Environmental Effects and Remediation of Soil Pollution
A special issue of Sustainability (ISSN 2071-1050). This special issue belongs to the section "Soil Conservation and Sustainability".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (30 November 2023) | Viewed by 3802
Special Issue Editor
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Soil contamination is a growing worldwide problem affecting all the living organisms. Numerous compounds with different physical and chemical properties have been detected in soil, posing serious health risks to humans. To prevent the aggravating pollution, the fundamental control is definition of environmental behaviors and identification of pollutant sources. Meanwhile, remediation of the soils that have been contaminated becomes a crucial challenge. Recently, utilization of sustainable remediation techniques, such as bio- and phyto-remediation, has been attracted more interest. In addition, a growing body of research has been conducted on the soil amendments to (im)mobilize pollutants together with improvement of soil conditions, including physical, chemical and biological properties.
The main scope of the section “Environmental Effects and Remediation of Soil Pollution” includes laboratory and field scientific research, or review papers relating the effectiveness of soil remediation techniques, with an emphasis on the fate of the pollutants, prevention, and remediation of soil pollution through the remediating process.
In this respect, research areas may include (but are not limited to) the following:
- Environmental fate of the pollutants;
- Soil pollution indicators, assessment, and management;
- Soil pollution;
- Soil remediation;
- Soil amendment;
- Heavy metal (im)mobilization;
- Phytoremediation;
- Phytoextraction;
- Plant toxicology;
- Soil microorganisms in remediation.
Prof. Dr. Bin Guo
Guest Editor
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