal behavior similar to those found for carbon monoxide (CO), nitrogen oxides (NOx) and black carbon (BC) (estimated from absorption coefficient), indicating that burning of fossil fuels from vehicular traffic is the likely source of the pPAHs emitted in Merida. …”
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Gaseous Pollutants and Particulate Matter in Ambient Air: First Field Experiment in an Urban Mediterranean Area (Nador, Morocco) by Bouchra Oujidi, Abdelfettah Benchrif, Mounia Tahri, Fatiha Zahry, Moussa Bounakhla, Hocein Bazairi, Nadia Mhammdi, Maria Snoussi

“…For black carbon, biomass burning was found to be the largest contributing source (3.1–8.4 µg m−3), more so than fossil fuels (0.9–1.8 µg m−3). This study highlights that an air quality management plan should be established for Nador city, including the implementation of a network of monitoring stations to help with identifying and controlling the activities causing air pollution.…”
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Photovoltaic Farm Production Forecasting: Modified Metaheuristic Optimized Long Short-Term Memory-Based Networks Approach by Aleksandar Stojkovic, Bosko Nikolic, Miodrag Zivkovic, Nebojsa Bacanin

“…The finite availability and unsustainable nature of fossil fuel sources have spurred growing interest in renewable energy sources. …”
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