Soil Pollutants
Soil
Soil Microbiology
Air Pollutants
Environmental Pollutants
Water Pollutants
Water Pollutants, Chemical
Nitrogen Dioxide
Nitrogen oxide (NO2). A highly poisonous gas. Exposure produces inflammation of lungs that may only cause slight pain or pass unnoticed, but resulting edema several days later may cause death. (From Merck, 11th ed) It is a major atmospheric pollutant that is able to absorb UV light that does not reach the earth's surface.
Ozone
The unstable triatomic form of oxygen, O3. It is a powerful oxidant that is produced for various chemical and industrial uses. Its production is also catalyzed in the ATMOSPHERE by ULTRAVIOLET RAY irradiation of oxygen or other ozone precursors such as VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS and NITROGEN OXIDES. About 90% of the ozone in the atmosphere exists in the stratosphere (STRATOSPHERIC OZONE).
Air Pollution
Sulfur Dioxide
Environmental Monitoring
Particulate Matter
Environmental Exposure
Biodegradation, Environmental
Vehicle Emissions
Hydrocarbons, Chlorinated
Polychlorinated Biphenyls
Polycyclic Hydrocarbons, Aromatic
A major group of unsaturated cyclic hydrocarbons containing two or more rings. The vast number of compounds of this important group, derived chiefly from petroleum and coal tar, are rather highly reactive and chemically versatile. The name is due to the strong and not unpleasant odor characteristic of most substances of this nature. (From Hawley's Condensed Chemical Dictionary, 12th ed, p96)
Environmental Pollution
Organic Chemicals
Metals, Heavy
Trees
Ecosystem
Epidemiological Monitoring
RNA, Ribosomal, 16S
Air Pollutants, Occupational
Oxidants, Photochemical
Bacteria
One of the three domains of life (the others being Eukarya and ARCHAEA), also called Eubacteria. They are unicellular prokaryotic microorganisms which generally possess rigid cell walls, multiply by cell division, and exhibit three principal forms: round or coccal, rodlike or bacillary, and spiral or spirochetal. Bacteria can be classified by their response to OXYGEN: aerobic, anaerobic, or facultatively anaerobic; by the mode by which they obtain their energy: chemotrophy (via chemical reaction) or PHOTOTROPHY (via light reaction); for chemotrophs by their source of chemical energy: CHEMOLITHOTROPHY (from inorganic compounds) or chemoorganotrophy (from organic compounds); and by their source for CARBON; NITROGEN; etc.; HETEROTROPHY (from organic sources) or AUTOTROPHY (from CARBON DIOXIDE). They can also be classified by whether or not they stain (based on the structure of their CELL WALLS) with CRYSTAL VIOLET dye: gram-negative or gram-positive.
Agriculture
Fertilizers
DNA, Ribosomal
Biomass
Plant Roots
Benzene
Toxic, volatile, flammable liquid hydrocarbon byproduct of coal distillation. It is used as an industrial solvent in paints, varnishes, lacquer thinners, gasoline, etc. Benzene causes central nervous system damage acutely and bone marrow damage chronically and is carcinogenic. It was formerly used as parasiticide.
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Carbon
Environmental Remediation
Seasons
Inhalation Exposure
Acid Rain
Carbon Monoxide
Carbon monoxide (CO). A poisonous colorless, odorless, tasteless gas. It combines with hemoglobin to form carboxyhemoglobin, which has no oxygen carrying capacity. The resultant oxygen deprivation causes headache, dizziness, decreased pulse and respiratory rates, unconsciousness, and death. (From Merck Index, 11th ed)
Atmosphere Exposure Chambers
Gases
The vapor state of matter; nonelastic fluids in which the molecules are in free movement and their mean positions far apart. Gases tend to expand indefinitely, to diffuse and mix readily with other gases, to have definite relations of volume, temperature, and pressure, and to condense or liquefy at low temperatures or under sufficient pressure. (Grant & Hackh's Chemical Dictionary, 5th ed)
Pesticides
Sequence Analysis, DNA
Hazardous Substances
Nitrogen
Industrial Waste
Dioxins
Petroleum
Pentachlorophenol
An insecticide and herbicide that has also been used as a wood preservative. Pentachlorphenol is a widespread environmental pollutant. Both chronic and acute pentachlorophenol poisoning are medical concerns. The range of its biological actions is still being actively explored, but it is clearly a potent enzyme inhibitor and has been used as such as an experimental tool.
Humic Substances
Organic matter in a state of advanced decay, after passing through the stages of COMPOST and PEAT and before becoming lignite (COAL). It is composed of a heterogenous mixture of compounds including phenolic radicals and acids that polymerize and are not easily separated nor analyzed. (E.A. Ghabbour & G. Davies, eds. Humic Substances, 2001).
Nitric Acid
Nitric acid (HNO3). A colorless liquid that is used in the manufacture of inorganic and organic nitrates and nitro compounds for fertilizers, dye intermediates, explosives, and many different organic chemicals. Continued exposure to vapor may cause chronic bronchitis; chemical pneumonitis may occur. (From Merck Index, 11th ed)
Hazardous Waste
Environmental Health
Fungi
A kingdom of eukaryotic, heterotrophic organisms that live parasitically as saprobes, including MUSHROOMS; YEASTS; smuts, molds, etc. They reproduce either sexually or asexually, and have life cycles that range from simple to complex. Filamentous fungi, commonly known as molds, refer to those that grow as multicellular colonies.
Maternal Exposure
Exposure of the female parent, human or animal, to potentially harmful chemical, physical, or biological agents in the environment or to environmental factors that may include ionizing radiation, pathogenic organisms, or toxic chemicals that may affect offspring. It includes pre-conception maternal exposure.
Biodiversity
Molecular Sequence Data
Descriptions of specific amino acid, carbohydrate, or nucleotide sequences which have appeared in the published literature and/or are deposited in and maintained by databanks such as GENBANK, European Molecular Biology Laboratory (EMBL), National Biomedical Research Foundation (NBRF), or other sequence repositories.
Meteorological Concepts
Degradation of chloronitrobenzenes by a coculture of Pseudomonas putida and a Rhodococcus sp. (1/1002)
A single microorganism able to mineralize chloronitrobenzenes (CNBs) has not been reported, and degradation of CNBs by coculture of two microbial strains was attempted. Pseudomonas putida HS12 was first isolated by analogue enrichment culture using nitrobenzene (NB) as the substrate, and this strain was observed to possess a partial reductive pathway for the degradation of NB. From high-performance liquid chromatography-mass spectrometry and 1H nuclear magnetic resonance analyses, NB-grown cells of P. putida HS12 were found to convert 3- and 4-CNBs to the corresponding 5- and 4-chloro-2-hydroxyacetanilides, respectively, by partial reduction and subsequent acetylation. For the degradation of CNBs, Rhodococcus sp. strain HS51, which degrades 4- and 5-chloro-2-hydroxyacetanilides, was isolated and combined with P. putida HS12 to give a coculture. This coculture was confirmed to mineralize 3- and 4-CNBs in the presence of an additional carbon source. A degradation pathway for 3- and 4-CNBs by the two isolated strains was also proposed. (+info)Formation of bound residues during microbial degradation of [14C]anthracene in soil. (2/1002)
Carbon partitioning and residue formation during microbial degradation of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAH) in soil and soil-compost mixtures were examined by using [14C]anthracenes labeled at different positions. In native soil 43.8% of [9-14C]anthracene was mineralized by the autochthonous microflora and 45.4% was transformed into bound residues within 176 days. Addition of compost increased the metabolism (67.2% of the anthracene was mineralized) and decreased the residue formation (20. 7% of the anthracene was transformed). Thus, the higher organic carbon content after compost was added did not increase the level of residue formation. [14C]anthracene labeled at position 1,2,3,4,4a,5a was metabolized more rapidly and resulted in formation of higher levels of residues (28.5%) by the soil-compost mixture than [14C]anthracene radiolabeled at position C-9 (20.7%). Two phases of residue formation were observed in the experiments. In the first phase the original compound was sequestered in the soil, as indicated by its limited extractability. In the second phase metabolites were incorporated into humic substances after microbial degradation of the PAH (biogenic residue formation). PAH metabolites undergo oxidative coupling to phenolic compounds to form nonhydrolyzable humic substance-like macromolecules. We found indications that monomeric educts are coupled by C-C- or either bonds. Hydrolyzable ester bonds or sorption of the parent compounds plays a minor role in residue formation. Moreover, experiments performed with 14CO2 revealed that residues may arise from CO2 in the soil in amounts typical for anthracene biodegradation. The extent of residue formation depends on the metabolic capacity of the soil microflora and the characteristics of the soil. The position of the 14C label is another important factor which controls mineralization and residue formation from metabolized compounds. (+info)Removal of dibenzofuran, dibenzo-p-dioxin, and 2-chlorodibenzo-p-dioxin from soils inoculated with Sphingomonas sp. strain RW1. (3/1002)
Removal of dibenzofuran, dibenzo-p-dioxin, and 2-chlorodibenzo-p-dioxin (2-CDD) (10 ppm each) from soil microcosms to final concentrations in the parts-per-billion range was affected by the addition of Sphingomonas sp. strain RW1. Rates and extents of removal were influenced by the density of RW1 organisms. For 2-CDD, the rate of removal was dependent on the content of soil organic matter (SOM), with half-life values ranging from 5.8 h (0% SOM) to 26.3 h (5.5% SOM). (+info)Use of plant roots for phytoremediation and molecular farming. (4/1002)
Alternative agriculture, which expands the uses of plants well beyond food and fiber, is beginning to change plant biology. Two plant-based biotechnologies were recently developed that take advantage of the ability of plant roots to absorb or secrete various substances. They are (i) phytoextraction, the use of plants to remove pollutants from the environment and (ii) rhizosecretion, a subset of molecular farming, designed to produce and secrete valuable natural products and recombinant proteins from roots. Here we discuss recent advances in these technologies and assess their potential in soil remediation, drug discovery, and molecular farming. (+info)Use of a field portable X-Ray fluorescence analyzer to determine the concentration of lead and other metals in soil samples. (5/1002)
Field portable methods are often needed in risk characterization, assessment and management to rapidly determine metal concentrations in environmental samples. Examples are for determining: "hot spots" of soil contamination, whether dust wipe lead levels meet housing occupancy standards, and worker respiratory protection levels. For over 30 years portable X-Ray Fluorescence (XRF) analyzers have been available for the in situ, non-destructive, measurement of lead in paint. Recent advances made possible their use for analysis of airborne dust filter samples, soil, and dust wipes. Research at the University of Cincinnati with the NITON 700 Series XRF instrument (40 millicurie Cadmium 109 source, L X-Rays) demonstrated its proficiency on air sample filters (NIOSH Method No. 7702, "Lead by Field Portable XRF; limit of detection 6 microg per sample; working range 17-1,500 microg/m3 air). Research with lead dust wipe samples from housing has also shown promising results. This XRF instrument was used in 1997 in Poland on copper smelter area soil samples with the cooperation of the Wroclaw Medical Academy and the Foundation for the Children from the Copper Basin (Legnica). Geometric mean soil lead concentrations were 200 ppm with the portable XRF, 201 ppm with laboratory-based XRF (Kevex) and 190 ppm using atomic absorption (AA). Correlations of field portable XRF and AA results were excellent for samples sieved to less than 125 micrometers with R-squared values of 0.997, 0.957, and 0.976 for lead, copper and zinc respectively. Similarly, correlations were excellent for soil sieved to less than 250 micrometers, where R-squared values were 0. 924, 0.973, and 0.937 for lead, copper and zinc, respectively. The field portable XRF instrument appears to be useful for the determination of soil pollution by these metals in industrial regions. (+info)Talking trash: the economic and environmental issues of landfills. (6/1002)
The U.S. per-capita figure for garbage production has topped four pounds per person per day, and that amount is rising at roughly 5% per year. In the past, municipal solid waste was sent to the nearest local landfill or incinerator. But in 1988, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency instituted the first federal standards for landfills, designed to make them safer. Over 10,000 small municipal landfills have since been consolidated into an estimated 3,500 newer, safer landfills, some of which are "megafills" that can handle up to 10,000 tons of waste a day. The new landfills are outfitted to prevent air and water pollution and limit the spread of disease by scavengers. Although the new landfills provide better controls against air and water pollution as well as an alternate source of municipal income, they are not entirely problem-free. Some experts believe the new landfill technology has not been properly tested and will therefore not provide protection in the long run. Others feel that poorer, less well-informed communities are targeted as sites for new landfills. In addition, many people that live near megafills, which may draw garbarge from several states, are unhappy about the noise, truck traffic, odors, and pests caused by the facilities. (+info)Abundance and diversity of Archaea in heavy-metal-contaminated soils. (7/1002)
The impact of heavy-metal contamination on archaean communities was studied in soils amended with sewage sludge contaminated with heavy metals to varying extents. Fluorescent in situ hybridization showed a decrease in the percentage of Archaea from 1.3% +/- 0.3% of 4', 6-diamidino-2-phenylindole-stained cells in untreated soil to below the detection limit in soils amended with heavy metals. A comparison of the archaean communities of the different plots by denaturing gradient gel electrophoresis revealed differences in the structure of the archaean communities in soils with increasing heavy-metal contamination. Analysis of cloned 16S ribosomal DNA showed close similarities to a unique and globally distributed lineage of the kingdom Crenarchaeota that is phylogenetically distinct from currently characterized crenarchaeotal species. (+info)Microbial population changes during bioremediation of an experimental oil spill. (8/1002)
Three crude oil bioremediation techniques were applied in a randomized block field experiment simulating a coastal oil spill. Four treatments (no oil control, oil alone, oil plus nutrients, and oil plus nutrients plus an indigenous inoculum) were applied. In situ microbial community structures were monitored by phospholipid fatty acid (PLFA) analysis and 16S rDNA PCR-denaturing gradient gel electrophoresis (DGGE) to (i) identify the bacterial community members responsible for the decontamination of the site and (ii) define an end point for the removal of the hydrocarbon substrate. The results of PLFA analysis demonstrated a community shift in all plots from primarily eukaryotic biomass to gram-negative bacterial biomass with time. PLFA profiles from the oiled plots suggested increased gram-negative biomass and adaptation to metabolic stress compared to unoiled controls. DGGE analysis of untreated control plots revealed a simple, dynamic dominant population structure throughout the experiment. This banding pattern disappeared in all oiled plots, indicating that the structure and diversity of the dominant bacterial community changed substantially. No consistent differences were detected between nutrient-amended and indigenous inoculum-treated plots, but both differed from the oil-only plots. Prominent bands were excised for sequence analysis and indicated that oil treatment encouraged the growth of gram-negative microorganisms within the alpha-proteobacteria and Flexibacter-Cytophaga-Bacteroides phylum. alpha-Proteobacteria were never detected in unoiled controls. PLFA analysis indicated that by week 14 the microbial community structures of the oiled plots were becoming similar to those of the unoiled controls from the same time point, but DGGE analysis suggested that major differences in the bacterial communities remained. (+info)
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Geomicrobiology
... in the soil.Thirteen metals are considered priority pollutants (Sb, As, Be, Cd, Cr, Cu, Pb, Ni, Se, Ag, Tl, Zn, Hg).[10] Soils ... Microbial remediation is used in soils to remove contaminants and pollutants. Microbes play a key role in many biogeochemistry ... Two scientists prepare samples of soil mixed with oil to test a microbe's ability to clean up contaminated soil. ... Such interactions occur in the geosphere (rocks, minerals, soils, and sediments), the atmosphere and the hydrosphere.[2] ...
Odor
Salthammer, Tunga; Bahadir, Müfit (2009). "Occurrence, Dynamics and Reactions of Organic Pollutants in the Indoor Environment ... ". CLEAN - Soil, Air, Water. 37 (6): 417-35. doi:10.1002/clen.200900015.. ...
Kazakh-British Technical University
... metabolism of man-made organic pollutants of soil and water; chemical and environmental monitoring of the regions of Kazakhstan ...
Bioswale
The pollutants then enter the soil where they decompose or can be broken down by bacteria in healthy soil. There are several ... Soil chemistry testing is also required to determine if the soil has a certain off-level of any pollutant. Phosphorus and high ... Bioswales work to remove pollutants through vegetation and the soil. As the storm water runoff flows through the bioswale, the ... levels of salinity in the soil are two common pollutants that should be attended to. Analysis of inflow and outflow pollutant ...
Plastic road
Plastics in landfills can leak pollutants into the surrounding soil; incinerating creates gaseous pollutants, such as carbon ... Plastics in the road can break down into microplastics and can find their way into the soil and bodies of water. These ... microplastics can also absorb other pollutants. Every time maintenance is performed on these modular roads the flow of power, ...
Groundwater pollution
The stratigraphy of the area plays an important role in the transport of pollutants. An area can have layers of sandy soil, ... Johnson LR, Hiltbold AE (1969). "Arsenic Content of Soil and Crops Following Use of Methanearsonate Herbicides". Soil Science ... the pollutants merely transform to soil contaminants. Groundwater that moves through open fractures and caverns is not filtered ... containing the pollutants to prevent them from migrating further removing the pollutants from the aquifer remediating the ...
Food security
Larson, C. (2014). "China gets serious about its pollutant-laden soil". Science. 343 (6178): 1415-1416. Bibcode:2014Sci... ... Lal, Rattan (2017). "Urban Agriculture in the 21st Century". In Lal, Rattan; Stewart, B.A. (eds.). Urban Soils (1st ed.). Boca ... Land used for agriculture can be used for urbanization or lost to desertification, salinization, and soil erosion due to ... Food production is determined by a variety of factors including land ownership and use; soil management; crop selection, ...
Streeter-Phelps equation
13-. ISBN 978-0-07-137195-7. Schnoor J., 1986, Environmental Modeling, Fate and Transport of Pollutants in Water, Air and Soil ... Paper 2472, May, 1960 Schnoor J. (1996). Environmental Modeling, Fate and Transport of Pollutants in Water, Air and Soil. Wiley ... Fate and Transport of Pollutants in Water, Air and Soil, Wiley-Interscience, ISBN 978-0-471-12436-8 Gotovtsev A.V., 2010, ...
Port of New York and New Jersey
PCBs and other pollutants lay in a blanket just underneath the soil. In June 2009 it was announced that 200,000 cubic yards of ...
Galega orientalis
Some of the bacteria it hosts can degrade soil pollutants such as toluenes. It is also grown as an ornamental plant in gardens ... The plant can grow on a variety of soil types, performing best on deep, light, friable, well-drained, higher-pH soils. It is ... 2006). Rhizosphere effect of Galega orientalis in oil-contaminated soil.[permanent dead link] Soil Biology and Biochemistry 38( ... It does not do as well on acidic, peaty, or water-logged soils. It responds well to supplemental phosphorus and potassium. Like ...
Economic importance of bacteria
Bacteria can be used to remove pollutants from contaminated water, soil and subsurface material. During the Mega Borg Oil Spill ... This commonly uses Bacillus thuringiensis (BT), a Gram-positive, soil-dwelling bacterium. This bacterium is used as a ...
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2018). "Study of Microbial Diversity of Soil and Water Polluted by Persistent Organic Pollutants". Eurasian Journal of Ecology ...
Individual action on climate change
Fryling, Kevin (2019-01-22). "IU study predicts air pollutant increase from U.S. forest soils". News at IU. Archived from the ... "greenhouse gases and leach toxins and dyes into the surrounding soil and water". The choice of stove may vary depending on ... which is an atmospheric pollutant. These gases lead to the formation of the greenhouse gas ozone. Ozone has a greater ... "emit reactive nitrogen from soil," push out the beneficial oak, beech, and hickory, which are associated with microbes that " ...
NOx
Fryling, Kevin (2019-01-22). "IU study predicts air pollutant increase from U.S. forest soils". News at IU. Retrieved 2019-01- ... In addition to contributing to smog, when nitrogen fertilizer is added to the soil and the excess is released in the form of NO ... This nitric acid contributes to acid rain or may deposit to soil, where it makes nitrate, which is of use to growing plants. ... When nitrogen fertilizer is added to the soil, excess ammonium and nitrate not used by plants can be converted to NO by ...
Externalities of automobiles
Building and material damages: soiling of building and corrosive processes caused by acidifying pollutants • Crop losses • ... cars directly or indirectly release pollutants into the soil. Oil may leak into the groundwater and the common practice to ... Those pollutants are known to cause various respiratory and other health issues and cars are among the leading cause of smog in ... In addition to that runoff of impervious surfaces like roads or parking lots can be contaminated with all sorts of pollutants. ...
Hawthorne Park
Land pollution is when pollutants or harmful chemicals get into the soil and change its quality. There is currently a large ... In Hawthorne Park, the soil has traces of till, iron, calcium, salt, and magnesium. Calcium is found from the heavy ...
Delftia tsuruhatensis
... can degrade phenolic compounds and aniline, which are often pollutants of soil and water. Delftia ...
Genetically modified crops
Genetically modified plants have been used for bioremediation of contaminated soils. Mercury, selenium and organic pollutants ... By leaving at least 30% of crop residue on the soil surface from harvest through planting, conservation tillage reduces soil ... Plants engineered to tolerate non-biological stressors such as drought,[97][98][114][115] frost,[116][117] high soil salinity,[ ... Meagher, RB (2000). "Phytoremediation of toxic elemental and organic pollutants". Current Opinion in Plant Biology. 3 (2): 153- ...
Genetically modified crops
Genetically modified plants have been used for bioremediation of contaminated soils. Mercury, selenium and organic pollutants ... By leaving at least 30% of crop residue on the soil surface from harvest through planting, conservation tillage reduces soil ... Genetic change could make crops thrive on salty soils *^ a b Carpenter, J.; Gianessi, L. (1999). "Herbicide tolerant soybeans: ... Plants have been engineered to tolerate non-biological stressors, such as drought,[99][100][120][121] frost,[122] and high soil ...
Bioremediation
... are used to reduce petroleum pollutants by introducing aerobic hydrocarbons to contaminated soils. However, the soil is ... This method disperses contaminated soil and aerates the soil by cyclically rotating. This process is an above land application ... Bioremediation can be used to completely mineralize organic pollutants, to partially transform the pollutants, or alter their ... Bioventing is a process that increases the oxygen or air flow into the unsaturated zone of the soil, this in turn increases the ...
Wetland conservation
Wetlands also let pollutants settle and stick to soil particles, up to 70% of sediments in runoff. Some wetland plants have ... Without these functions, the waterways would continually increase their nutrient and pollutant load, leading to an isolated ... a prevalence of vegetation typically adapted for life in saturated soil conditions. Wetlands generally include swamps, marshes ...
Land recycling
It also reduces the amount of pollutants that can contaminate the soil and water around the abandoned building. This can be ... It depends on the soil, where the plant is placed, if it is getting enough nutrients to thrive, etc. The plants end up being so ... Phytoremediation programs reduce contaminants in the soil, water and air through planting different types of plants. Important ... pollutant, or contaminant." Currently in the United States there are more than 450,000 brownfields, which when improved have ...
Vitrified clay pipe
1-3. Herman Koren; Michael S. Bisesi (19 April 2016). Handbook of Environmental Health, Fourth Edition, Volume II: Pollutant ... Interactions in Air, Water, and Soil. CRC Press. pp. 488-. ISBN 978-0-8493-7800-3. Loran O'Bannon (6 December 2012). Dictionary ...
Food security
"China gets serious about its pollutant-laden soil". Science. 343 (6178): 1415-1416. doi:10.1126/science.343.6178.1415. PMID ... the conversion of agricultural soil implied a net loss of potential. But the rapid loss in the area of arable soils appears to ... Malucelli, F.; Certini, G.; Scalenghe, R. (2014). "Soil is brown gold in the Emilia-Romagna Region". Land Use Policy. 39: 350- ... Intensive farming often leads to a vicious cycle of exhaustion of soil fertility and decline of agricultural yields.[57] ...
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... tackling dioxin and soil pollutants. ...
Peter Grathwohl
... s research interests focus on fate and transport of persistent organic pollutants in water, air, soils, and sediments. In ... 1997-2003 he was member of the scientific advisory committee for soil protection of the Federal Government of Germany and since ... Grathwohl, P. (1990): Influence of organic matter from soils and sediments from various origins on the sorption of some ... CS1 maint: discouraged parameter (link) "Soil protection commission of the German Federal Environmental Protection Agency". ...
Se7en Wetlands
The slow flow of the water allows suspended sediments and pollutants to sink into the soil at the bottom. The upland areas at ... Soft-stemmed plants, like cattails (Typha), root in the soil and emerge out of the water. Marshes are high in nutrients and the ... Marshes are areas in Florida where the soil is saturated for most of the year, usually topped with water. ...
Green infrastructure for stormwater management
Permeable surfaces let water infiltrate into the soil where it the soil then can filter out different pollutants as well as ... Vegetation and soil help capture and remove pollutants from stormwater in many ways like adsorption, filtration, and plant ... These processes break down or capture many of the common pollutants found in runoff. With climate change intensifying, heavy ... Plants not only provide shade for cooling, but also absorb pollutants like carbon dioxide and help reduce air temperatures ...
In situ bioremediation
... through either accelerated or natural monitored attenuation be utilized to neutralize within the soil hydrocarbon pollutants. ... Within aerobic metabolism the nutrient added to the soil can be solely Oxygen. Anaerobic in situ bioremediation often requires ... Ozone is commonly introduced to the soil in either a dissolved or gaseous state. Within accelerated anaerobic in situ ... Naturally occurring within the soil are microbial populations that utilize hydrocarbons as a source of energy and Carbon. ...
Holocene extinction
Due to the older timeframe and the soil chemistry on the continent, very little subfossil preservation evidence exists relative ... organic pollutants and mercury, and ecosystem disturbances of terrestrial and marine environments. Approximately 17,000 ...
Alkali metal
... caesium is not a major chemical environmental pollutant.[243] The median lethal dose (LD50) value for caesium chloride in mice ... and because potassium is bound by silicates in soil and what potassium leaches is absorbed far more readily by plant life than ...
Invasive species
Plant populations on these soils tend to show low density, but goatgrass can form dense stands on these soils and crowd out ... Asian oysters, for example, filter water pollutants better than native[clarification needed] oysters. They also grow faster and ... Also, disturbing the soil surface, such as cutting firebreaks, destroys native cover, exposes soil, and can accelerate ... Hierro, J.L.; R.M. Callaway (2003). "Allelopathy and exotic plant invasion". Plant and Soil. 256 (1): 29-39. doi:10.1023/A: ...
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The Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants declared them to be among the worst chemical pollutants. Their use ... Polychlorinated biphenyls were widely used, and they can be found in the atmosphere, the soil, and the bodies of water anywhere ...
Biofuel
A problem with the combustion of solid biomass fuels is that it emits considerable amounts of pollutants, such as particulates ... and would enhance soil fertility.[88] The selection of land on which to grow the feedstocks is a critical component of the ... The total emissions of air pollutants such as nitrogen oxides will rise due the growing use of bio-ethanol. There is an ... Even modern pellet boilers generate much more pollutants than oil or natural gas boilers. Pellets made from agricultural ...
White-tailed eagle
Koeman, J. H., Hadderingh, R. H., & Bijleveld, M. F. I. J. (1972). Persistent pollutants in the white-tailed eagle (Haliaeetus ... some may be only a scooped shallow depression of soil, or pile of heather or juniper stems with stipes of dried Laminaria, but ... Benthic fish tend to cling to rocks or sandy soil in shallows may be more vulnerable since they tend to look downward rather ... Other environmental pollutants affecting the species include heavy metals which affect individuals through bioaccumulation. The ...
Willamette River
In the middle part of the 19th century, the Willamette Valley's fertile soils, pleasant climate, and abundant water attracted ... Despite earlier cleanup efforts, state studies in the 1990s identified a wide variety of pollutants in the river bottom, ... which provided rich soils and ready access to water transportation. The 1861 flood peaked at 635,000 cubic feet per second ( ... and its loose soils, which tend to amplify shaking, make the Willamette Valley especially vulnerable to damage from strong ...
Water cooling
"National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System-Final Regulations To Establish Requirements for Cooling Water Intake Structures ... Water contains varying amounts of impurities from contact with the atmosphere, soil, and containers. Manufactured metals tend ...
Bioaccumulation
Phytoremediation (removal of pollutants by bioaccumulation in plants). References[edit]. .mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size: ... Soil. *Tritrophic interactions in plant defense. *Marine food webs *cold seeps. *hydrothermal vents ... "Bioaccumulation of Marine Pollutants [and Discussion]". Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series B, ...
Urban forest
Removing pollutants from the air, urban forests can lower risks of asthma and lung cancer.[25][26] Communities that rely on ... Urban forests and trees help purify water sources by slowing down rain as it falls to the earth and help it soak into the soil ... Active pollutant removal. Trees also reduce pollution by actively removing it from the atmosphere. Leaf stomata, the pores on ... The most serious pollutants in the urban atmosphere are ozone, nitrogen oxides (NOx), sulfuric oxides (SOx) and particulate ...
Biodiesel
Jatropha has been cited as a high-yield source of biodiesel but yields are highly dependent on climatic and soil conditions. ... to be transferred to kinetic energy while avoiding combustion and pollutant byproducts. The hand-sized square piece of metal ... However, growth on marginal land can lead to lower oil yields which could cause competition with food crops for better soil. ... soil depletion,[citation needed] and the externalized costs of political and military interference in oil-producing countries ...
Chemistry
... how atmospheric ozone is formed and how environmental pollutants are degraded (ecology), the properties of the soil on the moon ...
Dust
The amount of pollutants in the air has surpassed more than 50 times the normal level several times in a year. Recently, ... minerals from outdoor soil, human skin cells, burnt meteorite particles, and many other materials which may be found in the ... It generally consists of particles in the atmosphere that come from various sources such as soil, dust lifted by weather (an ...
Endicott, New York
These left behind volatile organic compounds in Endicott's soil and aquifer. Trace elements of volatile organic compounds have ... Despite the amount of pollutant, state health officials could not verify whether air or water pollution in Endicott has ...
سائنس کی شاخوں کا اشاریہ (بلحاظ حروف تہجی) - آزاد دائرۃ المعارف، ویکیپیڈیا
Koniology study of atmospheric pollutants and dust. *Ktenology science of putting people to death ... Agrobiology study of plant nutrition; soil yields. *Agrology زرعی مٹی کا مطالعہ ...
Indus River
High levels of pollutants in the river have led to the deaths of endangered Indus River Dolphin. The Sindh Environmental ... Irrigation itself is increasing soil salinization, reducing crop yields and in some cases rendering farmland useless for ...
Bleach
Further, the role of hypochlorite pollution is assumed as negligible in soils. ... the use of elemental chlorine in the bleaching of wood pulp produces organochlorines and persistent organic pollutants, ...
ഓക്സൈഡ് - വിക്കിപീഡിയ
Nitrous oxide ("laughing gas") is a potent greenhouse gas produced by soil bacteria. ...
Sustainable drainage system
Permeable pavement systems aim to provide a manner for water that falls on hardscaping to seep through to the soil below. This ... becomes the primary system to remove pollutants.[21] Water in an artificial wetland tends to be filtered slowly in comparison ... As such, they can be easily flooded over if rainfall events, adjacent surfaces, and soil characteristics are not adequately ... Because of this, the ecology of the wetland (soil components, water, vegetation, microbes, sunlight processes, etc.) ...
Marcellus Formation
Wanty, Richard B. (1993). Field studies of radon in rocks, soils, and water. Chelsea, Michigan: C.K. Smoley. p. 216. ISBN 0- ... a high-risk area for radon as an indoor air pollutant.[33] From the surface exposures along the northern and eastern margins, ... "Dirty work: Soil formation and isotope fractionation behind Brumbaugh Academic Center" (PDF). Juniata College Geology ... The soils formed from the Marcellus and the overlying Hamilton shales are deep, free of stones, and well suited for agriculture ...
NASA Clean Air Study
A different study in 2004 has also shown that the micro-organisms in the soil of a potted plant remove benzene from the air, ... 1984). Foliage plants for removing indoor air pollutants from energy-efficient homes. Economic Botany 38(2), 224-28. ... 1993). Plants and soil microorganisms: removal of formaldehyde, xylene, and ammonia from the indoor environment. Journal of the ... Best Houseplants for removing toxins from air and how they reduce pollutants An Article by My Garden Story ...
Open-pit mining
Pollutants[edit]. Open-pit mining involves the process of disrupting the ground, which leads to the creation of air pollutants ... Open-pit mining causes changes to vegetation, soil, and bedrock, which ultimately contributes to changes in surface hydrology, ... The inhalation of these pollutants can cause issues to the lungs and ultimately increase mortality.[15] Furthermore, the ... The main source of air pollutants comes from the transportation of minerals, but there are various other factors including ...
Greenhouse
The addition of sand to bogs and clay soil created fertile soil for agriculture, and around 1850, grapes were grown in the ... PlantsNeedCO2.org claims that carbon dioxide is not a pollutant and is good for the environment. ... Soil fertility limits forests' capacity to absorb excess CO2, 2001-05-18. ... In less-controlled gardens and open fields, rising CO2 levels only increase primary production to the point of soil depletion ( ...
Amphibian
Most caecilians live underground in burrows in damp soil, in rotten wood and under plant debris, but some are aquatic.[49] Most ... endocrine-disrupting pollutants, destruction of the ozone layer (ultraviolet radiation has shown to be especially damaging to ... The greenhouse frog (Eleutherodactylus planirostris) lays eggs in small groups in the soil where they develop in about two ... frogs usually dig backwards into the soil). In most salamanders, the limbs are short and more or less the same length and ...
Reuse of excreta
SOIL, Haiti Erica Lloyd, "Safety First: The New and Improved SOIL Lab", "SOIL blog", February 2, 2014 SEI (2009). Sanitation ... due to the chemical pollutants it may contain, such as heavy metals and environmental persistent pharmaceutical pollutants. ... Soil Association (2010). A rock and a hard place - Peak phosphorus and the threat to our food security. Soil Association, ... Animal manure also encourages soil microbial activity, which promotes the soil's trace mineral supply, improving plant ...
Landfill
... gases can seep out of the landfill and into the surrounding air and soil. Methane is a greenhouse gas, and is ... Eventually, every landfill liner will leak,[5] allowing pollutants to contaminate groundwater. ... Pollution of the local environment, such as contamination of groundwater or aquifers or soil contamination may occur, as well. ... They can also cover waste (usually daily) with layers of soil or other types of material such as woodchips and fine particles. ...
Tree
In the soil, the roots encounter the hyphae of fungi. Many of these are known as mycorrhiza and form a mutualistic relationship ... They can provide shade and cooling through evapotranspiration, absorb greenhouse gases and pollutants, intercept rainfall, and ... Within a few weeks lateral roots branch out of the side of this and grow horizontally through the upper layers of the soil. In ... Some tree species have developed root extensions that pop out of soil, in order to get oxygen, when it is not available in the ...
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Evanko, CA; Dzombak, DA (1997). "Remediation of Metals-Contaminated Soils and Groundwater". Technology Evaluation Report. ... National Research Council (U.S.). Committee on Biologic Effects of Atmospheric Pollutants (1974). Chromium. National Academies ... Heavy Metal Contamination of Water and Soil: Analysis, assessment, and remediation strategies. Apple Academic Press. hlm. 129- ...
Carbon offset
Destruction of industrial pollutants[edit]. Industrial pollutants such as hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs) and perfluorocarbons (PFCs ... Soil management projects attempt to preserve or increase the amount of carbon sequestered in soil. ... Land use, land-use change and forestry (LULUCF) projects focus on natural carbon sinks such as forests and soil. There are a ... Others include energy efficiency projects like efficient cookstoves[7], the destruction of industrial pollutants or ...
Using Soil to Remove Pollutants From Wastewater | Ohioline
Communities that provide sewage services for homes must treat the wastewater to remove pollutants before discharging the ... Many soils do not provide adequate depth to remove pollutants and treat wastewater. Like Goldilocks, some soil layers are too ... How Deep Is Ohios Soil?. Ohio, like much of the central United States, has shallow soils to a limiting condition. Soils with ... Soil must be permeable to air and water.. Removing Pollutants From Wastewater. As illustrated in Figure 1, three natural ...
soil pollutant Downloads | Environmental XPRT
Find and compare a variety of soil pollutant downloads , environmental xprt on the worlds largest environmental portal. View ... Soil washing is a mechanical process that uses liquids, usually water, to remove chemical pollutants from soils. These ... With batch mixing, SorbaSolv is tilled into dampened soil, allowing the pollutants to be absorbed and then extracted at a later ... Introduction Industrial activities have led to the deposition and discharge of a number of pollutants in soils. Many of these ...
A3 Soil Uptake and Emissions of Atmospheric Pollutants | Universität Tübingen
... and long-term fate depends on interaction with the top soils. Whether soils are sinks or sources of such diffuse pollutants ... While soils may be regarded as sources for these legacy pollutants in industrialized regions, they still act as sinks in remote ... Soil Uptake and Emissions of Atmospheric Pollutants Which factors and processes control accumulation, leaching and ... Since the last century, soils (and sediments) have accumulated agricultural and atmogenic pollutants such as organochlorine ...
New tool predicts how long pollutants will stay in soil
"For many years, we ve made predictions with a method that doesn t work very well on many chemical pollutants in soil. This new ... This requires an understanding of how these pollutants interact with soil, which is a mixture of minerals and natural organic ... New tool predicts how long pollutants will stay in soil. 27.08.2004 ... suggested that this approach might be used to predict the behavior of soil pollutants. Nguyen took up the challenge and started ...
Soil Pollutants | Applied and Environmental Microbiology
Removal of Dibenzofuran, Dibenzo-p-Dioxin, and 2-Chlorodibenzo-p-Dioxin from Soils Inoculated withSphingomonas sp. Strain RW1 ... Diversity of Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Fungus Populations in Heavy-Metal-Contaminated Soils C. Del Val, J. M. Barea, C. Azcón- ... Biodegradation of Atrazine by Agrobacterium radiobacter J14a and Use of This Strain in Bioremediation of Contaminated Soil J. K ... Self-Transmissible Mercury Resistance Plasmids with Gene-Mobilizing Capacity in Soil Bacterial Populations: Influence of Wheat ...
Soil Pollutants | Applied and Environmental Microbiology
Composition of Soil Microbial Communities Enriched on a Mixture of Aromatic Hydrocarbons E. Anne Greene, Jason G. Kay, Karim ... Combined Use of 16S Ribosomal DNA and 16S rRNA To Study the Bacterial Community of Polychlorinated Biphenyl-Polluted Soil ... Selection of Specific Endophytic Bacterial Genotypes by Plants in Response to Soil Contamination Steven D. Siciliano, Nathalie ... Evaluation of Inoculum Addition To Stimulate In Situ Bioremediation of Oily-Sludge-Contaminated Soil Sanjeet Mishra, Jeevan ...
Removal of Toxic Pollutants From Soil Using Microbial Biotechnology: Environment & Agriculture Book Chapter | IGI Global
At present the many of the man-made compounds released in soil by various ways. These compounds might be pesticides and other ... Removal of Toxic Pollutants From Soil Using Microbial Biotechnology: 10.4018/978-1-5225-3126-5.ch006: ... is polluted and the productivity is decreased due to pollutants it is known as soil pollution. Soil pollution includes the ... "Removal of Toxic Pollutants From Soil Using Microbial Biotechnology." Microbial Biotechnology in Environmental Monitoring and ...
GM grass cleanses soil of toxic pollutants left by military explosives, new research shows - News and events, University of York
A grass commonly used to fight soil erosion has been genetically modified to successfully remove toxic chemicals left in the ... GM grass cleanses soil of toxic pollutants left by military explosives, new research shows. Posted on 3 May 2021 ... GM grass cleanses soil of toxic pollutants left by military explosives, new research shows ... Pollutants. Study authors, Professor Neil Bruce from the Department of Biology and Director of the Centre for Novel ...
Removal of Hazardous Cationic Salt Pollutants During Electrochemical Treatment from Contaminated Mixed Heterogeneous Saline...
In these areas, weak precipitation rate causes salt accumulation at high level on the soil surfaces, leading to drastic... ... Salt-affected soils are found mainly in arid and semiarid regions. ... Abrol, I.P.; Yadav, J.S.P.; Massoud, F.I.: Salt-Affected Soils and Their Management, vol. 39. FAO Soils Bulletin. Food and ... Effect of electric intensity on the microbial degradation of petroleum pollutants in soil. J. Environ. Sci. 22, 1381-1386 (2010 ...
Empirical Theory of Vacuum-Assisted Steam Stripping of Organic Pollutants from Contaminated Soils on Environmental XPRT
A theoretical model was developed for the removal of organic chemicals from soil via vacuum-assisted steam stripping. The model ... Article Empirical Theory of Vacuum-Assisted Steam Stripping of Organic Pollutants from Contaminated Soils. ... The "pollutant" was commercially available kerosene at a level of 5% by weight in the soil. The soil was initially moisture- ... No comments were found for Empirical Theory of Vacuum-Assisted Steam Stripping of Organic Pollutants from Contaminated Soils. ...
Standard - Soil quality - Effects of pollutants on mycorrhizal fungi - Spore germination test SIS-ISO/TS 10832:2009
Effects of pollutants on mycorrhizal fungi - Spore germination test - SIS-ISO/TS 10832:2009This Technical Specification ... specifies a method to evaluate the effects of pollutants on spore germination of a mycorrhizal fungus, Glomus mosseae ... Soil quality - Effects of pollutants on mycorrhizal fungi - Spore germination test. Status: Valid Buy this standard ... This direct acute toxicity bioassay allows the evaluation of potential effects of pollutants and contaminated soils on ...
Bioavailability of pollutants and soil remediation. - Lancaster EPrints
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Impact of composting strategies on the treatment of soils contaminated with organic pollutants. - Lancaster EPrints
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Persistent organic pollutants in the Tibetan surface soil - Research Portal | Lancaster University
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Linking chemical-soil interactions to pollutant fate and transport from soil to water
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Sediments11
- It provides in situ and intrusive analysis of pollutants in soils and sediments. (environmental-expert.com)
- Since the last century, soils (and sediments) have accumulated agricultural and atmogenic pollutants such as organochlorine pesticides, polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) and polychlorinatedbiphenyls (PCBs). (uni-tuebingen.de)
- Today, greater recognition of the fact that soil organisms can influence ecosystem processes has lead to increase in the study of the soil and freshwater, and marine sediments. (isebindia.com)
- Serving as both a reference handbook and textbook," The Handbook of Environmental Analysis" is the first exhaustive treatment of the analysis of toxic pollutants in the environment, including: Ambient air, Groundwater, Surface water, Industrial wastewater, Soils and sediments. (nhbs.com)
- Decades are needed to develop only a centimeter of soil in soft sediments. (reference.com)
- Members of this AWSP focus group have identified persistent organic pollutants (POPs), such as PCBs, dioxins, brominated flame-retardants and pharmaceuticals in Lake Michigan sediments and placentas of women who delivered babies at the UIC hospital. (chicago-cachet.org)
- Researchers from Agroscope, Eawag and ETH have developed a method for the comprehensive detection of organic pollutant residues in soils and sediments. (eawag.ch)
- Black Carbon and Kerogen in Soils and Sediments. (infona.pl)
- The mobility, bioavailability and toxicity of mercury in the environment strongly depend on the chemical species in which it is present in soil, sediments, water or air. (nih.gov)
- The process of phytoremediation is an emerging green technology that facilitates the removal or degradation of the toxic chemicals in soils, sediments, groundwater, surface water, and air (RTDF). (hindawi.com)
- Such interactions occur in the geosphere (rocks, minerals, soils, and sediments), the atmosphere and the hydrosphere . (wikipedia.org)
Polycyclic aromatic hyd2
- Isotope fingerprints can be used as a tool for environmental forensics investigations of potentially carcinogenic pollutants, such as polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons. (spectroscopyonline.com)
- Madsen's research focused on biodegradation-the role microbes play in breaking down pollutants in contaminated soils-with a special focus on organic pollutants called polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs). (phys.org)
Bioavailability13
- Bioavailability of pollutants and soil remediation. (lancs.ac.uk)
- These microorganisms can also biotransform pollutants into less toxic substances and/or lock up pollutants within the organic matrix, thereby reducing pollutant bioavailability. (lancs.ac.uk)
- The success or failure of a composting/compost remediation strategy depends however on a number of factors, the most important of which are pollutant bioavailability and biodegradability. (lancs.ac.uk)
- From this perspective the implications of these interactions for pollutant bioavailability and transport will be developed. (bath.ac.uk)
- I will provide insights into the interplay between pollutant exposure, pollutant bioavailability and microbial adaptation. (bath.ac.uk)
- This paper provides an updated review on the subjects, the available alternative to produce biochar from biomass, quantification and characterization of biochar, the adsorptive capacity for the adsorption of contaminants, and the effect of biochar addition to agricultural soils on contaminant bioavailability. (hindawi.com)
- Overall, the bioavailability of heavy metals and organic compounds decreases when biochar is amended into soils. (hindawi.com)
- These properties are the important factors that influence the migration, transformation, and bioavailability of contaminants in soil. (hindawi.com)
- This important new volume presents a plethora of research on the distribution of heavy metals in soils and rocks of natural habitats, farmlands, and urbanized areas along with the factors influencing their bioavailability. (routledge.com)
- The limitation of bacterial growth is under the influence of pH, temperature, oxygen, soil structure, moisture and appropriate level of nutrients, poor bioavailability of contaminants, and presence of other toxic compounds. (hindawi.com)
- There will be a special symposium on 'Advances in bioaccessibility methodology to determine human and ecological bioavailability, exposure, and risk from ingestion of trace element contaminated soils' at the 2011 ICOBTE conference in Florence, Italy on 5th July 2011 . (bgs.ac.uk)
- It is becoming widely recognized by the international research and regulatory community that site-specific factors may control the bioavailability of chemicals in soil and dust, and therefore adjustments to account for reduced absorption relative to chemicals in other media (e.g., water, food, or dosing media used in research) are becoming more accepted in risk assessment. (bgs.ac.uk)
- Pollutant bioavailability. (ufz.de)
Contaminants10
- Environmental engineers are seeking better ways to track these emerging pollutants, which tend to be more complex and water-soluble than previous contaminants of concern, such as chlorinated solvents and petroleum byproducts. (innovations-report.com)
- Through intentional or accidental dumping, such contaminants often wind up in soil. (innovations-report.com)
- 2010). Soil also operates as a natural sink for number of contaminants that overtime accumulate and concentrate in soil from various sources. (igi-global.com)
- His research focuses on soil ecosystem services and in particular interactions between soil and contaminants, agrochemicals and nutrients. (bath.ac.uk)
- This lecture highlights the microbial pathogens in wastewater (see also pathogens and contaminants ), the fecal oral contamination pathways and removal mechanisms for microorganisms particularly in soil and groundwater (see also water pollution and water source protection ). (sswm.info)
- Both organic (those that contain carbon) and inorganic (those that don't) contaminants are important in soil. (pollutionissues.com)
- Requirements for site remediation are frequently based on the potential for contaminants in soil to pose unacceptable health risks following human exposures. (bgs.ac.uk)
- The diversity of contaminants and soil types, and the ways they interact, make soil surveys to identify dangers difficult and expensive, according to FAO. (ipsnews.net)
- Apparatus for active in situ multi-element gas sparging for bioremediation or physico-chemical degration for removal of contaminants in a soil formation containing a subsurface groundwater aquifer or a substantially wet unsaturated zone, the multi-gas contained in bubbles, wherein the apparatus includes. (google.com)
- Microbial remediation is used in soils to remove contaminants and pollutants. (wikipedia.org)
Persistent8
- Many of these organic pollutants are persistent in contaminated sites. (environmental-expert.com)
- This report is the second edition of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's (US EPA's) 2005 report and provides a high level summary of information on the applicability of existing and emerging non-combustion technologies for the remediation of persistent organic pollutants (POPs) in soil. (bookdepository.com)
- Persistent organic pollutants in the Tibetan su. (lancs.ac.uk)
- There are limited data on persistent organic pollutants (POPs) in the soils of the Tibetan Plateau. (lancs.ac.uk)
- Microplastics (MPs) as emerging persistent pollutants have been a growing global concern. (elsevier.com)
- Soil is an overlooked source of persistent organic pollutants (POPs) for grazing cows, finds a new study of contaminated farms in Switzerland. (europa.eu)
- Levels of some persistent organic pollutants (POPs) regulated by the Stockholm Convention are decreasing in the Arctic. (nist.gov)
- Gas chromatography/mass spectrometry applied to the determination of persistent and volatile organic pollutants. (uv.es)
Toxicity7
- This direct acute toxicity bioassay allows the evaluation of potential effects of pollutants and contaminated soils on beneficial soil microorganisms important for plant growth within the concept of sustainable agriculture. (sis.se)
- At sufficiently high concentrations, the salts pose a toxicity hazard from Na + , HCO 3 − (bicarbonate) and Cl − (chloride) and interfere with water uptake by plants from soil. (britannica.com)
- Toxicity from B (boron) is also common because of the accumulation of boron-containing minerals in arid soil environments . (britannica.com)
- The research activity in this area would contribute towards developing advanced bioprocess technology to reduce the toxicity of the pollutants and also to obtain novel useful substances. (hindawi.com)
- As an element with well-known toxicity, excessive thallium (Tl) in farmland soils, may threaten food security and induce extreme risks to human health. (americanelements.com)
- Effects on animals: response of animals before environment change (acclimatisation and adaptation), general response to stress, effects of climate change: importance of the thermal phenotype, toxicokinetics of organic and inorganic pollutants, molecular toxicity mechanisms, effects of pesticides and heavy metals on the physiology of animals. (uv.es)
- Microbes play a key role in many biogeochemistry cycles and can effect a variety of soil properties, such as biotransformation of mineral and metal speciation, toxicity, mobility, mineral precipitation, and mineral dissolution. (wikipedia.org)
Microorganisms8
- Without the soil ecosystem and the microorganisms involved in the mineral nutrient cycles, plant growth, agriculture, and life in general would not be possible. (isebindia.com)
- Composting matrices and composts are rich sources of xenobiotic-degrading microorganisms including bacteria, actinomycetes and lignolytic fungi, which can degrade pollutants to innocuous compounds such as carbon dioxide and water. (lancs.ac.uk)
- Bioremediation is a process that uses living organisms, mostly microorganisms and plants, to degrade and reduce or detoxify waste products and pollutants. (nature.com)
- Effects of Different Pollutants on Algae, Fungi, and Soil Microorganisms. (routledge.com)
- Microbial community analysis of electronic waste (e-waste)-polluted environments is of interest to understand the effect of toxic e-waste pollutants on the soil microbial community and to evaluate novel microorganisms resisting the toxic environment . (bvsalud.org)
- This review attempts to provide descriptive information on the enzymes from various microorganisms involved in the biodegradation of wide range of pollutants, applications, and suggestions required to overcome the limitations of their efficient use. (hindawi.com)
- The process of bioremediation mainly depends on microorganisms which enzymatically attack the pollutants and convert them to innocuous products. (hindawi.com)
- This helps fertilize the soil and buries carbon, which benefits many plants and soil microorganisms. (nps.gov)
Remediation6
- The results demonstrate that the electrochemical treatment may be an efficient method for remediation of saline low-permeable heterogeneous soils. (springer.com)
- Bruggen, B.V.: Electrokinetic remediation technique: an integrated approach to finding new strategies for restoration of saline soil and to control seawater intrusion. (springer.com)
- O'Loughlin, E.J.: The transport behavior of As, Cu, Pb, and Zn during electrokinetic remediation of a contaminated soil using electrolyte conditioning. (springer.com)
- The fields of research in the Applied Geology working group relate to studying the occurrence, behaviour and remediation of organic environmental pollutants in water and soil as well as addressing hydrogeological problems. (earthworks-jobs.com)
- also including a pump for agitating water in the well selecting microbubbles, injecting them into the aquifer and effective to alter the path of micro-fine bubbles through a porous solid formation whereby enhanced contact between the oxidizing agent contained in each said bubble by stripping pollutant from solution in ambient water into the mini-atmosphere of each bubble effective to increase the efficiency and speed of remediation of a site. (google.com)
- Fungal biotechnology: Ecology-based soil remediation based on the catabolic activation of bacteria by fungi. (ufz.de)
Effects of pollutants3
MICROBIOLOGY3
- nov., a phenolic acid-degrading bacterium isolated from acidic forest soil ," published Feb. 6 in the International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology . (phys.org)
- Although there is particular emphasis on East European territory, this book will appeal to researchers in other countries, regardless of their regional interests, in addition to advanced undergraduate and graduate students in soil science, chemistry, botany, microbiology and ecology. (routledge.com)
- Only the co-variation between pollution and other soil chemico-physical factors showed significant effects, whereas no direct effect of soil microbiology was detected. (qub.ac.uk)
Biodegradation5
- ① Linear sorption/ desorption only in the soil layer;② volatilization/precipitation;③ 1st order biodegradation only in the soil layer. (uni-tuebingen.de)
- Using this conceptual model, this work aims to implement a 2-D numerical simulation of soil-atmosphere exchange using the geochemical model MIN3P, and including factors like sorption, biodegradation, volatilization, temperature variation, recharge rate, eddy diffusion and molecular diffusion which are estimated from literature data. (uni-tuebingen.de)
- This means that the newly identified bacteria could be a candidate for biodegradation research and an important player in the soil carbon cycle . (phys.org)
- Development of optimal complex technology for intensive cleaning of soil contaminated by oil pollutants, based on the separation of migrating fraction of oil through the use of biosurfactant/biodegradation of non-migrating fraction. (eurekanetwork.org)
- A large number of enzymes from bacteria, fungi, and plants have been reported to be involved in the biodegradation of toxic organic pollutants. (hindawi.com)
Microbial3
- Microbial cultures and associated biotechnology can be helpful to reduce such types of pollution from soil without affecting their natural habitat or niche. (igi-global.com)
- Especially in nutrient poor soils, the dynamic interactions between plant roots, animals and microbial processes appear to determine what grows where and how. (isebindia.com)
- They created the system that we live in, and they sustain it," said Dan Buckley, professor of microbial ecology in the Section of Soil and Crop Sciences in the School of Integrative Plant Science. (phys.org)
Bacteria16
- Bacteria are removed after filtering through 1.5 feet to 2 feet of soil. (osu.edu)
- Cornell researchers have found a new species of soil bacteria-which they named in memory of the Cornell professor who first discovered it-that is particularly adept at breaking down organic matter, including the cancer-causing chemicals that are released when coal, gas, oil and refuse are burned. (phys.org)
- The bacteria living in soils not only help plants grow, cope with stress and fight off pests, they're also essential to understanding climate change. (phys.org)
- In studying the new bacteria, the researchers noticed that madseniana is especially adept at breaking down aromatic hydrocarbons, which make up lignin, a major component of plant biomass and soil organic matter . (phys.org)
- We know remarkably little about how soil bacteria operate," Buckley said. (phys.org)
- Initial research suggests that trees feed carbon to the bacteria, and in turn the bacteria degrade soil organic matter, thereby releasing nutrients such as nitrogen and phosphorus for the trees. (phys.org)
- Understanding how bacteria break down carbon in soil could hold the key to the sustainability of soil and the ability to predict the future of global climate. (phys.org)
- Nicole Feriancek '22, a researcher in the Buckley Lab, prepares a culture of the bacteria P. madseniana to help characterize its tolerance to soil conditions. (cornell.edu)
- A microscopic image shows the newly identified bacteria P. madseniana, which plays a key role in recycling carbon in forest soils. (cornell.edu)
- IU scientists predict higher levels of harmful reactive nitrogen oxides in the Midwest, Mississippi River corridor and eastern United States (in red) based on the location of forests whose trees enhance the activity of soil bacteria that release these chemicals. (iu.edu)
- The chemicals, collectively known as reactive nitrogen oxides, are produced by soil bacteria that feed on naturally occurring ammonium -- as well as nitrogen fertilizers from industrial and agricultural sources that enter soil from the atmosphere. (iu.edu)
- Although it's known that certain types of ammonia-oxidizing bacteria can emit reactive nitrogen from soil, researchers at IU discovered that trees can be divided into two groups: those that enhance nitrogen oxide-releasing bacteria activity, and those that don't. (iu.edu)
- The employability of various organisms like bacteria, fungi, algae, and plants for efficient bioremediation of pollutants has been reported [ 1 , 2 ]. (hindawi.com)
- Only certain species of bacteria and fungi have proven their ability as potent pollutant degraders. (hindawi.com)
- Bacteria Fungus Interactions and mycosphere processes: Drivers of soil ecosystem functioning. (ufz.de)
- This paper reviews and illustrates macroscopical and microscopical markers of stress with a biotic (bacteria, fungi, insects) or abiotic (frost, drought, mineral deficiency, heavy metal pollution in the soil, acidic deposition and ozone) origin helpful for the validation of symptoms in broadleaved and conifer trees. (biomedsearch.com)
Contamination6
- Deterioration of storage facilities used for the stockpiles, improper storage practices, and past production and use of POPs also have resulted in contamination of soils around the world. (bookdepository.com)
- The tool could be used to assess measures designed to decontaminate animals or to prevent contamination, such as grazing regimes that aim to reduce the risk of cows eating soil accidentally. (europa.eu)
- Contamination of soil and water contributes to the reduction of economic income, and also has an impact on economic development and management organizations and services. (duhnnae.com)
- Denaturing gradient gel electrophoresis (DGGE) analysis of the bacterial 16S rRNA gene showed that e-waste contamination altered the soil bacterial composition and diversity. (bvsalud.org)
- We aimed at characterizing the enchytraeid communities in these environments and searching for possible correlations with soil parameters, including the traffic contamination. (qub.ac.uk)
- The Libyan oil industry has left a significant legacy of contamination and methods are required to remediate oil-contaminated soils in the area. (napier.ac.uk)
Pollution20
- of the liquid as quickly as possible in order to cut off the supply of fuel to the fire and minimize pollution of the soil at an early stage. (environmental-expert.com)
- Air pollution controls and state-of-the-art graphics are utilized to better understand how to control various air pollutants. (routledge.com)
- In the agricultural soils, major causes of MPs pollution include application of biosolids and compost, wastewater irrigation, mulching film, polymer-based fertilizers and pesticides, and atmospheric deposition. (elsevier.com)
- Although there is emerging pollution of MPs in the soil environment, no standardized detection and quantification techniques are available. (elsevier.com)
- What Causes Soil Pollution? (reference.com)
- Proceedings of the SCOPE Workshop on Soil and Groundwater Pollution : fundamentals, risk assessment and legislation, Cesky Krumlov, Czech Republic, June 6 and 7, 1994 / edited by Alexander J. B. Zehnder. (who.int)
- Since the start of the industrial revolution in the 19th century environmental pollution has grown into a global transboundary problem that affects air , water , soil and ecosystems , and is linked directly to human health and well-being ( GMT 3 ). (europa.eu)
- Soil pollution comprises the pollution of soils with materials, mostly chemicals, that are out of place or are present at concentrations higher than normal which may have adverse effects on humans or other organisms. (pollutionissues.com)
- However, soil pollution is also caused by means other than the direct addition of xenobiotic (man-made) chemicals such as agricultural runoff waters, industrial waste materials, acidic precipitates, and radioactive fallout. (pollutionissues.com)
- Soil pollution can lead to water pollution if toxic chemicals leach into groundwater, or if contaminated runoff reaches streams, lakes, or oceans. (pollutionissues.com)
- Soil also naturally contributes to air pollution by releasing volatile compounds into the atmosphere. (pollutionissues.com)
- These methods, however, often exchange one problem for another: landfilling merely confines the polluted soil while doing little to decontaminate it, and incineration removes toxic organic chemicals from the soil, but subsequently releases them into the air, in the process causing air pollution. (pollutionissues.com)
- The Risks of Environmental Pollution with Heavy Metals for Warm-Blooded Animals: The Possibility of Protecting Food Products from Pollutants. (routledge.com)
- The conference includes 35 sessions and workshops covering different aspects of Medical Geology including Environmental Toxicology & Epidemiology, Minerals & Environment, Air, Soil & Water Pollution, and Risk Assessment & Communication. (bgs.ac.uk)
- Soil pollution is an emerging problem, but, because it comes in so many forms, the only way we can reduce knowledge gaps and promote sustainable soil management is to intensify global collaboration and build reliable scientific evidence," said Ronald Vargas, a FAO soils officer and Secretary of the GSP. (ipsnews.net)
- Combating soil pollution and pursuing sustainable soil management is essential for addressing climate change," said for his part Rattan Lal, President of the International Union of Soil Sciences, in his keynote address to the Plenary Assembly. (ipsnews.net)
- Tens of billions of tonnes of soil are lost to farming each year and one cause is soil pollution, which in some countries affects as much as one-fifth of all croplands, the UN specialised agency reports. (ipsnews.net)
- The term soil pollution refers to the presence in soils of chemicals that are either out of place or at higher-than-normal concentrations. (ipsnews.net)
- Soil pollution is an insidious risk because it is harder to observe than some other soil degradation processes, such as erosion. (ipsnews.net)
- Environmental pollution: priority pollutants in Europe. (uv.es)
Toxic pollutants2
- Completely revised and updated to include new analytical techniques as well as additional chemical structures and reactions, this second edition retains the features - clarity of prose, pertinent examples, and authoritative coverage of a wide range of toxic pollutants - that made the first edition a bestseller. (pdf.to)
- It presents the tools and techniques required to measure a wide range of toxic pollutants in our environment. (pdf.to)
Emissions8
- Sulfur dioxide (SO 2 ), nitrogen oxides (NO x ) and ozone (0 3 ), the most phytotoxic pollutants, result from the emissions of power plants, automobile exhausts and volatile organic compounds (VOCs) emitted from a number of sources. (isebindia.com)
- Soils, every year, process about seven times more carbon than all of the human emissions from cars, power plants and heating units, all over the world, just in their natural work of decomposing plant material. (phys.org)
- For example, despite a fall in air pollutant emissions there has not been an equivalent improvement in air quality across Europe, partly as a result of the transboundary transport of air pollutants. (europa.eu)
- A new study has assessed the long-term impact of conventional tillage (CT - where soil is prepared for agriculture via mechanical agitation) and no-tillage (NT) systems on soil N 2 O emissions and crop productivity in rain-fed Mediterranean conditions. (europa.eu)
- The findings show that, over a period of 18 years, mean yield-scaled (i.e. per unit grain yield) soil N 2 O emissions (YSNE) were 2.8 to 3.3 times lower under NT than CT. (europa.eu)
- The researchers therefore recommend NT as a suitable strategy by which to balance agricultural productivity with lower soil N 2 O emissions in rain-fed Mediterranean agroecosystems. (europa.eu)
- Indiana, Illinois, Michigan, Kentucky and Ohio are the states expected to have the highest emissions of nitrogen oxides from forest soil, according to the new study. (iu.edu)
- But Mushinski said current rules are not enough to curtail rises in soil emissions, since air quality standards do not regulate fertilizer use or nitrogen deposition. (iu.edu)
Nitrogen8
- The sugars formed are moved about the plant, converted to carbohydrates for storage, or combined with minerals such as nitrogen, phosphorus, potassium, sulfur and other nutrients from the soil to form the organic compounds required for their maintenance and growth. (isebindia.com)
- The effects of exposure to atmospheric concentrations of the three pollutants, sulfur oxides, nitrogen oxides and ozone, on crops and natural vegetation have been studied by scientists for more than 30 years. (isebindia.com)
- The new catalyst for catalytic converters changes vehicle pollutants to relatively benign forms of nitrogen, carbon dioxide and water. (azocleantech.com)
- Catalytic converters change the pollutants to benign gases such as carbon dioxide, nitrogen, and water. (azocleantech.com)
- The leaching losses of nitrogen and phosphorous in soil and the releases of greenhouse gases (N 2 O and CH 4 ) from soil could be decreased in the presence of BC [ 4 - 6 , 16 ]. (hindawi.com)
- Raff's laboratory is one of the few university-based facilities in the country able to accurately measure reactive nitrogen oxides emitted from soil. (iu.edu)
- The study, which is the first to identify forested regions in the U.S. that emit reactive nitrogen oxides based upon soil types, was facilitated by a review of soil data from 78,000 forest plots across country from the USDA Forest Service Forest Inventory and Analysis Program. (iu.edu)
- These fires are an effective way to clear out tree species that promote the soil that emits reactive nitrogen gases. (iu.edu)
Interactions5
- Interest in soil biodiversity has increased with the awareness of the fact that many of the most important interactions between plants take place below ground. (isebindia.com)
- Abstract: The seminar will begin by introducing the fundamentals of how chemical and physical phenomena underpin soil-pollutants interactions. (bath.ac.uk)
- The Handbook of Environmental Health-Pollutant Interactions in Air, Water, and Soil includes Nine Chapters on a variety of topics basically following a standard chapter outline where applicable with the exception of Chapters 8 and 9. (routledge.com)
- This study comprehensively reviews the sources, fate, and dispersion of MPs in the soil environment, discusses the interactions and effects of MPs on soil biota, and highlights the recent advancements in detection and quantification methods of MPs. (elsevier.com)
- Soil plays a key role in enabling many life processes through actions including serving as the grounds for food and biomass production, monitoring environmental interactions and exchanges, storing carbon and other essential gases and nutrients and supporting a wealth of biodiversity. (reference.com)
Groundwater3
- Professor Bruce added: "The recalcitrance of RDX to degradation in the environment, combined with its high mobility through soil and groundwater, mean that plumes of toxic RDX continue to spread below these military sites, threatening drinking water supplies. (york.ac.uk)
- As the soil dries, ions released by mineral weathering or introduced by saline groundwater tend to accumulate in the form of carbonate, sulfate , chloride, and clay minerals. (britannica.com)
- Arsenic can get into the soil through weathering and erosion of rocks or by leaching into groundwater. (sciencelearn.org.nz)
Compounds16
- Phosphorus is removed from wastewater as it attaches onto soil particles or forms insoluble compounds in the soil. (osu.edu)
- These compounds have been distributed in the atmosphere at global scale, and long-term fate depends on interaction with the top soils. (uni-tuebingen.de)
- Whether soils are sinks or sources of such diffuse pollutants depends on the input history, sorption and transformation capacity of the soils as well as on the aqueous leaching and (re-)volatilization rates of the compounds of interest. (uni-tuebingen.de)
- While soils may be regarded as sources for these legacy pollutants in industrialized regions, they still act as sinks in remote areas and in general they are sinks for emerging compounds such as flame retardants. (uni-tuebingen.de)
- Several of these compounds (e.g. phenanthrene) are easily degradable under aerobic conditions, so that the reason for their persistence in biologically highly active top-soils exposed to atmospheric oxygen is not clear. (uni-tuebingen.de)
- Especially the rates of exchange of these compounds between soils and the atmosphere are not well understood, even though it is crucial for long-term fate and atmospheric spreading of diffuse pollutants. (uni-tuebingen.de)
- At present the many of the man-made compounds released in soil by various ways. (igi-global.com)
- Through food chain these compounds increased day by day at particular trophic level and also affect the soil biodiversity. (igi-global.com)
- Soil organisms (the consumers), depend on aboveground vegetation (the producers), for the sugars and carbohydrates (carbon compounds) produced during photosynthesis. (isebindia.com)
- The abundance of xenobiotic compounds in soil has been increased dramatically by the accelerated rate of extraction of minerals and fossil fuels and by highly technological industrial processes. (britannica.com)
- Not all soil pollutants are xenobiotic compounds. (britannica.com)
- The decomposition of organic materials in soil can release sulfur dioxide and other sulfur compounds, causing acid rain. (pollutionissues.com)
- Consequently, the atmosphere, bodies of water, and many soil environments have become polluted by a large variety of toxic compounds. (pollutionissues.com)
- Biochar is a promising alternative to remedy the soils contaminated with heavy metals and organic compounds through adsorption and immobilization due to its large surface area, charged surface, and functional groups. (hindawi.com)
- injecting air including gaseous ozone into water in the soil formation with gaseous ozone at concentrations to effect removal of volatile organic compounds by the gaseous ozone reacting with the volatile organic compounds and with the air and the ozone injected into the water as fine bubbles with an initial bubble size in a range of about 5 to 200 μm. (google.com)
- 8. The method of claim 1 wherein volatile organic compounds in the soil formation are decomposed by ozone interaction with double bonded carbon atoms of the volatile organic compounds. (google.com)
Agricultural4
- The prospects for future research include biomagnification potency, cytotoxic effects on human/animals, nonlinear behavior in the soil environment, standardized analytical methods, best management practices, and global policies in the agricultural industry for the sake of sustainable development. (elsevier.com)
- The sustained use of a water resource for irrigating agricultural land in an arid region requires that the applied water not damage the soil environment. (britannica.com)
- and the International Network of Black Soils, launched to increase knowledge about the world's most fertile agricultural soils, which are also known for their high carbon content. (ipsnews.net)
- Agricultural inputs such as fertilizers, herbicides and pesticides - and even antibiotics contained in animal manure - are also major potential pollutants and pose special challenges due to the fast-changing chemical formulas employed. (ipsnews.net)
POPs1
- The air-soil equilibrium status of POPs suggested the Tibetan soils may be partial "secondary sources" of HCB, low molecular weight PCBs and HCHs and will likely continue to be "sinks" for the less volatile DDE and DDT. (lancs.ac.uk)
Biota1
- The fate and dispersion of MPs in the soil environment are mainly associated with the soil characteristics, cultivation practices, and diversity of soil biota. (elsevier.com)
Accumulation5
- Which factors and processes control accumulation, leaching and volatilisation of pollutants in top soils? (uni-tuebingen.de)
- In these areas, weak precipitation rate causes salt accumulation at high level on the soil surfaces, leading to drastic modifications in soil properties, affecting hence the environment, human health and civil engineering infrastructure and facilities. (springer.com)
- Results show that basin design influences pollutant accumulation and behaviour in the basins. (iwaponline.com)
- I will highlight recent successes in the application of biochars to mitigate pollutant phyto-accumulation and markedly reduce the cancer risks in China's Cancer Villages. (bath.ac.uk)
- Crop production problems in agriculture are encountered when excess salinity ( salt accumulation) occurs in soils in arid climates where the rate of evaporation exceeds the rate of precipitation . (britannica.com)
Microbes2
Minerals5
- This requires an understanding of how these pollutants interact with soil, which is a mixture of minerals and natural organic matter, such as decayed vegetation. (innovations-report.com)
- Soil is a natural body and also known as "Pedosphere", It is a mixture of various minerals, organic matter, gases, liquids and many organisms that altogether support life on earth. (igi-global.com)
- A portable field sensor can accurately measure minerals in soils more easily and efficiently than existing methods. (environmental-expert.com)
- depending on their particular source and postwithdrawal treatment, the particular salts present in irrigation water may not be compatible with the suite of minerals present in the soils. (britannica.com)
- [10] Soils and sediment act as sinks for metals which originate from both natural sources through rocks and minerals as well as anthropogenic sources through agriculture, industry, mining, waste disposal, among others. (wikipedia.org)
Aquatic2
- The goals in any sewage treatment system are to 1) remove pollutants that cause disease before they contaminate drinking and recreational waters, and 2) remove pollutants that kill fish and aquatic life before they reach a lake or stream. (osu.edu)
- Professor Gang Pan and his team have developed a novel technique that can use modified local soil (MLS technology) to remove algae, improve water quality, remediate polluted sediment, reduce internal loads and make the excess harmful nutrients in eutrophic water a resources for aquatic ecological restoration and biodiversity conservation. (ntu.ac.uk)
Chemicals in soils1
- ROME, Jun 23 2017 (IPS) - Soils are polluted due mostly to human activities that leave excess chemicals in soils used to grow food, the United Nations reports. (ipsnews.net)
Adsorption2
- Adsorption of pollutants occurs due to the chemical nature of soils. (osu.edu)
- Usman, A.: Optimal removal of cadmium from heavily contaminated saline-sodic soil using integrated electrokinetic adsorption technique. (springer.com)
Waters1
- http://www.scribd.com/doc/104967169/2-NoTable-legendary-discoveries-NewDraft-Hazards-from-Detergents-and-Surfactants-book http://5bio5.blogspot.com/2012/09/innovation-2-new-facts-on-haza New facts on hazardous biological and toxic effects of surfactants and detergents, paradigm shifted on bioassay to assess environmental hazards of chemicals / pollutants /xenobiotics / waste waters: new conceptualization [Series: Fundamental Legendary Discoveries. (scribd.com)
Heavy metals8
- One of the heavy metals naturally present in soils is thallium. (eawag.ch)
- New Zealand has traces of several heavy metals in its rocks that can become pollutants. (sciencelearn.org.nz)
- Heavy metals and other potentially toxic elements are the most serious soil pollutants in sewage. (pollutionissues.com)
- Sewage sludge contains heavy metals and, if applied repeatedly or in large amounts, the treated soil may accumulate heavy metals and consequently become unable to even support plant life. (pollutionissues.com)
- Heavy Metals in Soils: The Factors Influencing Their Accumulations in Plants. (routledge.com)
- Heavy Metals and Other Pollutants in the Environment has succeeded in providing an overview of both new data and divergent views of specialists in different fields of biological and ecological knowledge on interrelation between abiotic environment and living organisms. (routledge.com)
- Many heavy metals, such as chromium (Cr), at low concentrations are essential micronutrients in the soil, however they can be toxic at higher concentrations. (wikipedia.org)
- Heavy metals are added into soils through many anthropogenic sources such industry and/or fertilizers. (wikipedia.org)
Removal6
- Naturally occurring soils have varying capacity to accomplish pollutant removal. (osu.edu)
- However, viruses are smaller and more difficult to remove, thus taking 3 feet to 4 feet of unsaturated soil depth for removal. (osu.edu)
- In either application, SorbaSolv is highly effective in the removal of pollutants . (environmental-expert.com)
- Removal of Dibenzofuran, Dibenzo- p -Dioxin, and 2-Chlorodibenzo- p -Dioxin from Soils Inoculated with Sphingomonas sp. (asm.org)
- A theoretical model was developed for the removal of organic chemicals from soil via vacuum-assisted steam stripping. (environmental-expert.com)
- Numerous attempts are being made to decontaminate polluted soils, including an array of both in situ (on-site, in the soil) and off-site (removal of contaminated soil for treatment) techniques. (pollutionissues.com)
Degradation3
- No standards exist for these types of soil pollutants, nor for pesticide residues or their degradation products. (environmental-expert.com)
- The resulting composition is subsequently exposed to an environment contaminated with pollutants for degradation. (osti.gov)
- as Welchia alkenophilia, can be used to degrade the TCE following the degradation of the original pollutant. (osti.gov)
Carbon dioxide2
- With the aid of chlorophyll in their leaves, plants use the energy of sunlight to combine carbon dioxide from the atmosphere and water from the soil to form sugars, oxygen is given off into the atmosphere during the process. (isebindia.com)
- Soil stores carbon, which in turn reduces the amount of excess carbon dioxide in the atmosphere. (reference.com)
Vegetation5
- Animals, vegetation and fauna work together to develop soil structure. (reference.com)
- One of the most basic and important jobs soil performs is allowing the growth of natural vegetation and plants. (reference.com)
- Results maintained from a certified laboratory showed abundance of PCB 52 in soil and vegetation samples with a mean of 3,0 ng/g in soil and 5,9 ng/g in vegetation. (ntnu.no)
- Pollutants released to the environment are distributed among the many environmental media such as air, water, soil, and vegetation, as the result of complex physical, chemical and biological processes. (pdf.to)
- Organic matter forms from rotted and decomposed vegetation broken down by soil organisms. (nps.gov)
Substances3
- This Technical Specification is applicable to - chemical substances, and - contaminated soils, waste and soil-waste mix. (sis.se)
- The presence of substances in soil that are not naturally produced by biological species is of great public concern. (britannica.com)
- Although human exposure to these substances is primarily through inhalation or drinking water , soils play an important role because they affect the mobility and biological impact of these toxins. (britannica.com)
Aqueous1
- Management and/or control strategies are discussed for reducing the impact of traffic-related pollutants on the aqueous environment. (iwaponline.com)
Hydrocarbons1
- 15. The method of claim 1 wherein the soil formation contains chlorinated hydrocarbons. (google.com)
Organic matter10
- After filtering through about 2 feet of soil, ammonia is transformed to nitrate and the organic matter is consumed so the wastewater has no odor. (osu.edu)
- Charged chemicals usually cling to the mineral content, but non-ionic chemicals tend to make themselves at home in the soil s natural organic matter. (innovations-report.com)
- the efflux of soil colloids, dissolved organic matter and agrochemicals. (bath.ac.uk)
- Grassland decomposers are organisms that feed on decaying organic matter, breaking it down into nutrients that are returned to the soil for more plant grow. (reference.com)
- Adding compost, manure, and other forms of organic matter to farmland soil can boost earthworm numbers, crop yield, and the stability of soil, finds a recent analysis of long-term case studies. (europa.eu)
- It is indicated that amending BC into soil improves the structure and properties of soil, such as the water-holding capacity, organic matter content, aeration condition, pH value, cationic exchange capacity (CEC), and the formation of aggregates of soil [ 7 , 12 - 15 ]. (hindawi.com)
- The authors evaluate the content of organic matter, soil acidity, mineral fertilizers, and more. (routledge.com)
- Soil is made up of four main components: mineral grains, organic matter, water, and air. (nps.gov)
- They aerate the soil, shred organic matter into small pieces and assist other soil organisms in the decomposition process. (nps.gov)
- Through consumption, digestion, and excretion of soil organic matter, soil arthropods help improve soil structure and change nutrients into forms available to plants. (nps.gov)
Degrade1
- The present invention relates to biocarrier compositions that attract and bond pollutant-degrading antigens that will degrade the pollutants. (osti.gov)
Erosion2
- A grass commonly used to fight soil erosion has been genetically modified to successfully remove toxic chemicals left in the ground from munitions that are dangerous to human health, new research shows. (york.ac.uk)
- Contour plowing conserves soil by following the lay of the land and creating ridges that form a water break to prevent soil erosion. (reference.com)
Climate8
- Because it's such a large amount of carbon going through the soil, small changes in how we manage soil could make a big impact on climate change. (phys.org)
- The major factors that affect soil formation are parent material, climate, landscape, living organisms and time. (reference.com)
- Climate, which encompasses temperature, rainfall and snow, plays an important role in breaking down rocks and determining the type of soil. (reference.com)
- The research shows how an equation used in climate models to represent soil moisture levels is responsible for major variations in estimates of the carbon cycle. (europa.eu)
- Addition of BC to agriculture soils has been projected as a means to improve soil fertility and mitigate climate change [ 3 - 7 ]. (hindawi.com)
- Human activities, such as fire suppression, fertilizer use and climate change, are causing forest populations to shift from stands of trees whose soils do not emit these gases to those that do. (iu.edu)
- The GSP Plenary Assembly is a unique, neutral and multi-stakeholder platform to discuss global soil issues, to learn from good practices, and to deliberate on actions to secure healthy soils for an effective provision of ecosystem services and food for all," said Maria Helena Semedo, FAO Deputy Director-General, Climate and Natural Resources. (ipsnews.net)
- The amount of water and air in the soil varies and is based on climate, soil texture, and water holding capacity. (nps.gov)
Exposure1
- While causes for disparities in incidence of these diseases across Chicago communities are multifactorial, disproportionate exposure to pollutants in air, water, soil and workplaces are likely contributors. (chicago-cachet.org)
Behaviour4
- While these systems are effective at retaining polluted solids by filtration and sedimentation processes, less is known of the detail of pollutant behaviour within SUDS structures. (iwaponline.com)
- Recently, it is reported that conversion of biomass into BC can not only result in the renewable energy (synthetic gas and biooil), but also decrease the content of CO 2 in the atmosphere, which reveal more research on the effect and behaviour of BC in soil [ 8 - 11 ]. (hindawi.com)
- The hazards posed depend on how soil properties affect the behaviour of chemicals and the speed with which they enter ecosystems. (ipsnews.net)
- Soil physical behaviour soil. (uv.es)
Atmosphere3
- Fig. 1 Conceptual model of soil-atmosphere exchange of phenanthrene with regions identified. (uni-tuebingen.de)
- The conceptual model for the soil-atmosphere exchange of a model compound, phenanthrene, in shown in Figure 1, wherein there are several defined layers within the profile (bulk air and near-surface air, and sorptive soil layers). (uni-tuebingen.de)
- It is also known as "the skin of earth" and performs major functions like serving as a medium for plant growth, modifies earth's atmosphere, it is a mean of water storage, supply and purification and also habitat of many organisms which together modify the soil (Dominati et al. (igi-global.com)
Microplastics1
- For your microplastics research needs, including identification of microplastics and associated pollutants, and eco-toxicological studies on marine bio-organisms together with genomic and proteomic effects, you'll find a trusted and knowledgeable partner in PerkinElmer. (analytica-world.com)
Ecosystems3
- Soil biodiversity is a crucial factor in regulating how ecosystems function. (isebindia.com)
- Although Europe's pollutant releases are expected to continue declining, European ecosystems and citizens are likely to be affected by developments in other regions. (europa.eu)
- Many of these so-called xenobiotic (from Greek xenos , "stranger," and bios , "life") chemicals have been found to be carcinogens or may accumulate in the environment with toxic effects on ecosystems (see the table of major soil pollutants). (britannica.com)
Sediment3
- Where Do Pollutants in Soil and Sediment Come From? (spectroscopyonline.com)
- The parent material of most soils is either sediment or solid rock. (reference.com)
- Ore, calcines, dump material, soil, sediment and suspended particles from the three sites have been considered in the study. (nih.gov)
Processes2
- Illustration showing the wastewater treatment processes that occur in unsaturated soil with depth. (osu.edu)
- In addition to supporting natural life processes, soil plays a role in supporting artificial environments too. (reference.com)
Mass spectrometry4
- The role of mass spectrometry in the identification and quantification of environmental pollutants. (uv.es)
- Mass spectrometry applied to the analysis of inorganic pollutants at the level of traces and ultratraces. (uv.es)
- Liquid chromatography/mass spectrometry (LC/MC) applied to the determination or polar and non-polar organic pollutants. (uv.es)
- Mass spectrometry with inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry (ICP-MS) applied to the anaysis of environmental pollutants. (uv.es)
Pesticide2
- The ability of a chemical to get into the water depends on how easily it breaks down, the ability to dissolve in water, the type of soil it is applied to and how much the pesticide is used. (sciencelearn.org.nz)
- The banning of the pesticide DDT in the United States resulted from its tendency to become more and more concentrated as it moved from soil to worms or fish, and then to birds and their eggs. (pollutionissues.com)
Wastewater9
- Communities that provide sewage services for homes must treat the wastewater to remove pollutants before discharging the effluent into Ohio's environment. (osu.edu)
- Soil is the best medium to treat and disperse wastewater to protect the health of families, neighbors and visitors as well as the environment. (osu.edu)
- As water moves through the small soil pores, wastewater particles are removed, thus eliminating cloudiness. (osu.edu)
- After passing through about 1 foot of soil, the wastewater is clear. (osu.edu)
- Many soils do not provide adequate depth to remove pollutants and treat wastewater. (osu.edu)
- Zones in the soil where wastewater cannot be treated are called limiting layers . (osu.edu)
- Dense tills may impede movement of water away from the site and cause the formation of perched saturated conditions in the soil profile, especially with the addition of wastewater. (osu.edu)
- This document describes onsite wastewater soil absorption systems (WSAS), which have the potential to achieve high treatment efficiencies over a long life service at low cost. (sswm.info)
- SIEGRIST, R.L. TYLER, E.J. JENSSEN, P.D. (2000): Design and Performance of Onsite Wastewater Soil Absorption Systems. (sswm.info)
Earthworms2
- No-tillage and crop-rotation practices also have positive effects on soil, although no-tillage's benefits for earthworms are often absent on farms that use herbicides and other pesticides. (europa.eu)
- The present study was designed to elucidate the effect of soil pollutants on diversity and abundance of earthworms in a winter vegetable crop (cauliflower). (entomoljournal.com)
Behavior1
- At an American Chemical Society meeting last year, Nguyen heard a lecture in which Kai Uwe Goss, a senior research scientist at the Swiss Federal Institute of Environmental Science and Technology, suggested that this approach might be used to predict the behavior of soil pollutants. (innovations-report.com)
Environment6
- However, little consideration has been given to the possibility that injury to life above ground might influence the unseen life in the soil environment. (isebindia.com)
- These dynamics govern the opportunities for pollutants to move through the environment and to be degraded. (bath.ac.uk)
- In this research, we apply the method that was studied movement of nitrate solution in two soil types sand and loess, since the impact of fertilizers on the environment depends on the soil types and its category. (duhnnae.com)
- Pollutants in a Multimedia Environment download pdf by J. Clarence Davies (auth. (pdf.to)
- The theme of the conference is Geological & Medical Sciences for a Safer Environment, and will provide a unique opportunity for mineralogists, physicians, soil scientists, toxicologists, geochemists, veterinarians, biologists, chemists and many other specialists to share ideas and knowledge on the impact of natural environment on health. (bgs.ac.uk)
- Soil filters pollutants from our environment and from our drinking water. (nps.gov)
Composition2
Chemistry4
- Evangelou, V.P.: Environmental Soil and Water Chemistry: Principles and Applications. (springer.com)
- aims to bring together leading academic scientists, researchers and research scholars to exchange and share their experiences and research results on all aspects of Environmental Analytical Chemistry and Analytical Chemistry of Pollutants. (waset.org)
- Also, high quality research contributions describing original and unpublished results of conceptual, constructive, empirical, experimental, or theoretical work in all areas of Environmental Analytical Chemistry and Analytical Chemistry of Pollutants are cordially invited for presentation at the conference. (waset.org)
- ICEACACP 2021 has teamed up with the Special Journal Issue on Environmental Analytical Chemistry and Analytical Chemistry of Pollutants . (waset.org)
Hazardous3
- The Soil Vapor Extraction system is designed to remove hazardous vapors from the subsurface by drawing air through contaminated soil and volatilizing adsorbed phase pollutants . (environmental-expert.com)
- His work was groundbreaking in providing natural tools to address hazardous waste in areas where contaminated soils can't easily be dug up and removed. (phys.org)
- Air toxics and hazardous air pollutants are of considerable significance. (routledge.com)
Surface4
- This paper presents data from a survey of organochlorine pesticides (OCPs), polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) and polybrominated diphenyl ethers (PBDEs) in 40 background surface (0-5 cm) soils of the Tibetan Plateau. (lancs.ac.uk)
- Soil forms from a parent material deposited at the surface of the Earth, such as weathered bedrock or small materials carried by blowing winds, moving glaciers and flooding rivers. (reference.com)
- Soil is the top layer on the earth surface. (nps.gov)
- Their digging mixes subsurface materials with surface soils, litter, and feces. (nps.gov)
Sewage1
- The pH of sewage water was recorded as 5.833 and sewage water irrigated soil was 6.28, whereas pH of canal water was 7.66 and canal water irrigated soil was 7.88. (entomoljournal.com)