A Lecturer at the University of Basrah Publishes a Research Paper in a Swiss Scientific Journal within the Scopus Database
Dr. Ammar Yasser Jassim, a lecturer at the Marine Science Center at the University of Basrah, published a scientific paper in collaboration with researchers from the American South Carolina University. The paper was titled "Comparative Assessment of the Impacts of Wildland–Urban Interface Fire Ash on Growth of the Diatom Thalassiosira weissflogii" in the journal Nanomaterials, published by MDPI Publishing in Switzerland.
The journal, which has a Scopus Q1 index with an impact factor of 4.4, focuses on the study, preparation, and characterization of nanomaterial applications.
The study aimed to determine the effects of fire ash (residual on the ground) from various sources, such as plants, burned residential buildings, and vehicle engines, on the growth of diatom algae (Thalassiosira weissflogii).
The study addressed a new scientific field, as wildfires and urban fires release ash into the atmosphere, which travels long distances and is deposited in soil and ocean water. Although wildfire ash has the potential to increase phytoplankton biomass in the open ocean by providing key nutrients and trace minerals, it has potentially toxic concentrations, resulting in the release of metals such as titanium, chromium, copper, lead, and zinc, especially in coastal oceans near fires in these areas, where ash deposition rates are high.
https://www.mdpi.com/2079-4991/15/6/422
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