Progress in layered double hydroxides (LDHs): Synthesis and application in adsorption, catalysis and photoreduction

A Farhan, A Khalid, N Maqsood, S Iftekhar… - Science of The Total …, 2024 - Elsevier
Layered double hydroxides (LDHs), also known as anionic clays, have attracted significant
attention in energy and environmental applications due to their exceptional physicochemical …

Challenges and opportunities of desalination with renewable energy resources in Middle East countries

A Mahmoudi, M Bostani, S Rashidi… - … and Sustainable Energy …, 2023 - Elsevier
This study investigates the challenges and opportunities of desalination with renewable
energy resources in the Middle East. Middle East countries are facing severe water …

Designing electrocatalysts for seawater splitting: surface/interface engineering toward enhanced electrocatalytic performance

B Xu, J Liang, X Sun, X Xiong - Green Chemistry, 2023 - pubs.rsc.org
As an ideal large-scale energy conversion/storage technology, electrochemical hydrogen
production has great potential as a means of smoothing out the volatility of renewable …

Water crisis in Iran: A system dynamics approach on water, energy, food, land and climate (WEFLC) nexus

AA Barati, MD Pour, MA Sardooei - Science of the Total Environment, 2023 - Elsevier
Water scarcity is a highly complex, multifaceted and dynamic issue, which has become a
severe global challenge. Water scarcity is a hyperconnected phenomenon and thus should …

Health risk assessment of total chromium in the qanat as historical drinking water supplying system

A Kazemi, M Esmaeilbeigi, Z Sahebi… - Science of the Total …, 2022 - Elsevier
This study investigated the health risk assessment of total chromium (Cr T) in qanats of
South Khorasan, Eastern Iran. For this, concentration of Cr T in a total of 83 qanats were …

Wood-based solar-driven interfacial evaporators: Design and application

X Ma, R Su, Z Zeng, L Li, H Wang, S Wang - Chemical Engineering Journal, 2023 - Elsevier
Solar water evaporation plays an important role in the production of low-energy freshwater,
which is essential for economic development and human health. The use of solar powered …

Assessment of main cereal crop trade impacts on water and land security in Iraq

SH Ewaid, SA Abed, N Al-Ansari - Agronomy, 2020 - mdpi.com
Growing populations, socio-economic development, the pollution of rivers, and the
withdrawal of fresh water are all signs of increasing water scarcity, and with 85% of global …

Long-term variability of dust events in southwestern Iran and its relationship with the drought

NH Hamzeh, DG Kaskaoutis, A Rashki… - Atmosphere, 2021 - mdpi.com
Dust storms represent a major environmental challenge in the Middle East. The southwest
part of Iran is highly affected by dust events transported from neighboring desert regions …

Detecting land use and climate impacts on water yield ecosystem service in arid and semi-arid areas. A study in Sirvan River Basin-Iran

J Balist, B Malekmohammadi, HR Jafari… - Applied Water …, 2022 - Springer
This study investigates how land use and climate changes affect water yield ecosystem
service (ES) in the Sirvan River basin, located in Iran's Kurdistan and Kermanshah …

[HTML][HTML] The sustainability of desalination as a remedy to the water crisis in the agriculture sector: An analysis from the climate-water-energy-food nexus perspective

B Zolghadr-Asli, N McIntyre, S Djordjevic… - Agricultural Water …, 2023 - Elsevier
Over the years, desalination has become integral to water resources management, primarily
in coastal semi-arid to arid regions. While desalinated seawater has mainly been supplied to …