Machine learning in environmental research: common pitfalls and best practices

JJ Zhu, M Yang, ZJ Ren - Environmental Science & Technology, 2023 - ACS Publications
Machine learning (ML) is increasingly used in environmental research to process large data
sets and decipher complex relationships between system variables. However, due to the …

Multiple roles of dissolved organic matter in advanced oxidation processes

X Yang, FL Rosario-Ortiz, Y Lei, Y Pan… - Environmental …, 2022 - ACS Publications
Advanced oxidation processes (AOPs) can degrade a wide range of trace organic
contaminants (TrOCs) to improve the quality of potable water or discharged wastewater …

Data-driven machine learning in environmental pollution: gains and problems

X Liu, D Lu, A Zhang, Q Liu, G Jiang - Environmental science & …, 2022 - ACS Publications
The complexity and dynamics of the environment make it extremely difficult to directly predict
and trace the temporal and spatial changes in pollution. In the past decade, the …

Artificial intelligence-incorporated membrane fouling prediction for membrane-based processes in the past 20 years: A critical review

C Niu, X Li, R Dai, Z Wang - Water Research, 2022 - Elsevier
Membrane fouling is one of major obstacles in the application of membrane technologies.
Accurately predicting or simulating membrane fouling behaviours is of great significance to …

Application of persulfate-based oxidation processes to address diverse sustainability challenges: A critical review

D Lin, Y Fu, X Li, L Wang, M Hou, D Hu, Q Li… - Journal of hazardous …, 2022 - Elsevier
Over the past years, persulfate (PS) is widely applied due to their high versatility and efficacy
in decontamination and sterilization. While treatment of organic chemicals, remediation of …

Oxide–and silicate–water interfaces and their roles in technology and the environment

JL Bañuelos, E Borguet, GE Brown Jr… - Chemical …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Interfacial reactions drive all elemental cycling on Earth and play pivotal roles in human
activities such as agriculture, water purification, energy production and storage …

Enhancing biochar-based nonradical persulfate activation using data-driven techniques

R Wang, S Zhang, H Chen, Z He, G Cao… - Environmental …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Converting biomass into biochar (BC) as a functional biocatalyst to accelerate persulfate
activation for water remediation has attracted much attention. However, due to the complex …

Toward smarter management and recovery of municipal solid waste: A critical review on deep learning approaches

K Lin, Y Zhao, JH Kuo, H Deng, F Cui, Z Zhang… - Journal of Cleaner …, 2022 - Elsevier
Increasing generation of municipal solid waste, heterogeneity of waste composition, and
complex processes of waste management and recovery have limited the performance of …

Microplastics and nanoplastics analysis: options, imaging, advancements and challenges

C Fang, Y Luo, R Naidu - TrAC Trends in Analytical Chemistry, 2023 - Elsevier
As emerging contaminants, microplastics and nanoplastics pose analytical challenges to the
scientific community due to the small size, diverse composition and complex environmental …

Predicting heavy metal adsorption on soil with machine learning and mapping global distribution of soil adsorption capacities

H Yang, K Huang, K Zhang, Q Weng… - Environmental …, 2021 - ACS Publications
Studying heavy metal adsorption on soil is important for understanding the fate of heavy
metals and properly assessing the related environmental risks. Existing experimental …