Microbes play pivotal roles in soil organic matter (SOM) turnover: formation and
decomposition. Organic fertilizers play crucial role for SOM accumulation, aggregate …

The bioremediation of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon (PAH)‐contaminated sites is not
running smoothly, because of the lower activity of PAH‐degrading bacteria in actual …

Offshore waters have a high incidence of oil pollution, which poses an elevated risk of
ecological damage. The microbial community composition and metabolic mechanisms …

For a long time considered as essentially terrestrial organisms, filamentous fungi have
recently disclosed to be widespread in marine habitats. Such a pervasiveness not only …

The Levantine basin (LB) in the Southeastern Mediterranean Sea is a high-risk oil pollution
hot spot owing to its dense maritime traffic and intense oil and gas exploration and …

Plastics embedded in tar residues encrusting rocky coastlines were discovered on the
Canary Islands (NE Atlantic Ocean) and termed “plastitar” in 2022. As plastic and tar …

Purpose Rivers transfer eroded sediment with soil organic carbon (SOC) from terrestrial land
to ocean basins, playing a key role in the global carbon cycle. During sediment delivery, the …

Biofortification could improve the bioremediation efficiency of microbes in the reparation of
marine environmental damage caused by oil spills. In this paper, Chlorella vulgaris LH-1 …

This work applied the forensic environmental geochemistry assessment to evaluate the
tarballs that contaminated the coast of Brazil in late 2022. Accordingly, saturated and …

The beaches of Goa state in India are frequently polluted with tarballs, specifically during pre-
monsoon and monsoon seasons. Tarballs contain hydrocarbons, including polycyclic …