Soil Pollution Education: A Broad View of Knowledge on Soil Pollution and Educational Activities for Undergraduate Students
Abstract
(ISSN 2766-6190)
Advances in Environmental and Engineering Research (AEER) is an international peer-reviewed Open Access journal published quarterly online by LIDSEN Publishing Inc. This periodical is devoted to publishing high-quality peer-reviewed papers that describe the most significant and cutting-edge research in all areas of environmental science and engineering. Work at any scale, from molecular biology through to ecology, is welcomed.
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Advances in Environmental and Engineering Research publishes a range of papers (original research, review, communication, opinion, study protocol, comment, conference report, technical note, book review, etc.). We encourage authors to be succinct; however, authors should present their results in as much detail as necessary. Reviewers are expected to emphasize scientific rigor and reproducibility.
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Publication Speed (median values for papers published in 2022): Submission to First Decision: 5 weeks; Submission to Acceptance: 11 weeks; Acceptance to Publication: 10 days (1-2 days of FREE language polishing included)
Special Issue
Soil Pollution Assessment and Sustainable Remediation Strategies
Submission Deadline: May 01, 2022 (Open) Submit Now
Guest Editor
Associate Professor Manuel Jesús Gazquez, PhD
Department of Applied Physics, Marine Research Institute (INMAR), University of Cadiz, 11510 Cádiz, Spain
Research Interests: X-ray Fluorescence; Building Materials; Materials; Radioactivity; NORM Industry; Nuclear Physics; Radiation Detection; Analytical Chemistry; Environmental Radioactivity
About this Topic:
Soil pollution can be defined as the degradation of its quality mainly generated by presence of chemical substances. The increase in the concentration of chemical compounds causes harmful changes and reduces their potential use, by both the human activity and nature. These chemicals, such as pesticides, metals, or metalloids, have been traditionally divided according to their sources as natural and anthropogenic. Currently, soils can be also affected by less known emerging contaminants including nanoparticles, drugs or microplastics.
Soil is a non-renewable resource and therefore its loss or degradation is hardly reversible within a short time horizon. Therefore, the environmental impact and risk assessment must be approached from the scientific point of view, giving technologically viable solutions to avoid or minimize environmental degradation. It is essential to developed and improve remediation tools and techniques that render smaller environmental footprint and allow simultaneously recover damaged areas maximizing the social and economic benefits. Thus, new techniques of soil remediation as phytoremediation or bioremediation should be considered in the restoration processes.
In this special issue we will address the problematic related to the soil pollution and its possible sustainable remediation.
keywords:
Soil Pollutants; Potentially toxic trace elements; Persistent organic pollutants; Soil emerging pollutants; Bioavailability assessment; Risk assessment; Soil quality; Soil remediation; Phytoremediation; Bioremediation
Publication
Soil Pollution Education: A Broad View of Knowledge on Soil Pollution and Educational Activities for Undergraduate StudentsAbstract Soil pollution is a major challenge for ensuring a healthy environment and for human health. One of the critical points in soil pollution policy is the education and public awareness of the problem caused by soil pollution. Education influences decision-making on soil and water care. It is crucial to spread knowledge to undergraduate and gradu [...] |
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