Microplastics in terrestrial ecosystem: Sources and migration in soil environment

U Surendran, M Jayakumar, P Raja, G Gopinath… - Chemosphere, 2023 - Elsevier
Plastics, especially microplastics in soils, are considered a severe environmental issue
worldwide. However, globally, the main research focus is on microplastic pollution in the …

Biochar and its broad impacts in soil quality and fertility, nutrient leaching and crop productivity: A review

HM Alkharabsheh, MF Seleiman, ML Battaglia… - Agronomy, 2021 - mdpi.com
Biochar is gaining significant attention due to its potential for carbon (C) sequestration,
improvement of soil health, fertility enhancement, and crop productivity and quality. In this …

Heavy metals in agricultural soils: Sources, influencing factors, and remediation strategies

Y Wan, J Liu, Z Zhuang, Q Wang, H Li - Toxics, 2024 - mdpi.com
Soil heavy metal pollution is a global environmental challenge, posing significant threats to
eco-environment, agricultural development, and human health. In recent years, advanced …

[HTML][HTML] Source, migration and toxicology of microplastics in soil

JJ Guo, XP Huang, L **ang, YZ Wang, YW Li, H Li… - Environment …, 2020 - Elsevier
Microplastics are emerging contaminants and their presence in water and soil ecosystems
has recently drawn considerable attention because they pose a great threat to entire …

Effects of different feedstocks-based biochar on soil remediation: A review

M Ji, X Wang, M Usman, F Liu, Y Dan, L Zhou… - Environmental …, 2022 - Elsevier
As a promising amendment, biochar has excellent characteristics and can be used as a
remediation agent for diverse types of soil pollution. Biochar is mostly made from agricultural …

Roles of biochar-derived dissolved organic matter in soil amendment and environmental remediation: a critical review

Y Sun, X **ong, M He, Z Xu, D Hou, W Zhang… - Chemical Engineering …, 2021 - Elsevier
Biochar is an emerging, cost-effective, and renewable carbonaceous material with abundant
functional groups and tuneable mesoporous structure, showing a promising performance in …

Remediation methods of heavy metal contaminated soils from environmental and geotechnical standpoints

Z ur Rehman, MF Junaid, N Ijaz, U Khalid… - Science of The Total …, 2023 - Elsevier
Heavy metal contaminated soil (HMCS) threatens world health and sustainable growth,
owing to which numerous remediation methods have been devised. Meanwhile …

Organic amendments for in situ immobilization of heavy metals in soil: A review

J Gao, H Han, C Gao, Y Wang, B Dong, Z Xu - Chemosphere, 2023 - Elsevier
There is a growing need for soil remediation due to the increase in heavy metals (HMs)
migrating into the soil environment, especially those from man-made sources dominated by …

Soil and environmental issues in sandy soils

J Huang, AE Hartemink - Earth-Science Reviews, 2020 - Elsevier
Sandy soils are widely distributed across the world. Due to the growing global population
and urbanization, these soils are increasingly used to provide food, feed, fiber, energy, and …

[HTML][HTML] Soil amendments for immobilization of potentially toxic elements in contaminated soils: A critical review

KN Palansooriya, SM Shaheen, SS Chen… - Environment …, 2020 - Elsevier
Soil contamination by potentially toxic elements (PTEs) has led to adverse environmental
impacts. In this review, we discussed remediation of PTEs contaminated soils through …