Ecosystem response to antibiotics entering the aquatic environment

Awareness of antibiotics in wastewaters and aquatic ecosystems is growing as investigations into alternate pollutants increase and analytical techniques for detecting these chemicals improve. The presence of three antibiotics (ciprofloxacin, norfloxacin and cephalexin) was evaluated in both sewage effluent and environmental waters downstream from a sewage discharge. Bacteria cultured from the sewage bioreactor and receiving waters were tested for resistance against six antibiotics (ciprofloxacin, tetracycline, ampicillin, trimethoprim, erythromycin and trimethoprim/sulphamethoxazole) and effects of short term exposure (24 h) to antibiotics on bacterial denitrification rates were examined. Antibiotics were detected entering the sewage treatment plant with varying levels of removal during the treatment process. Antibiotics were also detected in effluent entering receiving waters and detectable 500 m from the source. Among the bacteria cultured from the sewage bioreactor, resistance was displayed against all six antibiotics tested and bacteria cultured from receiving waters were resistant against two of the antibiotics tested. Rates of denitrification were observed to decrease in response to some antibiotics and not to others, though this was only observed at concentrations exceeding those likely to be found in the environment. Findings from this preliminary research have indicated that antibiotics are entering our aquatic systems and pose a potential threat to ecosystem function and potentially human health.     

Impact of Aircraft NOx Emission on NOx and Ozone over China

A three-dimensional global chemistry transport model (OSLO CTM2) is used to investigate the impact of subsonic aircraft NOx emission on NOz and ozone over China in terms of a year 2000 scenario of subsonic aircraft NOx emission. The results show that subsonic aircraft NOx emission significantly affects northern China, which makes NOx at 250 hPa increase by about 50 pptv with the highest percentage of 60% in January, and leading to an ozone increase of 8 ppbv with 5% relative change in April. The NOx increase is mainly attributed to the transport process, but ozone increase is produced by the chemical process. The NOx increases by less than 10 pptv by virtue of subsonic aircraft NOx emission over China,and ozone changes less than 0.4 ppbv. When subsonic aircraft NOx emission over China is doubled, its influence is still relatively small.     

由富尔奈斯火山上的GEOSCOPE VBB台站得到的地倾斜信号

报道了距富尔奈斯火山顶8 km处的GEOSCOPE台网甚宽频带地震台观测到的甚长周期的瞬变过程。我们将地震台观测到的地面速度转换成地倾斜并通过与同一拱顶观测室内Blum型传统摆式倾斜仪记录的数据相比较检验了结果。通过比较表明,用水平地震仪测量周期小于25h的地倾斜是有效的。把这种方法用于1991年以来的几次火山喷发和岩浆侵入之前观测到的瞬变过程。由于GEOSCOPE台站到火山顶的距离适中,因而所得到的地傾斜观测值提供了有关火山喷发和岩浆侵入的信息,补充了火山顶部地倾斜观测网提供的有关岩浆源的形态和位置信息。     

Evolution of Ore-Forming Fluids and Ag-Cu Polymetal Mineralization in the Lanping Basin, Yunnan

EVOLUTION OF ORE-FORMING FLUIDS AND Ag-Cu POLYMETAL MINERALIZATION IN THE LANPING BASIN, YUNNAN“KeyProjectforResourcesandEconomics” (95 0 2 0 0 1 0 1)oftheMinistryofLandResources     

深海碎屑岩层序地层学50年(1970—2020)重要进展

层序地层学是当前地球科学研究颇为关注的领域,被广泛应用于沉积盆地分析和油气勘探.碎屑岩层序地层学理论方法源于海相盆地,是在被动大陆边缘油气勘探实践的基础上凝练而来的,至今已经历了约50年的发展历程.本文梳理了深海碎屑岩层序过去50年发展历程中的重要进展(包括1970—2000年的经典海相碎屑岩层序地层学、2000—20...     

THE STRUCTURE OF THE NANKOU DISTRICT

The structure of Nankou is characterized by large and small folds.might faults and abundant igneous intrusions in the form of dikes and sills.Anticline of considerable magnitude extends east and west with a squenceof siliceous limestones and alternating beds of slates and quartzites forming     

The Problem of the Lower Yangtze Terraces

INTRODUCTION During a journey taken to easternmost Hsikang during the summerof 1936,the author took the opportunity of examining the interestingterrace features of the lower Yangtze river(Fig.1).By travelling     

四川嘉陵江沙金鑛地質簡報

民国二十八年夏著者等自重庆出發,溯嘉陵江北上,经合川、武勝、南充至南部。沿途見含沙金之黄色土礫石層,自武勝之烈而溪起,向北存在漸多,皆沿現今河谷附近兩岸分佈。     

Predicting June Mean Rainfall in the Middle/Lower Yangtze River Basin

We demonstrate that there is significant skill in the GloSea5 operational seasonal forecasting system for predicting June mean rainfall in the middle/lower Yangtze River basin up to four months in advance. Much of the rainfall in this region during June is contributed by the mei-yu rain band. We find that similar skill exists for predicting the East Asian summer monsoon index(EASMI) on monthly time scales, and that the latter could be used as a proxy to predict the regional rainfall. However, th...