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Seabird Migration Strategies: Flight Budgets, Diel Activity Patterns, and Lunar Influence

Anne-Sophie Bonnet-Lebrun, Anne-Sophie Bonnet-Lebrun, Maria P. Dias, Maria P. Dias et al. • Frontiers in Marine Science (2021)

Every year, billions of birds undertake extensive migrations between breeding and non-breeding areas, facing challenges that require behavioural adjustments, particularly to flight timing and duration. Such adjustments in daily activity pat...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.3389/fmars.2021.683071

Inclusiveness, Equity, Consistency, and Flexibility as Guiding Criteria for Enabling Transdisciplinary Collaboration: Lessons From a European Project on Nature-Based Solutions and Urban Innovation

Claudia Basta, Eva Kunseler, Christine Wamsler, Alexander van der Jagt et al. • Frontiers in Climate (2021)

The structural research programmes of the European Union dedicated to advance the sustainability sciences are increasingly permeated by the notion of transdisciplinarity (TD). A growing body of literature residing at the intersection of res...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.3389/fclim.2021.630075

Toward sustainable development: the nexus between financial development, renewable energy, and carbon emissions in China

Yang Sun, Feng Zhao, Liya Gao • Frontiers in Environmental Science (2025)

The accelerating emissions of greenhouse gases—particularly carbon dioxide (CO2)—pose serious challenges to global environmental sustainability, with China being a major contributor due to its rapid economic and financial expansion. This st...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.3389/fenvs.2025.1594858

Large emission mitigation potential from sequencing fossil fuel extraction infrastructure retirement in China

Yi Jin, Xiaoyang Zhong, Arnold Tukker, Xu Tang et al. • iScience (2026)

Summary: China’s fossil fuel infrastructure could lock in substantial emissions across both extraction and downstream use, making a well-defined phaseout strategy urgent for achieving carbon neutrality. We analyze the differences between th...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.1016/j.isci.2026.117563

Bioconversion of Date Waste into Bacterial Nanocellulose by a New Isolate <i>Komagataeibacter</i> sp. IS22 and Its Use as Carrier Support for Probiotics Delivery

Islam Sayah, Ibtissem Chakroun, Claudio Gervasi, Davide Barreca et al. • Foods (2025)

Bacterial nanocellulose (BNC) has gained considerable interest over the last decade due to its unique properties and versatile applications. However, the low yield and the high production cost significantly limit its industrial scalability....

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.3390/foods14162853

Baltic Sea Coastal Eutrophication in a Thousand Year Perspective

Lena Norbäck Ivarsson, Thomas Andrén, Matthias Moros, Thorbjørn Joest Andersen et al. • Frontiers in Environmental Science (2019)

Sediment cores from three sites along the east-coast of Sweden, north-western Baltic Proper, have been studied with respect to lithologies, geochemistry, and diatom assemblages to trace and date early human impact with emphasis on nutrient ...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.3389/fenvs.2019.00088

The spatial allocation of population: a review of large-scale gridded population data products and their fitness for use

S. Leyk, S. Leyk, A. E. Gaughan, A. E. Gaughan et al. • Earth System Science Data (2019)

Population data represent an essential component in studies focusing on human–nature interrelationships, disaster risk assessment and environmental health. Several recent efforts have produced global- and continental-extent gridded populati...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.5194/essd-11-1385-2019

Jianghan plain, the locale of China’s Great Flood four thousand years ago

Li-Xin Guo, Meng-Long Hsieh, Olga Gorodetskaya, Zi-Hao Fan et al. • Terrestrial, Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences (2023)

Abstract The Yellow River Plain (YRP), being regarded as the cradle of Chinese civilization, is traditionally thought to be the locale of the Great Flood, a hazardous flood (or floods) tamed by Yu who started China’s first “dynasty”, Xia, i...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.1007/s44195-023-00044-4

Expert projections on the development and application of bioenergy with carbon capture and storage technologies

Tobias Heimann, Lara-Sophie Wähling, Tomke Honkomp, Ruth Delzeit et al. • Environmental Research Letters (2025)

Bioenergy with carbon capture and storage (BECCS) is a crucial element in most modelling studies on emission pathways of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change to limit global warming. BECCS can substitute fossil fuels in energy prod...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.1088/1748-9326/ada16f

Building evidences in Public Health Emergency Preparedness (“BePHEP” Project)—a systematic review

Michelangelo Mercogliano, Gloria Spatari, Chiara Noviello, Francesca Di Serafino et al. • International Journal for Equity in Health (2025)

Abstract Introduction Humanitarian crises exacerbate the vulnerability of already fragile healthcare systems and significantly increase the risk of infectious disease outbreaks in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs). This systematic re...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.1186/s12939-025-02382-w

A review on the recent mechanisms investigation of PFAS electrochemical oxidation degradation: mechanisms, DFT calculation, and pathways

Gengyang Li, Mason Peng, Qingguo Huang, Ching-Hua Huang et al. • Frontiers in Environmental Engineering (2025)

Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) have drawn public concern recently due to their toxic properties and persistence in the environment, making it urgent to eliminate PFAS from contaminated water. Electrochemical oxidation (EO) has s...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.3389/fenve.2025.1568542

Methane and carbon dioxide fluxes over a lake: comparison between eddy covariance, floating chambers and boundary layer method

K.-M. Erkkilä, A. Ojala, A. Ojala, A. Ojala et al. • Biogeosciences (2018)

Freshwaters bring a notable contribution to the global carbon budget by emitting both carbon dioxide (CO2) and methane (CH4) to the atmosphere. Global estimates of freshwater emissions traditionally use a wind-speed-based gas transfer ve...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.5194/bg-15-429-2018

Microplastic as a vector of heavy metals and chemicals in aquatic ecosystems

Javid Imanpour Namin, Fereshteh Hajiaghaei Ghaazi Mahalleh • Caspian Journal of Environmental Sciences (2025)

Microplastics (MPs) have become a symbol of modern life and their fate in the environment is an issue of great concern. MPs have attracted attention for their widespread distribution, especially in the aquatic ecosystems. MPs can act as a v...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.22124/cjes.2024.8016

Agricultural Use of Lands Affected by Deep-Seated Landslides in the Transylvanian Basin and Its Consequences on Soil Physicochemical Properties

Gheorghe Roșian, Mihai Buta, Csaba Horvath • Applied Sciences (2026)

Land leveling deep-seated landslides for agricultural use alters soil profile integrity and soil functionality. In the mid-20th century, such interventions in the Transylvanian Basin (Romania) involved grading and converting landslide bodie...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.3390/app16083744

Characterization of antibiofouling behaviors of PVDF membrane modified by quaternary ammonium compound – combined use of QCM-D, FCM, and CLSM

Yue Wen, Xingran Zhang, Mei Chen, Zhichao Wu et al. • Journal of Water Reuse and Desalination (2019)

In this study, we systematically evaluated the antibiofouling behavior of quaternary ammonium compound (QAC) blended polyvinylidene fluoride (PVDF) membrane using quartz crystal microbalance with dissipation monitoring (QCM-D) combined with...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.2166/wrd.2018.017

Exploring the Intestinal Microbiota and Metabolome Profiles Associated With Feed Efficiency in Pacific Abalone (Haliotis discus hannai)

Wenchao Yu, Wenchao Yu, Yisha Lu, Yisha Lu et al. • Frontiers in Microbiology (2022)

Feed efficiency (FE) is critical to the economic and environmental benefits of aquaculture. Both the intestines and intestinal microbiota play a key role in energy acquisition and influence FE. In the current research, intestinal microbiota...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2022.852460

Reproductive Biology of Female Pacific Halibut (Hippoglossus stenolepis) in the Gulf of Alaska

Teresa Fish, Teresa Fish, Nathan Wolf, Timothy Scott Smeltz et al. • Frontiers in Marine Science (2022)

Developing a robust understanding of Pacific halibut reproductive biology is essential to understanding the different components (e.g. maturity) that determine the reproductive output of the species and, therefore, for estimating the relati...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.3389/fmars.2022.801759

Geographic Object-Based Image Analysis Framework for Mapping Vegetation Physiognomic Types at Fine Scales in Neotropical Savannas

Fernanda F. Ribeiro, Dar A. Roberts, Laura L. Hess, Frank W. Davis et al. • Remote Sensing (2020)

Regional maps of vegetation structure are necessary for delineating species habitats and for supporting conservation and ecological analyses. A systematic approach that can discriminate a wide range of meaningful and detailed vegetation cla...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.3390/rs12111721

NLRP3 Inflammasome-Mediated Pyroptosis Pathway Contributes to the Pathogenesis of Candida albicans Keratitis

Huifang Lian, Huifang Lian, Huifang Lian, Huifang Lian et al. • Frontiers in Medicine (2022)

PurposeFungal keratitis is a sight-threatening corneal infection caused by fungal pathogens, and the pathogenic mechanisms have not been fully elucidated. The aim of this study was to determine whether NOD-like receptor family pyrin domain ...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.3389/fmed.2022.845129