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Anthropogenic environmental pollution has become a global concern due to its profound impact on Earth's ecosystems. This study examines the interrelation between energy resources (both renewable and non-renewable), economic growth, and CO 2 emissions across G-20 countries, using historical data from 1990 to 2020. The study employs a robustness analysis to confirm the stability and consistency of the data acquired from the primary approaches. The study utilizes FMOLS (Fully Modified Ordinary Least Squares) and DOLS (Dynamic Ordinary Least Squares) methodologies to investigate endogeneity issues and examine the dynamic linkages in long-term and short-term contexts. The analysis is bifurcated based on two distinct dependent variables: CO 2 emissions from gas and oil. Results indicate that gas and oil energies directly augment CO 2 emissions. While hydro and renewable energies typically diminish CO 2 emissions, specific quantiles suggest a slight increase, indicating an indirect contribution. GDP's quantile transition from positive to negative implies that economic growth can curtail CO 2 emissions, suggesting a shift in developed economies from non-renewable to renewable energy dependencies. This study offers insightful policy implications, emphasizing the need to transition from harmful conventional energy sources to renewables to align with the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) for 2030. [Display omitted] • Study examines CO 2 emissions, economic growth, and energy sources across the G-20 economies. • Hydro and renewable energies mainly decrease CO2 emissions. • Cointegration equation confirms long-run relationship between both sets of variables. • Economic growth in G-20 countries hints at renewable energy transition. • Non-renewable resources negatively impact environmental quality. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The context sensitivity of visual size perception can be enhanced by prior exposure to low-spatial-frequency (LSF) relative to high-spatial-frequency information. Whether LSF priming affects low- or high-level mechanisms of contextual influence remains to be clarified. By using the Ebbinghaus illusion, which is a classic example of context-dependent size perception, we reduced the lightness contrast of surrounding inducers relative to the background and the shape similarity of the central target and surrounding inducers to diminish or eliminate low-level contour interaction and high-level size contrast, respectively. The results showed that LSF-related enhancement of context influence was unaffected by a change to the surround elements' contrast but not by a change to the shape similarity between the target and surround. The findings provide evidence that LSF priming primarily affects high-level rather than low-level mechanisms of contextual influence, possibly by weakening the suppressive function of feedback connections from higher visual regions to the early visual cortex. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The growing trend of modernism, Internet surveillance (IS), determinants of environmental deteriorated Information communication technology (ICT) functions, inefficient resources of agrarian production, quantum circular economy growth ignorance, and their impact on environmental sustainability are all calling for transitions toward sustainable practices. This research aims to explore the implications of internet surveillance (IS), information communication technology (ICT), and agricultural production (AG) on CO 2 emission and economic growth for the BRICS group of countries. Dynamic optics in econometric methods, i.e., Pedroni Panel Cointegration, Dynamic Ordinary Least Square, and Quantile Regression Analysis, are approached to check the long and short-run relationship among variables. The results of applying analytical approaches confirmed a long-run relationship between CO 2 emissions, IS, ICT, EG, and AP. IS, EG and AP are the enhancers of CO 2 emission, while ICT behaves oppositely. A bidirectional significant positive relationship between CO 2 emission and EG indicated that BRICS countries should transit their economies into the circular economy, which is parallel performed for a better environment and rapid growth of the economy but in struggling position yet. The ICT sector of BRICS countries should be re-structured by considering an efficient environmentally friendly setup with low cost, cyber & ICT green configuration systems and innovative business opportunities to decrease the burden of economy. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]