The direct impacts of climate change involve a multitude of phenomena, including rising sea
levels, intensified severe weather events such as droughts and flooding, increased …

The sustainability of life on Earth is under increasing threat due to human-induced climate
change. This perilous change in the Earth's climate is caused by increases in carbon dioxide …

The chemical pollution crisis severely threatens human and environmental health globally.
To tackle this challenge the establishment of an overarching international science–policy …

Surface runoff mobilizes the burned residues and ashes produced during wildfires and
deposits them in surface waters, thereby deteriorating water quality. A lack of a consistent …

The flood event in July 2021 in the uplands of the Eifel-Ardennes mountains in Germany,
Belgium and The Netherlands and their foreland was caused by heavy rainfall and resulted …

Aquatic sediment polluted by potentially toxic elements (PTEs) from mining activities
represents a potential health “time bomb” for humans and the local ecology, but the …

Background Because of global climate change, extreme flood events are expected to
increase in quantity and intensity in the upcoming decades. In catchments affected by ore …

Flooding, carrying sediments, inundates farmlands across the world due to extreme adverse
weather conditions. The casualties and property damage associated with flooding are …

Antibiotic‐resistant bacteria (ARB) and antibiotic resistance genes (ARGs) are important
environmental contaminants. Nonetheless, what drives the evolution, spread, and …

Hexachlorocyclohexane (HCH) waste isomers from lindane production are the largest single
POPs legacy, with an estimated 4.8 to 7.4 million tonnes of disposed waste. The largest part …