Namita Lal

Spatio-temporal Assessment of Air Quality Across Diverse Land-use Zones in Ranchi, Jharkhand, India

Sandeep Prasad & Namita Lal · Asian Journal of Physical and Chemical Sciences · 2026

Air-quality research in India has predominantly focused on large metropolitan regions, leaving plateau-based Tier-II cities comparatively underexamined. This study assessed the spatio-temporal variability of air quality across five land-use zones in Ranchi, Jharkhand: industrial,...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/ajopacs/2026/v14i3334

A Critical Review of Microplastic Contamination in Agricultural Soils and its Potential Risks to Crops and Human Health

Ranjan Kumar, Sandeep Prasad & Namita Lal · Asian Journal of Environment & Ecology · 2026

Microplastic contamination of agricultural soils has moved from a largely conceptual concern to an empirically documented component of terrestrial pollution. Agricultural plastic films, sewage sludge, compost and other organic amendments, irrigation water, atmospheric deposition,...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/ajee/2026/v25i91025