Environmental Science and Ecotechnology

Restore from the ground up! #Wetlands: vanishing fast, yet holding the key to fighting climate change. Our new cover story reveals how citizen science empowers communities to restore wetlands with precision and accountability—while preventing massive releases of ancient carbon. Read the paper here: sciencedirect.com/science/articl…

Researchers from @Tsinghua_Uni find that achieving #GHGNeutrality by 2060 in China requires 100% elimination of energy-related CO2 emissions (vs 92% under CO2 neutrality), 60% non-CO2 reductions (vs 50%), and carbon capture expansion to 1.9 Gt (vs 1.3 Gt), with 15% GHG cut by 2035 and 85% by 2050 relative to 2030. doi.org/10.1016/j.ese.… @laurimyllyvirta, @WeilaGong, @DrGangHe, @east_winds, @LiShuo_GP, @wang_seaver, @CtrGlobSust, @cciced, @CalChinaClimate

From sediment to surface: How invisible plumes trigger harmful algal blooms the-microbiologist.com/news/from-sedi…

Solar-driven interfacial evaporation (SDIE), synonymous with interfacial solar evaporation, localizes photothermal conversion at the water–air interface. PPy-CS/PF@DDA foam achieves 95% solar absorption, 1.862 kg m⁻² h⁻¹ under 1 sun, 0.684 kg m⁻² h⁻¹ in darkness, 1.763 kg m⁻² h⁻¹ in 20 wt% NaCl brine, and 9.229 kg m⁻² freshwater in 10 h outdoor. doi.org/10.1016/j.ese.… @OUC1924, @HaolanXu, @PengWang_KAUST, @JiaZhu_NJU, @AAlabastri, @XuanWu_USA, @GaryOwensUniSA, @LinZhou_NJU, @MeijieChen_USTC, @ChaoZhang_SJTU, @YingyingZhang_USTC, @BinZhu_NJU, @NingXu_NJU, @XiuqiangLi_NJU, @JinyouLu_NJU, @WeiHe_1, @DeyuWang_USA, @XingyuChen_USTC, @QinYe_USTC, @HongxiaLi_NJU

The ubiquitous presence of #Microplastics in human bile samples, with significantly higher concentrations in gallstone patients (median 25.89 vs 6.98 μg g⁻¹), drives mitochondrial dysfunction-associated senescence in cholangiocytes, which is mitigated by melatonin. doi.org/10.1016/j.ese.… @dr_imariwalker, @eliseo_fc, @AbiBarrows, @ProfRThompson, @marinesteph, @JambeckResearch, @Meredith_Seeley, @MoorePlasticRes, @bigmicrosurvey, @Microplast_X, @ChelseaRochman, @QingXiangAmySang, @ChangchengZhouLab, @MatthewCampen, @ImariWalkerGroup

Engineered #nanomaterials exhibit functional failure within sequence-dependent failure windows at commit points of interfacial chemistry (dissolution, ligand exchange, eco-corona formation), enabling predictive #Nanosafety and trajectory-aware #SSbD, pointed by Dr. Swaroop Chakraborty from @unibirmingham. doi.org/10.1016/j.ese.… @iseult5, @GlowryLowry, @KahMelanie, @nanosafetyscot, @SustainableNano, @nanocommons, @EUNanoSafety, @projectharmless, @sabydoma

Green #promptengineering reduces #LLM inference energy and #CO2emissions by 32–48%, according to the latest research led by @poddersanjay. sciencedirect.com/science/articl… @IIMMumbai, @SashaMTL, @karpathy, @fchollet, @GaryMarcus, @jbelizaireCEO, @faustospain, @Ronald_vanLoon, @AravSrinivas, @goodside, @nicorosberg

Hi-C sequencing maps #phage and #plasmid host networks in #wastewater-related #biofilms. Led by Prof. Tong Zhang at @HKUniversity, the team identified 17,672 novel viral OTUs and 11,454 plasmids, with ~81% of phage–host and ~93% of plasmid–host links, connecting up to 70% of plasmids to 91% of prokaryotes. sciencedirect.com/science/articl… @MartinPolz, @YuDENG0702, @RuonanWu01, @waterARGome, @lauren_stadler, @bkoskella, @BanfieldJill, @MarkvLoosdrecht, @DariaVanTyne, @LauraInTheLab1, @UliKluemper, @DrJDennehy, @Symbionticism, @envirophage

Multimodal DeepLabv3+/BERT fusion project, discovered by the team from @SCUT1918, predicts #CarbonEmission for China's 720 pulp and paper manufacturing facilities, estimating 163.6 million tons of CO2 emissions in 2022. The 5% of facilities classified as high-emission contribute approximately 43% to the total emissions, and the implementation of rooftop photovoltaic systems is associated with a 10.3% reduction. sciencedirect.com/science/articl… @laurimyllyvirta, @Sandholt, @han_cecilia, @ymymilan, @LHongqiao, @haugejostein, @pretentiouswhat, @justindargin

Phenolic contaminants generate persistent #phenoxylradicals in Mn(VII)/ClO₂⁻ systems, accelerating #sulfamethoxazole degradation by up-to-20 fold via proton-coupled electron transfer with exceptional stability and matrix resistance. sciencedirect.com/science/articl… @SCUCN, @hunanuniv, @SalehNavid, @MariKallioinen, @DrBhatnagarA, @Guntenu, @drikehata, @KarlLindenCU, @weavers_l, @ZouShiqiang, @colorsofwater, @ShellyMBoulder, @JadeHChoi, @EnvEngProf, @RadicalChemEnv

Artificial sweetener diversity enriches #ARGs, #VFGs, and #MGEs in soil extracellular vesicles, driving ~30% compositional shifts in EV-associated genera from a fast-growing Pseudomonadota subset, with upregulation of #biogenesis genes under oxidative/membrane stress. sciencedirect.com/science/articl… @mrillig, @steve_biller, @YGZHURCEES, @devindrown, @ZeyouChen, @Gloeomargarita, @FDiniAndreote, @e_hannula, @BarneyGeddes, @colinaverill, @devindrown @DavidWGraham, @TongZhangHKU, @AdinaHowe, @bengtssonpalme

Blaptica dubia achieves superior #polystyrene biodegradation at 3.3 mg individual⁻¹ day⁻¹ via host metabolic integration with #gutmicrobiota, achieving 54.9% mass loss over 42 days (Mn −46.4%, δ¹³C enrichment). sciencedirect.com/science/articl… @HIT_1920, @dr_imariwalker, @KeenanMunno, @nplusbe, @klavlaw, @KJWyles, @mattyhoff14, @KO_InsectWrtr, @mimi_diben, @OlwennM, @AliceAHorton

The soybean rhizosphere accelerates breakdown of large biodegradable microplastics in soil — yet protects smaller particles inside aggregates. sciencedirect.com/science/articl… @mrillig @nizzetto @dr_imariwalker @soilplastics @ainaraleizeaga @zornoza_raul @KadambotS @ebiogeochem @zimengwang @doriya111 @John_Quinton @RachelHurleyNIVA @MelanieKah @YongSikOk2 @HuertaLwangaE @ykuzyakov @shin_woong @DaveyJonesSoil @GeertCornelis @ThorstenHueffer @FluryMarkus @martine_graf_ @BasBoots

New research reveals how Sinocyclocheilus cavefish's remarkable cranial adaptations amplify #hydrodynamic signals by up to 430%, informing #biomimetic designs for artificial lateral line systems in autonomous underwater monitoring of dark and turbid ecosystems. Dive into this #openaccess study: doi.org/10.1016/j.ese.… #Biomimetics #HydrodynamicSensing #EnvironmentalMonitoring @AlexCarlKeene @NicolasRohner @eduboue @malcolmmaciver @georgelauder @duncanedgley @SharkMagneto @DaphneSoares1 @LiangLi52

While policies target power & industry for PM₂.₅ control in China, lifecycle assessment reveals construction activities drive ~50% of ambient mortality—1.10M premature deaths in 2019. This challenges sector priorities & underscores decarbonisation co-benefits, with distinct urban–rural drivers. sciencedirect.com/science/articl… @DaboGuan @lmyllyvirta @DrewShindell @KlausHubacek @EdgarHertwich @zhuliu @glenpeters_cicero @BjornSamset @ManfredLenzen @kuishuangfeng

Scaled decentralized systems cut life-cycle global warming potential by up to 52.5% versus optimized centralized benchmarks—while lowering costs and enabling localized resource recovery. A vital advance for megacities facing septic tank legacies and stringent standards. 🔗sciencedirect.com/science/articl… @GDaigger @KartikChandran @williamtarpeh @LutRaskin @craigcriddle @Aqua4All @paul_westerhoff

China’s water-supply carbon emissions reached 228 Mt CO₂ yr⁻¹ by 2022 — a rise driven by energy-intensive water sources offsetting clean-energy gains. Essential reading for integrated water–energy–climate policy. 🔗sciencedirect.com/science/articl… @PeterGleick @JayFamiglietti @bridgetscanlon @ashlynnstill @ktsandersu @landonmarston @newsha_ajami @UpmanuLall @DustinGarrick @QuentinGrafton @BrianRichter @mesfin_m @martinafloerke @AlvarEscriva @katebrauman @ben_ruddell @SarahMFletcher @veenawater @dgarrick @mikeiphysics