Massive and ambitious underground space development projects are being undertaken by
many countries around the world to decongest megacities, improve the urban landscapes …

Co-contamination of the environment with toxic chlorinated organic and heavy metal
pollutants is one of the major problems facing industrialized nations today. Heavy metals …

The frequency and duration of flooding events is increasing due to land-use changes
increasing run-off of precipitation, and climate change causing more intense rainfall events …

The effect of salinity induced by CaCl2, MgCl2, NaCl and Na2SO4 on the mobility of Cu, Cd,
Pb and Zn was studied. An increase of ionic strength by any salts promoted a higher release …

Historical tailings storage facilities (TSFs) are either abandoned or sparsely rehabilitated
promoting acid mine drainage (AMD) formation and heavy metal release. To sustainably …

Artisanal and small-scale gold mining (ASGM) operations are major contributors to the
Philippines' annual gold (Au) output (at least 60%). Unfortunately, these ASGM activities …

Hybrid artificial intelligence (AI) models are developed for sediment lead (Pb) prediction in
two Bays (ie, Bramble (BB) and Deception (DB)) stations, Australia. A feature selection (FS) …

A comprehensive review of the sequential extraction schemes for metal fractionation in
environmental samples (ie, sediment, soil, sewage sludge, fly ash, etc.) is presented. The …

Sequential selective extraction techniques are commonly used to fractionate the solid-phase
forms of metals in soils. Many sequential extraction procedures have been developed …

Street dust samples were collected from three different localities (industrial, heavy traffic and
rural) situated in the greater Delhi area of India. The samples analyzed for Cd, Zn, Pb, Ni …