Rajat Chakraborti

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Can microplastics be coagulated and settle from the water column?

Small microplastics, as small as 0.1 mm float in water column due to low density. I am wondering if there is any test on the performance of alum or FeCl3 or polymer on coagulation of microplastics...

22 March 2021 150 9 View

Is 6PPD-Quinone another chemical of concern?

6PPD-Quinone is the tire product generated from oxidation of 6PPD in presence of ozone. 6PPD is the primary antioxidant chemical used in tire rubber. Already this compound has caused mortality of...

19 March 2021 1,606 22 View

Can microplastics in water be measured accurately?

The measurement technique for finding the concentration of microplastics in the water resources are evolving. What are the efficient measurement methods to detect microplastics up to the micron...

19 March 2021 5,012 14 View

Can biodiversity be used for natural asset assessment?

Biodiversity is a widely used term. What does it mean in the context of preserving natural assets? The conservation biologists are concerned over its misuse in these assessment. Its time to...

05 March 2021 6,919 19 View

How the microplastics levels in freshwater and marine water ecosystem be controlled?

Microplastics have been found in land, air, freshwater, effluent from a wastewater treatment plant and even in tap water and bottled water. The small plastic particles (less than 5 mm) pose a...

20 January 2021 8,934 3 View

Can Microplastics be controlled in a watershed?

Microplastics are environmental nuisance due to their ability to adsorb pollutants on the surface and carry contaminants to a long distance conveyed by air, water and soil. Therefore, contaminants...

22 December 2020 4,359 4 View

Are the electrical vehicles as one of the solutions of global climate change?

Electrical vehicles have been touted as one of the major ways to combat global climate change. Without combustion of fossil fuel producing gases harmful for human health is a major step towards...

01 January 1970 4,095 37 View

Is the climate change impact on tornados less studied compared to impact on rainfall, temperature, wildfire and sea level rise?

Most of the studies are on the impact of climate change on precipitation, temperature, wildfire, and sea level rise. Tornados are another huge environmental response to climate change. Recent...

01 January 1970 1,714 32 View

Does open access facility have altered the impact factor of scientific journals in the recent years?

The citations is one of the factors used to estimate impact factor of a journal. Many recent journals can be accessed online. Many journals still have protection against free access. It may be...

01 January 1970 547 4 View

Does an impact factor correctly judge a journal?

Impact factor is an important criteria (IF) accepted by research community as a scale of judging quality of a journal. The IF varies widely among various systems since the evaluation criteria is...

01 January 1970 2,905 6 View

Does the work from home and e-learning culture under pandemic with economic hardship driving people migrating from large metropolitan cities?

Since last year the work from home and e-learning environment have proved to be some of the efficient ways of communication. The recent covid crisis has resulted in economic hardship for people of...

01 January 1970 7,081 6 View

How important is green infrastructure solving urban flooding and improve aesthetics?

Green infrastructure has been getting so much importance these days because people started to appreciate the value of green space and the value it adds to the water resources planning. Green...

01 January 1970 5,086 6 View