Environmental pollution has been on the rise in the past few decades owing to increased
human activities on energy reservoirs, unsafe agricultural practices and rapid …

Phytoremediation is a cost-effective and environmentally sound approach, which uses
plants to immobilize/stabilize, extract, decay, or lessen toxicity and contaminants. Despite …

Environmental pollution is regarded as a major problem, and traditional strategies such as
chemical or physical remediation are not sufficient to overcome the problems of pollution …

Bioremediation of contaminated groundwater or soil is currently the cheapest and the least
harmful method of removing xenobiotics from the environment. Immobilization of …

This article provides a comprehensive review on aerobic composting remediation of soil
contaminated with total petroleum hydrocarbons (TPHs). The studies reviewed have …

Soil is an important environmental matrix to support the life of all organisms directly or
indirectly. Despite being the ultimate sink for all pollutants, it has been neglected for long …

Pollution and the global health impacts from toxic environmental pollutants are presently of
great concern. At present, more than 100 million people are at risk from exposure to a …

The biodegradation capacity of aliphatic and aromatic hydrocarbons of petrochemical oily
sludge in liquid medium by a bacterial consortium and five pure bacterial cultures was …

The exploration of petroleum source, production, and transportation in cold environments is
increasing tremendously. These activities have made cold regions of the earth vulnerable to …

Hydrocarbons are made of the elements carbon and hydrogen and are the most abundant
organic compounds in the bio-geosphere. Hydrocarbons are formed biosynthetically …