Abstract The Historic Centre of Krakow is on the UNESCO World Heritage List and includes
the Main Market Square, which is surrounded by the historical Planty Park. Soils in the …

Urban parks provide a range of ecosystem services and support a healthy urban
environment. Soils are directly involved in biogeochemical cycles and maintenance of …

Urban soil areas can be contaminated with potentially dangerous heavy metals (HM), which
might have got there by means of the human activity. The aim of the present study was to …

Городские парки выполняют целый ряд экосистемных сервисов, способствуя
формированию благоприятной городской среды. Почвы принимают непосредственное …

The pollution of urban soils by metals is a global problem. Prolonged exposure of habitants
who are in contact with metals retained in soil poses a health risk. This particularly applies to …

In city agglomerations significant pollution results from fossil fuel combustion from heat and
power plants, transportation, and boilers in households. In this context, pollution from …

The transfer of toxic metals from soil to honey was studied based on two different areas of
the Podkarpackie region located in the south-east part of Poland: U-urbanized and E …

Recently, one of the major environmental issues is the pollution of soil with Antimony (Sb),
which is ecologically detrimental and potentially carcinogenic to humans. In develo** …

Urban soils' health is important to the community because of the soils' potential use for
recreational activities. A data quality-oriented approach to sampling design is proposed for …

This research study investigates the extent of heavy metal pollution and pollution trends in
agricultural soil in mining areas during different time periods. A total of 125 soil samples …