Volume 13, Issue 3 (2017) | American Journal of Environmental Sciences

Fuelwood Consumption and its Impact on Forests in the Teknaf Peninsula on the Southern Coast of Bangladesh

Ullah SM Asik — 2017-05-28

American Journal of Environmental Sciences, Published online: 28 May 2017; doi:10.3844/ajessp.2017.225.232

This study focuses on the household fuelwood in the Teknaf Peninsula of Bangladesh. Teknaf Peninsula has a protected forest area which is facing the threat of extinction due to the over dependency of ...

Continuous Flow Synthesis of Zeolite-A from Coal Fly Ash Utilizing Microwave Irradiation with Recycled Liquid Stream

Salman Bukhari — 2017-06-19

American Journal of Environmental Sciences, Published online: 19 June 2017; doi:10.3844/ajessp.2017.233.244

Coal Fly Ash (CFA) was converted to zeolite using continuous microwave reactors while minimizing the wastewater produced during the zeolitization process. At bench scale, a continuous flow tubular mic...

Mapping of Mn and Pb as Effect of Landfill Pollutant based on Ordinary Kriging Interpolation

Rokhana Dwi Bekti — 2017-05-19

American Journal of Environmental Sciences, Published online: 19 May 2017; doi:10.3844/ajessp.2017.245.250

Spatial interpolation is an important method, getting information about pollutan from landfill location in groundwater quality mapping. Ordinary kriging is used to predict the unknown values in some l...

Threats to Seagrass Ecology and Indicators of the Importance of Seagrass Ecological Services in the Coastal Waters of East Lombok, Indonesia

Abdul Syukur — 2017-05-22

American Journal of Environmental Sciences, Published online: 22 May 2017; doi:10.3844/ajessp.2017.251.265

Seagrass ecology contributes to the preservation of fish and other biota diversity and is also an important livelihood source for fishermen and local communities. The purpose of our research was (1) t...

Valuation of Biomaterial: Phragmites australis in the Retention of Metal-Complexed Dyes

Aida Kesraoui — 2017-06-05

American Journal of Environmental Sciences, Published online: 5 June 2017; doi:10.3844/ajessp.2017.266.276

The purpose of this research was to estimate the potential of cellulosic fibers of highly available and renewable Tunisian biomass Phragmites australis for the biosorption of an anionic metal complexe...

Characterization of Household Wastes in D.R. Congo, a Case Study of Lubumbashi

Martin T. Mpinda — 2017-06-10

American Journal of Environmental Sciences, Published online: 10 June 2017; doi:10.3844/ajessp.2017.277.288

The insufficient supervision of household solid waste is a notorious problem in DR. Congo cities. Besides, solid waste management in Lubumbashi has been very rudimentary and unsystematic. This study a...