High concentrations of non-essential heavy metals/metalloids (arsenic, cadmium, and lead)
in soils and irrigation water represent a threat to the environment, food safety, and human …

Wildfires have increased in frequency in many ecosystems, with implications for human
health and the environment, including water quality. Increased fire frequency and …

In the last years, uncontrolled fires are frequently occurring in forest and agricultural areas
as an indirect effect of the rising aridity and global warming or caused by intentional illegal …

Soils play an essential role in supporting and sustaining life on this planet. In fire-impacted
environments, fire causes considerable changes to the soil, especially in the various …

The use of low-severity prescribed fires has been increasingly promoted to reduce the
impacts from high-severity wildfires and maintain ecosystem resilience. However, the effects …

The presence of toxic substances is one of the major causes of degradation of soil quality.
Wildfires, besides affecting various chemical, physical, and biological soil properties …

Controlled or accidental fires can impact agricultural soils amended with composted organic
materials since high temperatures cause fast organic matter (OM) mineralization and soil …

Arsenic is well-recognized as one of the most hazardous elements which is characterized by
its omnipresence throughout the environment in various chemical forms. From the simple …

As wildfires are of increasing concern in a warming world, there is a need to understand how
fire temperatures affect solute concentrations of forest litter and soils in drinking water …

Wildfires act as important ecosystem controls and can benefit fire-adapted biomes by
promoting habitat heterogeneity, seed germination and disease control. However, the …