TY - JOUR AU - Solymos, Karolina AU - Babcsányi, Izabella AU - Ariya, Badam AU - Gyulavári, Tamás AU - Ágoston, Áron AU - Szamosvölgyi, Ákos AU - Kukovecz, Ákos AU - Kónya, Zoltán AU - Farsang, Andrea AU - Pap, Zsolt TI - Photocatalytic and surface properties of titanium dioxide nanoparticles in soil solutions JF - ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE-NANO J2 - ENVIRON SCI-NANO VL - 11 PY - 2024 IS - 3 SP - 1204 EP - 1216 PG - 13 SN - 2051-8153 DO - 10.1039/D3EN00622K UR - https://m2.mtmt.hu/api/publication/34513997 ID - 34513997 AB - Nanotechnology has emerged as a rapidly growing scientific field with diverse applications. Titanium dioxide nanoparticles are among the most commonly used nanoparticles due to their unique properties. However, their release... LA - English DB - MTMT ER - TY - JOUR AU - Saadu, Ibrahim AU - Farsang, Andrea AU - Kiss, Tímea TI - Quantification of macroplastic litter in fallow greenhouse farmlands: case study in southeastern hungary JF - ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES EUROPE J2 - ENVIRON SCI EUR VL - 35 PY - 2023 IS - 1 PG - 13 SN - 2190-4707 DO - 10.1186/s12302-023-00777-6 UR - https://m2.mtmt.hu/api/publication/34094864 ID - 34094864 N1 - Department of Geoinformatics, Physical and Environmental Geography, University of Szeged, Egyetem Str. 2-6, Szeged, 6722, Hungary Geography Department, Usmanu Danfodiyo University, P.M.B, Sokoto, 2346, Nigeria Cited By :1 Export Date: 22 January 2024 Correspondence Address: Saadu, I.; Department of Geoinformatics, Egyetem Str. 2-6, Hungary; email: sibrahim@geo.u-szeged.hu Funding text 1: We thank the owners of the greenhouse farmlands for granting us access to their respective farmlands. We also acknowledge the efforts of Dr. Károly Barta and László Makó, who helped with the fieldwork during this research. We thank Dr. Krisztián Fintor of the Department of Mineralogy, Geochemistry, and Petrology, University of Szeged, for his assistance with the Raman spectroscopy analysis. LA - English DB - MTMT ER - TY - JOUR AU - Bagoly-Simó, Péter AU - Graaf, Johannes AU - Farsang, Andrea AU - Tóth, Ádám AU - Bokis, Alexandra AU - Pál, Viktor AU - Kádár, Anett TI - Hogyan látjuk Európát? Egy berlini középiskola diákjainak mentális térképei Európáról és annak határairól JF - GEOMETODIKA: FÖLDRAJZ SZAKMÓDSZERTANI FOLYÓIRAT J2 - GEOMETODIKA VL - 7 PY - 2023 IS - 2 SP - 27 EP - 46 PG - 20 SN - 2560-0745 DO - 10.26888/GEOMET.2023.7.2.2 UR - https://m2.mtmt.hu/api/publication/33836636 ID - 33836636 LA - Hungarian DB - MTMT ER - TY - JOUR AU - Saadu, Ibrahim AU - Farsang, Andrea TI - Plastic contamination in agricultural soils: a review JF - ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES EUROPE J2 - ENVIRON SCI EUR VL - 35 PY - 2023 IS - 1 PG - 11 SN - 2190-4707 DO - 10.1186/s12302-023-00720-9 UR - https://m2.mtmt.hu/api/publication/33654691 ID - 33654691 N1 - Cited By :9 Export Date: 22 January 2024 Correspondence Address: Sa’adu, I.; Department of Geoinformatics, Hungary; email: saadu.ibrahim@udusok.edu.ng Funding text 1: Open access funding provided by University of Szeged. This research has no financial support. AB - Researchers are focused on the global issue of plastic contamination in agricultural soils because of the known effects of plastics on the soil ecosystem. Previous reviews did not pay attention to plastic sources, standardized extraction methods, soil characterization, and the abundance of plastics in agricultural soils. This study aims to review up-to-the-minute knowledge about plastic contamination studies, suggest the best method for microplastic studies, and propose future research areas. The research about plastic contamination in agricultural soils published from January 2018 to March 2022 was reviewed for this review article. Studies focusing on microplastics in soils other than agricultural soils were not considered in the present review. The data were acquired from several databases, namely Web of Science and Google Scholar. The keywords used to search these databases were "microplastics AND agricultural soils" and "macroplastics AND agricultural soils". Other literature sources were obtained from the reference lists of downloaded articles, and other pieces of literature that directly dealt with macroplastic and microplastic contamination in agricultural soils were obtained from relevant journals and books. Overall, 120 sources of literature, including 102 original research articles, 13 review articles, and five books, were selected, reviewed, and synthesized. As expected, agricultural soils, including arable lands, paddy lands, uplands, irrigation, and greenhouse soils, receive plastic contaminants. The contaminants of different sizes and forms are distributed spatially and temporally in the surface, subsurface, and profiles of the agricultural soils. Unlike previous studies that reported many studies on sewage sludge, the significant sources of plastic contamination in the agricultural soils included mulching, sludge and compost placement, and greenhouses abandonment. The distribution of plastic contamination studies in the agricultural lands is Asia: 60%; Europe: 29%; Africa: 4%; North America: 4%; Latin America: 3%; and Australia: 0%. After careful analysis of the methods used for the plastics contamination studies, the study concluded that floatations with low-density solutions such as distilled water and NaCl are efficient in separating light-density microplastics. In contrast, ZnCl and NaI are incredibly efficient in separating the heavy-density microplastics. Moreover, this review provides insight for future research in the field. LA - English DB - MTMT ER - TY - JOUR AU - Teperics, Károly AU - Farsang, Andrea AU - Czimre, Klára TI - A jugoszláv utódállamok felsőoktatási intézményeinek bekapcsolódása a nemzetközi tanulmányi célú migráció folyamatába JF - BALKÁN FÜZETEK J2 - BALKÁN FÜZETEK PY - 2022 IS - Különszám III. SP - 35 EP - 53 PG - 19 SN - 1588-6557 UR - https://m2.mtmt.hu/api/publication/34170130 ID - 34170130 LA - Hungarian DB - MTMT ER - TY - JOUR AU - Fannakh, Abdelouahed AU - Farsang, Andrea TI - DRASTIC, GOD, and SI approaches for assessing groundwater vulnerability to pollution: a review JF - ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES EUROPE J2 - ENVIRON SCI EUR VL - 34 PY - 2022 IS - 1 PG - 16 SN - 2190-4707 DO - 10.1186/s12302-022-00646-8 UR - https://m2.mtmt.hu/api/publication/33649505 ID - 33649505 AB - Over the last three to four decades, several methods for assessing groundwater vulnerability to anthropogenic pollution have been developed. Researchers and policymakers have widely used these methods for preventing groundwater pollution through knowledge about particularly vulnerable areas. This systematic review presents different and significant methods for assessing the vulnerability of aquifers for the protection of the resource. Previous studies mentioned that formulating a single technique for assessing groundwater vulnerability is difficult; thus, different methods and techniques have been proposed. Therefore, this paper presents three methods, namely, DRASTIC, GOD, and susceptibility index (SI), which will be discussed in detail, and highlights their advantages and limitations. In doing so, the study introduces the concept of aquifer vulnerability, and further discussion will be devoted to the three methods. Lastly, the study outlines the major challenges to the assessment of aquifer vulnerability. The review concludes the importance of groundwater vulnerability and strategies for preserving its quality. LA - English DB - MTMT ER - TY - JOUR AU - Csányi, Katalin AU - Farsang, Andrea TI - Evaluation of off-site effects of wind-eroded sediments especially the content of pesticides JF - GEOGRAPHICA PANNONICA J2 - GEOGRAPHICA PANNONICA VL - 26 PY - 2022 IS - 3 SP - 273 EP - 283 PG - 11 SN - 0354-8724 DO - 10.5937/gp26-38144 UR - https://m2.mtmt.hu/api/publication/33565018 ID - 33565018 AB - Wind-eroded sediment, as an environmental transport pathway of toxic elements and pesticids, can result in environmental and human exposure far beyond the agricultural areas where it has been applied. In our research we quantified the pesticide residues moving in the soil near Szeged (Hungary) on the original soil surface of agricultural areas with a portable wind tunnel. Before the experiments, a portion of the sample area was treated with chlorpyrifos and pendimethalin. A control area was also selected. In 2017-2019, a total of 42 wind event experiments were conducted by examining the topsoil samples. During the experiments, moving soil particles were trapped at various heights (5-10 cm, 20-25 cm and 50-55 cm) and the pesticide concentrates by GC-MS were measured. The enrichment ratios (ER) were calculated, and statistical analyzes were also carried out (SPSS). The measurements obtained that the pendimethalin ER is much higher in the rolled fraction (mean: 13.7) than chlorpyrifos (mean: 2.9). Our measurements showed that the enrichment of chlorpyrifos and pendimethalin can be detected in the rolling and suspended soil particles. LA - English DB - MTMT ER - TY - CONF AU - Ariya, Badam AU - Solymos, Karolina AU - Gyulavári, Tamás AU - Pap, Zsolt AU - Babcsányi, Izabella AU - Farsang, Andrea ED - Majdik, Cornelia TI - Savas és semleges talajextraktumok hatásának vizsgálata SrTiO3nanostruktúrák szerkezetére és fotoaktivitására = Investigation of the behaviour and photoactivity of SrTiO3nanomaterials in acidic and neutral soil extracts T2 - XXVIII. Nemzetközi Vegyészkonferencia = 28th International Conference on Chemistry PB - Erdélyi Magyar Műszaki Tudományos Társaság (EMT) C1 - Kolozsvár T3 - Nemzetközi Vegyészkonferencia, ISSN 1843-6293 PY - 2022 SP - 58 EP - 58 PG - 1 UR - https://m2.mtmt.hu/api/publication/33229522 ID - 33229522 LA - English DB - MTMT ER - TY - CONF AU - Solymos, Karolina AU - Ariya, Badam AU - Babcsányi, Izabella AU - Pap, Zsolt AU - Farsang, Andrea TI - Titán-dioxid nanorészecskék tulajdonságainak változása talajkivonatokban T2 - Talajtani Vándorgyűlés : absztraktfüzet PY - 2022 SP - 30 EP - 30 PG - 1 UR - https://m2.mtmt.hu/api/publication/33229521 ID - 33229521 LA - Hungarian DB - MTMT ER - TY - GEN AU - Solymos, Karolina AU - Ariya, Badam AU - Babcsányi, Izabella AU - Farsang, Andrea AU - Pap, Zsolt TI - Assessing the Behaviour and Catalytic Activity of Titanium Dioxide Nanoparticles in Different Types of Soil Extracts PY - 2022 UR - https://m2.mtmt.hu/api/publication/33229509 ID - 33229509 LA - English DB - MTMT ER -