Most worldwide policy frameworks, including the United Nations Sustainable Development
Goals, highlight soil as a key non-renewable natural resource which should be rigorously …

Brazil contains the largest volume of freshwater of any nation in the world; however, this
essential natural resource is threatened by rapid increases in water consumption and water …

On 25th January 2019, the tailings dam of the Brumadinho iron mine operated by Vale S/A
failed catastrophically. The death toll stood at 259 and 11 people remained missing as of …

Soil contamination by potentially toxic elements (PTEs) has led to adverse environmental
impacts. In this review, we discussed remediation of PTEs contaminated soils through …

Estuarine pollution imposes rapid, increasing and lasting environmental modifications. In the
present review, especial attention is given to estuaries in South America (SA), where …

This review presents a holistic overview of the occurrence, mobilization, and pathways of
arsenic (As) from predominantly geogenic sources into different near-surface environmental …

Global marine conservation remains fractured by an imbalance in research efforts and policy
actions, limiting progression towards sustainability. Rhodolith beds represent a prime …

In November 2015, the largest socio-environmental disaster in the history of Brazil occurred
when approximately 50 million m 3 of mine tailings were released into the Doce River (SE …

The rupture of the Brumadinho mining tailings dam in Brazil is considered one of the largest
mining disasters in the world, resulting in 244 deaths and 26 missing people, in addition to …

Currently, approximately 1.4 billion tons per year of iron ore tailing wastes (IOT) are
generated, mainly in Australia, Brazil, and China. This work describes the characterization …