The pollution of water and food through human waste and anthropogenic activities,
including industrial waste and agricultural runoff, is a mounting problem worldwide. Water …

Water quality of the Asian Water Tower is far less studied than water quantity, but expected
increases in upstream riverine chemical fluxes and lowland pollutant release could …

Intensive anthropogenic activities, specifically, industrial and agricultural production, have
resulted in heavy metal enrichment in lake sediment and threats to aquatic ecosystems and …

Rivers flowing across the Himalayas are important water resources and deliver large
amounts of sediment to regional and downstream ecosystems. However, the geochemistry …

Sediments and surface water contamination by the industrial effluents containing heavy
metals is the most detrimental environmental impact. Therefore, the present work attempts to …

Objective Due to its high elevation, rare human activities and proximity to south Asia where
industries are highly developed, it is required to investigate the fragile environment of the …

Background Heavy metal pollution of aquatic systems is a global issue that has received
considerable attention. Canonical correlation analysis (CCA), principal component analysis …

Loess-like deposits and soils distribute extensively along the wide valleys across the
Yarlung Tsangpo River (YTR) catchment in southern Tibetan Plateau. They provide insights …

为了解西藏河流-湖泊体系沉积物重金属的污染特征, 空间分布, 潜在来源及生态风险,
对西藏中部河流, 湖泊表层沉积物及其周边土壤中As, Ba, Cd, Co, Cr, Cu, Hg, Mn, Mo, Ni, Pb …

Heavy metals (Pb, Cd, Ni, Cr, Cu, Zn, Mn, and As) concentration was investigated in the
industrial effluents, water, sediment, and fish samples collected around the Dhaka Export …