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María Dolores Granado-Castro, María Dolores Galindo-Riaño, Jesús Gestoso-Rojas, Lorena Sánchez-Ponce, María José Casanueva-Marenco and Margarita Díaz-de-Alba
A new biosorbent obtained from Calabrese broccoli stalks has been prepared, characterised and used as an effective, low-cost and ecofriendly biomass to remove Pb(II) from aqueous solutions, without any complicated pretreatment. Structural and morphologic...
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Jenny Escobar, Leslie Hernández, Jorge Leiva González, Ricardo Salazar-González, Wendy Calzadilla, Lorna Guerrero, Néstor Escalona and César Huiliñir
Ibuprofen (IBP) and diclofenac (DFC) are two of the most commonly used non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) to treat inflammation and pain. However, they can impact the environment if not treated adequately before discharge into waterways. Biod...
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Yifan Liang, Chuhan Ying, Jianyu Zhu, Qian Zhou, Kuan Sun, Yajun Tian and Jun Li
Microplastics (MPs), as vectors for various pollutants in the environment, have been arousing public concern in recent years. The extensive use of antibiotics has led to their frequent detection in water environments, where they inevitably coexist with M...
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Nadezhda Popova, Grigoriy Artemiev, Inga Zinicovscaia, Nikita Yushin, Ludmila Demina, Kirill Boldyrev, Denis Sobolev and Alexey Safonov
Groundwater samples contaminated with potentially toxic elements (PTE), including metals and nitrate ions, were collected at a depth of 8?10 m from the Siberian Chemical Plant multicomponent waste storage. The possibility of developing a permeable biogeo...
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Luigi Alessandrino, Nicolò Colombani, Vassilis George Aschonitis and Micòl Mastrocicco
This study emphasizes the importance of employing parallel batch tests with different liquid/solid (L/S) ratios to assess their dissolution mechanisms. Changes in physicochemical parameters (electrical conductivity, pH, and oxidation-reduction potential)...
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Francesca Lionetto and Carola Esposito Corcione
Marine pollution is one of the biggest environmental problems, mainly due to single-use or disposable plastic waste fragmenting into microplastics (MPs) and nanoplastics (NPs) and entering oceans from the coasts together with human-made MPs. A rapidly gr...
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Daniel M. Alongi
High mangrove productivity is sustained by rapid utilization, high retention efficiency and maximum storage of nutrients in leaves, roots, and soils. Rapid microbial transformations and high mineralization efficiencies in tandem with physiological mechan...
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Dong Zhang, Li Lu, Hongting Zhao, Meiqing Jin, Ting Lü and Jun Lin
Biosorption has been widely recognized as a promising method to treat wastewater. However, few studies have investigated the impact of pollutants? properties on wastewater treatment, as well as the underlying mechanisms and future predictions. In this st...
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Xiuyun Cao, Chunlei Song, Jian Xiao and Yiyong Zhou
Riparian buffers play an important role in intercepting nutrients entering lakes from non-point runoffs. In spite of its ecological significance, little is known regarding the underlying mechanisms of riparian buffers or their optimal width. In this stud...
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Zachary W. Carter, Benjamin W. Sullivan, Robert G. Qualls, Robert R. Blank, Casey A. Schmidt and Paul S.J. Verburg
Fire is an important component of forests in the western United States. Not only are forests subjected to wildfires, but fire is also an important management tool to reduce fuels loads. Charcoal, a product of fire, can have major impacts on carbon (C) an...
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