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Original Research

Accepted on 27 Jan 2026

Carbon Emission Efficiency System of Wastewater Treatment in China's Yangtze River Economic Belt: Spatial-Temporal Evolution and Influencing Factors

in Environmental Systems Engineering

Xu Chu
Xinling Jiang
Ping Jiang
Haoxuan Cheng

Frontiers in Environmental Science

Systematic Review

Accepted on 26 Jan 2026

Refuse-derived fuel gasification for energy production: A science mapping analysis and systematic literature review

in Environmental Systems Engineering

Isaac Mensah
Satyanarayana Narra
Julius Cudjoe Ahiekpor
Nana Yaw Asiedu

Frontiers in Environmental Science

Original Research

Accepted on 23 Jan 2026

Decentralized Rooftop and Container Agriculture Using Greywater and Fog Harvesting: A Feasible Strategy for Water–Food–Energy Security in Mediterranean Urban Environments

in Environmental Systems Engineering

Behrouz Pirouz
Stefania Anna Palermo
Hana Javadi Nejad
Patrizia Piro
Michele Turco

Frontiers in Environmental Science

128 views

Original Research

Accepted on 12 Jan 2026

The contributions of livelihood resilience to reshaping adaptive capacity in rural China

in Environmental Systems Engineering

Qiantao Zhu
Shanshan Zhao
Xinhong Luo
Jiayi Liu
Marcus Feldman
Wei Liu

Frontiers in Environmental Science

136 views

Original Research

Published on 12 Jan 2026

Mapping radiative cooling potential for africa under different climate change scenarios

in Environmental Systems Engineering

Jesús Monterrubio
Roger Vilà
Marc Medrano
Ingrid Martorell
Albert Castell

Frontiers in Environmental Science

doi 10.3389/fenvs.2025.1722292

659 views

Original Research

Published on 02 Jan 2026

Comparative carbon accounting of multi-stream food waste management: insights from a megacity case study

in Environmental Systems Engineering

Guodong Yang
Zuotai Zhang
Feng Yan
Jianguo Jiang
Yuchen Gao
Shuling Chen
Fangnon Firmin Fangninou
Xiaoxiang Wang

Frontiers in Environmental Science

doi 10.3389/fenvs.2025.1709717

934 views

Systematic Review

Accepted on 29 Dec 2025

Implementing solutions: A review exploring determinants for the implementation of solutions to food-energy-water system challenges

in Environmental Systems Engineering

Paula Williams
E. Jamie Trammell
Leah Jones-Crank
Ruchie Pathak
Erich Seamon
Alyssa S. Thomas
Daniel R. Cronan
Andrew Kliskey

Frontiers in Environmental Science

308 views

Original Research

Published on 10 Dec 2025

Investigating tradeoffs between competing agricultural objectives using multi-objective optimization under uncertainty

in Environmental Systems Engineering

Philip Margarit
John Doherty
Leslie Ludtke
John Nieber
Bruce Wilson
Joseph Magner

Frontiers in Environmental Science

doi 10.3389/fenvs.2025.1634272

1,172 views

Review

Published on 06 Nov 2025

Promoting landfill mining for sustainable resource recovery, circular economy, and climate mitigation: a review

in Environmental Systems Engineering

Kai Chen Goh
Tonni Agustiono Kurniawan
Mohd Hafiz Dzarfan Othman
Khurmatbek Jumaniyozov
Faissal Aziz
Abdelkader Anouzla
Imran Ali
M. Imran Khan
G. Abdulkareem Alsultan
Dongdong Zhang

Frontiers in Environmental Science

doi 10.3389/fenvs.2025.1643195

3,364 views
2 citations

Original Research

Published on 24 Oct 2025

How to scientifically guide expressway construction carbon emission reduction: the establishment and application of a carbon emission accounting and evaluation system

in Environmental Systems Engineering

Moyou Xiong
Yangqing Li
Yinsheng Wang
Tiesen Zeng
Jinhui Wang
Lu Yang

Frontiers in Environmental Science

doi 10.3389/fenvs.2025.1665509

1,916 views

Original Research

Published on 24 Oct 2025

Industry-wide life cycle assessment for improved decision-making: a case study on carbon emissions of petrochemicals

in Environmental Systems Engineering

Jana Enking
Stefano Cucurachi
Raoul Meys
Arnold Tukker

Frontiers in Environmental Science

doi 10.3389/fenvs.2025.1646009

1,419 views

Original Research

Published on 10 Oct 2025

Assessment of elevated road traffic pollution on roadside trees and vegetation in urban environments

in Environmental Systems Engineering

Avnish Chauhan
Gaurav Pandey
Man Vir Singh
Muneesh Sethi
Prateek Gururani
Amit Awasthi
Shshank Chaube
Abhishek Lodh

Frontiers in Environmental Science

doi 10.3389/fenvs.2025.1657859

3,159 views
1 citation

Review

Published on 01 Oct 2025

Mitigating dye and organic pollutant-driven surface water pollution using ZnO nanoparticles: a sustainable strategy for climate resilience

in Environmental Systems Engineering

Navneet Kaur
Mamta Bansal
Prabhjot Kaur
Kirandeep Kaur
Amit Awasthi
Satya Krishna Nippani
Sumanta Das
Abhishek Lodh

Frontiers in Environmental Science

doi 10.3389/fenvs.2025.1656031

2,648 views

Original Research

Published on 25 Sep 2025

Municipal waste recycling in the EU: a multi-method analysis of determinants and country profiles (2005–2023)

in Environmental Systems Engineering

Michal Cehlár
Marcela Taušová
Viera Ivanková
Samer Khouri

Frontiers in Environmental Science

doi 10.3389/fenvs.2025.1670365

3,337 views
3 citations

Original Research

Published on 29 Aug 2025

Virtual flows and decoupling effects of water-carbon footprints in China’s ICT sector: analysis based on multi-regional input-output and decoupling models

in Environmental Systems Engineering

Liming Yao
Dongyu Xu
Weijin Qian

Frontiers in Environmental Science

doi 10.3389/fenvs.2025.1645434

2,197 views

Original Research

Published on 18 Jul 2025

The formation of waste management order in urban communities under the neo endogenous development theory: Two examples from Chinese urban communities

in Environmental Systems Engineering

Mengchun Xue
Meng Liu

Frontiers in Environmental Science

doi 10.3389/fenvs.2025.1601889

2,578 views

Opinion

Published on 23 May 2025

More concerns about atmospheric methane removal efforts

in Environmental Systems Engineering

Joshua Luczak

Frontiers in Environmental Science

doi 10.3389/fenvs.2025.1574595

2,498 views

Original Research

Published on 19 May 2025

Refinement of carbon emission reduction of dockless bike-sharing users’ behavior under different scenarios

in Environmental Systems Engineering

Guanqiu Liu
Hao Zhang
Yu Cheng
Xinhua Qi

Frontiers in Environmental Science

doi 10.3389/fenvs.2025.1594262

2,117 views
1 citation

Original Research

Published on 16 Apr 2025

Research on the measurement and influencing factors of carbon emission efficiency in China’s transportation sector based on EBM-Tobit model

in Environmental Systems Engineering

Weifang Song
Hao Zhang

Frontiers in Environmental Science

doi 10.3389/fenvs.2025.1565476

1,832 views

Original Research

Published on 10 Apr 2025

Designing an engineering construction standards system for energy and environment sustainability: based on model-based systems engineering

in Environmental Systems Engineering

Song Han
Xiaoyu Wang

Frontiers in Environmental Science

doi 10.3389/fenvs.2025.1564133

2,897 views

Original Research

Published on 09 Apr 2025

Dynamic spatio-temporal patterns and driving factors of green waste generation based on provincial panel data in China

in Environmental Systems Engineering

Boyao Song
Xiao Han
Yueying Li
Wenjin Huang
Qiushuang Fang
Xueyong Ren
Hongxun Li

Frontiers in Environmental Science

doi 10.3389/fenvs.2025.1530769

1,720 views
3 citations

Systematic Review

Published on 08 Apr 2025

The knowns and unknowns in our understanding of how plastics impact climate change: a systematic review

in Environmental Systems Engineering

Xia Zhu
Justin Konik
Holly Kaufman

Frontiers in Environmental Science

doi 10.3389/fenvs.2025.1563488

7,031 views
8 citations

Original Research

Published on 03 Apr 2025

Enhancing performance prediction of municipal solid waste generation: a strategic management

in Environmental Systems Engineering

Xiaoming Liu
Wei Zhi
Abed Akhundzada

Frontiers in Environmental Science

doi 10.3389/fenvs.2025.1553121

4,499 views
7 citations

Editorial

Published on 28 Jan 2025

Editorial: Environmental impacts of materials and their life cycle

in Environmental Systems Engineering

Adriana Eštoková
Miguel Ángel Pardo Picazo
Alena Luptakova
Vojtěch Václavík

Frontiers in Environmental Science

doi 10.3389/fenvs.2025.1557206

2,321 views
1 citation