Mapping of noise pollution in urbanized areas as a tool for creating a comfortable human environment
The article considers the issues of balanced functioning of urbanized territories (including urban environments) as objects of social ecology. The aim of this work is to analyze the current state of the urban environment in terms of noise pollution and the creation of thematic environmental maps of urban noise pollution. Using statistical methods, the authors justified the need for such maps and identified the main problems arising in their development. It was empirically confirmed that ...
Assessment of atmospheric zinc deposition in the Kaliningrad Region using amphipod moss species
... Kaliningrad Region using biomonitoring methods. The moss species Pleurosium schreberi and Hylocomium splendens, collected in 2020, were selected as bioindicators. The primary aim of the study was to assess the spatial distribution of atmospheric air pollution by zinc in the region and to identify its sources. Epithermal neutron activation analysis was used to determine the metal content in the moss samples. The obtained data were processed using statistical methods and backward air mass trajectory ...
Spatial and seasonal distribution of nutrients in the estuarine system of the Pregolya River and the adjacent area of the Baltic Sea
... summer during water “blooming” against the background of intense water warming. Spatial distribution was characterized by the highest nitrogen and phosphorus concentrations in the estuarine zone, where the Pregolya River inflow occurs. Episodic pollution exceeding the maximum permissible concentrations for ammonium and nitrite nitrogen was recorded in the eastern section of the Kaliningrad Sea Canal, including the area near the Kaliningrad wastewater treatment plant outlets. In winter, concentrations ...
Emission levels and identification of NOx and SO2 sources in the South-eastern Baltic on the results of observations at the background monitoring station Diabla Góra (Poland)
The aim of this study was to investigate the levels of emissions and identify the sources of NOx and SO2 pollution in a rural station in the south-eastern Baltic (Diabla Gora). This analysis was conducted using hourly NOx and SO2 concentration data and meteorological variables (wind speed and direction), which were analyzed over a period of four years (2018—2021)....
