Ecosystems Services (ESs) are fundamental to sustaining life. However, they are under pressure due to anthropogenic activities such as the expansion of agricultural land and declining of forest cover, which causes loss of ...

Radioactive substance happens when there is unstable nuclei in the atom and can emit energy through high speed charged particle to become a stable state. Natural radioactivity is defined as the release of high energy ...

Solid waste management is one of the top priority problems in countries as a whole. Wolkite town like other developing countries towns has poor solid waste management. This is mainly because of lack of information how to ...

The objective of this study was to assess soil capability in attenuation of pollutants from wastewater and to reuse it for aquifer recharge with indication of ground water protection. Wastewater from textile treatment ...

Huge consumption of water and low biodegradability of textile dye wastes calls for a combination of biological and physico – chemical processes along with a complementary treatment option to remove more of the dyes. ...

Ethanol can be produced from lignocellulosic biomass through fermentation; however, some byproducts from lignocellulosics, such as furfural compounds, are highly inhibitory to the fermentation and can substantially reduce ...

Nitrate is one of the most widespread chemical contaminants found in groundwater across the globe. The best known and documented human health risk associated with high levels of nitrates in drinking water are methemoglobinemia ...

This study was conducted in Kewot District, North Shewa, to assess the contributions of area closures for soil and woody vegetation rehabilitation. A cross-sectional survey was employed to collect woody vegetation and ...

The continuous deterioration of the natural resource base has become a serious threat to both the ecological systems and economic development in Ethiopia. These problems have been attributed directly or indirectly to the ...

This study was undertaken at Weli micro watershed, which is located in the Ambo district of west shoa zone in the Oromia region. The study was aimed to assess the contribution of climate smart agricultural production ...