Growing social awareness of the need to adequately treat mining waste in order to protect
the environment has led to an increase in the research in this field. The aim of this study was …

Taking the soil around the lead-zinc tailings pound in the upper reaches of the Hanjiang
River in Shaanxi Province as the research object, with tailings pond as the center, seven …

Microbial activities and community structures play crucial roles in the soil environment and
can be served as effective indicators to assess the ecological influence of heavy metal …

Bauxite residue discharged to disposal areas, which could generate environmental pollution
issues. Long-term natural restoration may improve the physicochemical properties of the …

Soil microbes play vital roles in ecosystem functions, and soil microbial communities may be
strongly structured by land use patterns associated with electronic waste (e-waste) recycling …

This study investigated the influence of heavy metals on bacterial community structure in a
uranium mine. Soils from three differently polluted ditches (Yangchang ditch, Zhongchang …

Primary succession in mine tailings is a prerequisite for tailing vegetation. Microorganisms,
including bacteria, fungi, and protists, play an important role in this process in the driving …

The ubiquity of urban brownfields presents not only a challenge for environmental managers
but also an opportunity to study the functional aspects of degraded ecosystems that are in …

Tailings are artificial soil-forming substrates that have not been created by the natural
processes of soil formation and weathering. The extreme pH environment and …

Remediation of gold tailings is often difficult due to their extremely barren nature and highly
heavy metal concentrations. Returning green manure and applying sewage sludge compost …